House of the Dragon reportedly filmed a deleted scene featuring Daemon taking Alicent’s virginity

Since the beginning of the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, people have been speculating about a potential love affair between Rhaenyra Targaryen and her best friend Alicent Hightower, even before her contentious relationship with her uncle Daemon. However, there was another more infamous coupling that fans had often thought about, Daemon and Alicent, and it might just have been the case in Season 1.

Daemon slept with a young Alicent in House of the Dragon Season 1

There are a lot of reasons why Alicent is jealous of Rhaenyra, and some have speculated it might be because of Daemon. According to a fan by the username @cursedhat, a deleted scene from House of the Dragon S1 depicts Daemon taking Alicent’s virginity, as rumored in Fire and Blood. This sequence was intended to explain why Alicent was so upset with Rhaenyra in Season 1 Episode 4, but it was removed due to worries that it made Daemon too insensitive.

🚨There is a deleted scene from #HotD S1 that shows Daemon taking Alicent’s virginity as he was rumored to do in the book. This scene was meant to explain why Alicent was so angry with Rhaenyra in 1×04 but was ultimately cut because of concerns it made Daemon too unsympathetic. pic.twitter.com/vjv2yi3l8U

— ariel 💫 (@cursedhat) October 3, 2023

There are speculations that Aemond might be Daemon’s son

Following the above theory, a number of fans have pointed out that it might also imply that Aemond might be Daemon’s son, as opposed to Viserys. Aemond shares quite a few mannerisms with Daemon, including his unhinged persona, the lust for power, and an obsession with dragons and war. It might also give Alicent all the more reasons to hate Rhaenyra. Here’s how fans reacted to the possibility:

Now this would be a TWIST. Daemon is aemond’s father. pic.twitter.com/3mKysnXln5

— dAemond🐉🧝‍♂️ (@sascott14) October 26, 2022

pretty sure there was also a scene cut in later episodes where they slept together again and conceived aemond??? but idk I only trust your accountings 😌

— maggie 🌙 (@objectofyourire) October 3, 2023

but we read the same book or what? At no point in the book is this implied, especially with the way daemon treats the children and completely ignores alicent

— Amélie Michaud (@amelchaud) October 4, 2023

Oh, why did they cut it off? It would explain so many things

— pαlomα 🌙✨🏹 (@pequenarraposa) October 4, 2023

If this is true this would make Aemond being daemons a legit possibility which would explain so much ksksksks the angst

— destiny 🧚🏼‍♂️ (@destinamachina) October 4, 2023

This would’ve fit perfectly because Daemon hated Otto Hightower and Otto hated The rogue prince. This would’ve been such a good plot line to keep

— King_K👑 (@Kiss_MyTiss) October 5, 2023

Wow, there's a reason why the names are the same. Thank you for this.

— Aubrey Jean The Fujoshi (@ajthefujoshi) October 4, 2023

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