Princess Rhaenyra Is Summoned By Queen Alicent | House of the Dragon | HBO

Despite all its seriousness, love the death stare she gave Laenor for asking "Was it terribly painful?" 😂

I really like how these two are together in this. They genuinely seem like friends and in a partnership, even if they aren't in love, and it's really wholesome.

I admire the relationship between Laenor and Rhaenyra. They married out of duty and aren’t in love with each other but still respect and care for each other. Laenor even tries to be a caring husband and loving father.

To everyone asking why Rhaenyra is even allowing Alicent to push her around like this. The way I interpret is that 1. If Rhaenyra doesn't do it, they'll just say that she's trying to hide the baby. There's already that rumour in court that the kids aren't Laenor's. 2. To portray Rhaenyra as weak because of chilbirth/babies and therefore unfit to rule. The already misogynistic lords of Westeros will definitely jump on that bandwagon. 3. Alicent knows how painful childbirth is and what happened to Rhaenyra's mother, so this is another powerplay by her.

Despite his incompatible orientation with her, I like that Laenor is doing his best to be a good and supportive husband to Rhaenyra, and probably will be a good father to his "sons".

The dynamic here between Laenor and Rhaenyra is everything and communicates so much about them in just a few lines - their loyalty to one another, their affection - the look Rhaenyra shoots him when he asks if it was painful giving birth! 😆 And Laenor’s mounting rage that Alicent would put Rhaenyra in this position - straight up ride or die for his cousin-wife-friend right there!

Rhaenyra walking: 😡😤🤬 Looks at the baby: 🥰😁😊 Continues walking: 🙄😮‍💨😠

Emma's voice in this scene is just 🤌. The way they embodies that exhaustion after a painful labor and also the anger in being summoned is so bloody awesome.

There's this brief moment when even through her pain, she looks down at her baby and smiles. ❤

I love their friendship so much. They may not be compatible as lovers but I think they’d be great friends

When Laenor said “what could she possibly want, I thought we were past this”- I think this is a hint that Laenor accepts Rhaenyra’s kids as his own. Hes always recognized those boys as his own regardless of what people says. That makes me LOVE Laenor so much 😢

Laenor almost seems like a caring 'normal' brother in this scene. He was the closest thing to a brother Rhaenyra had while growing up, and despite having different orientations, he genuinely seems to love her platonically, like any non-Targaryen brother would.

I'll miss Milly so much, but 1 min of Emma's acting was enough to me realize that she will do an amazing job

The casting is just extremely solid. Emma D‘Arcy as Rhaenyra looks so similar to her mother, Aemma, played by Sian Brooke 👌

Alicent is so horrible for this. Asking for a woman to move for her own “satisfaction” when she went through the same???? And she knew how Rhaenyra’s mother died.

1:03 That smile to her baby, was so sweet and heartbreaking at the same time,

I love the friendship/partnership between Rhaenyra and Laenor. They support and accept each other, and Laenor seems like a proud dad despite knowing the kids aren't his. They truly made the best of their situation.

Rhaenyra and Laenor seem to have one of the healthiest marriages. He's so supportive of her.

leanor: I thought we were past this. alicent: oh boi. we're just getting started.

this was cruel.. by laenor velaryon and rhaenyra's reaction this is not the first time alicent has done this to them, imagine having to go through this every time you give birth to a child, and alicent knows that rhaenyra's mother, aemma arryn, died in childbirth, she does this to humiliate her stepdaughter as well as checking the babies' appearance to see if they are legitimate. I loved the complicity and friendship of rhaenyra and laenor it seems like they are making the best of their situation