House of the Dragon 1x10 Full Reaction
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daemon choking rhaenyra was the hotd equivalent of d&d making Jamie rape Cersei in front of their dead son...for NO REASON....except to remind the audience that their beloved character is not a good guy by...destroying their only redeeming trait it's ridiculous actually. loved the acting this episode when it comes to writing, there were many inconsistencies...the show has done so many changes from the book it shouldn't even be called an adaptation more of a fanfic if anything. I hope you guys watch succession as your new show <3
The book has tons of conflicting events though. The whole point is that the book is an inaccurate portrayal of history.
All in all I enjoyed this first season just little nitpicks here and there about how the characters are being written but overall it was a very strong first season and I can’t wait for season 2. Luke’s death hurt a lot because he really was just a sweet kid trying to be brave for his family. Also the fact that both Rhaenrya and Jace are going to blame themselves for this makes it even sadder. Whose ready to meet Cregan Stark!!!! I just know you ladies are going to love him, and there’s plenty of other fun characters to come that you ladies will enjoy.
Yea what Daemon did in this episode is the one thing I will never defend him on, strangely enough though I do understand why it happened and watching the cast interviews especially Emma’s about that scene I can get the full picture but still NOPE it should have never happened. It’s really strange how the writers have decided to handle Daemon as a character because he never touches Rhaenrya in the books, he never kills his first wife in the books, and he’s a great and loving father to ALL his children in the books and yet the writers have decided to change all of that in order to make him seem more bad that what he actually is. And while I didn’t like that they made him kill his first wife, it was a change that I could get behind, this for some reason feels like more of a violation of his character and making him a bad father to his daughters feels like more of a violation, I can’t really explain why but it just does. Also I would like to add that I DID in fact side with Daemon throughout this episode up until that point because I thought Rhaenrya was being naive.
You know GRRM has been heavily involved in the writing right? That Daemon is his favorite character? Both GRRM and the other people writing the show have expressed surprise that people think Daemon hasn't been this bad the whole time. And I'm pretty sure he knows what his own characters are like. They've been showing that pretty clearly since the first episode, and reaffirmed it in the one where he took Rhaenerya to a brothel for the sole purpose of destroying her reputation in the hopes that it would allow him to marry her (and not just out of desire for her either - this episode shows how much he still wants to rule). The book in which you're claiming Daemon "never touched her" wouldn't have had a detail like that to begin with. It's a book told through various perspectives, all with their own agenda, and largely remarking on events for which they were not present, long after they occurred. So yeah, him strangling her isn't in Fire and Blood because that book doesn't show us their private lives by the very nature of the kind of book it is. And the picture that gets painted of Daemon as a husband in that book isn't exactly great either.
Love that ending shot. All hail the Black Queen.
Vinland saga tomorrow?
YEEEESSSS
Are y’all gonna watch the FMAB bloopers? I’m sure everyone is asking but idk if you guys read all the comments