The coming of Game of Thrones Season Eight, though? Much, much worse. As we all now know, Winter eventually coming wasn't all that scary.
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House of the Dragon's attempt to heal the damage of the final two seasons of the original series by tying its importance all the way back to King Aegon wasn't lost on anyone at home.
There were surely some groans from viewers at this Marvel Cinematic Universe-esque Easter egg. Who names their dreams? Also, didn't that title technically not come up until Samwell Tarly writes the book that recaps the events of Game of Thrones in the final episode? He also states that the dream came to be called A Song of Ice and Fire, which is insanely odd. There is also no mention of a dream King Aegon had of White Walkers, or an army of the dead in Fire & Blood, despite the fact that Viserys says on two separate occasions throughout Season One so far that the former king had a vision of the future. The bloody, failed pregnancy also does not occur at the same time as the jousting tournament, but the showrunners wanted to pair the violence of the medieval competition with the dangers of giving birth in this horrid age.Ī Sprinkle of Game of Thrones References, For Good MeasureĪt the very beginning of House of the Dragon, fans were treated to title screen that read, "173 years before Daenerys Targaryen." Though it gave crucial setting and timeline information to viewers, Daenerys has little to do with her late ancestors by the time Game of Thrones rolls around-save for bringing dragons back to Westeros. See all the buzz on the Internet following Sunday's series premiere? Though Queen Aemma's horrifying death is only mentioned in one sentence of Fire & Blood, Episode One's brutal birth scene acts as a major catalyst for the war to come. Vaemond and his family are involved in some rumor-spreading throughout Westeros, making it easier to pin all of the gossip and treachery on one conniving character. House of the Dragon used the same kind of device here as well, joining nearly a half dozen of Corlys Velaryon's cousins into one, dissenting young brother: Ser Vaemond Velaryon. Instead of having multiple Greyjoy siblings sail the world to accomplish various tasks, Theon just had his sister Yara and their evil older brother Euron. Much like the Greyjoys from Game of Thrones, House Velaryon combined multiple family members into one to make things easier to understand. House Velaryon Was Condensed For, You Know, Clarity Given how many children they'll each have, though even updating their initial ages to 16 still feels incredibly gross. They were also a lot younger in the story than they appear on TV. Since they'll end up on opposite sides of the war, causing destruction and murder to each other's families, it made perfect sense to give more weight to their strained relationship. For example? Princess Rhaenrya Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower were not childhood friends in the original text. Season One has added missing emotional weight to the war's history. Rhaenrya and Alicent Are Childhood Friends Now? Now that Episode One of House of the Dragonis behind us, let's discuss the differences between the show and its source material so far. It's just the 'why' and 'how' they happened that changes as you see the actual history." But the idea is that, in the end, the events are the same. Other things will be told very differently. "Essentially, saying that this is the objective truth that happened. "We're taking more of the approach playing with the history as it was written," co-showrunner Ryan Condel told IGN about their process.
Presented with scores of rumors, inconsistencies, and differing opinions as to how the events unfolded, House of the Dragon's showrunner s will be forced to choose definitive answers and confirm certain viewpoints. The story, centering on a civil war in the Targaryen family that ended the "Age of the Dragons," is instead told by sources like Archmaester Gyldayn and a court jester named Mushroom. Written as a historical text from various fictional characters recounting the tale, Fire & Blood contains zero dialogue. But it still presents its own difficulties.
That said, House of the Dragon's team is working from a completed story this time, in Martin's Fire & Blood novel. The team behind HBO's House of the Dragon, a Game of Thrones prequel series, had an entirely new set of challenges. Popular characters lived far beyond their original deaths, multiple siblings often combined into one, and a series of novels with no ending in sight saw a definitive, controversial conclusion. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series into eight seasons of television. As you can imagine, the Game of Thrones showrunners had to make quite a few hard decisions while adapting George R.R.
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