Rhaenyra & Alicent's 'House of the Dragon' Meeting: What Does It Mean for Criston?
What Did Rhaenyra's Meeting with Alicent Say About Her Relationship With Criston?
After everything that went down in "House Of The Dragon," you have to be curious about Rhaenyra and Alicent's encounter in the season finale! This moment had a huge connection to Criston Cole's part in the earlier seasons of the show!
Rhaenyra and Alicent: The Dragonstone Connection
- As teens, they talked about wanting to roam free on dragonback, escaping those royal obligations! But that didn't happen. We've been seeing a wild rivalry between these two friends in "House of the Dragon", ever since Alicent and her daughter ended up caught in the middle of a civil war between Rhaenyra and Aegon!
- Even if things seemed tense between the two, we got some hints about that original friendship and even love as Rhaenyra offered to flee Westeros with Alicent, basically to run away together, and leave behind their titles and their duties. This scene felt very connected to how she'd originally acted with Criston!
- In season 1 of the show, Criston Cole asked Rhaenyra to run off together! He had a big crush, even tried to propose marriage! She laughed it off. A few moments later, things went really bad as he wound up killing her fiancé's lover.
A Whole New Kind of Feeling?
- Rhaenyra’s decision to take a break from those high titles to explore a whole new path was so significant! Alicent’s proposal of "running off" mirrored a similar move that Criston made.
- Alicent didn't even ask her to come along just to get away, she really meant it - a really heartwarming gesture! She might even have feelings for Rhaenyra, making people wonder! What if she was saying goodbye to Rhaenyra by letting her know she had loved her but felt like there was nothing more she could do for her.
- There is an upside to all this; maybe Alicent has always been the good guy in their tumultuous relationship!
What does this mean for season 3?
There is nothing confirmed, and we still don't have any details about Season 3 of "House of the Dragon" yet - the "Game of Thrones" prequel, - but this is definitely going to be interesting.
- Criston, a real wildcard in the series, who seems to have been driven to do a lot of awful stuff because of how he felt toward Rhaenyra - which is really obvious because he loves Alicent and made her the focus of his loyalty.
- The show definitely flipped the script for us with the scene, turning up the drama to the maximum! Maybe Rhaenyra will learn from her encounter with Alicent and realize how she truly feels? Maybe she really cares about Alicent! Who knows - "House of the Dragon" always seems to turn things upside down and make us want more!
The "House of the Dragon" fans are really hyped about Season 3 - which is not surprising. House of the Dragon made the most significant steps to continue the story of the Targaryens since Game of Thrones wrapped! We still need answers, especially about Rhaenyra, because Season 2 left a huge cliffhanger - and fans are still trying to guess if the story is headed toward the events that are mentioned in Aegon's Prophecy! And the story is getting crazy now that the war between her children is coming.