This article contains spoilers forHouse of the Dragonseason 2 episode 1.
All hail King Aegon!
Second of his name!
King of the Andals, and the Rhoynar, and the First Men!
Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm!
he says to the herald with an eyebrow raised.
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Its clear that something about the word magnanimous has struck Aegon.
I need a style that demonstrates power and commands respect.
No one knows what magnanimous means, he says.
Does no one know actually what magnanimous means?
Or doesAegonjust not know?
According to Aegon actor Tom Glynn-Carney, its the latter.
Hes never heard that word before, Glynn-Carney tellsDen of Geekand other outlets during a pre-season roundtable interview.
Magnanimous is just an awesome word.
- To be magnanimous means to be generous or forgiving particularly to a rival or a less powerful person.
As such, the term itself suggests that the individual it applies to has power.
*Except for … you know, owning other human beings as chattel.
King Aegon II indeed has power, but does he have the generosity of spirit to be magnanimous?
Aegon comes to his first petitioning session for the smallfolk of Kings Landing with more empathy than expected.
He seems eager to double-check that farmers receive their livestock back and carpenters are properly compensated for their work.
There has to be some humanity to it, he says.
Its been great to have those flavors [to Aegon] this time.
But for whatever reason, weve gone on a different track.
Of course, simply not being a villain is not enough to make one properly magnanimous.
A magnanimous ruler would go ahead and give the man his sheep back anyway.
But of course, a magnanimous ruler then wouldnt have enough meat to feed his dragons and armies.
New episodes of House of the Dragon season 2 premiere Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO.
