Not unlike its predecessor, the legacy ofHouse of the Dragon, is timeless in nature.

Hed rather secure his claim on the Iron Throne than risk political unrest for love.

This also shows just how highly men regarded women at this time.

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Wives were reproductive tools, not equals in a marriage, to be loved and cherished at all costs.

They were, as Viserys proves by sleeping with another woman in no time, quite replaceable.

Misogyny and male dominance are as unsettling and damaging a social system as ever.

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Jealousy and rivalry will perhaps never stop disrupting the peace of society, if not uprooting kingdoms.

In excess, ambition will always lead to catastrophic failure.

Milly Alcock as young Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon Episode 2

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