“Don’t give me hope”— House of the Dragon season 2 opening credit scene raises questions amongst fans about Luke’s survival

Fans are abuzz after watching the House of the Dragon Season 2 finale opening credits. Something was striking in the tapestry that led to vehement speculations regarding Lucerys Velaryon's fate.

The House of the Dragon season 2 episode 8, which premiered on August 5, 2024, blended drama with a positive announcement, and fans took to social media to discuss what that could mean.

The original thread—what whipped up this whirlwind of fan reactions—began with a somewhat detailed observation about the opening credits tapestry.

As pointed out by user @velaryonfruits, the opening credits of House of the Dragon season 2 finale episode showed that there was a blood trail touching all the deceased characters related to Lucerys and his dragon, Arrax, but the blood only expanded from Arrax's corpse and not from Lucerys's.

This seemingly minute detail from the final episode of House of the Dragon season 2 has opened the floodgates for a chain of fan reactions.

"Don't give me hope."

A fan's reaction to the tapestry detail (Image via X/ @fremen_s24)

Some fans gave an excited response, hoping that Lucerys would survive.

"DID HE SURVIVE??? OH MY GOD WHAT IF HE SURVIVES?!?!?!?!?!", a netizen commented.

"LUCERYS SURVIVED", another user commented.

"fisherman luke confirmed (we didn’t even get ghostcerys)," another user stated.

While sympathizing reactions took the spotlight, some others mocked the possibility.

"He still fell a few hundred feet to the ocean. He didn’t make that," a user reacted.

"You guys are giving the writers way too much credit. Like WAY too much," read another reaction.

"It’s a neat idea but if that ends up being the case I’m gonna roll my eyes so hard lmfao… even if he didn’t get chomped by vhagar (he did) surely they aren’t unserious enough to have us believe he survived a fall from that height and found his way to shore," another fan commented.

House of the Dragon season 2 opening credits (Image via YouTube/ @gameofthrones)

Some reactions remained neutral. They addressed the possibility but simultaneously stated the facts too.

"We’ll see what direction they take with God’s Eye to confirm if you can fall thousands of feet into a body of water and live", A comment took note of the dramatic quality of the fall but gave enough room to entertain the possibility of miraculous survival, hence a blend of hope and realism.

"Because he’s falling from the sky", another netizen commented.

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What else was covered in opening credits tapestry of House of the Dragon season 2?

As seen within the House of the Dragon season 2 opening credits, audiences received a tapestry vividly depicting key moments in Targaryen history.

Some of the scenes that feature predominantly in the tapestry include Daenerys Targaryen's dragon dream, the disastrous event that turned into the Doom of Valyria, and the conquest of Aegon the Conqueror.

Most vividly, it shows a silver-haired Targaryen— most probably Daenys— who, foreseeing the Doom, warns her house to flee to Westeros. It was this prophetic vision that would drive the Targaryens to Dragonstone, where they would remain until Aegon's Conquest solidified their grip on Westeros.

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Reactions to the opening credits of House of the Dragon season 2 range from hopeful speculation to skeptical disbelief. A dramatization of Lucery's fall has elicited so much controversy— an attribute that indicates the series's stronghold on its viewers.