History YMMV / HouseOfTheDragon

* QuestionableCasting: Creator/MattSmith being cast as Daemon Targaryen has been subject to much debate among the viewer base due to fans not being able to agree on whether he fits the ideal of Valyrian (or more specifically, Targaryen) beauty. [[WinBackTheCrowd His acting as Daemon has managed to win a few of his detractors over to his side]], but not everyone has been accepting of this casting choice.

** The idea that Aegon's Conquest was based in part on prophecies about the White Walkers was first mentioned in ''The World of Ice And Fire''. As usual, Septon Barth's ideas are probably true but dismissed by the skeptical author of the book.

** The idea that Aegon's Conquest was based, in part on prophecies about the White Walkers was first mentioned in ''The World of Ice And Fire''.

** Or at least in terms of an idea that ''could'' have been, which is reflected in the show's casting choice; while a black man being cast to play the Valyrian-descended Lord Corlys Velaryon was met with a mixed reception by the fans, George R.R. Martin himself noted in a 2013 interview that he wondered how his story would have gone had he chosen to make the Valyrians and the Targaryens black instead of giving them the usual "high fantasy" features, which he had ultimately decided against because of the unpleasant undertones of having a majority white country conquered by black people. This also likely serves as an explanation as to why he was in favor of the casting choice, as he had also had the idea in his mind for some time.[[invoked]]

** Shipping Jacaerys Velaryon with Cregan Stark, whom he was sent to parlay with at the end of Season 1, in advance of Cregan's onscreen appearance. This is based on the book histories in which the two of them got along famously and became SwornBrothers, and Jace's supposed secret marriage to Cregan's bastard half-sister Sara Snow according to the [[UnreliableNarrator disreputable writings]] of the court jester Mushroom. Since the other chroniclers of the war doubt Sara even existed, the fan theory is that this rumor was just a cover for a relationship between Jace and Cregan. The pictures the two actors posted together after Cregan seem to be intentionally encouraging this.

** Shipping Jacaerys Velaryon with Cregan Stark, whom he was sent to parlay with at the end of Season 1, in advance of Cregan's onscreen appearance. This is based on the book histories in which the two of them got along famously and became SwornBrothers, and Jace's supposed secret marriage to Cregan's bastard half-sister Sara Snow according to the [[UnreliableNarrator disreputable writings]] of the court jester Mushroom. Since the other chroniclers of the war doubt Sara even existed, the fan theory is that this rumor was just a cover for a relationship between Jace and Cregan. The pictures the two actors posted together after Cregan was cast have helped.

** Shipping Jacaerys Velaryon with Cregan Stark, whom he was sent to parlay with at the end of Season 1, in advance of Cregan's onscreen appearance. This is based on the book histories in which the two of them got along famously and became BloodBrothers, and Jace's supposed secret marriage to Cregan's bastard half-sister Sara Snow according to the [[UnreliableNarrator disreputable writings]] of the court jester Mushroom. Since the other chroniclers of the war doubt Sara even existed, the fan theory is that this rumor was just a cover for a relationship between Jace and Cregan.

** Many fans object to the omission of Daemon hugging his daughters in consolation in episode 6, insisting that this DeletedScene shows a much more sympathetic sensitivity of his character.