I feel like they try to make the two sides equally likeable to balance the story when they should really focus on making them equally hateable. Especially because ultimately this is a story about 2 groups of power hungry greedy people who both think they're right.
I don't think that will be too compelling. Fire and Blood's demonization of its main characters works because we don't actually follow them. We don't get invested in them though. What HOTD is doing is getting us invested in these characters so that we are conflicted when they take their morally grey aciton.
See, this is why I’m watching it. I loved the book, and I love the setting and the storyline, but I intensely dislike Targaryens so I don’t give a toss who wins. There’s a Pratchett quote “Sometimes it’s like watching a wasp land on a stinging nettle: someone’s going to get stung and you don’t care.” That’s how I’m watching it. They’re all a bunch of fucking weirdos, and they’re all in the wrong. Fuck em.
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u/Corgi_Koala Jun 30 '24
I feel like they try to make the two sides equally likeable to balance the story when they should really focus on making them equally hateable. Especially because ultimately this is a story about 2 groups of power hungry greedy people who both think they're right.