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Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon

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Not quite. Rhaenyra is more "pureblooded" Targaryen because of Targaryen inbreeding practices:

- Laenor's mother is Targaryen, but he has no paternal Targaryen ancestry. Of Laenor's four grandparents, only one was Targaryen.

- Rhaenyra is Targaryen on both her father AND mother's side: Rhaenyra's father Viserys is doubly Targaryen, being the son of Targaryen siblings, and Rhaenyra's mother Aemma is the daughter of Daella Targaryen. Of Rhaenyra's four grandparents, THREE were Targaryen.
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I concur......... I think?
 

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The Queen is dead. (Back when A Dance with Dragons was released in 2011, who would have thought she would die before the release of the next book?)

All hail His Grace, King Charles of the House of Windsor, Third of His Name, King of the Angles, Saxons, Normans, and Celts, Lord of the United Kingdom, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
 

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The Queen is dead. (Back when A Dance with Dragons was released in 2011, who would have thought she would die before the release of the next book?)

All hail His Grace, King Charles of the House of Windsor, Third of His Name, King of the Angles, Saxons, Normans, and Celts, Lord of the United Kingdom, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

and the Canadians... you can't leave them out
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So far 6 our 10
 

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Comparing its ratings to HotD isn't the way to go. They need to focus on how its drawing ratings for the service. That's what's most important. If its the most watched thing on the service by a mile, that's good. If its getting people to add the service, that's good. If its barely outrating (or underperforming) shows that are far far cheaper, that's bad.
 

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everyone with a critical opinion of "TRoP" is racist and misogynist!!

I tried watching this show and really wanted to love it. First time I was tired and fell asleep last week. Then this week I watched all three episodes, but the snail pace makes it boring for a fantasy series... and I'm not finding any of the characters to be particularly great. I don't know if I will keep watching the weekly episodes, but maybe I'll just watch it once every episode is out.

Now, House of the Dragon has me intrigued enough to wait for and watch each episode once it's released. The show might not be great yet, but I really like what they are doing.
 

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Some real horny dragons out there tonight
 

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Things got a bit complicated...
 

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Another solid episode. Show is really good at developing characters and showing that a lot can happen in an episode without needing big battles or action scenes.... Just like GoT did at its peak.
 

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Crinston is an idiot...

Now the King is almost dead, and the queen has the upper hand over Rhaenyra.


Edit: Just saw the preview and the King still has a few years to live, since he's still alive and there's a time jump after this episode.

Lord Corlys' daugher sure grew fast, and now she's with Daemon, isn't she?
 
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Crinston is an idiot...

Now the King is almost dead, and the queen has the upper hand over Rhaenyra.


Edit: Just saw the preview and the King still has a few years to live, since he's still alive and there's a time jump after this episode.

Lord Corlys' daugher sure grew fast, and now she's with Daemon, isn't she?

The series has been generally good, probably like B- range, but the amount of time jumps are hurting it. I know they want to get moving on to the actual war, but a lot of the relationships are being hurt by not spending time in these lead up events. Seeing how its playing out, all of season 1 should have had 1, maybe 2, jumps. Instead, we're getting like 4 or 5.
 

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The series has been generally good, probably like B- range, but the amount of time jumps are hurting it. I know they want to get moving on to the actual war, but a lot of the relationships are being hurt by not spending time in these lead up events. Seeing how its playing out, all of season 1 should have had 1, maybe 2, jumps. Instead, we're getting like 4 or 5.
The individual episodes are very good. But I agree with you. They are just going too damned fast. These feel like prologue instead of actual story. Make the entire 1st season lead up to wedding and have the fallout in future seasons (I have no idea what is coming, so maybe the actual S1 break point makes more sense??). I am also disappointed that we are now done with Milly Alcott. I thought she was awesome. The older version is not half as attractive and now has big shoes to fill.
 

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Problem (I guess) is that, after the way GoT ended, HBO couldn't commit to the several seasons it would take for a slow burn / better developed story. I think this show/story is planned for 3 seasons
 

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What an ep!

Larys making his first play, getting the Littlefingering under way!

The whole wedding scene was masterful: the build-up and tension throughout, the entrance by Alicent, the choreography and production values and soundtrack, the Daemon-Rhaenyra scene.
 
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