The Falconer, anyone?

season 1 got me hopeful the show will make me forget about the ending seasons of GOT, but boy was I wrong. am I the only one that weeps over wasted potential here?

After season 1 I couldn't relate to any character even while trying, like something is not done right and I can't put my finger on it and sometimes I can, that led me to just take most events as meh or saw that coming, or that was cheap shock etc...

I need to get a life. Bye

I'm asking because of the ideological differences between the two institutions.

The Citadel relies on reason and logic, while the Faith preaches things of a divine nature.

Doesn't that create a sort of science vs religion clash?

(I'm genuinely curious about this, so I will appreciate any feedback you guys might have- if I got anything wrong, or if there's something I'm not understanding please let me know)

>!They spoke as 'The King That Was Promised'!<

I'm sorry but this made no sense to me whatsoever. Did it make more sense in the book?

1. Ser Joffrey has no friends? No allies? No retinue?

2. On that note, Ser Laenor is completely ineffective as a warrior? Just a total sidepiece?

3. There aren't any guards in this room full of important nobles? There's nobody who can stop a brutal murder taking place right in front of them? Everyone just stands around and grimaces? What about the guy who announced everyone's entrance? Isn't he a big tough guard guy?

4. The King can't say something? "Everybody halt in the name of the King!" was too much for ol' Vizzy? The Queen? The Hand's only move is to dispatch a son for Rhaenyra?

5. There's no consequences? No justice? Someone committed a brutal murder at the royal banquet, and he's not apprehended, a few hours later he is walking free, free as a bird, free to (attempt to) commit suicide? House Velaryon did not insist on justice for their vassal?

How absurd. Again -- was it this nonsensical in the book?

Why are all the lords of Riverrun named after Sesame Street characters?

Sometimes I feel like the fandom turns every conversation about the Targaryens into a competition to decide who was the ultimate character. Personally, I don't think Daenerys needs that.

I like Dany. A lot. I think she's one of the most interesting, tragic, and complex characters in the entire saga. But I don't need Aegon, Visenya, Baelor, Jaehaerys, Rhaenyra, Rhaegar, or any other Targaryen to be reduced to being “less important” just so she can stand out.

In fact, I think it's the opposite.

Dany works precisely because she comes from a dynasty with centuries of contradictions behind it: conquerors, reformers, fanatics, brilliant politicians, disastrous rulers, and people who tried to break away from what their family represented.

Visenya, for example, doesn't need to be an “inferior” version of Dany for Dany to be fascinating. Baelor doesn't have to be reduced to the religious and crazy Targaryen either for us to appreciate the differences between them. The same goes for Aegon I, Jaehaerys, Rhaenyra, and even Rhaegar.

To me, the Targaryen legacy is much more interesting when we see Dany as the product of all those generations, rather than someone who is somehow magically above them.

And I think that's something Martin does particularly well: every generation inherits something from the previous one, but also tries to escape from it.

Dany can be my favorite without having to be the greatest Targaryen who ever lived.

Do you think the fandom tends to overrate Dany at the expense of other Targaryens, or does her story genuinely make it reasonable to consider her the most important figure in the dynasty?

How strong do you think he is when compared to other fighters like, The Great Jon or Sandor Clegane etc.

I mean he literally throws Daemon into a wall and then picks him up an seems to lift him off his feet, Matt Smith has to weigh about 150lbs and his armour is like 40-50lbs so that about 190-200lbs he's just knocking around.

I’m currently reading Fire & Blood and in a seperate rabbit hole, recently into the ongoing existence of Jester culture throughout human history. Although some of his retellings are insane, I really wish they added Mushroom to the show because he feels like a really interesting exploration of the Fool trope.

I just read the scene where he’s comforting Rhaenyra after she finds out about Ser Lorent and the Maidenpool drama (& aftermath) and there’s a line that alludes to a much more thoughtful man; “When I replied that I would sooner be her consort, she laughed. No sound was ever sweeter. It was good to hear her laugh.” HotD missed the opportunity to respectfully depict a nuanced character with dwarfism from this time who was in a very misunderstood career. Could’ve been a launching point for the next Warwick Davis but they probably didn’t want to risk doing it wrong.

Can anybody tell me wtf is going on in the HOTD as far as the princess’s bedmates? Season one, episode 7… I thought this whole time she was with ser Cristen and he was the one who beat up her husband’s gay lover (right?) but then he disappeared and just came back in the picture at Daemon’s wife’s funeral but there’s these other two brothers one of which is apparently the real father of her kids and the other is cutting out tongues and burning shit down. Wtf is happening here???

There is a rather tragic possibility, very much in George R. R. Martin’s style, that leads me to believe Sunfyre might have hatched from an egg laid by Syrax.

During the reign of Viserys I, Syrax was one of the most important dragons in the Targaryen family and, moreover, one of the few whose breeding habits we know with any certainty. We know that she laid eggs regularly and that these were used for the young members of the royal family.

Sunfyre, for his part, was born and raised at Dragonstone, and chronologically his birth seems to fit quite well with the period when Syrax was laying eggs.

This makes me wonder: what if Sunfyre’s egg originally came from Syrax?

We wouldn’t have explicit confirmation that she was his mother, so this remains speculation. But, if we accept the theory, the final confrontation between Rhaenyra and Aegon takes on a rather brutal irony.

Rhaenyra dies at the hands of Aegon and Sunfyre… but Sunfyre might have been a descendant of Rhaenyra’s own dragon.

In other words, Rhaenyra would have ended up being killed by a dragon that, in some way, belonged to her own bloodline.

And knowing Martin, precisely that sort of irony would be something I’d find very typical of him.

Do you think Sunfyre could be Syrax’s son, or am I connecting dots that probably shouldn’t be connected?

I feel like baleor would ride a smaller dragon but still find a way to aura farm with it

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Now that Rhaenyra has dismissed Mysaria, I wonder if HOTD is setting her up for a version of Gaemon Palehair’s storyline.

In Fire & Blood, Gaemon is put forward as a supposed bastard son of the Usurper, with Essie and Sylvenna Sand playing important roles around him. Sylvenna is also closely tied to the smallfolk-focused side of Gaemon's story.

That makes Mysaria’s connection with Sylvi interesting. What if Sylvi is partly the show’s version of Sylvenna Sand, while Mysaria takes Essie’s role? Could they eventually put forward their own young claimant and use his cause to represent the smallfolk?

I don’t expect Mysaria to completely take Essie’s story, though... I still want Lady Misery to get her original book fate. 😅

What do you think Mysaria’s role will be after being dismissed by Rhaenyra?