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To think human mind is capable of creating such massive and intriguing stories is just mind boggling. All this came from the mind of one person !

I'm really surprised that you guys didn't include the fact the Aemond meant to kill Luke and Arrax in the book.

I loved the part where Daemon said to Viserys "It's Daemin time" and Daemed all over the place, even though that wasn't in the books. Matt Smith's performance is surely one of them

In the source material it is hinted that her children MIGHT have been fathered by Ser Strong. The fact that her husband is half black yet produces pure white babies & her sister by law is half back and produces milk chocolate skin babies drives the possibility even further

In the book arrax didn't initiate an attack on vahagar, Aemond deliberately killed Luke and took his eye from his corpse.

I think the adaptation carries even more meaning if we interpret fire ,and blood as a " historical retelling" and the show as objectively what occurred. Deviation from F,and b means the historians got it wrong leaving room to speculate if they were merely misinformed or intentionally recorded disinformation to shape the narrative of the history.

Comparing the book to the show is like being in a car accident, versus being a bystander to one. The book was set many years after events, while the show is taking place in real time. While some of the show choices are questionable, it’s been fun to get the bird’s eye view perspective.

Minor difference between the books and series: Rhaenys Targaryen-Velaryon took after her Baratheon mother Jocelyn, and had black hair, not silver hair.

I enjoyed a lot of the changes but the one that is the hardest to take is changing the race. I love the performers and that helps me bottle up Song of Ice and Fire lore. But Valyrians are noted for three things.. purple eyes (which I wish the shows used) silver gold hair and fair skins. They as a people have these traits dominate over other traits and they were pure blood elitist. The way I explain away it is that a branch of this bloodline after fleeing Old Valyria and settling in Driftmark went out sailing as they were not dragonriders. This could mean their blood not as strong and along the way this branch of the House mating with darker Essos folk and in the years since Aegon I conquest the darker skin faction rose to power by the time of Dance and then fell by the time of GoT.

TO BE CLEAR, IN CASE SOME DON'T KNOW: Fire and Blood is a novel written as if characters within the world of Ice and Fire wrote it. There are three perspectives given for the story of the Dance of the Dragons and what happened. Because its perspective of actual living people at the time, it is subject to the biases of those people. Because of this, many things in the novel are written without super clear answers, or are just OUTRIGHT WRONG! However, with the show "House of the Dragon," George R. R. Martin and the showrunners have been dedicated to making the show as CANON as possible. BECAUSE OF THIS, anything that differs from the story as told from the book, is subject to be changed in the show, as the show will likely be giving the FULL truth, without the BIAS, as if what happens in the show is what ACTUALLY happened. Questions that were still being asked were things like who does Rhaenyra lose her virginity to? That was answered in the show. It was always in question in the book. Also, in the book, it was also in question if she was actually having an affair with Ser Harwin Strong. With the show, we also know that to be true. Basically, just because the show is adapted differently, doesn't mean it isnt good, or isnt even correct... In fact, because it is a sort of anthology HISTORY, that tells the history of the Dance of the Dragons over a wide period of time, it is very easy for the showrunners to just ask George what they should fill it in with, and keep it as authentic to the universe as possible. Unlike in Game of Thrones, which is told as a STORY, where we get the perspectives of characters going from day-to-day, and we are told everything that is needed to be told.

Considering that the books are written from the perspective of unreliable narrators, I would consider the show more or less canonical.

Differences The coat-of-arms of House Strong does not display a fist within a black escutcheon, with red/green/blue lines radiating from it. In the books their heraldry is just the colored lines, for the forks of the Trident River. Jason and Tyland Lannister, while twins, are never explicitly described as identical twins. The first teaser trailer shows Ser Harrold Westerling of the Kingsguard as still alive during the events of 120 AC, the Year of the Red Spring, when in the book he passed away from old age some years before that. Ser Vaemond Velaryon is Corlys Velaryon's nephew in the book, not his younger brother. Vaemond and half a dozen other younger Velaryon cousins are involved in a subplot in the book, but they've apparently been condensed into one character as "Corlys's younger brother Vaemond". Characters' physical appearances As with Game of Thrones, many of the younger cast members had to be aged-up for legal as well as pragmatic reasons: i.e. in the book, Aegon II marries when he is 13 years old, but it would be explicitly illegal for a TV series filmed in the United Kingdom to depict someone younger than 16 marrying. King Viserys I Targaryen was severely obese late in his reign: he isn't in the promo images that have been released so far, though all of these have been from the early part of his reign. Viserys had a bushy, silver-gold mustache, and cropped his hair short, while TV-Viserys wears his hair long to his shoulders. Rhaenyra Targaryen was very beautiful in her youth, but six pregnancies ruined her figure, so that she was stout by the time she was an adult. In the TV series, adult Rhaenyra doesn't look stout. This same issue actually came up in Game of Thrones: in the books, Lysa Tully is said to be very stout after many pregnancies (all of which ended in miscarriages and stillbirths, except for one), but they didn't cast a stout actress for the live-action role. Valyrians typically have eye colors ranging from purple to deep blue - as with Game of Thrones, this detail has been dropped. Rhaenys Targaryen had her father Aemon's purple eyes, and her mother Jocelyn Baratheon's black hair. Her hair later gained white streaks as she aged. Prior to the publishing of Fire & Blood, her hair was simply stated to be silver, but this is now non-canon. Although Corlys Velaryon's physical appearance is never described, the Velaryons are not known to have been black or otherwise of a dark skin tone. House Velaryon overall is described in A Feast for Crows as having typical Valyrian features such as silver hair, purple eyes, and pale skin. Aurane Waters, a bastard of House Velaryon, is considered by Cersei to resemble Rhaegar Targaryen, though he has grey-green eyes rather than purple. It is somewhat implied that lower-ranking Valyrian families weren't as strict about blood purity, but the Velaryons aren't described as one of them. Mysaria had skin pale as milk. While she is said to be a slave from Lys, and slave populations are racially mixed, she is not described as being of partial Yi Tish (East Asian) descent. Ser Criston Cole is not known to have been of Dornish descent - though House Cole are the stewards of Blackhaven, which is in the borderlands with Dorne. He is also not described as "lowborn" (the Coles are minor nobles who serve as hereditary stewards, but they are still considered nobles). He is described as having coal black hair and pale green eyes. For most of his life, old age included, Jaehaerys I Targaryen kept his beard so long it reached his wais

Aemond killing luke "intentionally" in the books and by accident in the show

Number 1: time jump. 😅

What about the way the greens were portrayed? In the book, Otto Hightower is a real Tywin Lannister as Alicent is a second Cersei. Alicent will do anything to keep her children safe from Rhaenyra, as she may turn on them to after being crowned. In the book the green council seemed even prepared for Viserys death. The series took a lot of their cunning and ambition away from the characters, especially from Alicent.

Nice list

The book is told from a historians point of view. And in OUR world historians don't know everything, they sometimes speculate. So just imagine the show takes you there in person while the book tells you what happened from the point of view of someone who was born 200 years later

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! House of the Dragon is a cool show to watch..!! (Too bad Laena died.) ☹

Main antagonist of the series = Child brith

Sor Errik is in Dragon Stone with Rhaenyra in the book. And when his brother Sor Arrik goes to deliver the message asking for Rhaenyra to recognize Aegon as king they say good by as brothers, and that is the last time they are together before they kill each other.

7:17 "after being riled up" hum I would use another word 😂

6:22 actually Larys having his father and brother killed also makes him lord of House Strong and of Harrenhal, he killed two birds with one stone

Can you do comic book origin of Marvel's the Elementals(Hellfire, Magnum, Hydron and Zephyr)?

*Daemon* *Targaryen* If you know how Daemon dies (if he really did die) you know he leaves like a true BADASS! Better exit than Jaime Lannister. I expect so many people cheering once he exits the series which should happen probably in the end of Season 3. I'm not worried because Daemon is written as a DIVISIVE character. _ *George* *R.R.* *Martin* You know, I’m notorious for my love of morally grey characters, and one of the greyest characters in the entire story of Westeros is Daemon Targaryen, the Rogue Prince. We took one of those separate sidebars and made a story out of it ‘The Rogue Prince’. Daemon’s the younger prince of King Viserys I. For a time, he was the heir to the throne when Viserys had no children. Then Viserys had children, and he stopped being heir to the throne. He’s a *notorious* *bad* *boy,* *a* *rogue* *in* *every* *sense* *of* *the* *word,* he was a rival for Viserys’ daughter and his niece Rhaenyra, and then later he became [her] husband. He switches sides several times. You never know what side he’s going to come down on. He’s a very colorful and *unpredictable* character, and I think he has to rank up there as *my* *favorite.* *The* *Rogue* *Prince* Daemon was a skilled warrior, described in the histories as dashing, daring, and *dangerous.* He was also ambitious, *impetuous,* *mercurial,* *amoral,* *reckless,* and *quick* *to* *take* *offense.* Archmaester Gyldayn described Daemon as being as charming as he was *hot-tempered.* _ Daemon is not written as a good person, is he? He's not some Gary Stu like Steve Rogers. While I was bothered at first watching Daemon choke Rhaenyra last Friday, we have to remember he is short-tempered and unpredictable. Daemon wanted to go to war ASAP while Rhaenyra talked about dreams. He's written like an antihero. A grey character that GRRM loves. Daemon doesn't have many qualities of a hero or a good human being but he can still be heroic. And that's what makes Daemon so intriguing. You just don't know what he'll do next or how you'll feel about him. He's not written like a typical protagonist or antagonist. He's neither. Or he might be both depending on that moment. He can be a hero and a villain. That's why he's hard to understand over characters written with clichés. Choking Rhaenyra was still breaking canon and Matt Smith read it and probably shook his head. Or maybe he just went with it knowing how ruthless he can be. Did Rhaenyra have much of a choice? Daemon is her most POWERFUL ALLY. Losing him is like losing her MVP on her team. Rhaenyra can't really piss him off or divorce him at this moment, can she? She'd probably be dead without Daemon before the war even starts. Since I already know that Daemon will be one of the biggest HEROES to this war, I'm really not that worried. I'm also confident in Matt having more creative control over Daemon that he won't ruin him because a few female writers seems to hate Daemon and want him to look unredeemable. The Battle Above The Gods Eye will redeem every bad thing that viewers will feel about Daemon. Newbies can hate Daemon for the next two seasons. But once Daemon exits the show, they'll start loving him like GRRM does. More people will figure out Daemon was the hero all along even though he'll do some awful things along the way because that's what war does to people. Commit awful things. People will flip their feelings towards him like they did for Jaime by GOT's S3E3 when he saved Brienne from a gang rape. Let's just say Daemon is complicated. And our feelings towards him should feel the same. We can love him and hate him with a snap of a finger. This is just how he's written and how GRRM describes him. I find Alicent and Aegon a little more complicated for the TV show. My feelings for them can be all over the place. I usually love Daemon in every episode except a couple of moments I didn't agree with what he did. Daemon is flawed like 95% of the major characters in GRRM's lore but his real stans will only learn to accept them. Jaime RAPED Cersei next to Joffrey's corpse and fans still rooted for Jaime. Daemon was just high-strung in that heated moment with Rhaenyra. But Rhaenyra doesn't have much of a choice. She did propose marriage to him after Laena died. She needs him as much as he needs her. What did Olenna tell Daenerys when they were in Dragonstone? "You're a dragon. Be a dragon." I'm starting to think Daemon choking Rhaenyra was also a foreshadowing of Aemond and Lucerys not being able to control their dragons. You really can't control Daemon when he loses his cool. He's as hot-headed and grumpy as Caraxes. We've all seen far worse characters in Game of Thrones or in films more evil than Daemon. Some make it seem Daemon is Hannibal Lecter. _ *Matt* *Smith* There are so many elements to Daemon. I love the relationship with his brother. He’s a brilliant character because you never quite know what he’s thinking. I liked the ambiguity of that. There’s a ruthlessness in his personality that I thought was really interesting, to see characters who behave that badly. But in many ways, he comes from what he thinks is quite a genuine place. I said this to [the producers] at the start that I don’t just wanna make it this one thing. On the page, Daemon could really be one thing. I was always interested in trying to subvert it a little into something else. I think there’s a sort of strange, sensitive nature to Daemon and quite a genuine loyalty to him and humanistic qualities that you can peel away and see. What I uncovered, which perhaps wasn’t there in black and white, is that there’s a deep fragility to Daemon, actually - particularly when it comes to his brother. He cares what his brother thinks. The rest of the empire can go stick it. He doesn’t really give a toss. The thing with Daemon is he just keeps pushing - pushing the envelope, pushing the boundaries, pushing the rules that were in place around him. But it’s weird. The more time I spent with palace intrigue … He’s got a strange moral compass of his own. What looks like he’s just being erratic and mad, he thinks he’s doing the right thing. There’s a sort of folklore among ‘Fire & Blood’ fans and ‘Game of Thrones’ fans that when a Targaryen is born, you flip a coin. One side is greatness and the other side is madness, and you don’t know which side it’s going to land on. With Daemon, the coin is still in the air. _ *Sara* *Hess* He’s become Internet Boyfriend in a way that baffles me. Not that Matt isn’t incredibly charismatic and wonderful, and he’s incredible in the role. But Daemon himself is … I don’t want him to be my boyfriend! I’m a little baffled how they’re all, ‘Oh, daddy!’ And I’m just like: ‘Really?’ How - in what way - was he a good partner, father or brother - to anybody? You got me. He ain’t Paul Rudd. *Ryan* *Condal* He's not Ned Stark ... [he's] the antihero of the story ... if you’re looking for Han Solo, who’s always going to do the right thing in the end, you’re in the wrong franchise, folks. _ Daemon's greatest threats aren't Aemond and Criston but HBO writers. But Matt will save Daemon from character assassination because he gets Daemon just as much as George does. He improved Daemon with more compassion like the scene of helping Viserys and crowning him. Many scenes were an improv from Matt. HBO should fire all the writers and directors and let Matt direct all the episodes from here on out. There's a deleted scene in Ep 10 when Daemon first hears about Luke's death. He's trying to process it and thinking how to tell Rhaenyra. The final scene was Matt's idea next to the fireplace 🔥 since Targs are Fire & Blood. Matt has quietly been the MVP of the HBO production crew. The guy is trying to make Daemon look great like how he's written in F&B because he fully gets the character while the HBO writers wants to keep destroying GRRM's fav Targ and Aemond's idol. Don't worry, Team Daemon. Let the naysayers hate him or feel confused. They'll flip their feelings for Daemon by the end of S3. Daemon does have an ending in place. Writers don't need to make it up. Matt will save Daemon from all his haters in the writing staff trying to turn him into an unsympathetic monster by adding bullsh-t non-canon/breaking character scenes like choking Rhaenyra and deleting Daemon hugging his daughters. Real Daemon stans know better.

Well the book is Munkins version, now were having the GRRM version and im lovin it.

In the book Vaemond’s carcass was fed to Syrax

Leanor: *arrives back in the next season or something and doesn’t say a word about it* His parents *are alive* Seasmoke: Leanor! What’s up my guy?! Haven’t seen you in a minute how you doin’? Lord Corlyss: hol’ up

No issue with the House Velaryon change apart from the fact that the grandchildren particularly really should have resembled Daemon more in the interest of accuracy in the same way that the "strong boys" resembled their biological father more. It didn't affect what was a brilliant first season I must add.

Can someone tell me what book to read based of the first season of house of dragons I want to get into the books, and if you know the order in which they go I would much appreciate it

I’m also pretty sure that the Sea Snake doesn’t die in the books and actually becomes an essential ally to Rhaenyra in the wars to come

We are probably not going to see Laenor again. Mostly because he is dead in the book and they wouldn't have any material to adapt for him. I guess they could invent original material for him in the show, but what would be the point?

I was surprised that daemon killed his first wife

Are the books worth reading? Ive read the ASOIAF books and really enjoyed those (and most of GoT) but I didn’t enjoy HOTD at all. Are the books better ?

The only thing i didnt like about the show was the crab feeders story. It felt rushed and inconsequential.

I'm just sad we have to wait until 2024 for S2. Doesn't every season finale feel like graduation day? There is some closure but you're going to miss seeing your friends. I won't visit many of the KZfaq reactors until the 2nd season airs. Because GRRM lore can be dissected and talked about forever. MCU doesn't have the depth for it. The characters aren't that complicated. And Star Wars lost my interest many years ago. Didn't even bother with Andor. GRRM said we may get S2 by April/May 2024. And 2 years does move quickly. It's not like the 1990s when a year felt like a year. Now 5 years feels like only 1 year elapsed. They won't start filming until March next year. I wish they can film closer apart for each season. Then we only need to wait 9.5 months for the next season. The 2.5 months watching it with KZfaq reactors usually on Sundays is an awesome experience. I just love seeing people react to every episode and feeling shocked and confused. I'm going through withdrawals without any HOT D during these next 75-90+ Sundays. TBH, HOT D isn't really my favorite show. Neither was GOT. I don't even have GOT in my top 10 and that's if you removed S7 and S8. But I love discussing GRRM's lore. They have the deepest stable of complicated characters and situations that SW, Marvel, DC, and LOTR doesn't have. Oh, well. I guess I'll be watching The Mandalorian S3, The Boys S4, and Loki S2. I love all 3 but it's not on the level of HOT D when it comes to discussions or shock value. So 2023 is mostly going to be a bore without any HOT D content. Next year just won't be the same without it. I no longer rely on superhero content to entertain me. I'd rather watch classic movies from the 20th century than the cookie-cutter crap coming from MCU and DCEU.

I like that the verlaryons' appearance is different in the show

The show complements the books pretty well

Their skin tone has nothing to do with racism or diversity. The show should stick with the books

The still say “Seven Kingdoms” Unless they refer to the Riverlands as a kingdom, they’re only 6 at this point in the timeline. Like 50 years later, King Daeron II unites Dorne through marriage alliance.

9. I disliked the Maelys scene, completely pointless when she could have sent the message by going out the back, and yes there is a back, and landing in front of the Sept. 8. Not fond of that, Daemon was more nuanced in the book and Rhae's accidental death showed how sometimes fate messes with people. 7. I'm iffy on that one, could work, but it could be pointless or mess with the story n the future. 6. Larys was obvious, this just chose to show that 5. Didn't like the scene with them together, felt more like HBO trying too hard for drama 4. Was fine with this change, does add for some drama that's far more interesting than the previous entry 3. The actors were great but the change still irritated because it contrasts with book information, specifically with Viserys being half-Velaryon since his parents and grandparents were full siblings and his great-grandmother was a Velaryon. 2. Was an interesting choice, it made me actually excited, my only question is the knife, in the book that knife originally belonged to Littlefinger, if it was such an important Targaryen relic how did he get it? Honorable mentions: How is it so hard not to remember it was the other eye? Pick up the book! Corlys and Vaemond's changes works fine for the show, that's going to just be one of those it's different in the book details. Crabfeeder, I just wish we got to see Daemon kill him. I was actually intrigued by the change with Daemon stealing the egg, made him unpredictable. We all knew Beesbury died before the end of the war, this just showed it. 1. I did enjoy seeing Laenor live, made for an interesting change. It does question how Seasmoke will work since Dragons can only have one rider for as long as the rider lives. I really did enjoy the show, it has the potential to be one of the best HBO shows out there. But in the end the changes from book canon still tend to irritate more often than not.

*The* *Popularity* *of* *Daemon* *Targaryen* I saw a poll yesterday for the most popular character in House of the Dragon. Unsurprisingly to most of us, Daemon won. 42.2% - Daemon Targaryen 🖤 18.8% - Rhaenyra Targaryen 🖤 14.3% - Rhaenys Targaryen 🖤 8.1% - Aemond Targaryen 💚 5.4% - Viserys Targaryen 🖤 2.7% - Criston Cole 💚 1.8% - Corlys Velaryon 🖤 1.3% - Laenor Velaryon 🖤 Ryan Condal laughed at the notion that fans are more qualified than him and George R.R. Martin to make decisions about important characters. “Yeah, please explain to me and George who Daemon is as a character, everybody." Man, the HBO writers keep wanting to insult Daemon stans because many females worship him like he's Elvis Presley. The HBO writers dirty Daemon on TV, yet, he's still far and away the most popular character on House of the Dragon. Happy 4⃣0⃣th birthday 🎂🎈, Matt Smith. I think if Daemon ordered Blood and Cheese 100 times, he would still be the most popular. Daemon can bring Rhea Royce back from the dead 100 times and kill her in 100 different ways and he would still be the most popular. He's everyone's favorite Targaryen rock star. Daemon could do what Rhaenys did killing hundreds of innocent people in the Dragonpit 100 times and he'll still be the most popular. He can snap his finger like Thanos wearing the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half the universe and he'll still be the most popular. What's his appeal? He's an alpha. He's a charismatic badass. Maybe Sara Hess only dated nerds or beta males. But lots of women are attracted to bad boys. Look at Scott Peterson, a wife-killer like Daemon. He got tons of love letters and marriage proposals. Same with Charles Manson when he was still alive. *SPOILERS* Think about this for a moment. Vhagar (the largest dragon), Caraxes (the most ferocious dragon), Aemond (the most badass Green), and Daemon (the most badass Black) all crash into a body of water. And among those 4, only Daemon might have come out of it ALIVE!! That's GOAT-level. I can't think of any character from any popular franchise who exits a show as BADASS as that. Not even Iron Man and Darth Vader exited a franchise as cool as that. 😎

Rhaenys interapting coronation was incredibly stupid. As many other changes

0:37 10. How Lana dies 1:54 9. Coronation, interrupted 3:04 8. Daemon's innocence 4:23 7. Ser Harrold Westerling lives 5:34 6. Who kills the strongs 6:56 5. Rhaneyra and cristons tryst Got lazy 😂 4. 8:07 3. 9:25 2. 10:55 1. 13:45

LOL, the most unbelievable and crappy parts were all HBO additions! I'm not surprised.

Should have made literally any other house of darker complexion and I wouldn’t have batted an eye but valerians are pale white the strongs would have been a good choice and a lot more lesser known houses are coming into play

Why so many ppl argue about the race of fictional characters in a fictional world is mind boggling.

Why does Westeros need diversity so much? GOT didn't have that and it was amazing (for the most part). You're frothing over a tickbox. But I will agree with SOME of the acting. Corlys is great, but there is nothing worth mentioning for the others.

Can you do top 10 moments from X-Men Anime?

I don't think that people need to cry "racism" every time people critique the race swap of characters. I love the actors that they chose. They are doing a great job. People feel that the glaring fact that the children are not Valeryon makes it seem that it is stupid for the King to be so sure that they are. That is most likely the reason others are upset. Honestly, it is a tough subject. There is always more to things than just shouting racism every time someone brings up a valid critique. It can be addressed and discussed properly. But when you claim that racism has anything to do with it, you only perpetuate it's existence in our culture. The fact is that the race swap did throw a rock in a glass house. Raenyrs and Viserys' insistence that they were legitimate was so obviously ridiculous, some people cannot see past that thus the critique. I think no one is that stupid. It shows that he loves his daughter and his grandchildren (Which are his and he knows it. Making him a good grandpa since he knows that they would probably be killed if they acknowledge their illegitimacy). The whole thing is a valid critique on the show that people feel was done to push an agenda instead of doing something that was 100% to make sure the show was good and successful. The fact is that race and gender swapping rarely go well. And it goes both ways. There have been several movies that got hammered for white washing characters or gender swapping women to men as well. Anyways, the list was good. The show is great imo. I really like all the characters so far. I hope that they continue to do well. I hope that the show goes so long that Robert's Rebellion gets into the show. The title House of the Dragon lends it self to being able to go beyond just the war between the Blacks and Greens.

I see a lot of mix between the book fans saying "this is not at all mentioned or how it is noted in the books" and "its a matter of perspective". I get both arguments, but keep in mind that this is only 'canon' to the GoT TV show and not the books. They are two separate entities at this point with how far off-track things got in the TV. So if you're a book fan who found your enjoyment falling off in the last 2 or 3 seasons? Odds are you are not fond of the show. If you only ever watched the show and did not read the books? Odds are you enjoy this prequel. And there is nothing wrong with either of it.

So, Daemon character is more like Gaston from Beauty & the Beast

Leave it to watch MOJO to bring up the race card like they always do

Dont mind the color change, because its done very well and does not feel forced, but I diasgree on all the points made on nr 3

I am hoping laenor comes back

the secret love is in favor of cristen?!?! he was a hostage to a princess lol

i hope we see ser Harold in future seasons alive and pleading loyalty to the blacks just like Erik did. i really want to see him in combat

Laenor is 100% going to come back as Addam, it just makes complete sense.

The race change makes sense. Watching the show it was so hard keeping up with all the names. If the rest of the cast looked white/blonde hair it may of been more confusing? But if they changed it for "diversity" that would be idiodic. Should we change half the cast in Black Panther to other races for diversity? Of course not.

What about Aemond taking Luces eyes

I think 7 is the only change I liked. The rest makes more sense in the books to me.

Lyman Beesbury "being arrested" and "falling out a window" like Russian Oligarchs accidentally falling out windows and off boats.

Daemon doesn't kill his wife in the book. And it's just impossible that he did. Rhea dies while Daemon is still at war in the Stepstones. And between the end of the war and Daemon's return to King's landing, there is a year difference. This change does not add anything to the story.

As long as the story isn't interrupted by the changes, I am totally fine with it. Skin color is not addressed or having a bad made up plot line, so it's cool. But let's drop the song of ice and fire in season 2 already, I am with daemon let's choke anyone who talks about it in this amazing show so far

I actually love how they're treating the book as an incomplete interpretation of the events and the show is telling us what actually went down. Some of the book readers got DAMN annoying during Game Of Thrones. This kinda makes up for it.

he is vampire who never ages

Calling them “racist” is kinda embarrassing. There have always been darker skinned people. But these houses have been “cloud skinned and white of hair” y’all gotta know that off.

Man, this is such a love letter to Elric of Melniboné and Micheal Moorcock's eternal champion. At least George is friends with Moorcock so it's not just plagiarism like the rest of fantasy that steals from his work. The dragons the silver hair. Sorta albinoism. The way Valyria was decadent ways exactly like the people of Melniboné. Dreams. The winter clearly is similar to chaos in Elric which entropy. People need to read/listen to the audiobook of Elric if you like GOT and HOD. The Witcher stole ideas from it. So did warhammer 40k. But essentially modern fantasy is Micheal Moorcock's work and you see it a lot. If you want to understand the world of Game of Thrones you need to understand Elric of Melniboné. So much is related to it you can see loads of references.

The R+L=J doesn't make any sense since Jon's name is Aegon. Now if you're going to say but, I will tell you, Meera's and Jorjens's father, Lord Reed was a close friend of the Starks, so, he would know that Jon's name is actually Aegon, because leaving the tower without Lyanna but with Jon, he would trust the men to not tell Robert Baratheon, or he would kill him to protect and keep a promise to his sister. So, no sense in this theory. If he's name is actually Aegon, then.... R±L=J is not Jon, and kind of make sense since Martin doesn't go towards the obvious. Can we stop now? The song of ice and fire could be Jon, only if his name is Aegon, if is not, we are missing a lot here, if it is, the R+L=J is not Jon.

Sience ya'll are afraid to say it , I will "House Velaryon"

i love how they say "we loved" as a way to put their opinion but making it seem like everyone agrees with them lol

We’re missing a whole character how’s no one talking about this

Drawings from the book shows Corlys Valaryen with long white hair and strong features. In the book no one whispers about Jace, Luke, and Joffrey's parentage because the children look Valaryen. It should have stayed that way. It isn't being racist it's just that fans don't want another Season 8 from producers who totally ignored everything written.

TOP 10 Differences Vetween Books and Movies

There’s no show better then house of dragon in the last three years.

Color of skin of course HAD to be mentioned lollll. I don't care its just funny. I genuinely never really thought of it until it was mentioned in the video. Yes, they are black. OK lol. Thanks for reminding us.

Viserys Health????

My only complaint about hotd was the story was slow moving at times , hopefully this character building is a portent to upcoming seasons, my guess 2024 , damn

Velaryon's appearance 🤮

People need to be reminded of one thing, your sense of diversity isn't needed in fiction and tv. Curb your emotions and don't ruin the art. Entire masses supporting Rhaenyra have forgotten the fact that she is indeed mother of 3 bastard children die to HBO making Velaryons black had this not been the case the plot could have moved in another direction as well apart from cliche accusations and blame of adultery and bearing illegitimate children.

How don't we know the show are real events and the book is false..... history is written by the victor 🤯

Raynearuh dies at the end of the first season. Shes the Ned Stark.

Not even gonna mention that Strong feet fetish.

Alicent seem to be a bad person in the book, but in the show they kinda made her likeable. The same for Aemond, in the book that dude is a douchebag but in the show he is so badass

Other change- they made Rhaenyra's character more sympathetic and Alicent's more kind of bitch....

Good lord, is that to music that's always in the background? If so, I never noticed just how incredibly annoying and distracting it is. I kept thinking someone outside was being obnoxious. I put the video on pause to listen and didn't hear it anymore. I pressed play.. its coming from the video smh. Horrible music choice. Turned the video off after 4mins.

I think it's fantastic that they altered the Valeryans. Yes, it gives some welcome diversity. But also the actors are all fantastic, and to me they really stand out as royalty.

They completely underutilized Laena's character. In the book, Laena is very close to Rhaenyra, and Daemon is truly in love with her. The three spend a lot of time together, they liked to travel on the backs of dragons. And I prefer Laena's death in the book. It's more sad and bittersweet, and Rhaenyra is at her bedside when she dying!

Making the Velayrons black was a great move. It makes the bastard subplot much better.

the book is magnificent though xD

Pretty sure all c sections were “botched” in this time period

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Think number 2 was the only one I really disliked. Yea it was cool. But not really needed.

These differences are making me think, all of this is made up. Well, at least dragons are real.

WatchMojo milking the shit out of HOTD Do you not have any new ideas?

how am i the only 1 asking when is WINTER in this show. i mean its been summer since Rhenerya's mom died now the civil war is about to start. like do the Stark house words mean nothing. this is a place where its a few years summer and a few years winter. am i the only 1 that thinks that this is a plot hole. Is winter only coming just before Got starts. this is affecting me. how am i the only 1 that noticed this. So many timeskips and not 1 WINTER

How many times has Hollywood given character who were black a MUCH lighter skin tone to say the least: Hannibal, Cleopatra, All of the Egyptians in general, Adam & Eve, Jesus, etc…. Please get over creative decisions that are just artistic in choice as opposed to deliberately dishonest depictions with ill intentions

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FFS, it's pronounced Laena (Layna)... not Lena (Leena)

Number 1: daemon is hideous