'House of the Dragon' Season 1's Final Death Has Fans Ready to Go to War
Lucerys Highlights
elliot grihault walked onto set, served everything we needed and more in his ten minutes of screen time, spoke beautiful valyrian, broke everyone’s hearts, then left. the perfect lucerys velaryon. 😭 #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/uIJkjEarT7
— lyds loves the strong boys (@aluynx) October 24, 2022
the way arrax and luke are literally running to each other 💔 pic.twitter.com/E3E22zR1SR
— millie ⌖ totj era soon (@cmdrcrosshair) October 17, 2022
Now that they know they will not get any more screentime from Luke, fans are mourning him that much harder. They clung to the brief moments where this character got to shine on screen.
Hardened Hearts
— Ruthnie Angrand (@ruthnieangrand) October 24, 2022
Many fans joked about the emotional turmoil that comes with being a fan of George R.R. Martin's writing and its TV show adaptations.
Flee
What Luke should have done the moment he saw Vhagar parked in the handicap spot at Storm’s End. #hotd pic.twitter.com/ZXBZTyGMqI
— meemaw vhagar (war crime era) (@motelsonthemoon) October 24, 2022
What Lucerys should’ve done when he saw Vhagar #hotd #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/JCXXuaEjLS
— Matty (@Juraiacies) October 24, 2022
Viewers also joked that Luke should have known to flee as soon as he saw Vhagar in the courtyard. Not only would he have known that Aemond is unstable and holds a grudge, he would have known that his small, young dragon would be no match for Vhagar.
Rhaenyra
1. Lucerys was just a kid, but he was loyal af to his mother.
— LG (@dlauragtz) October 24, 2022
2. Rhaenyra lost her father, her unborn baby and her son in just one episode.
3. Jace couldn’t say goodbye to his brother.
4. We have to wait 2 years for new episodes. #HouseoftheDragon #HOTDFinale pic.twitter.com/23rRV16go9
Rhaenyra sent Luke to storms end because it’s the closest and she thought nothing would happen to him ..😢☹️#HouseOfTheDragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/LBUAwmVAPf
— N (@Ni4344) October 24, 2022
Many fans' focus was on Rhaenyra, who was already mourning two tragic deaths before she learned of her son's death.
Missed Opportunity
like imagine ending the season with the “son for a son” line, a line so ominous it gives me chills whenever i read f&b cause i know shit is about to get really fucking ugly… guess it was just to powerful for them #houseofthedragon
— mia | hotd spoilers (@silvcrwings) October 24, 2022
Fire & Blood contains little dialogue, and most of what it has is just a historian's approximation of what its subjects would really have said. Still, in moments like this many fans wish the show would use direct quotes more often.
Emma D'Arcy
“once you’ve lost both your parents, and you’ve lost a lover (harwin), you think you know grief… but losing luke tells her she knows nothing about grief.” – emmy d’arcy#HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/MF1a5te6Xp
— ali (@poppyshilI) October 24, 2022
The actor who plays Rhaenyra, Emma D'Arcy discussed Rhaenyra's state of mind in the "Inside the Episode" segment. They imagined that Rhaenyra probably felt new depths of grief that she could not have imagined in the final scene of this season.
Innocent
the fact that Rhaenyra's children truly believe that she is perfect 😭😭 #HouseoftheDragon #RHAENYRA #Lucerys pic.twitter.com/P9QP7z155Y
— Dxofia (@dxofia) October 24, 2022
Luke ain’t deserve to die like that! #HouseOfTheDragon #HOTD #DragonsYall pic.twitter.com/KSQiBw0fk9
— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) October 24, 2022
Finally, fans felt that Lucerys' death was the perfect metaphor for the loss of the last shred of innocense left in this ensemble cast.