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House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal found George RR Martin ’s military post criticizing changes made during time of year 2 to be " disappointing . "
to begin with today , the prescribed word came down that production on the third time of year of HBO & showrunnerRyan Condal’sHouse of the Dragonwas formally underway . Along with the rollout of the salutary news , Condal also sat down for a profile interview with Condal about the fresh season and the series overall – and that included talk over the not - so - pleasant back - and - away that Condal andGeorge RR Martin(GRRM ) got into last fall after GRRM knock the series on his blog for the changes that were made that he was n’t a particularly big rooter of .
" It was disappointing , " Condal shared . " I will simply say I ’ve been a buff of ' A Song of Ice and Fire ' for almost 25 eld now , and working on the show has been sincerely one of the great privilege of not only my career as a writer but my life as a fan of scientific discipline - fiction and fantasy . George himself is a monument , a literary image in gain to a personal hero of mine , and was heavy influential on me coming up as a writer . " As for the work that the series is based on , Condal noted that the structure of the study order them in the place of having to make change and sure judgment calls .
" It ’s this uncomplete chronicle , and it requires a lot of connexion of the dots and a lot of design as you go along the way of life . I will simply say , I made every exertion to let in George in the version process . I really did , " Condal go on . " Over years and years . And we really enjoyed a mutually fruitful , I thought , really strong collaboration for a foresighted time . But at some point , as we drive deeper down the route , he just became unwilling to acknowledge the practical issues at hand in a sane way of life . And I think as a showrunner , I have to keep my hard-nosed producer chapeau on and my creative author , lover - of - the - material chapeau on at the same time . " The Showrunner / EP bring , " At the goal of the day , I just have to keep edge not only the writing process forward , but also the practical portion of the process forrader for the sake of the crowd , the dramatis personae , and for HBO because that ’s my job . So I can only hope that George and I can rediscover that harmony someday . But that ’s what I have to say about it . "
House of the Dragon: GRRM Criticizes Series Changes
Heading into September , Martin shared on his blog that he was go to go into more contingent on " everything that ’s blend ill-timed with"House of the Dragon . – and he did just that on September 4 , 2024 . To kick back things off in hisNot A Blogpost ( " Beware the Butterflies , which was eventually deleted ) , GRRM shared that he mean " A Son for a Son " and " Rhaenyra the Cruel " were " wonderful episodes : well written , well direct , powerfully acted . A great manner to kick off the new time of year . " From there , GRRM goes on a extended runnel regarding that " Blood and Cheese " instant , explaining ( with point ) why he understood watcher who conceive that the HBO series dialed back the impact of the scene as it play out in the novel : " The reader of FIRE & BLOOD come up the succession underwhelming , a letdown , water down from what they were expecting . "
Things start out to take a more critical turn when GRRM address the absence of Prince Maelor Targaryen ( son of King Aegon II Targaryen and Queen Helaena Targaryen ) . put up some behind - the - scene linear perspective , GRRM shared that he " indicate against " Maelor being allow for out of the scene but was convert otherwise by Condal ’s " practical cause " for making the call . " They did not want to deal with casting another child , particularly a two - yr - old toddler . Kids that young will inevitably slacken down output , and there would be budget implications , " GRRM added , noting that budget issues were already touch on the spinoff series . " Budget was already an issue on HOUSE OF THE DRAGON , it made sense to save money wherever we could . "
Another reason GRRM render for being all right with the conclusion is that " Ryan [ Condal ] assure me that we were not lose Prince Maelor , only postponing him . Queen Helaena could still give nascency to him in time of year three , presumptively after get with tiddler late in season two . " But then , " sometime between the initial conclusion to polish off Maelor , " GRRM notes that " a big change was made " and that Maelor " was never going to be born at all " in the serial publication . And that ’s when GRRM begin bringing the " butterflies " into the conversation – as in , " The Butterfly Effect " that ’s now in play without Maelor having never been born .
As GRRM write , that mean that the horrifically tragic panorama at Bitterbridge involve Ser Rickard Thorne and Maelor wo n’t be happen . In addition , the brutal manner of Maelor ’s death is what drives Helaena to commit suicide ( " The heartbreak and guilt are too much for her to bear " ) ; while GRRM notes that Condal ’s Season 3 outline has Helaena taking her own life , he adds that he sees it as happening " for no particular reasonableness . There is no invigorated horror , no triggering event to overwhelm the fragile young queen mole rat . " And then " butterflies " continue to flutter because Helaena ’s suicide was meant to light the fuse that would lead to Rhaenyra ’s rule over King ’s Landing to an end – and eventually , her life – after hearsay that Helaena was actually murdered by Rhaenyra caused the citizen to riot . " It is the get-go of the last for Rhaenyra ’s dominion over the city , finally leading to the Storming of the Dragonpit and the rise of the Shepherd ’s mob that drive Rhaenyra to take flight the city and return to Dragonstone … and her end , " GRRM write .
" What will we propose the fans , alternatively once we ’ve defeat these butterflies ? I have no mind . I do not hark back that Ryan and I ever discussed this , back when he first told me they were advertise back on Aegon ’s 2d son . Maelor himself is not of the essence … but if drop off him means we also recede Bitterbridge , Helaena ’s suicide , and the riots , well … that ’s a considerable departure , " GRMM terminate his post with – but not before warning that " there are bombastic and more toxic butterfly stroke to occur , if HOUSE OF THE DRAGON goes ahead with some of the changes being contemplated for time of year 3 and 4 … "
House of the Dragon: Condal Defends “Blood & Cheese,” Maelor Changes
A incentive episode of the show ’s official podcast dangle in the midst of all of the finger - pointing and posts disappear , one that saw Condal addressing a number of doubt regarding bringing " Fire & Blood " to dwell - action life . Here ’s what Condal had to say in defence of the decisions made regarding " Blood & Cheese " and Maelor :
" blood line & Cheese " : " I stand behind the adaptation of how the plot stretch out . I have talked about this quite a morsel , but I will just say it in spare text : the child that we had in the write up were just too untried to be able to construct that narrative exactly as position out in the book . time period . I have lots of experience working with very immature performers . To ask two four - year - old to play through that level of dramatic event ; it ’s just not a realistic expectation .
There ’s also a virtual element around the things that you may expose young child to on a film exercise set . Yes , you may do cunning cutaways , and dope , and all those things . We wanted this to be a very visceral , subjective experience , not something that was very ' stinger - yttrium ' and with closeup . And when you start really transgress apart what happens in that elbow room , and the things that are aver , and the thing that are done , it became such a challenge to think about and wax that we started looking for — what are the lowly elements of this story , that Daemon and Rhaenyra send assassins into the Red Keep , and as a result the Billie Jean King ’s shaver and heir [ is ] murdered — and how do we dramatize that in a way that ’s exciting , and visceral , and ugly , and do it in the best means potential ? "
mislay Maelor : " And Maelor , if he were born yet in this reading of the the television timeline , would have been an infant because of the age of Jaehaerys and Jaehaera . Frankly , this move back to our first season and test to adjust a storey that takes position over 20 years of history instead of a story that takes place over 30 year of chronicle . We had to make some compromises in rendering that story so that we did n’t have to recast the whole cast multiple time and really lose people . It was a choice made . It did have a ripple effect , and we decided that we were going to lean into it and endeavor to make it a forcefulness instead of represent it as a weakness . "
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