The only thing that audiences love more than a hero is a villain. And while it's true that Daemon Targaryen certainly isn't all bad, his morals and ethics most certainly occupy a murky grey area between virtue and villainy.
After witnessing the events that took place in "The Princess and the Queen," all eyes are once again on Daemon and the complexities of his character. As eagle-eyed fans have already pointed out, there's a lot to suggest that Daemon Targaryen may, in fact, be bi-sexual.
As it stands right now, House of the Dragon boasts an impressive 86% Tomatometer Score and an Audience Score of 84%. That's just mere points off Game of Thrones, which sits at 89% and 85% respectively.
Daemon is everything his brother King Viserys I is not. He's ambitious, ruthless, cunning — and seemingly bi-sexual as it appears to be.
The scene in question happens while Daemon and his wife, Lady Laena, are dining at their Pentoshi residence. As a servant clears Daemon's plate, the two men lock eyes lovingly.
Here we see a photo of Lady Laena approaching her husband, shown to be canoodling with the very same servant we saw in the previous image.
While Princess Rhaenyra is certainly said to be polyamorous in the novel "Fire & Blood", at no point is Daemon shown to have any romantic or sexual relationships with men.
This mainly has to do with the show's depiction of the teen "friendship" between the young Alicent Hightower and the rebellious Targaryen Princess.
"I believe it’s Episode 4. I was sat on the bench. It’s not necessarily something we had talked about yet," Carey thoughtfully recalled to her interviewer.
Carey assures her audience that neither she nor actress Milly Alcock intended to play the scene in a romantic manner.
Emily points out that she herself is a queer woman. The romantic undertones were certainly something she was conscious of, but by no means was she purposely putting it out there.
Carey continued on, arguing that Alicent and Rhaenyra wouldn't even know what the two words meant, let alone how to be able to distinguish the complexities of the feelings behind them.
That much remains to be seen. But with only four episodes left to go in House of the Dragon's inaugural season, suffice it to say that there's still a ton of ground left to cover and plenty of avenues left to explore.
