Summary
Dragons are truly magical creatures, andHouse of the Dragonreminds us of that with each episode.
In “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” for example, a dragon simply disappears!
And not just any dragon, but Vhagar, the Queen of All Dragons.
The reign of House Targaryen begins with this prequel to the popular HBO seriesGame of Thrones.Based on George R.R. Martin’sFire & Blood,House of the Dragonis set nearly 200 years beforeGame of Thrones, telling the story of the Targaryen civil war with King Viserys.
What’s your secret, my prince?
It was hard to see anything, and riding a dragon isn’t easy.
It’s like an airplane that spits fire, just slightly more flexible.
The younger the dragon, the more eager to prove themselves.
InHouse of the Dragon, Aemond surprises us by goingbelowand beyond, though.
Achieving such climbing speeds with a huge dragon can’t be easy, but we can understand.
There was cloud cover, andVhagar was angry.
Why do you think magicians use dry ice in their performances?
To hide their sleight-of hand, of course or a sleight-of-dragon, in this case.
The atmosphere was all in Aemond’s favor.
The second time, though, Aemond goeseven lower in clear sight, by the way!
That’s just impossible.
Rhaenys shouldn’t be flying so low, granted, but Vhagar?
First, how and when did she vanish?
What’s more, the physics of it are all over the place.
And shekeeps flying upwardswith Meleys' added weight and Meleys would beno single-engine aircraft, mind you.
Martinrecently wrote about his dragonson his blog, but he didn’t mention any of this.
Always avoiding the big questions, that one.
Who cares about the difference between adragon and a wyvern?
(Just kidding,wedo.)
New episodes ofHouse of the Dragonair weekly on Sundays on Max.
