#HouseOfTheDragon showrunner Ryan Condal on the changes from book to screen:
“For me, necessary changes in the translation of something from one medium to another seem less controversial. People have to understand that I have 200 pages of prose to work with to make four seasons of television. And this stuff, believe me, keeps me up at night more than anybody.
But between season 2 and season 3, I just realised that I really can’t live like this anymore, just worrying about every little thing. I have to trust my instincts as somebody who’s read Fire & Blood probably more than anybody else on the planet at this point. And I still regard this adaptation as tremendously faithful to the overall text and the broad story that it is telling, even when there are individual moments that are surprising or different”
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@buff_err Really bad writing here. They could have had this happen without tarnishing Alyn by summoning him to the dragonpit for a coronation and then when he refuses she feeds him to Syrax.
Sigh... I've been away from the paleo scene for a while now, and once I dip my head in for a sec I already see research papers slightly editing my skeletals with no credit and claiming them as their own. I give up.
Your gentle reminder that Rhaenyra has 2 more sons.. somewhere.. that she didn’t even ask about after their caregiver abandoned them in Season 2 and well idfk
Helaena was all adamant about not abandoning Jahaera or terminating fMaelor until Rhaenyra made her eat her breakfast and a strange woman told her her sister is evil so what can you do? A flip, that's what.
@AegonDayne I feel like it would have been more compelling with the Maelor element that they threw away. Like it functions but also shes basically mad cus Rhaenyra made her eat breakfast so she kills herself.