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It seems like a blunder for Aemond to turn his back to anyone and ends up getting stabbed in the back. But a bigger blunder was even trying to kill them in the first place.
I'm curious to find out what role sheep stealer has to play in all of this. Will she be able to tame them and join a side? Always be an outcast?
I also was thinking that Aegon was going to stab Larys with the arrowhead. Will Larys survive?
Daemon just cutting people's heads off mid last words. Hopefully his wife hears about his stupid plan to rape the queen mother.
What will Rhaenyra do with Alicent and company?
I misunderstood the stabbing Aemond got at first and thought Alys was doing some magic on him. I thought the son reacted with a push/grab instinctively before trying to pull it back. But Alys will be a great "mother" figure for Aemond, similar to how she was to Daemon.
In terms of killing the Strongs, yeah that was stupid. Vhagar was having fun so I guess he wanted to have fun too.
In terms of Sheepstealer, Rhaena fucked up bad, and then doubled down by hiding in the Vale. Daemon said he'd hunt the dragon down, but that seems like a job for someone like Hugh or Ulf, at least finding where the dragon is.
I also wonder if Rhaenyra will ask/blame Alicent for the death of Jace. It seems like she'll be angry that Alicent didn't tell her that the Greens had an extra dragon. And Alicent seemingly lied about Aegon not being at King's Landing. But of course she told the truth about Aemond. But then Rhaenyra killed Alicent's dad. They have a lot to work out and I don't see that happening.
I suspect the Larys, like Littlefinger, will survive for a long while. He's already outlived the rest of his family. Also Larys is someone who plays all sides so he can always come out on top. But then why has he chosen Aegon? Of the Greens, Aegon is the least powerful/influential, despite being King.
If Larys and Aegon are successful in getting to Rook's Rest, and Sunfyre is alive, then what? Rhaenyra holds King's Landing. Aemond holds Harrenhall. Rhaenyra wants him dead. Aemond wants him dead. Hell Alicent is fine with him being dead.
What's the plan?
As for what Rhaenyra does next? I assume Alicent, Helena & her kid will be confined somewhere. The Hightower Army and Alicent's other son Daeron(?) will cause trouble for Rhaenyra's rule. Maybe they'll take Dragonstone and we'll have a full Green/Black reversal.
I would say it was at least somewhat suggested that there was magic involved since Aemond gave no regard to the stabbing until the witch appeared. Would be interesting to see comments by the show creators about it and how this part of the story was told in Fire & Blood.