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George RR Martin criticises House of the Dragon changes
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The Game of Thrones author George RR Martin opened up about the issues he has with the changes made in the fantasy drama House of the Dragons. Martin shared his views in his blog, mentioning that the co-creator and showrunner Ryan Condal has made significant changes in his novel Fire & Blood’s adaptation, which he is not happy about, as he feels that the alteration in seasons two, three and four can cause serious problems.

Although his post was deleted within hours. HBO also replied to it by issuing a statement. “In the show, Aegon and Helaena have two young children (the six-year-old twins Jaehaerys and Jaehaera). In the book, they have three —there’s an even younger brother, two-year-old Maelor. In a sprawling show with many characters for viewers to remember, having one less child seems like a rather routine adaptive choice. But, Martin notes, this is resulting in a ‘butterfly effect’ of consequences.”

There are certain changes in season two like the ‘Blood and Cheese’ scene, two persons who were hired to murder Jaehaerys in front of his mother. But in the book the sequence was presented in a different way.

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Martin elaborated about the same, saying, “I still believe the scene in the book is stronger. The readers have the right of that. The two killers are crueler in the book. I thought the actors who played the killers on the show were excellent... but the characters are crueler, harder, and more frightening in Fire & Blood ... I would also suggest that Helaena shows more courage, more strength in the book, by offering her own own life to save her son.” Martin is a co-creator of House of the Dragons.

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