They really didn't try to find an actor that looked like Aemon's younger self at all did they. So it's probably just that the Targaryens are a little more Hanoverian than Habsburg in terms of what's more incidental in their bloodline. Egyptian pharaohs revered sibling marriage, influenced by the legend that the god Osiris married his sister, Isis, to maintain a pure bloodline What was good enough for the Gods was good enough for them, I suppose Even though their gene pools were being shrunk into shallow puddles filled with birth defects. Being that this is a gambling company, I'd be willing to wager there are 2 figures that the majority of Barstool's audience would relate to Ancient Egypt Cleopatra and King Tut. Reply . These are wild beasts after all, and Viserys drops knowledge in the first couple episodes that the dragons are a farce of power. I bet an all-male writers' room would have gone that direction. I am no fan of Facebook or Zuckerman, but you made him the face of incest in real life! It just, you knowended. But its ending, which didn't entirely fit the fanfics, YouTube videos, leaks, theories, predictions, headcanon, or fan wishes and expectations was rejected by the 'fans.' Very very few of them are physically deformed, with some monstrous-looking babies happening only occasionally (although far more drastically than real deformed inbred children), perhaps less than once a generation, but like half of all known Targaryens are barking bonkers. Perhaps you need to have another discussion with your brother and tell him how you feel uncomfortable with everything - and that he would help you so much as a person if he put it all behind him and supported you in feeling clear and safe in relationship to him. They still cared about it. Of all the messy inbred relationships in this story, theirs is the most straightforward one. Seems pretty plausible, considering it's exactly what we observe. After installing the add-on, simply right-click an page element that you want to remove and select Inspect.Right-click on the element you wish gone, and select ' Inspect '. ._1QwShihKKlyRXyQSlqYaWW{height:16px;width:16px;vertical-align:bottom}._2X6EB3ZhEeXCh1eIVA64XM{margin-left:3px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;padding:0 4px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;margin-left:0;padding:0 4px}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:14px;padding:0 4px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH,._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{display:inline-block;height:16px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-body);border-radius:50%;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;width:16px}._2cvySYWkqJfynvXFOpNc5L{height:10px;width:10px}.aJrgrewN9C8x1Fusdx4hh{padding:2px 8px}._1wj6zoMi6hRP5YhJ8nXWXE{font-size:14px;padding:7px 12px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y{border-radius:20px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:hover{opacity:.85}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:active{transform:scale(.95)} I don't see how anyone believes Aemond in the slightest and I don't see how it really changes the book, we know the book isn't completely factual. Sorry guess I'm not sure how spoilers work for leaks, I haven't seen it myself either just going on what otehrs have said. As the last living son of Rhaegar Targaryen, Jon has the potential of inheriting the Targaryen madness as even less inbred Targaryens have been known to shown signs of it.So far, Jon has shown no such direct signs. Maybe he survived! By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Seeing Arrax just get snapped in half and knowing they just got ate whole terrifies me for some reason, the shot of Arrax's pieces falling to the ground instantly hit me with a weird sadness despite them being entirely CG highly unreal Very very few of them are physically deformed, with some monstrous-looking babies happening only occasionally (although far more drastically than real deformed inbred children), perhaps less than once a generation, but like half of all known Targaryens are barking bonkers. I didnt have much of a problem with the pacing of seasons 7 and 8. The Faith agreed to this grudgingly and 50 years of peace was the result. Dragon eggs are notoriously difficult to hatch, though they can maintain the spark of life inside of them for decades if not centuries. I feel sympathetic towards the Targaryens among them - poor Aegon got manipulated when he didnt even want the crown, Haelenas spirit was broken by Blood and Cheese, and Aemond, well Aemond is just a crazy sonovabich. They really didn't try to find an actor that looked like Aemon's younger self at all did they. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martins ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. Am I crazy or was that the best tv of the last couple of years? Aemond looks, sounds, and acts like a bully regardless of whether he meant to have his dragon eat Lucerys'. But before I could get even close to the Victorian Era in England, I was peppered with inbred tales from Ancient Egypt. They have their issues, but they are beautiful and athletic. Pure Martin is neither of these shows. Its got just as many high points and a much more satisfying conclusion. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. In order to settle the realm, Jaehaerys agreed that Targaryens would yield to the Faith and be crowned under it with only the exception of marrying siblings being allowed. The genetic theory for dragon riding kinda makes sense too. Rhaenyra taking King's Landing. Viserys and Daemons parents were siblings, and their parents were also siblings. He ruled as Egyptian pharaoh nearly 1300 years before the birth of Cleopatra, but DNA tests of King Tut's mummified corpse are able to confidently show that the grand ruler was actually an inbred genetic misfit. As the last living son of Rhaegar Targaryen, Jon has the potential of inheriting the Targaryen madness as even less inbred Targaryens have been known to shown signs of it.So far, Jon has shown no such direct signs. ***** Otto POV. Thoroughbred horses (pretty much the entire breed) are as inbred as Hapsburgs. deep breath. And no, Im not rooting for the Greens ever. Oct 8, 2022 Their Targaryens, they can't be guilty of incest. Reply . Here's why the Targaryens get away with all the incest when the rest of Westeros is against it. He is considered as more reasonable. Probably about 50% of the audience at best know who GRRM is. by my point these things arent inherently evil and they were not at fault for all they were commanded to do by the Targaryens. ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} May the tides be in your favors, friends. It went against the Faith of the Seven, and even having dragons didnt automatically dissuade people from wanting to rise up against them in the decades after Aegon conquered Westeros. ._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa{margin-top:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._3EpRuHW1VpLFcj-lugsvP_{color:inherit}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa svg._31U86fGhtxsxdGmOUf3KOM{color:inherit;fill:inherit;padding-right:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._2mk9m3mkUAeEGtGQLNCVsJ{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;color:inherit} HotD is a good show, but by comparison narrow, vicious, pessimistic, claustrophobic, and full of white-blonde, unlikable, inbred people killing each other and inadvertently destroying the flying miracles that set them apart. These are wild beasts after all, and Viserys drops knowledge in the first couple episodes that the dragons are a farce of power. I feel sympathetic towards the Targaryens among them - poor Aegon got manipulated when he didnt even want the crown, Haelenas spirit was broken by Blood and Cheese, and Aemond, well Aemond is just a crazy sonovabich. While Targaryens* not having purple eyes technically "breaks the lore", nobody cares about that and nobody, in this thread, is complaining about the lore being broken. But like, if you look at how most of the crowned heads of Europe were related through the Hanoverians for the last 200 years or so of the golden age of monarchies in the real world, you'll notice that they generally looked average to occasionally beautiful- but their big curse was hemophilia. Umm okay. I was expecting a lot of really good looking people on this show, in my head I always imagined Targaryens to be quite pretty. She's like his what, cousin? Cinemablend is supported by its audience. was actually Leanor's son and married Heleana the kid would be more inbred than a hamburger. Like many royal houses, members of the Ptolemaic dynasty married within the family to preserve the purity of their bloodline. Laura turned a lifelong love of television into a valid reason to write and think about TV on a daily basis. more like if alabamians were good looking. The reason so much inbreeding is bad on a developmental level is that most people are carrying around the material for various genetic diseases, but they don't really express themselves unless both parents carry it. of the younger versions of the characters. I mean they could do it, but it would look quite silly to claim that all of this was planned for decades when the war was just a. in the episode they mentioned that Cregan is close in age with Jace so I guess they're going to keep him pretty young. This person is just a shining example of the fickleness of the internet. Unlike Game of Thrones as an adaptation of George R.R. It has little humor or lightheartedness; even Shakespeare provided comic relief for his tragedies. I mean, Aemond's actions are still heinous and indefensible this is probably the worst change yet. That really isnt too likely after the time jumps and recastings, not to mention the influence of Otto Hightower and Larys Strong on the queen, and a wild theory is circulating about the new Lord of Harrenhal. by my point these things arent inherently evil and they were not at fault for all they were commanded to do by the Targaryens. Seeing Arrax just get snapped in half and knowing they just got ate whole terrifies me for some reason, the shot of Arrax's pieces falling to the ground instantly hit me with a weird sadness despite them being entirely CG highly unreal Seeing Arrax just get snapped in half and knowing they just got ate whole terrifies me for some reason, the shot of Arrax's pieces falling to the ground instantly hit me with a weird sadness despite them being entirely CG highly unreal For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. It was only sleeping. Oh god I don't think I'm gonna make it through two years of these talking points. No one writing F&B was up in the air with Luke and Aemond. ._2Gt13AX94UlLxkluAMsZqP{background-position:50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;position:relative;display:inline-block} It has little humor or lightheartedness; even Shakespeare provided comic relief for his tragedies. I think the answer is simply, regardless of people's feelings on how it ended, there was enough love for the old show to come back for this new one. Reply . You must log in or register to reply here. There's something about the idea of getting eaten that fucks with me when you hear about all the being fed to dragons stuff. Broken lore a plot hole The plothole being discussed in this thread, is that Jaehaerys genetically is 75% Velaryon*, but is as white as white gets. Wtv he says probably won't be taken seriously anyway. Rhae firstborn ( is Lucearys the name of the guy? ) Strong disagree. In retrospect, fans remember the Sunday night joy. All post titles must NOT include spoilers from Fire & Blood or new episodes of House of the Dragon. It has little humor or lightheartedness; even Shakespeare provided comic relief for his tragedies. The conspiracy can still exist if it started after the dance proved once and for all that they are absolutely dangerous beasts/sources of magic. People just wanted more Game of Thrones. Watching it again after the leaks made me really appreciate it more. Then another 8 episode season of what the second half of this season is covering. 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