House Of The Dragon Will Fix GOT’s Most Controversial Daenerys Episode

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Rhaenyra Targaryen's (Emma D'Arcy) story in House of the Dragon can help to fix and better explain a controversial Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) episode of Game of Thrones. House of the Dragon's timeline begins just under 200 years before Game of Thrones; it's a very different Westeros with very different characters, but the two will still impact one another. Much like the prequel will inevitably be compared to its parent show — both at its best and worst — but House of the Dragon can also change Game of Thrones, shedding new light on events, locations, and so on.

This is particularly true of House Targaryen, the history of which will be explored in much more depth in House of the Dragon. Game of Thrones only had one true Targaryen main character (discounting Kit Harington's Jon Snow), and never more than two Targaryens in any given scene. In contrast, the spinoff will be centered around the Targaryens, from ruling King Viserys I (Paddy Considine) to his brother, Daemon (Matt Smith), and from Rhaenys (Eve Best), the Queen Who Never Was, to Viserys' children with whom Rhaenyra will go to war. House of the Dragon can flesh out House Targaryen far more, which can then reframe how Daenerys herself is seen, giving greater understanding to her actions and motivations.

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That's particularly true of Rhaenyra's story, and one part of it in particular resembles the highly controversial turn that saw Daenerys burn King's Landing in Game of Thrones season 8, episode 5, «The Bells.» That episode marked the point of no return for Dany, who delivered on the promise of taking what she believed to be rightfully hers by fire and blood (and then some),