I am honestly really interested in how the show is fleshing out the Dragonseeds - smallfolk characters. It's a great treat and I look forward to seeing more of this angle.
The Hugh and his family scenes were well done and added some spicy implications as to why future actions might be taken. The byplay of Hugh's wife pointing out how bad food shortages are getting, Hugh relaying that King Aegon has promised relief and Hugh's wife firing back the question of when, was great.
I wouldn't be surprised if the twist is going to be that either Aegon is too caught up in his grief over his son's death to remember to honour that promise or Rooks Rest happens and Aemmond in power simply doesn't care causing a desperate Hugh to try and find succour on Dragonstone, after all surely Rhaenyrya's desperate cause would take a blacksmith, setting the stage for him to arrive in time for the Sowing of Seeds and chance his luck trying for a Dragon.
Gods, the funniest-most tragic possibility that occurs to me is it coming out that Hugh is a bastard of Viserys who was born before Rhaenyra. Think about it, Daemon confirms in season 1 that he and Viserys frequented the Street of Silk in their youth and the utter irony-tragedy of the Old King trying again and again for a male heir until the pursuit kills his wife when he unknowingly already had a male son out in the wild would be hysterical.
Make Hugh a dark parallel to Gendry by way of Walter White, sympathetic intentions at the start who wants to protect his family, allies with an unlikely down on his luck bottom feeder (Ulf) then gets into a position of power via claiming Dragons and things steadily get darker as ego takes root. Rhaenyra and Aegon's actions slowly turn the two small-folk ascended riders against both sides and Hugh starts thinking "I have the Old Kings blood in my veins and one of the largest dragons, why shouldn't I rule instead?"
The mental image of Hugh and Ulf as the Walter White and Jessie Pinkman of Westeros is sending me.
The Hugh and his family scenes were well done and added some spicy implications as to why future actions might be taken. The byplay of Hugh's wife pointing out how bad food shortages are getting, Hugh relaying that King Aegon has promised relief and Hugh's wife firing back the question of when, was great.
I wouldn't be surprised if the twist is going to be that either Aegon is too caught up in his grief over his son's death to remember to honour that promise or Rooks Rest happens and Aemmond in power simply doesn't care causing a desperate Hugh to try and find succour on Dragonstone, after all surely Rhaenyrya's desperate cause would take a blacksmith, setting the stage for him to arrive in time for the Sowing of Seeds and chance his luck trying for a Dragon.
Gods, the funniest-most tragic possibility that occurs to me is it coming out that Hugh is a bastard of Viserys who was born before Rhaenyra. Think about it, Daemon confirms in season 1 that he and Viserys frequented the Street of Silk in their youth and the utter irony-tragedy of the Old King trying again and again for a male heir until the pursuit kills his wife when he unknowingly already had a male son out in the wild would be hysterical.
Make Hugh a dark parallel to Gendry by way of Walter White, sympathetic intentions at the start who wants to protect his family, allies with an unlikely down on his luck bottom feeder (Ulf) then gets into a position of power via claiming Dragons and things steadily get darker as ego takes root. Rhaenyra and Aegon's actions slowly turn the two small-folk ascended riders against both sides and Hugh starts thinking "I have the Old Kings blood in my veins and one of the largest dragons, why shouldn't I rule instead?"
The mental image of Hugh and Ulf as the Walter White and Jessie Pinkman of Westeros is sending me.
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