Setting over 100 years ago game of thrones, House of the Dragon A tale of the Targaryen Civil War tearing apart the Seven Kingdoms. The first season, which aired on HBO earlier this year, was a success by almost every metric. The audience rating was high, the reaction of criticism was good, and the fans enjoyed it.
Part of what fans especially appreciated about the show was how closely it stuck to the text of George R. R. Martin’s book. Fire & BloodIn some cases, it even improved what was there. For example, Martin himself has said that the show took the character of King Viserys I Targaryen, who doesn’t pop in any particular way in the books, and turned him into an irresistibly compelling character. It’s easy to agree with him.
That said, not all changes were successful, and in some cases the show chose to leave things out. Fire & Blood In a mind-boggling way.Here are our picks House of the Dragon should have refrained Fire & Blood…but didn’t.
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1. Reynis Targaryen’s hair should be black
Let’s start with the easy ones. Hair.There are many House of the Dragon, and most of them are bleached white silver blondes. Sometimes it becomes almost difficult to distinguish one nuclear blonde character with long hair from the next.
And in one case, the producer dark Book hair and make her white blonde for the show. Fire & Blood, Reynis Targaryen, cousin of King Viserys and wife of Coryth Velarion, turns out to be dark-haired, at least in her youth. As she ages, her hair turns white, but never silver like many others in her family.
Generally speaking, the Targaryens have that hot blonde hair, while Reynis inherits his Baratheon mother’s black hair. House of the Dragon, I gave Rainey black hair for the first bunch of episodes, put in some white streaks after the 10-year time jump between episodes 5 and 6, and her white (but blonde) hair after the final time jump not) hair and leave the rest of the show alone. It may have helped Rhaenys stand out visually in this sea of platinum.
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2. Emphasize how Baela and Rhaena Targaryen are different from each other (starting with the hair).
Speaking of hair, there’s also a note about Baela and Rayna Targaryen, daughters of Daemon Targaryen and Raena Velarion. The one who has – The stronger and wilder of the two. She likes riding (horses and dragons), fighting and boys. Rhaena, who has had trouble successfully hatching dragon eggs, is a bit more reserved and enjoys things like dancing and needlepoint. increase.
After featuring the girls as young women in episode 8, “The Lord of the Tides,” we don’t really know much about their personalities unless we look really closely. I wish I had.
Also, when it comes to hair, in the books, Baela is said to have her hair cut short (otherwise, it will get in the way while riding), while the modest Raena keeps it long. Baela keeps her hair long and Laena wears it even longer. Without it, I think the show should have kept the hairstyle out of the book. Giving Baela a short-cropped haircut is exciting based solely on its novelty.
