In which Crusader Chris critiques (complains about) House of the Dragon for twenty-three minutes. You probably came for ASOIAF content, but don't worry - I'm equally qualified to talk about HOTD and Game of Thrones as well. Which is to say, not qualified at all. Nevertheless, I have super intelligent things to say about Alicent's and Rhaenyra's characters, Viserys and Daemon's relationship, Lyman Beesbury's untimely death, Rhaenys's massacre, and Aegon's crown. And the dragons. Seriously, this show is a lot of fun, takes a ton of inspiration from ASOIAF lore, and I'm looking forward to HOTD season 2.

Music: "Above The Vast Clouds Of The Aquamarine Peak" by Quest Master https://questmaster.bandcamp.com/albu...

Map of Known World by Klaradox https://klaradox.de/maps/

Ryan Condal The Wrap article https://www.thewrap.com/house-of-the-...
GRRM's Not a Blog re: Daeron & Viserys/Paddy https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2...
So Spake Martin re: Aegon's crown https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/...
Benioff & Weiss Grantland article https://grantland.com/features/the-re...

Art credits:
Anastasia Prokofeva https://www.artstation.com/sigurn
Amok https://www.instagram.com/amokdigital...
Art Reflex   / artreflex  
Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme https://www.artstation.com/deharme
Elenya Art   / elenyaart  
Ertaç Altinöz https://www.artstation.com/ertacaltinoz
Francesco Biagini https://www.artstation.com/francescob...
Frrrrenki   / frrrrenki  
Ivelina Ivanova https://www.artstation.com/nirnaet
Jota Saraiva https://www.artstation.com/jotasaraiva
Magali Villeneuve https://www.magali-villeneuve.com/

Timestamps:
0:00 Alicent all over the place
8:25 Rhaenyra too nice
11:24 Accidents driving plot
13:20 Where ruby
16:39 Rhaenys the Cruel
18:35 What did we learn
19:47 Best changes
22:04 Last words

#houseofthedragon #asoiaf #gameofthrones