House of the Dragon

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by Gravedigger

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Aemond's character was written differently in the books. He went to kill Lucerys in the books, he's kind of a psychopath in the books. In the show they basically blamed it on the dragon and made Aemond look conflicted and sympathetic. My friend was worried about the change, said he didn't like it Aemond isn't a character to be sympathetic to, he's a badass villain. I'm sure he'll end up there eventually, but the way the book writes it, Lucerys and his dragon wash up on shore eventually, Aemond takes his eyes out of the corpse and delivers it to his mother, to her shock. So they started going that way in the show, but ended differently. Guess that's how season 2 could open up, but I didn't see Lucerys' corpse falling from the sky, didn't look there was anything left of him.

This is interesting, as a non-book reader, going into the finale Aemond was my rooting interest. Picked on and laughed at as a kid only to become a skilled fighter with a badass dragon and an eye patch, but after last night I kind of got the feeling that isn't how the story arc is intended.

Also, I feel like I'm supposed to be rooting for the Rhaenyra side but they seem just as ****y as anyone else on the show. And while this show is fantastic and the characters are all well done, outside of maybe the Valerian girls and some dragons, I'm kind of looking forward to everyone on this show meeting a painful death. Which is nearly a 180 from GoT where I had clear rooting interests.

[arrowheadnation]

Originally Posted by Gravedigger

Spoiler!

Aemond's character was written differently in the books. He went to kill Lucerys in the books, he's kind of a psychopath in the books. In the show they basically blamed it on the dragon and made Aemond look conflicted and sympathetic. My friend was worried about the change, said he didn't like it Aemond isn't a character to be sympathetic to, he's a badass villain. I'm sure he'll end up there eventually, but the way the book writes it, Lucerys and his dragon wash up on shore eventually, Aemond takes his eyes out of the corpse and delivers it to his mother, to her shock. So they started going that way in the show, but ended differently. Guess that's how season 2 could open up, but I didn't see Lucerys' corpse falling from the sky, didn't look there was anything left of him.

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Might have to dig his eyes out of a pile of Dragon shit...lol. To add to what you said, on top of Aemond, they are also portraying Alicent as a semi-sympathetic character. In the books, she's pretty much all-in on snuffing out Rhaenyra and co. from the get-go. They're making Otto the uber villain. Course, we know this show can change on a dime. BTW…in the book, her still-born baby was horrifically deformed and had a tail similar to a baby dragon.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by arrowheadnation

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Might have to dig his eyes out of a pile of Dragon shit...lol. To add to what you said, on top of Aemond, they are also portraying Alicent as a semi-sympathetic character. In the books, she's pretty much all-in on snuffing out Rhaenyra and co. from the get-go. They're making Otto the uber villain. Course, we know this show can change on a dime. BTW…in the book, her still-born baby was horrifically deformed and had a tail similar to a baby dragon.

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Wondered why she was having visions of a screaming dragon, outside of being a Targ, of course. That makes sense.

Sounds like they paid many respects to the source material throughout the first season.