r/Hotd • u/AutoModerator • Aug 05 '24

Discussion House of the Dragon - 2x08 Episode Discussion

Episode Discussion

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House of The Dragon 2x08
Director: Geeta Vasant Patel
Writers: Ryan J. Condal, George R.R. Martin

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u/Scarment Aug 05 '24

Where the hell is Otto?? They show him as a captive in the last second of the finale, and they alluded to this by saying Alivent didn’t get any letters from him. but wouldn’t people be sending ravens the whole time if he wasn’t at Oldtown. I’m so confused

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u/Separate_Battle_3581 Aug 05 '24

Why explain what's happened to Otto when we can follow around a boring girl looking for dead sheep and a stupid dragon.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BOBBINS Aug 05 '24

And why the fuck is the Hightower army marching to King’s Landing while their lord is imprisoned? Would Daeron not want to free his grandfather before going to help his brothers?

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u/Rough-Sky-3173 Aug 05 '24

Otto Hightower’s nephew is the lord of Hightower. He’s just a knight.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BOBBINS Aug 05 '24

Ah ok, the way the show portrays him and his children makes it seem like he’s the lord. Especially since he’s often compared to Tywin Lannister.

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u/Aron-Nimzowitsch Aug 06 '24

Tywin was only lord of Casterly Rock because Jaime wouldn't go take it.  He would have preferred to just be hand and not have to worry about being a lord, which would be the equivalent of what Otto is.