House of the Dragon (Game of Thrones prequel)

I honestly think Aegon's conquest might be most interesting as a Mook Horror Show, taking the POV of the various houses dealing with (or failing to) the arrival of a new catastrophic invader. Perhaps mirroring the Mongol conquest of the eastern world, with some powers submitting immediately, others refusing and being utterly destroyed, and the rare few who threw their invaders back.

I would expect major Tyrell POV episodes. That would be fun

Actor Tom Taylor has been leaked to be the actor to play Cregan Stark. - Reddit post about the leak.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Sep 24th 2023 at 9:31:18 AM

That is a very young Cregan Stark.

Cregan was himself a young man at the start of the war. There wasn’t a huge difference in age between Cregan and Jace.

This is the same Cregan Stark who executes half of the surviving Greens after the end of the war?

I thought he was a grey haired man by the time that happened, and I thought that was a scant decade after the end of the war.

Didn't he leave the North as a Winter Wolf, those Northmen who go raiding and sellswording in distant lands during the Winters so their families have one less mouth to feed and also might get an income? I thought those tended to old men who couldn't really do any useful work

Edited by blkwhtrbbt on Sep 26th 2023 at 4:18:42 AM

I think you got your facts confused somewhere because, respectfully, that's all wrong.

Cregan wasn't a Winter Wolf (the Winter Wolves were led by Roderick Dustin), the army he raised came after them (he even wrote in a letter that his army would be young and strong). Cregan only executed two people (he was Hand of the King for a single day, and the Hour of the Wolf lasted six days, it didn't happen a "decade later"), and by the time he returned to Winterfell, he was 24 years old.

Cregan's called the Old Man of the North because he lived for a long time (outliving at least one of his sons). Records are spotty as to when exactly he died, but he might have been north of a hundred.

Tom Taylor is pretty much exactly the same age as Cregan would have been when the Dance of dragons started.

Edited by ArthurEld on Sep 26th 2023 at 2:36:30 AM

Cregan becomes known as the Old Man of the North decades after the Dance.

The casting that worries me age wise is Alyn's actor being in his thirties. In the book he and Addam are only slightly older than their nieces and Jace and are supposed to be able to pass as Laenor's sons.

Wasn't there skepticism about that though? Isn't there in universe speculation that they aren't actually Laenor's but Corlys's?

Yes

Yes but there's a difference between these two guys are obviously not Laenor's sons because he was super gay but they look like they could be and there's no way these guys are Laenor's sons because he's barely a decade older than them.

He is 30 and there's already a lot of wonkery going on with actor/character age; if they decide to use that plot beat they can just say he is a hardened 20 year old and move on. TV has gotten away with worse.

Teaser trailer for season 2 is up now

As someone who wasn't on the hate train with Game of Thrones Season 8–even though I definitely acknowledge the problems, this show redeemed the franchise without a doubt—to the point that it maybe even topped its predecessor too. Definitely excited to see the next season. Great show.

I summarize it as, "It's not Game of Thrones at it's best but it's about 75% and that's fine."

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Dec 4th 2023 at 5:50:19 AM

Yeah. It also is good enough to wash the awful taste of season 8 people had. Which is fine for now. I feel well see it rise higher when we get to dance.

The feces is about to strike the air rotational device.

I repeat, the feces is about to strike the air rotational device.

Edit: I do. Autocorrect strikes again.

Edited by HandsomeRob on Dec 20th 2023 at 6:23:35 AM

You mean feces? Haha.

Yeah. After how the last season ended, things definitely are about to heat up all the more.

Two new trailers have been released, a Black and a Green trailer. They confirm June 16th is when the show will begin to air. [1] [2]

Is this thread just for the show or does it also discuss spoilers from Fire and Blood? I don't plan on reading Fire and Blood until the series is over so would like to avoid spoilers as much as possible.

Edited by king15 on Mar 21st 2024 at 3:38:06 PM

I mean, if you have watched Game of Thrones or read the books, you have already been spoiled, as references to how the whole conflict went down are aplenty.

It's been a long time since I read the books and have therefore only heard a few spoilers (thanks Joffrey). Sorry if it sounded like I was implying this thread shouldn't discuss spoilers, I just wanted to know so that I knew whether to avoid the thread or not.

Reading the original ASoIaf books or show absolutely does not give enough details that you're already spoiled for the show beyond the very top broadest of details.

Knowing other threads, I suspect this one frequently dips into Fire and Blood discussion. Possibly spoilered but not telling you that's what it's spoiling.

Ok, thanks for the reply.