Changes in one of the most striking episodes of the book Fire & Blood, which inspired the series derived from Game of Thrones, upset fans
The House of the Dragon (2022- ), series derived from game of Thrones(2011-2019), returned last Sunday (16) with the episodes of its 2nd season and, in the first chapter, called “A Son for a Son”brought changes in an important passage of Fire & Bloodbook of George R. R. Martinwhich inspires the production.
Warning: the following text contains spoilers for season 2 of The House of the Dragon!
In the debut chapter of the new season, we saw the revenge of Daemon Targaryen (Matt SmithDoctor Who) for the death of his stepson, Lucerys Velaryon (Elliot Grihault). In the story, he hires the assassins Blood (Sam C. Wilson, Dodger) It is Cheese (Mark Stobbart, The Long Shadow) to kill one of the king’s sons Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney, Tolkien).
In the book, they force the queen Helena (Phia Saban, The Last Kingdom) to choose one of his three children to die. Then they take the life of Jaehaerysby the mother’s choice, but they still tease the child, saying that she wanted him dead.
However, in the series, the duo arrives with the intention of killing Jaehaerysbut is in doubt when he finds the twins Jaehaerys It is Jaehaera. Cheesethen, asks that Blood check which of the children has a penis, but he decides to question the queen about who is who.
Helena is reluctant to point out who he is Jaehaerys, but ends up giving in. They still suspect that she is lying to protect the heir to the Iron Throne, but they accept her word and kill the child. Meanwhile, she runs away with her daughter.
Fans didn’t like the changes
Despite being quite similar to the scene in the books, except for the provocations of Blood It is Cheesefans of The Dragon Housedid not like the changes and claimed that it was much more impactful due to the words of George R. R. Martin. Check out the reactions:
They destroyed blood and cheese because Helaena simply handed over her son without 1 reaction, without 1 feeling, rubbish. They exchanged the shock of the child’s death for Alicent sitting on Cole so congratulated pic.twitter.com/IVv2M7iGgD
— taviи (@eztravin) June 17, 2024
blood and cheese:
– Daemon actually asks for Aemond and not one of the children, but it’s still open
– Phia was impeccable but the SCRIPT totally nerfed the event, it was harrowing with the sawing and her running away with her daughter but the rest was so dull, it seemed simple pic.twitter.com/siMY5ieiuw— Visenya (@jeantargaryen) June 17, 2024
The impact of Blood and Cheese on the book was MUCH greater, like pic.twitter.com/ad0lMEWMsv
— legal rhaenyra targaryen (@mariapassaport) June 17, 2024
two years waiting for the Blood and Cheese scene for the most shocking scene to be the guy kicking a dog #HouseoftheDragonpic.twitter.com/y3dz56vbBb
— Liz 📖 pjo¹ (@WifeofLorcan) June 17, 2024
It may be a bit nostalgic, but I was expecting something similar to the scene where Robert’s bastards are killed. There is no exaggerated violence, it does not show the baby being killed, but it is still shocking and uncomfortable, a very well constructed scene. I didn’t feel that with blood and cheese. pic.twitter.com/sEVJ5jI851
— Jhonatan Asher (@jhonatanasher) June 17, 2024
This image from the book has more emotion than the entire blood and cheese scene in the series pic.twitter.com/2sNE3u3UOh
—jojo. (@friggszwar) June 17, 2024
the kick to the dog was more impactful than blood and cheese #HouseoftheDragonpic.twitter.com/4rwhumbY6v
— JP (@JoaopMorel) June 17, 2024
What is the story of The House of the Dragon?
The House of the Dragon takes place about two hundred years before the events of game of Thrones and is adapted from the book Fire & Bloodin George R. R. Martin. In the 2nd season episodes, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy, Truth Seekers) fights against his own brother, Aegon II Targaryenfor the right to sit on the Iron Throne and rule the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
Who else is in the cast of the series?
The cast of the series also includes Olivia Cooke (The sound of silence) as Alicent Hightower, Rhys Ifans (The spectacular Spider Man) as Otto Hightower, Fabien Frankel (Paradise and the Serpent) as Criston Cole, Steve Toussaint (Prince of Persia: The Areas of Time) as Corlys Velaryon, Eve Best (The king’s speech) as Rhaenys Targaryen It is Ewan Mitchell (Saltburn) as Aemond Targaryen. Watch the second year trailer:
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