House of The Dragon Ep 10 Review And Twitter Reactions: Bloody End to Season’s Finale as Fans Cheer For Rhaenyra’s War Crimes

House of The Dragon Episode 10, Season's Finale Review and Twitter Reactions: Rhaenyra turns into queen but it comes with its own bloody loss, and the battle hasn't even begun yet.

House of The Dragon Season 1 Finale Episode 10: The history of the seven kingdoms stands witness to the fact that the wars there aren’t really planned, they just happen. Like how the season’s finale of House of The Dragon has now promised. Episode 10 appeared more tragic than anyone of us was expecting it to be. While Princess Rhaenyra turns the queen, at least in the eyes of those few who remembered their loyalty to her, she faced tragic losses one after another. And if you haven’t really watched the episode now, this is the time to stop reading!

Princess Rhaenyra Becomes Queen Rhaenyra

Princess Rhaenyra becomes the Queen – “first of her name, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the first men, Lady of the seven kingdoms, and protector of the realm.” Lord Corelys Valeryn returns to Dragon Stone after spending years in the sea and joins Rhaenyra in her battle against the Greens, to establish her reign as the ruler of the Iron Throne. Otto Hightower comes to the Dragon Stone to meet Rhaenyra and deliver Alicent’s message for a peaceful arrangement if she accepts her son Aegon Targaryen as the rightful King of the seven kingdoms. She also sends an old artwork that symbolises her friendship with Princess Rhaenyra. However, while Daemon reacts aggressively, Rhaenyra tells Otto she would send her to answer to the King’s Landing by the next morning. However, she doesn’t let Otto leave without insulting him and showing him his true place. Rhaenyra tells Otto: “You are no more hand than Aegon is king. F*****g traitor (sic).”

“You are no more hand than Aegon is king. Fucking traitor.” i loved that delivery #HOTDFinale#HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/QQylMQe9gW

— m⁷ ‍ (@royalatreides) October 24, 2022

The war table is prepared and the lords discuss their strategy to attack King’s Landing and defeat the Hightowers. However, Rhaenyra continues to talk about peace and tells her men that her father had always told her ‘when Dragons go to the wars, everything burns.’ She sends her sons – Jacaerys and Lucerys to Winterfell and Storm’s End, respectively, as messengers and asks the Lords of the respective kingdoms to support her in the war against the Hightowers, reminding them of the oath that they took in front of her father King Viserys I. However, things go really awry from here.

Stop reading right away as you are going to get a major finale spoiler ahead!

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As Rhaenyra’s younger son Lucerys reaches Storm’s End with his mother’s message for the Lord, he finds Prince Aemond Targaryen already standing there with a proposal. Prince Aemond comes to ask the Lord of the Storm’s End to support the Hightowers in the battle and accept Aegon as their king in lieu of his daughter’s wedding to one of Alicent’s sons. The Lord refuses to agree to Rahenyra’s requests and asks Lucerys to leave with his dragon.

As Lucerys is flying back to the Dragon Stone, he finds Aemond following him. The latter rides his old dragon Vhagar and tries to attack Lucerys to take revenge for his one blind eye. A mad wannabe king riding a mad dragon in a blind storm results in an unexpected bloody end, the one that nobody sees coming. While it seems like the end of the season, it triggers the start of a mad battle that makes Rhaenyra look back, hold her tears, and lead the realm with a battle that will demand more blood and definitely more dragons turning the world into ashes.

When Rhaenyra starts committing war crimes and violating the Geneva convention next season, I will be cheering her on with my entire heart #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD #HOTDFinale #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #rhaenyra pic.twitter.com/porqW51ZI1

— nic ❤️‍ (@targaryencunt) October 24, 2022

Alicent: How’d it go
Aemond: #HouseoftheDragon #HOTDFinale pic.twitter.com/bJqrbdFl0K

— ✌︎︎✌︎︎ (@sarcapsm) October 24, 2022

“Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced.” #HOTDFinale pic.twitter.com/B0pNsc0PxS

— House of the Dragon (@HouseofDragon) October 24, 2022

aemond coming back to tell alicent that he may have accidentally kickstarted a war #HouseoftheDragon #HOTDFinale pic.twitter.com/SFD5FP3mcA

— o (@ateenytinyolive) October 24, 2022

aemond at the end of episode ten #HouseoftheDragon #HOTDFinale pic.twitter.com/gsEO5bQuXV

— ❥ cap’n MORGUEan / FEARa (@walmartethan) October 24, 2022

How I will be perceiving Rhaenyra’s wrongs in season 2. #HOTDFinale #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/wo2zN5L83e

— Michelle (@MichelleRedSoul) October 24, 2022

mf old as hell. probably got ptsd and thought it was the war with Aegon The Conquerer #HouseoftheDragon #HOTDFinale pic.twitter.com/eUnz5iQPbk

— (@bravtt) October 24, 2022

Me watching a Targaryen woman crowned queen #HOTDFinale #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HOTD pic.twitter.com/UVCLi4i5zh

— Clare (HOTD’s Version) (@rhaenyshive) October 24, 2022

Me watching the last episode of House of the Dragon until 2024 #HOTDFinale #HouseTargaryen #HouseOfDragon pic.twitter.com/TP4hzxEkUv

— Wangfoo (@wangfoo) October 23, 2022

I just know Viserys is looking down on all this pain and suffering and asking himself: WTF DID I TELL Y’ALL TO DOOOOO????#HOTD #HOTDFinale pic.twitter.com/dnyKpF1OQM

— monarch the great (@OneMonarchTwo) October 24, 2022

The fury on her face resembles that on Daenrys’ face when she’s about to burn the whole of the King’s Landing. Only this time, there are more dragons, and more madness it seems. Watch this space for all the latest updates on House of the Dragon until the makers come out with their second season in 2024!