What Does Daemon Targaryen Really Want? | House of the Dragon Explained

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In-depth analysis of Daemon Targaryen.

Daemon Targaryen is George R. R. Martin's favourite Targaryen and he's one of the controversial characters in the world of Game of Thrones. Is he a villain? What's his part in the Dance of Dragons? What'll he do in House of the Dragon Season 2? In this video, you'll have some answers about him.

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[Ivbo]

Matt Smith - *”The only true loyalty he’s got is to his dragon”*

[anonzekisaka]

What i love so much about daemon is the fact that the way people argue about in real life is probably the same way people argued about him in the books. Great vid btw

[phantom]

The most fascinating, interesting and chaotic character in the HotD by far. Matt Smith is killing it.

[BRANDONMUNROMUSIC]

Daemons scene against the crab feeder is what makes aemond outmatched in my opinion . I don’t know if aemond would have been stupid enough to actually try that, but daemon was and he pulled it off which makes him a total wild card .

Aemond is scary because he is very smart and powerful.

daemon is scary because he’s extremely impulsive yet very capable of backing up that impulsiveness

[bushmaster]

Same people call Daemon Grey but also call Tywin Evil. Even tho they do the same things for their family and yes even insulting/threatening/killing their own family members without remorse. If you think Daemon wouldn't massacre Rob Stark and his kin you're delusional. Plus both Daemon and Tywin had weak father figures Titos/Viserys and both hold the Targeryen/Lannister values above anything else and embody them.

[EwingAmaterasu]

Daemon is not evil in the sense Joffrey was evil. He's not sadistic nor cruel (unless necessary). He is a power monger, he enjoys the bloodlust of combat and he enjoys planning for his war. I would say he is lawful evil, Laris Strong would be neutral evil, and the mad king would be chaotic evil

[KhalkedonYT]

2 videos in 3 days??? THIS GUY IS COOKING GREAT VIDEO AGAIN!!!

[alexanderkenway]

So much potential for Daemon in S2 just squandered

[rowanjoy]

When people where saying that Daemon is evil and there is not reason to liked him or something like that, as I have never read the books so I didn't know anything more than the show and what people said, I understood immediately why George R. R. Martin likes Daemon. and I too used Alignments for this.
In his world there is nobody that is just good, and is just evil, and is not just because he is trying to be realistic but I think it has to do that his world is obviously a reference to the medieval times, where things like gRape where normal, things like abusing your kids because they behave badly, and using cruel punishment for little things.
I think he meant that in the world he created, Daemon is morally "gray".

[AstroSully]

A man who lived selfishly his whole life but died doing a selfless act.

[Grimmreaper]

Daemon wasn’t even present in the books when lady rhea got killed. Just another way for the show writers to make Daemon look worst then he actually is.

[BookFreakyTube]

What the Harrenhal visions showed us in the season 2 of the show was important to understand Daemon's psyche: He sees his own mother in Rhaenyra. He isn't truly interested in the throne, he needs Rhaenyra's approval and forgiveness, since he can't have it from his mother since she died from childbirth.

[MitchellColley-ep]

OMG if you really want to understand why Daemon is the way he is, you should watch this video. Amazing thank you!

[jamess.]

GRRM: “He was made of light and darkness in equal parts”

Sara Hess in s2: “He was made of darkness”

[emirhangurel]

the scenes are very well picked. good job.

[Papaty]

They made Daemon look good in the show by making him tell Cheese to kill Aemond. While in the books, Daemon specifically wanted Jaeherys dead and instructed accordingly.

[methuselahh_]

i’d argue that in spirit daemon was the last of the true dragonlords of the freehold

[echelongirl]

He's the best character. Most interesting without doubt with so many nuances and much complexity. I love it. Also, Matt nailed the role

[MangoMann]

"it's like hearing that your father never saw you as his true son"
This line applies to Aegon as well, the first born son that was never acknowledged as heir by his father also Vicerys never even paid attention to him.

[methuselahh_]

also an important distinction: it’s not necessarily targaryen values he follows, it’s the morals of the valyrians of old. they believed themselves to be almost demigods, above the laws of ordinary men