Is Laenor Velaryon Gay ‘Hoe of the Dragon?’

Warng: spoilers ahead for Episo 5 of Hoe of the Dragon. Viewers were gettg red weddg flashbacks durg Hoe of the Dragon Episo 5 tled "We Light the Way" Sunday night, when the royal weddg between Prcs Rhaenyra Targaryen and Lord Corlys Velaryon's son and heir, Ser Laenor Velaryon, end a gome affair. It had been cid that Rhaenyra would wed Ser Laenor to jo the two most powerful ho: Hoe Targaryen and Hoe Velaryon. While Kg Viserys ironed out the tails wh Lord Corlys and Prcs Rhaenys, Laenor and Rhaenyra took a walk on the beach, where they me to an agreement that they would perform their polil duti as man and wife, but their marriage would rema open to their separate tast. In se you missed , the prev episo, Rhaenyra took to bed Ser Criston Cole. Meanwhile, we found out Ser Laenor is gay and his secret lover is a knight, Ser Jofey Lonmouth.  Jumpg ahead to the pre-royal-weddg dner, however, the night already took a dramatic turn as soon as Viserys's brother Daemon showed up to s at the head table, followed by Queen Alicent Hightower, who showed up an emerald green gown, the lor of Hoe Hightower when s bean clar war. It is when the guts are dancg, that Laenor's secret lover Jofey approach Rhaenyra's secret lover Criston and threatens him wh blackmail, that triggers Ser Criston to ultimately beatg him to a pulp and to the pot of his face beg pletely mangled. Weddgs Wteros are very rarely nonvlent. It's almost expected at this pot, which is why some viewers were triggered before anythg even went down. And even though Ser Criston's meltdown didn't end wh nearly as high of a body unt as the Game of Thron red weddg, was still shockg and jaw-droppg, and fans loved . Even more savage, spe Laenor's secret lover beg btally murred, the weddg to jo Hoe Targaryen and Hoe Velaryon still took place, while Ser Laenor weeped through the entire ceremony. And at the very end of the episo, Viserys pass out, leavg his fate qutn as we head to Episo 6 and s big jump forward time, troducg new actrs Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra and Olivia Cooke as Alicent.