Luke’s actor is nearly 17.

I hope not, he’s really distinctive-looking.

I like how HotD gave a little shout out to Succession earlier in the season with the window scene. Made me laugh.

The fact that Aemond looks 35 while his older brother seems to be around 20 is particularly jarring.

The showrunner said in an interview that there’s not going to be any more recastings for time jumps from this point on (or from Season 2) until the show’s end.

The books are very different regarding Laenor. In the books he is actually killed by Qarl Correy, in front dozens of people at a fair, when they got into an argument. Rhaenyra and Daemon have nothing to do with it, so Corlys and Rhaenys never stopped supporting Rhaenyra’s claim to begin with. Bear in mind, in the…

Larys is never at Harrenhall, and has no family to run the place. Aside from his spies, he doesn’t seem like he has bannermen, servants, just doesn’t seem like much of a lord at all. If Rhaenyra took over, I’d be wondering how long it’d take him to notice.

There’s no way it’s all battles all the time. Dragons cost $$. I am 75% sure Season 2 will be mostly talking about battles we never see

‘Roids?

I do believe so.  Which is more then a little odd.

They’ve made some changes from the books, seemingly to make some characters seem a bit more sympathetic. Book Luke, while young, didn’t lack for confidence and had been riding his dragon since he was 6, and was a very good dragonrider. Also, Rhaenyra instantly denies Aegon’s initial offer, has her coronation, and gets…

Sure, but as far as Matt Daemon knows, what the hell could Larys do about it?

Lots of battles ... darkly lit, closeup fighting, poorly edited and murky battles where it’s impossible to know what’s going on.

big Succession fan too, but I think that show reflects some very relatable codependency issues despite the cruelty, which makes it insane that these dysfunctional families that are dysfunctional in the same lots of peoples families are, run the world.

Also wouldn’t Harrenhall be owned by Larys at this point, who would likely have a problem with Rhaenyra taking it over???

I’m sorry I just think it’s incredibly dumb how adult Rhaenyra was rightfully paranoid of threats to her heirs all season but during the greatest moment of political turmoil, she sent her kids off unchaperoned as if they didn’t have giant targets on their backs.

“House Of The Dragon seems to have wildly varying ideas of what a 14-year-old looks like.”

ASSHOLE LATE NIGHT HOST CONTINUES FEUD WITH VERY SLIGHTLY LESS ASSHOLISH RESTAURANT MAGNATE: PART 47.

That’s a silly comparison because Lena Dunham is a real person and is insufferable the way a real human is and someone you can imagine dealing with in your daily life (and I am Girls defender). Cersei would be a more apt comparison. The character is awful human and sexy. It is what it is.

I understand why they’re giving Alicent more shading and I think the actress did a good job of showing her dislike of the cynical maneuverings of her husband but it’s a little unclear as to what her motivations are or what sort of world she is envisioning. I also kind of wished she would at least acknowledge that her…