🧙 Larys Strong and his Rats | House of the Dragon

It’s rare for me to make a theory and then so quickly be given all the evidence I could want for it. And yet that absolutely happened with my Larys: Spymaster of Greenseer of the Weirwoods theory. Episode 5 and 6 though…oh they are treasure troves for Larys Greenseer enthusiasts, of which there was once 1 and now there are many. We are way past speculation and straight into maybe theory confirmed? Larys Strong, the three eyed rat and the voice of the Weirwoods. Let’s do this.

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00:00 A gift for me from HBO?
01:00 The Magical J Cut
02:40 Lord Larys the Weirwood
07:40 The Three Eyed Rat
11:47 Recruiting Alicent
15:36 Detective Hats on
19:23 Warfare, Greenseer style
22:55 The Hammer of Tea

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[vidarrboot]

Larys Strong = Best Strong, so very helpful and concerned with everyone else's problems despite his own.
He's such a little trooper putting on a brave face after suffering the tragic loss of his family.

[dinodob]

Isn't it also said that skin changers can take on the characteristics of the animals they possess if they stay in the same one too often and too long? Maybe Larys has taken on some characteristics of rats, who will eat their own to survive and thrive in the same way Larys metaphorically consumes his own family to get ahead?

[georgecatton]

I think an important thing to note is that in the books it's mentioned several times that too lie in front of a weirwood is a really bad idea, and here we have Rhaenyra lying in front of a weirwood only for a apparent greenseer to suddenly start moving against her

[wil]

There is also a moment, when Larys is talking to Alicent, right before he goes to the dungeons, you can hear the sound of rats 🐀 whyle the camera is still on Larys face

[kj]

If Larys is indeed a Greenseer it would make an interesting trend of Greenseerers having physical disabilities, (Bran's paralysis, Bloodraven's missing eye, and Larys' club foot) and having them overcome these disabilities with their magical abilities.

[elsamariahertervig]

Larys is one of the creepiest character ever created. He is literally the demon who whispers into the ears of powerful people who he can manipulate by playing on their weaknesses and ambitions.

[Smalltown_Man]

Anyone noticed the rats didn't start showing up until the strongs entered the picture? Like seriously episode 1&2 no rats, then larys enters and so do the rats

[TheGenXer]

He mostly uses all his powers to look at feet.

[DarkTyrant]

If Larys' objective to get rid of all dragons, setting the Targaryen's to civil war is definitely the best course of action

[MaximumManda]

Late to this, but also very interesting that Larys, Bran and Bloodraven are all physically disabled in some way (Larys' club foot, Bran's legs, Bloodraven is a one-eyed albino). I wonder if perhaps Bloodraven will take cues from Larys, further paralleling how Bloodraven taught Bran after his 'death'. Very interesting.

[RandomKai]

One of my favorite J-cuts in GOT is when Tommen jumps out the window the audio cuts to Frey saying "For House Lannister!" then the video cuts to a toast at The Twins

[arcticredpanda]

I'm thinking about the scene where Alicent is getting rodded by Viserys and she looks up at the ceiling rafters and sees a rat.

[commiehunter]

Larys constantly interacting with plants and having specific knowledge of them, is a tell

[a_whitlow]

This fits so well. The Strongs are descended from the First Men. Larys being in the godswood was just perfect on the writers’ and director’s part.

[maggyfrog]

at some point, the red keep became home to cats. back in book 1 if i remember correctly, arya was made to catch cats as assignment from her waterdancer swordmaster. i wonder if there is a deliberate reason for the cats being there.

[mredwards]

I watched your video about Larys being a greenseer, because Alt Shift X mentioned it. Seemed plausible, but kinda far fetched.
A few days later, Episode 6 came out and I was astounded how on point you were. Congratulations!

[legendsofthebravebard]

I already miss Emily Carey's Alicent. She was superb.

[lexj.]

I enjoyed that bit involving Viserys observing the rat. It's as if he has a different understanding of the world than most around him, just to become so fixated on something that subtle and supposedly ordinary, which could lead to tremendous ripples through Westeros.

[wildercerrate]

I've been a Larys fan since listening to fire and blood
I've been a Larys truther since episode 3

[TealWolf]

The themes are synchronizing smartly so far in this series.