“ House of the Dragon ” Episode 1 begins with Viserys Targaryen being chosen as the King of Westeros with an acknowledgment by his precursor, his forefather Jahaerys, that only the Targaryens are able of destroying themselves. While it's a suggestion of the events of the current show, we can’t help but suppose about how it references the grand homestretch of “ Game of Thrones, ” where Danaerys’s madness caused the downfall of King’s wharf. And Jon Snow, who had been a Targaryen each on, had to kill her to stop her from causing further destruction to the realm. therefore, it's rightfully said that Targaryens would be brought down by their own kind.
One of the most notable references to “ Game of Thrones ” came towards the end of “ House of the Dragon ” Episode 1 when Viserys told Rhaenyra about Aegon’s dream that prognosticated a terrible downtime from the North, which would jeopardize all men and could only be combated if a Targaryen was on the throne. Who can forget the eternalized line “ Winter is Coming, ” from the stylish show of the last decade? And as far as the delicacy of the vaticination goes, while Daenerys Targaryen was going to claim the Iron Throne, it wasn't hers yet when the war was won against the “ Night King. ” Aegon’s words were presumably the corruption of a vaticination to more serve the interests of the House. We also identify some of the Houses of Westeros, like “ Baratheon ” and “ Stark, as” the crucial players in the events 200 times latterly. Some of the places are also substantiated, like Harrenhall, Dragonstone, Dorne, and Vale.
Going through “ House of the Dragon ” Episode 1, we come to understand that there wasn't a major difference in the way the Targaryens ran their area compared to how the other lords did 200 times latterly. There's still a “ hand ” of the King, a “ Grand Master, ” and their functions fall along analogous lines as their unborn counterparts. When you make a show grounded on the fashionability of another, it's only natural to draw some parallels between them. In this case, we descry some parallels between the characters and the events portrayed. Take Alicent Hightower, for illustration. She's beautiful and comely and does what's anticipated of her. She's Rhaenyra’s stylish friend, and though Alicent doesn’t partake in her spirit of adventure, she still carries some ambition, albeit hidden. We notice this when she's irked at Rhaenyra for not taking her assignments seriously and not wanting further from her part as the Princess. There was also a moment in the caravan when Alicent was questioned by Rhaenys about whether she had ever imagined herself on the Iron Throne. That takes us back to Sansa Stark and Margaery Tyrell. The former started her trip as a girl who wanted a fairytale for herself and grew up to be the redoubtable Queen of the North. And the ultimate was an expert at turning her feminity into her strongest armament. Alice strikes us as a commodity of a cross between the two. She comes across as the type of woman who's set to follow the path laid out for her by her elders, but she's far from seeing the world on the tinges of a rose. maybe there's a ruthlessness there that must be uncorked for us to get regard of the Margaery Tyrell within her.
Viserys Targaryen is rather evocative of Stannis Baratheon. Both of them wanted a manly heir at law. But while Viserys was nearly revolutionary about it, Stannis was a little cooler, with his woman being the bone who rued not being suitable to give him a son. still, neither of them backed out of immolating their loved bones to achieve their pretensions. Where Stannis let the fire take his son, Viserys let his woman be cut up, by way of a crude C- section, so that his son could come into the world. Eventually, neither got what they wanted. Stannis noway sat on the Iron Throne, and Viserys lost his son within many hours. These are events that change the line of their characters ever. It brings them to a point where they can not hide their ambition behind a mask of compassion and understanding, bringing a certain resoluteness to their places. Not to forget that this could also be the launch of the madness in the Targaryen house that led to the ‘ frenetic King ’ wanting to burn down all of King’s wharf. The Targaryens have a history of marrying within the family, which was said to be one of the reasons for the madness, as substantiated plenitude of times in GoT. The underpinning kittenish notes in the relations between Daemon and Rhaenyra could be a sign of that which is to come.
That brings us to a specific comparison between Rhaenyra Targaryen and Cersei Lannister — both of the women felt bound by their gender. Cersei had always wanted a life where she wasn't confined by the failures of the men around her. And while Rhaenyra started with just wanting her father’s attention and blessing, being chosen as the heir at law to the Iron Throne means that there's a trip ahead of her that requires her to fight everything that she knows about being a woman. And is it really customary for Grand Maesters to be without compassion? We knew two of them in “ Game of Thrones, ” and they were agonies in their own right. But the absolute dispassionateness of the Maester in “ House of The Dragon ” when he recommends cutting up the queen’s womb to give birth to the baby gave us nonfictional chills. We heard another name that intrigued us — Visenya. We know that she was Arya Stark’s heroine. Her part ended before “ House of the Dragon ” indeed began. But it would have been a treat for GoT suckers if her character had had some presence in the show.
What the first episode has done is establish a familiarity with the “ Game of Thrones ” macrocosm. Aegon’s vaticination is the only direct link between the worlds set nearly two centuries piecemeal. Everything additional is a delineation of some subtle parallels between the stories to help the fanbase more connect with the show. As said by a member of the cast, “ Game of Thrones ” was further about the war between the different houses of Westeros, whereas “ House of the Dragon ” is about the civil war within the Targaryen house. But eventually, the congruity between both of them is a struggle for power that questions and destroys the order of effects as they are. The actuality of parallels and differences away, we anticipate seeing a show that recreates, if not elevates, the quality of TV as we know it, just like its precursor. A huge burden of prospects rides on it, and “ House of the Dragon ” must fulfill it, or be rendered an exercise in futility.