{"id":5537,"date":"2026-06-22T09:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=5537"},"modified":"2026-06-22T09:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:47:13","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-1-why-aemond-kissed-alicent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/06\/22\/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-1-why-aemond-kissed-alicent\/","title":{"rendered":"House of the Dragon boss reveals the disturbing reason Aemond kissed Alicent in season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Warning: Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon season three episode one\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) share a kiss in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/house-of-the-dragon\/\">House of the Dragon<\/a> season three premiere, and there\u2019s a disturbing reason why, as explained by the showrunner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are the Targaryens even Targaryens if they\u2019re not committing incest? Much like real-life royal dynasties, they like to keep it in the family &#8211; hell, from the very first season, Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D\u2019Arcy) was hooking up with her uncle, Prince Daemon (Matt Smith).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, there\u2019s a lot going on in the latest episode, \u2018The Battle of the Gullet\u2019, but one moment that\u2019s left viewers with their jaws on the floor is when Alicent tries to convince her son to go and take Harrenhal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For context, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/05\/01\/alicent-hightower-star-deactivates-instagram-after-horrible-house-of-the-dragon-response\/\">Alicent<\/a> has realised the mistakes of putting her sons on the throne, and she\u2019s made a pact with Rhaenyra. Aemond is meant to be away hunting down Daemon, during which Alicent will open King\u2019s Landing to Rhaenyra\u2019s forces and offer up Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But her plans are thwarted when she returns home to find Aegon has fled and Aemond is there. She pretends she wants him to go to Harrenhal for his safety and for the war, after which Aemond leans in and kisses her (*shudders*), leaving her horrified.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AEMOND JUST KISSED HIS MOM ALICENT?!<br \/>I had to rewind three times because there\u2019s no way my eyes just witnessed that. House of the Dragon keeps finding new ways to leave me absolutely speechless.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/HouseoftheDragon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HouseoftheDragon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/HOTD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HOTD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iNzMS3suj6\">pic.twitter.com\/iNzMS3suj6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sanmeyo (@oyemnassxo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oyemnassxo\/status\/2068870428643524733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a deviation from <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/04\/28\/theres-a-reason-the-winds-of-winter-isnt-happening-and-we-need-to-stop-ignoring-it\/\">George RR Martin&#8217;s<\/a> books, meaning we don\u2019t know exactly why he did that. But House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal was on hand to break it down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>House of the Dragon boss explains Aemond and Alicent\u2019s disturbing kiss<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ewan-mitchell-house-of-the-dragon-aemond-alicent-kiss-season-3-premiere-12003584\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entertainment Weekly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Condal explained that Aemond\u2019s reasoning boils down to season one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/hbo\/\">HBO<\/a> series, and the sexual trauma he experienced at such a young age.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe&#8217;s somebody that was traumatised at an early age by his brother by taking him to a brothel long before his brain could probably process what was happening,\u201d the showrunner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5543\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5543\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-4.jpg\" alt=\"Aemond with brothel madam in House of the Dragon\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-4-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-4-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs these things do, that trauma then manifests a certain way in his behaviour as an adult. While I don&#8217;t think that Aemond is necessarily in love with his mother, I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s able to separate the feelings that he has for her from these other male feelings that he experiences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Condal also highlighted the fact that Aemond was bullied early on for not having a dragon until later, he lost his eye to get one, and he had an unusual relationship with the brothel madam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, he told the outlet that \u201cit\u2019s a further commentary on Alicent and her own equipped-ness to raise children at such a young age. We all know that Alicent didn&#8217;t do a great job as a mum, but who would have in that situation where you got groomed by your father and married off to a much older man at such an early age?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So while the kiss is a stomach-churning moment, Condal said \u201cit\u2019s really meant to demonstrate how, even though this is a character who seems entirely together and sure of himself at all times, this is a traumatised person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aemond \u201cdoesn&#8217;t have the well-adjusted underpinnings of a modern character who is raised in a society that understands there are things that you can expose children to and there are things that they should not be exposed to until they&#8217;re older,\u201d the showrunner added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5540\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5540\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-13.jpg\" alt=\"Aemond kissing Alicent in House of the Dragon\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-13.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-13-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-13-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actor Ewan Mitchell elaborated on his thoughts behind the kiss, saying, \u201cAemond&#8217;s trying to read between the lines, see if there is an ulterior motive there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen I read it in the script for the first time, I just thought, &#8216;Oh, that&#8217;s something. Quite out there.&#8217; I kind of saw it coming with everything that I&#8217;ve explored with Aemond and his relationship with Alicent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn Aemond&#8217;s head, it&#8217;s like he&#8217;s assuming control of the family. I always think of Ray Winstone from Scum [the 1979 British prison drama from director Alan Clarke]. It&#8217;s like, \u2018I&#8217;m the daddy now,\u2019\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe&#8217;s the new leader. I think it leaves the question of, \u2018What is the relationship gonna be with Alicent going forward?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mitchell also agrees with Condal\u2019s perspective, telling the outlet, \u201cGrowing up, [kids] need that unconditional love from people to develop a balanced view of themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd Aemond&#8217;s never really felt like he ever had that love from anyone, really. So he really doesn&#8217;t know how to express affection&#8230; Maybe there&#8217;s a bit of Oedipus complex in there, as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes,\u00a0<\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured images credit: HBO<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m the daddy now&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[170,174,15,11],"coauthors":[17],"class_list":["post-5537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hbo","tag-house-of-the-dragon","tag-now-showing","tag-tv"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with 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