House Of The Dragon Weaponizes What We Can’t See
This article contains spoilers for all released episodes of House of the Dragon.
In House of the Dragon’s fifth episode, “We Light the Way,” the series weaponizes what we can’t see against us.
Throughout the wedding banquet that serves as House of the Dragon episode five’s climax, tensions are running high. Multiple romantic relationships are under intense strain as Rhaenyra prepares to marry Laenor. Rhaenyra is at odds with Criston because she refused his request to elope, and is marrying Laenor instead, while also dancing and flirting with Daemon. Ser Joffrey attempts to neg/blackmail Criston by revealing that he and Laenor are lovers and that he knows about Criston’s relationship with Rhaenyra. Meanwhile, Rhaenyra and Alicent are at odds because Rhaenyra is sneaking around behind her back. Daemon’s presence only adds to the tension because it was a story about him and Rhaenyra which caused the dismissal of Otto Hightower and the beginnings of the rift between Alicent and Rhaenyra. And Viserys is attempting to keep everything under control until the wedding ceremony can be held, while suffering from an unknown terminal illness which will (appear to) kill him before the credits roll.
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As a result, when violence breaks out, there are multiple sources who could be responsible. In a rare move for House of the Dragons (and Game of Thrones as a whole), the show denies us a view of what, exactly, is happening. Though plenty of important events happen offscreen in both series, it’s extremely unusual for HotD/GoT to not allow us to see something important that a POV character is present to see. Daemon, Rhaenyra, and Criston are all close enough to have eyes on the
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