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Television House of the Dragon (GoT Prequel) - No book spoilers allowed
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That’s the way I took it. Remember the pus oozing from his back too in the 1st episode?
So this is when the friction/rivalry will now begin between Rhaenyra & Alicent.
How many dragons does the brother have vs the King? Wouldn’t that be the clearest indicator of who’d win in a fight?
Somebody probably put poison on the throne. My guess is his sister.
Daemon has one I believe.
Yeah I can't remember if they referenced what was the cause of it , just that that it wouldn't heal.
It's either that or he's neglected his tetanus shots.
They all only get one don't they?
Im missing a couple of characters with a sense of humour or mischief. Its quite bland so far. Sure they are setting things up but its like watching a beige wall.
Really liking this so far, feels like a return to the measured, political game of thrones instead of the Michael Bay mess it became by the end.
Teleporting characters are back though, which is a shame.
Teleporting characters are back though, which is a shame.
Not sure how long that journey was supposed to take by sea, but the pacing from the early GoT seasons was indeed preferable.
Who teleported?
It's to show that its not about injuries. More about his condition. Those wounds that doesnt heal means he's suffering something inside.
The throne is a giant spikey metaphor, as the media literate dragon at the end of GOT recognised.
At this point in time of the story, how many dragons does the king have?
Hasnt been mentioned so far on the show. If you want to know from the books, here's a couple of different threads where you can ask the question : Fantasy Books and ASOIAF
His name is Caraxes.
It's not bad, but suffering a bit from a lack of interesting main characters to give screen time and plot points to. No palate cleanse or 'comic relief' characters and overall feeling a bit bland.
Dragonstone, Driftmark and King's landing are all pretty close to each other. The show also covers about 20 years from the first moment we see Viserys rule so we're not gonna see people sailing along the sea to Dragonstone for half an episode.
Rhaenyra and Rhaenys ride a dragon atm, and of course Daemon, the king's dragon died many years ago (Balerion the Black Dread, that was mentioned in his conversation with his potential child bride) and he hasn't taken a new dragon. The whole thing that one person controls multiple dragons like Dany did isn't really something that happens in any of the books.
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They said there was ten, nine years ago when the last king was naming his successor. So I would say that there are somewhere around that figure still alive. Who has what dragons though is something that they haven't explained.
Not saying you are, but people shouldn't be comparing it with GoT 1:1, as it's much smaller in scale. As a spin-off, I'm impressed by the quality and the levels that they maintained.
Smaller doesn't have to mean lacking humor. I'm hoping someone funny shows up, though hopefully not just a copy of Tyrion.
The best part of GoT, for me, was the breaking of tropes and giving us the unexpected. I'm hoping there's more to Daemon than just a brooding psychopath.
Sure but its still pretty one tone. The best TV has a good mix. I'm not calling for Marvelesque buddy comedy jokes, just some palate cleansing.
Can't we see someone on a journey somewhere or something, not just another conversation in a hall.
I like it, I liked season 8 of GoT though so maybe I am just a sucker for cool looking dragons.
Yeah, it is all a little humourless and po-faced at the moment. Hopefully, that changes with the introduction of some other characters. Thought this episode was a little slow in the first half. The bridge scene was good simply because it was a change of scenery.
Will you shut up about the book?
Plenty of book talk in this thread already 
We still need someone to guess at a timeline though.
We still need someone to guess at a timeline though.
Oh here we go again.
It only ever ends one way, with you getting thread banned, so just shut up about it.
The rule is so fecking simple. A book reader should have no trouble reading AND understanding it, and yet...
Dragon size chart, according to Reddit at least...
Never even heard of most of those. They mentioned Vhagar is off nesting somewhere though. Hope they show it.
Never even heard of most of those. They mentioned Vhagar is off nesting somewhere though. Hope they show it.
I only recognize stannis as the one true king.
I didn't see that rule. If they wanna infract me, be my guest. I don't really care if you think something that simple is worth an infraction.
Do you know how many seasons they intend? I know its early days so hopefully it has a bit more depth as it goes on. I started watching GoT again from season 1 and even in just the 1st episode there was a bit more depth.
Most of them seem to be named after Farrow and Ball paint colours.Dragon size chart, according to Reddit at least...
Never even heard of most of those. They mentioned Vhagar is off nesting somewhere though. Hope they show it.
It's already been renewed for a second season, but I'm not sure if there's anything concrete after that. I think the creators were talking about 3-4 seasons as opposed to the 8 of GoT
I don't see why it's such a big deal for you to not mention the book in here, though? I never get it, it's so weird that you feel you have to bring it up and harp on about it and then get all pissy when people tell you not to. It's a simple rule.
Just do what we did for GoT and make your own thread to discuss it with book spoilers, simple.