Yeah, I'm not finding it particularly difficult to follow either.
Television House of the Dragon (GoT Prequel) - No book spoilers allowed
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Gotcha, for some reason I thought I remembered her being burnt a couple of times like her book counterpart, but thinking about it you're right I can't actually recall any scenes where this occurred. Guess the books and the show were mingling in my head a bit.
No. The show is based on a huge section in Martin's Fire and Blood. They are following GRRM's story and it has nothing to do with the "show runners" making a decision. Martin is heavily involved in this show and their creative decisions are following the storyline as he wrote it.
Yeah, he's just trolling. Probably the worst post in the entire thread. They easily look like sisters to me and I found the new Alicent quite convincing as an older version myself.
"Nothing alike" - or is this some weird piss take of yours?
No they aren't immune at all. Only Daenerys and that was why she had the named the Unburnt. But not even Aegon the Conqueror was immune to fire.
I haven't read any of this storyline in the book and find it quite easy to follow.
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BTW, weve seen a rat (maybe the same one) several times around the King. Is there any significance to that?
I found myself enjoying the episode more than I should have. There are some plot points/devices that would be unthinkable in GoT seasons 1-4 (no consequences at all, it seems, for Criston, who is also an absolute caricature and hasn't aged a day; the lack of subtlety when showing who sent the criminals to kill the hand and his son, etc), but I think it's much better than the worse parts of GoT. Also, I thought the new Rhaenyra is as good as the younger one, if not better. I'm not bothered in the slightest about their actual resemblance, though. If that bothered me I guess I'd see it differently. It's funny though that some characters "required" a recast and others didn't even need a bit of make-up.
I think potentially it could be
Sauron
We’ve seen several actually, including rooting around the dragon skull. They could be
symbolic of people bleeding the power of the Targ family or spymasters, or
the maesters eating away at the power of the dragons.
It's Brann Stark isn't it? Little rat faced cnut.
This should be triple spoilered
There is no logical reason there would be consequences for Criston because no one in power wanted any consequences. Alicent wanted an ally who owes her a favor, the king just wanted to marry off Rhaenyra and move on, and Corlys was likely pleased with the end result as he still believed Laenor would grow out of it as he bluntly stated earlier in the episode.
It's completely logical inside Martin's world. Prior to this show, you had Maegor the Cruel who used his dragon to burn down an entire Sept and all the innocents inside. And much later, in GoT, you had the Mad King who would burn people at his whim. In a might makes right world like this one, you need power to force consequences. The Baratheon-Stark rebellion eventually forced consequences on the Mad King but here, no one in power cares to force consequences on a member of the Kingsguard for Joffrey Lonmouth.
Nah, I disagree, you're hosting a pre-wedding reception with most VIPs in Westeros attending, and there's an extremely violent murder in the ball room. The message could very well be that not even the very house of the king is safe.
I think it could be Larys Strong skinchanged. It would explain why he's such a good spymaster - and skinchanging is an ability tied to the First Men, which would include House Strong. Plus there's the proximity of the God's Eye to Harrenhal.
He is meant to be suffering from leprosy which makes sense. In terms of him fainting in the previous episode, like many illnesses people are worse some days than others. In the latest episode it is also portrayed that he does far less now and has more rest which would give the impression of not struggling as much.
Interestingly, Bran time skips for fun doesn't he, so no reason why he can't turn up for shits and gigs.
fantastic. I've read the other thread recently to see people's thoughts as well so well timed That makes sense. I remember seeing one at the wedding at the end too
Based on this I like your theory @TheMagicFoolBus especially with magic being strong around this time
Original Dario had to have all his lines dubbed if I remember rightly which probably was great fun for the poor production team.
I had spotted that but hadnt given it much thought, now you have me heading down rabbit holes.
Some Reddit users have a feckin weird dragon fetish, "she's so beautiful" "she stole the scene" "I love her" it's a feckin CGI dragon you basement dwelling freaks.
These text walls of book justufications for what is one of the most superficial, empty shows is serious coping.
I saw Ser Criston described elsewhere as a Disney Prince born into the wrong universe and thought it summed up the vacuity perfectly.
The dragon riding special effects look like those used in the ant riding scenes in Honey I Shrunk The Kids back in the 80s.
I saw Ser Criston described elsewhere as a Disney Prince born into the wrong universe and thought it summed up the vacuity perfectly.
The dragon riding special effects look like those used in the ant riding scenes in Honey I Shrunk The Kids back in the 80s.
Even though I expected the spoiler response, I still
ed.Maybe but who would really care when many would understand the subtext and not feel unsafe? If House Baratheon took issue with one of their bannermen's kids being slain, the crown would just give them a hundred cows or something to pay them off. It's not the first time things like that happened and it wouldn't be the last. Again, its a might makes right world and no one with power would care about Lonmouth.
I wasn’t really into it.
I don’t mind a time jump and a change of characters but at least be consistent. They made Viserys look older, changed the actors for all the teenage characters but left Daemon, Cole etc looking the exact same? It was weird, but, mainly the problem is that it felt like a bit of a reset after the show had really picked up steam in the last two episodes.
I don’t mind a time jump and a change of characters but at least be consistent. They made Viserys look older, changed the actors for all the teenage characters but left Daemon, Cole etc looking the exact same? It was weird, but, mainly the problem is that it felt like a bit of a reset after the show had really picked up steam in the last two episodes.
I think the single biggest problem for me is there isnt a single character I feel any interest in. The characters just seem bland and lacking depth. Milly Alcocks character had become interesting but her character now has an almost total reset, she seems to have lost her sassyness and free spirt. After the first couple of episodes I thought the show seemed pretty beige, then it got interesting but this last episode its just gone back to beige. I mentioned it before, Ive been watching GOT from the start again, Im 3 episodes in and the writing, characters and story are just light years better than this.
GoT had more 'main characters' to follow. This one has about five or six but I think the addition of the kids is a good thing
Hopefully the kids characters can add some dimension to the show with a bit more variety in the characters, for the most part everyone seems miserable.
Alicent has become very unlikeable. Also presuming Daemons wife killed herself because she was going to die anyway?
Yes - in contrast to Aemma (Viserys' wife) from the first episode in the same situation.
Daemon and rhaenerya are gonna finally get it on and she's gonna have his kid. It'll be seen as a velayron kid with full white hair though.
Also think ser Cristan is faking it, and is still in love with rhaenerya. And the kids are actually potentially his, and theyve used howen (that his name?) as cover, ultimately costing his life.
Also think ser Cristan is faking it, and is still in love with rhaenerya. And the kids are actually potentially his, and theyve used howen (that his name?) as cover, ultimately costing his life.
Yeah I don’t think the reason why the guy killed his dad and brother was well explained. Unless we’re missing context from the book? But surely his dad as the hand of the king and his brother as the queens husband would be more favourable than serving a queen not even aware of his bad deeds etc.
Wtf
Maybe acidWtf
This and Rings of Power have completely different problems. Rings of Power is so slow it's like watching a glacier move through a mountain pass. While Hot D runs through time so fast that you don't resolution from one episode to the next. They are both a mess that leaves you not really caring about what is happening but for completely different reasons.
House of the Dragon at least knows what it is and bathes in it. It's Game of Thrones warped into hectic version. Some may like it, some definitely won't. Targaryans are f*cked up, so the show is exactly like that.
Rings of Power doesn't even know which material to follow and there's no bigger stakes since majority of characters survive by default. It's somewhat enjoyable mess, a guilty pleasure, which keeps throwing something nice here and there.
Both watchable imo and while first season still going, there's a chance it will get better.
Or she didn't want him to have to make that choice. In his own strange way he loved her.
Meanwhile 4 tourist gangraped a giant lizard in some national park.
didnt the kids have a mark on their head that made it obvious they were Harwins kids? Thats why Queen Alicent checked
Yeah agreed with that. Unless I missed something from a previous episode that showed he was jealous of his brother and he made a comment that his dad hated him cos hes a cripple or similar.
It's not a mark, it's their hair and skin colour. They don't know much about genetics but there are virtually no examples of pure-blooded Valyrians without the trademark silver blonde hair.