{"id":99314,"date":"2022-10-17T04:55:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T04:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-episode-9-recap-details-you-missed\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T04:55:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T04:55:56","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-episode-9-recap-details-you-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-episode-9-recap-details-you-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"‘House of the Dragon’ Episode 9 Recap: Details You Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Alicent confronts Otto, the scene is staged in a way that recalls Rhaenys’ observation of the Queen.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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A scene from “House of the Dragon” season one, episode nine.
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When Alicent goes to Otto’s room to tell him she is in control now that she has her last Aegon in hand, there’s a shot that shows her standing in the window’s light while Otto remains in the shadows.<\/p>\n

This feels like a symbolic example of what Rhaenys told Alicent when they spoke one-on-one for the first time.<\/p>\n

“You desire not to be free but to make a window in the wall of your prison,” Rhaenys said, criticizing Alicent’s perspective of control within the patriarchal confines of Westeros. <\/p>\n

Indeed, her choice to crown Aegon as king shows that Alicent doesn’t truly want to break the system that has led to her misery. If she really just wanted to be free, she could have tried to flee herself and gone to Rhaenyra to explain how everything got so horribly out of control.<\/p>\n

But Alicent stayed, believing wholeheartedly in her interpretation of Viserys’ final words (which were referencing Aegon the Conqueror \u2014 not their son). One conversation with Rhaenyra would have cleared up that misunderstanding. <\/p>\n

Tragically, Alicent simply opened a window inside of her prison instead, believing she could control the outcome without bloodshed.<\/p>\n

Rhaenys proved her wrong in one dramatic swoop when she massacred a bunch of smallfolk in the dragonpit and escaped King’s Landing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Alicent confronts Otto, the scene is staged in a way that recalls Rhaenys’ observation of the Queen. A scene from “House of the Dragon” season one, episode nine. HBO When Alicent goes to Otto’s room to tell him she is in control now that she has her last Aegon in hand, there’s a shot …<\/p>\n

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