You have to admit, when you see the clips back-to-back, they are pretty similar…

It's been a rocky road for me and HBO's House of the Dragon . And I'm pretty sure many other Game of Thrones fans would agree. There's a lot to complain about - the constant recasting, at times, the painful writing. Due to the aforementioned flaws, the series' character development is certainly lacking. But despite the gripes, we still felt some serious loss after Sunday's shocking finale came to a seemingly abrupt end. As a pretty serious fan of George R.R. Martin's worldbuilding, I knew that…

If you've been watching HBO's game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon , then you're probably familiar with the emotional rollercoaster of the show's first season. The series, which is set two hundred years before the original, is rife with problematic themes (classic Targaryen incest), some strange choices regarding timelines and casting, and some seriously insufferable characters. Yes, we're mostly talking about Ser Criston Cole. While we wait for tomorrow to enjoy what is set to be an ac…

Fantasy television series have been having a moment. We're not sure who had the genius idea to air HBO's House of the Dragon at the same time as Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but it's inspired a lot of comparisons, both good and bad. One thing that the HBO Game of Thrones prequel has over the LOTR prequel is some serious character hatred. And we're not even talking about Queen Alicent Hightower. We're talking about Ser Criston Cole. Criston's character was introduced in a posi…

Um, hey. Spoilers, obviously. If you've been watching HBO's House of the Dragon as obsessively as I've been, you'll know that last night they did a thing. They did a few things, really. And while there may have been that massive shift in terms of the cast, ( Emma D'Arcy replacing Milly Alcock as Rhaenyra, and Olivia Cooke replacing Emily Carey's Alicent) the same violence and misery remain as though ten minutes had passed rather than ten years. The beginning of the sixth episode greets us with…

GoT fans are the true winners of the throne, after getting this epic spin-off.