‘The House of the Dragon’ steals the best scene from ‘The Boys’

Episode 6 of the HBO Max series The House of the Dragon, The princess and the queenhas stolen one of the best scenes from the Amazon Prime Video series TheBoys. For a brief moment, until her mother, Alicent (Olivia Cook), Aegon Targaryen (Ty Tenant), has become Patriot (Homelander, Antony Starr) for a few seconds. He has failed to mutter the phrase “I can do whatever I want” and that it sounded in the background, even if it was a version adapted for dulzaina, the theme of the Beach Boys God Only Knows (which we will forever have anchored in our memory to Love Actually), but masturbation from above has united the two characters, not to mention that one series has reminded us of the other. The censorship suffered by the scene of TheBoys on Amazon Prime Video in season 1, which had to wait for season 2 to see the light after it was leaked and generated an inconsequential, but heated debate about the limits of the series and freedom of expression, has not suffered no limitations in the HBO Max series. And that in this case the author of the regal sociopathic onanist gesture is a minor. Does this mean that the two characters are the same? Is it the same scene? Are Aegon and Patriot the same side of different coins?

The idea that Patriota would masturbate on top of the Chrysler Building, with New York at his feet, a textbook metaphor, although it appeared in season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video series, it was written and filmed for season 1. At the end of the season, after the encounter between Becca, Stormfront, Patriota, Carnicero and Ryan ends as the Rosario de la Aurora, Patriota, to reaffirm his superiority, frustrated beyond words, decides to climb the building and masturbate. “I can do whatever I want”, he repeats over and over again (with some variation that, out of modesty, we are not going to reproduce now because it is irrelevant). However, that “whatever I want” does not fit with that ending and it does fit with the scene it was initially intended for: a scene in which Patriota showed that he felt above those he was supposed to protect. So both Aegon Targaryen, son of Alicent and Viserys I (Paddy Considine), a candidate to usurp the throne that the king decided should be Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), and Patriot need to climb to the top of the city, in this case to the tallest tower in the Red Keep of King’s Landing to reassert himself. They are above the town.

Amazon argued that the scene didn’t fit into season 1 because it wasn’t anchored in the plot. He considered that it was too ambiguous. Hence, The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke tried it again in season 2 (basically because he didn’t understand how they let him do everything else and not that). If the scene from episode 6 of The House of the Dragon proves anything, it is that the original scene from the Amazon series could have gone perfectly in season 1. In this case, we don’t even have to see Aegon’s face (which is not euphoria).

And isn’t this also The House of the Dragon a scene reminiscent of Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) masturbating in the WayStar RoyCo offices in season 1 of Succession? They are two rich children, lovers of anarchy… they could also be similar. However, Roman only aspires to be loved. Behind all that tough guy image, he’s just looking for approval. He doesn’t really care (at least so far) about being number one. Ask Aegon the same thing. Aegon is more of a Patriot than Roman.

Is the scene of Aegon masturbating in the book ‘Fire and Blood’?

Well no. It is an invention of the series, a scene created to quickly provide information for the character.