im sure it will pick up, but also GOT was about several different people from different families and countries vying for control. HOTD is specifically about the targareyans. its not as good as the first few seasons of GOT, but thats an unfair bar to meet. im really enjoying it and im into all the political intrigue going on. i guess this can be the princesses new theme song...
Setup has been a slow boil, but still interesting to me. Spoiler: Ep 4 So the question is who that boy spy was really working for. I imagine it was the ho rather than the han. Seems like Daemon and his ho wife aren't entirely in lockstep with that hangover scene, but it would make Daemon look clever if he knew he was getting spied upon to break the trust between the king and the hand. It would also make sense why Daemon broke off that incest because he didn't want to use her niece like that despite pretending the worst with his brother. Not sure if he's totally attracted to the princess, but seems lije he also prioritizes family and the meaning of his name over wins or games, for now. Show is trying hard to not make the king look like a fool even though his downfall is likely to be overwhelmed by schemers around him. Daughter can be both extremely smart and dumb at the same time. I get her acting out like Daemon, but her political rebellions without purpose hint she's not ready to play.
I’m enjoying it but it’s not GOT. Im guessing Spoiler the princess doesn’t take the abortion tea and she ends up having a child (her “princess guard knight’s” child) which screws up the arranged marriage to the Sea Snake’s son.
Spoiler Daemon is definitely scheming and knew their tryst would be reported because he made a point of taking off Rhaenyra's cap and letting her easily recognizable Targaryen hair flow. Daemon wasn't able to follow through because he has a history of ED as we've seen with his w**** wife. However, Daemon's attempt was heavy-handed and the outcome is that Rhaenyra uses her budding political skills to divert attention to the Hand and get him removed thus weakening her one-time friend but now step-mom and Queen--which also means the Queen's son is weakened. Both Daemon (for himself) and the Hand (for his grandson) tried to use this incident to undercut Rhaenyra but she is now stronger than before in the eyes of the King. Also, Rhaenyra should be pissed at her father and the Meister--she could have been having sex all along if she had known about the tea.
It's just another "look at me (I'm too cool for HOTD)" I'm enjoying HOTD despite the horrible last season of GOT. I feel like it's slowing building into something that could be a must watch.
Yeah, I don't want to totally over-analyze like I did with Better Call Saul. It took away from my enjoyment of the series. I'm really enjoying this series so far. Kind of cool to get in at the beginning instead of being late to the party like I was with GoT.
It's like watching a Shakespearean family drama with the character development and subplots, enjoying it so far.
No more Milly Alcock. good. that Doctor Who relationship was ultra creepy. Still waiting to feel something for this show. Im ready for the time skip. but now we have to get to know all these new characters.. Its like we are going to have to start from scratch..
I am loving the LOTR show - about the birth of Sauron, but man, this GOT House of Dragons stuff is just better. DD
Same here, I personally enjoy the slow build here in the first half but I'm ready for the time jump because I think we'll start seeing payoffs for what's been set up thus far......
This past episode FELT like a Game of Thrones episode. Really, really good. Hopefully I don't end up hating one or both of the replacement actresses as we jump in time next week. Seems like such a risky thing to do when they could have just easily aged up the younger actresses with some makeup or something.
The small forgotten details are resolved better and add tension to future conflicts. You get the sense the characters you're investing time in evolve with purpose. The other show uses typical stream bait gimmicks where most of the tension that serves as action early episodes are manufactured and largely forgotten by episode 8. I could breakdown the last LOTR episode to 4-5 brief plot points and callbacks for people who slept through it whereas this episode would take more ink to fully describe with many missed details. Both eps would be considered turning points for their respective series.
Really confused at the ending of episode 5. Hopefully someone can fill me in, because it seemed to me like they put in that death just for shock value / because there hasn't been much action for two whole episodes. Spoiler I don't really understand why Ser Criston killed Joffrey, at the end of episode 5. Seems unprompted when all that happened was a little goading / mutually assured destruction by Joffery. iirc, Joffrey even said something along the lines of how both he and Criston should continue to date Laenor and Rhaenyra in the shadows, to preserve the union. And then Criston just walks away without being apprehended? And then tries to commit suicide? Huh???
Joffrey tried to play a game of mutually assured destruction with secrets and Criston was having none of it
