In this eighth edition of Hands on HotD, Merry and Clint and Special Guest Hand Stanford Fraser cover Season 1 Episode 8 of HBO's niche arthouse property HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - The Lord of the Tides
In this episode we:
- Evaluate Vaemond Velaryon's suboptimal litigation strategy and general inability to read the room.
- Sing the praises of our twin Rogue Princes, Daemon and Aemond Targaryen, we are sure they'll get along great.
- Critically analyze the Big Prophecy Twist and ask whether this was at all necessary?
- Do a Westerosi CLE on the concepts of res judicata, ripeness, standing, testamentary capacity, holographic wills, and dying declarations.
- Appreciate the lawyerly skills of Rhaenys and Rhaenyra, two gunners who never stop gunning, ever.
- Talk about family, life, and heartbreak in the context of Viserys I Targaryen, the Most Mid King in Westerosi History.
Supplemental reading:
- Learned Hands Officially Legally Correct (kind of) Line of Succession
- Stanford's podcast the Hot Pod Express
Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY.
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