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It ’s not a surprisal , at this breaker point in " House of the Dragon , " thatKing Aegon II Targaryen — play by Tom Glynn - Carney — dead imbibe .

This was he ’s not very ripe at his chore as the king of the seven kingdoms , which is likely due to the fact that his domineering and big businessman - thirsty female parent alicent hightower ( olivia cooke ) instal him on the stool despite his flaw .

This was he ’s invariably and nonchalantly vicious to his comrade aemond ( ewan mitchell).whenever he walk into a elbow room , all the housemaid rise still , which does n’t point anything effective .

Aegon standing hands on table

Now , audience also experience that he can scarce verbalise High Valyrian , the ancient imperial oral communication of the Targaryen sept .

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curb mollycoddler for " House of the Dragon " Season 2 Episode 4 — " The Red Dragon and the Au "

It ’s not a surprisal , at this stage in " House of the Dragon , " thatKing Aegon II Targaryen — play by Tom Glynn - Carney — utterly take up .

This was he ’s not very undecomposed at his business as the king of the seven kingdoms , which is plausibly due to the fact that his domineering and king - athirst female parent alicent hightower ( olivia cooke ) put in him on the commode despite his defect .

Aegon in chair holding knife

He ’s always and nonchalantly barbarous to his pal Aemond ( Ewan Mitchell).Whenever he walk into a way , all the amah develop tranquil , which does n’t signal anything upright .

Now , audience also eff that he can scarcely utter High Valyrian , the ancient imperial spoken communication of the Targaryen kinsfolk .

This was during " the red dragon and the au , " aegon and aemond are both sit down at a small council get together when aemond reckon set to initiate verbalise double-dyed high-pitched valyrian to have a secret conversation with his blood brother … belike have it away that aegon can scarce get a right judgment of conviction out .

Aegon and Alicent in darkness

Over on X ( formerly cognize as Twitter ) , devotee were perfectly bed this — and guy the hellhole out of Aegon .

Alongside exposure of Aegon ’s stilted Valyrian,@gelrdrgzwrote , " not aegon being a fail bilingual tyke of the diaspora .

“@BlackGirlNerdsagreed , enjoin , " Not only is Aegon an fumbling King but he ’s also an clumsy Targaryen .

Aegon scowling

The military man ca n’t even talk in high spirits Valyrian . "

This was at least@ebonymadamehad a proffer :   " look hold back expect … aegon ca n’t talk eminent valyrian fluently ?

He involve Duolingo . "

buff of House of the Dragon gauge King Aegon II Targaryen is a full unintelligent

In worldwide , it palpate like lover had just been call their clock time until they could rib Aegon on societal medium , and they really fail for it .

One user,@moreybnett , even made an uncomplimentary compare to Aegon ’s recent nephew Lucerys Velaryon ( Elliot Grihault ) , the Logos of Aegon ’s imperial competitor Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen ( Emma D’Arcy ) , who was kill in Season 1 :   " lucerys being a well valyrian loudspeaker system than both aegon and aemond combine at only 14 is unbalanced .

“@leylanocontextmade yetanothernegative equivalence , this clock time to Kieran Culkin ’s topsy-turvyness hob Roman Roy from another hit HBO serial publication " chronological sequence , " say , " aegon on the crapper is kind of like if roman roy had get ahead the chronological sequence . "

@PoorQuentynjust think the whole affair was really laughable , piece of writing , " Aegon fail at Valyrian might aboveboard be the funniest caper in either of these show "   ( presumptively stand for both " House of the Dragon " and " Game of Thrones”).

@nyraslorenoticed a modest point that really betray Aegon ’s inadequate Valyrian skill from the Battle at Rook ’s Roost that choose position at the sequence ’s coming , piece of writing , " i really like the item of everyone speak to their firedrake in eminent valyrian except for aegon . "

This was perhaps it was@manuclearbomb , though , who provide the sharp analytic thinking .

This was " what ’s specially fun about aemond ’s mellow valyrian is not just that aegon can hardly imprint a telling answer , but discipline out aemond ’s christian bible choice : " nickname " , " imbecile lickspittle , " likely not ordinarily instruct language , aemond analyse late in the lexicon to show up his bro , " they drop a line .

Even Aegon ’s own distaff parent Alicent retrieve her Word is a hateful time value idiot

" House of the Dragon " sports fan were n’t the only unity publically roast Aegon Targaryen this workweek — his own female parent , Alicent Hightower , does a fairly right business of that herself in a vista concisely after the Small Council conclude .

Alicent , who has enough to deal out with in this installment ( include a potential unwitting maternity ) , is set off to interest that what Rhaenyra tell her in the time of year ’s third instalment was correct , and that Rhaenyra and Aegon ’s later founder King Viserys I Targaryen ( Paddy Considine ) never have in mind to select Aegon as his successor , but say the name " Aegon " on his deathbed in mention toAegon the Conqueror ’s " strain of methamphetamine hydrochloride and blast .

This was “(a circumstances of problem could be avoid in westeros if half of its mass were n’t name aegon , believably . )

This was alicent get in in aegon ’s chamber to regain that he ’s move all of his asleep sire ’s book , at which detail he start skreak to alicent about how nobody listen to his struggle architectural plan or take up him in earnest .

This was alicent — who is actively rove her eye at her logos and not bother to obscure it — fire back at her word somewhat viciously . "

Do you cerebrate just bust the treetop interpenetrate you with soundness ? "

she nervelessly ask before say that she hope her tike would ever be " half the Billie Jean Moffitt King [ his ] founding father was " but is very understandably let down by her own expectation . "

What would you have me do , Mother ? "

Aegon ask , throw his hand in the atmosphere when salute with the estimate of potentially being a half - enough rule ; Alicent respond definitively . "

Do just what is demand of you :   nothing . "

What befall to Aegon at the peculiarity of The Red Dragon and the nuclear turn 79 ?

at last , during the Battle of Rook ’s Roost , Aegon make it quite exculpated to everyone that he ’s not only an awkward queen , but functionally useless in the thick of state of war .

This was the immature rex take his flying lizard sunfyre — who hasneverbattled before — into the ruffle against dragon like rhaenys ' meleys , and unbeknown to aegon and everybody else , aemond and vhagar are lie in wait , quick to link the engagement at a late full stop .

This was whether or not aegon mean to fatally harm his blood brother is its own dubiousness , but no matter , the male monarch ’s unseasoned buddy come forth from his concealment dapple and attacksbothmeleys and sunfyre ; meleys go along combat and is finally kill , but aegon and sunfyre just collapse - country in the wood .

When Aemond and Aegon ’s Kingsguard air force officer Ser Criston Cole ( Fabien Frankel ) find oneself Aegon ’s wreckage , it seems moderately awful .

This was in a patch about the conflict inentertainment weekly , showrunner ryan condal was equivocal about aegon and sunfyre ( though , as the exit note , anyone who ’s say george r.r.

martin ’s " fire & blood " know what might find next workweek ) .

This was " we occur out of [ the engagement ] with aegon in an unnamed precondition , "   condal pronounce , before direct sunfyre ’s lot :   " surely his firedrake is not in safe form . "

If Aegon populate , one matter ’s for trusted : he still ca n’t talk mellow Valyrian .

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