A Younger More Beautiful King - Episode 52 The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Triumphant Part 1

Caroline and Gretchen continue their analysis with the SECOND half of the GODS EYE AHHHH. THE THEMES. THE SYMBOLS. THE WORMS. Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at [email protected]

Caroline and Gretchen continue their analysis and OMG ITS THE GODS EYE. ITS. THE. GODS. EYE. Also this is just Part 1 because we made a rly long podcast lol. Enjoy the worms <3 Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at [email protected]

Gretchen and Caroline continue their analysis with the chapter The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Triumphant, Part 6. GENUINE TRIGGER WARNING for graphic SA violence. Tumbleton just keeps getting sacked in new and increasingly more disturbing detailed descriptions, and it's definitely the fault of those bastards! Little baby Daeron his whole-ass dragon have no way to stop them :-( Also Mysaria is here in a SPOOKY SCARY cloak. BOO! Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at [email protected]

Caroline and Gretchen continues their analysis with the chapter The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Triumphant, Part 5. Daemon is BAD because he has SEX with his wife's permission, and he definitely is sleeping with that brown girl with the brown dragon who is SO POOR. Did we mention she's brown? Meanwhile, two flying themes battle it out near Dragonstone. Yay!Sorry Caroline's audio was weird, new microphone, new problems. Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at [email protected]

Gretchen and Caroline are joined by YET ANOTHER FRIEND, Aashay! The group continues their analysis with the chapter The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Triumphant, Part 4. While Woke Daeron marches on Tumbleton, Alicent proposes extremely reasonable peace terms that would definitely work! But Rhaenyra is just too crazy and evil! Meanwhile, the bastards turn cloak and burn Tumbleton because bastards are treacherous by nature. We also learn about the sin of every gender :-)The half hour easter egg of this episode is about Bridgerton. This is not a Bridgerton podcast!Check out Aashay's beautiful art on his website: https://www.aashaymeshram.com/Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at [email protected]

Caroline and Gretchen continue their analysis with the chapter The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Triumphant, Part 3. Aemond burns all the smallfolk of the Riverlands, just like the conqueror did, while Crispy Cole gets shot to death by the Winter Wolves who simply do not give AF about his main-character energy. Also, worms!Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at

Gretchen and Caroline continue their analysis with the chapter The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Triumphant, Part 2. Rhaenyra is EVHUL and passes TAXES on the people of King's Landing, since the crown has no money due to *checks notes* Aegon and the Hightowers literally stealing it all. Wow Rhaenyra is so evil!We also recorded this episode during the 12 hours that TikTok was banned xDAlso the east egg is half an hour long because we have THOUGHTS god damn itJoin our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at

Caroline and Gretchen continue their analysis with the chapter The Dying of the Dragons: Rhaenyra Triumphant, Part 1. Rhaenyra EVHULY imposes taxes on the denizens of King's Landing, while Aemond successfully captures a totally empty Harrenhal. He then breaks up with with boyfriend Crispus Cole, because the commander refuses to literally kill everyone in a hopeless battle. Maybe Alice Rivers will give Aemond cognitive behavioral therapy, too?We also recorded this episode during the 12 hours that TikTok was banned xD Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at [email protected]

Gretchen and Caroline conclude their analysis of the chapter The Dying of the Dragons: The Red and the Gold, Part 5. Rhaenyra is EVHUL and takes King's Landing SPOOKILY without bloodshed, because she is so scary! But don't worry because Daemon is the real threat, and the Green's got their eyes on him. Also super sorry this episode was supposed to be released in November LOL but ya girl Caroline got busy :) enjoy the look into the past. We'll be back with regular episodes now!Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at [email protected]

Caroline and Gretchen continue their analysis with The Dying of the Dragons: The Red and the Gold, Part 4. A little whoopsie-doodle in the Gullet results in Jace's untimely but very thematically significant demise, which spurs Rhaenyra to invade Kind's Landing. That's definitely what happened! She has no other reason! Also we can't escape worms. Check out Pat Loller's TikTok @patloller - he is a veteran and speaks on veteran's rights and politics, and is funny and smart!Join our Discord! Don't worry we're cool https://discord.gg/3XvvwpgQuestions or comments? Email us at [email protected]