Spoilers ahead for everything that happened during House of the Dragon season 2, episode 3, “The Burning Mill.” Be warned.

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Don’t worry, though—this adaptation of My Lady Jane, a novel by authors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows, has none of the historical tragedy and all the romantasy tropes that we all know and love. 

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This is one of the most strategic areas in the entire realm when it comes to war, and so also one of the worst places to live when armies are involved.

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Since Rhaenyra and Alicent are obviously well and truly grown, most speculated that we could have had a flashback to their girlhood together—but a weirwood dream works just as well.

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Spoilers ahead for season 2, episode 3 of House of the Dragon, “The Burning Mill,” and for lore drops from Fire & Blood and The World of Ice and Fire.

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It also confirms that this whole affair is nothing but a love letter from the showrunners to A Feast for Crows, the second to last of the ASOIAF books currently published and also one of the best. What can I say except “understandable”?

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Megan Thee Stallion has never made a mystery of her love for anime and manga, so much so that she’s known for posting pictures of her cosplaying popular characters from her favorite shows and fans throw anime plushies on the stage at her concerts. She even hosted the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2024.

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Spoilers ahead for the events of the second episode of the second season of House of the Dragon, “A Son for a Son.” Be warned!

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And that’s exactly what happened to readers of Fire and Blood everywhere when they were watching “A Son for a Son,” the second episode of the second season of House of the Dragon.

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In a world where everyone’s wardrobes consist of their House colors and where they are all way too obsessed with heraldry, the clothes characters appear in onscreen and their colors have a deeper meaning.

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It made for one of the best episodes the show has had so far, with all the characters we have come to know coming to terms with their grief, their rage, and the deep-seated knowledge that war is by now inevitable.

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One thing highlighted by the death of little Prince Jaehaerys and its effect on his closest family members is that there really is no family dynamic more twisted than that of the so-called Targtowers. Sure, the Targaryens don’t marry anyone who isn’t related to them and that’s its own major issue, but the way every single member of the Targaryen-Hightower household is an emotional wreck that interiorizes pain and then just spreads more pain around them is just delicious to me. I love seeing them go deeper into it every week. It’s such great storytelling.

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Possible spoilers for House of the Dragon Season 2 and George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood ahead

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A monument to the hubris of men and the power of dragons, so cursed that it swallows all who set foot in it be they royalty or smallfolk? But besides being one of my favorite literary devices in the entire A Song of Ice and Fire canon, Harrenhal is also a very strategic castle to hold in any war that sweeps Westeros since the Riverlands are pretty much the heart of the continent, connecting the North to the South and the East to the West—which is why they always end up a smoking pile of ash whenever armies are marching to battle.

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Spoilers ahead for the second episode of the second season of House of the Dragon, “Rhaenyra the Cruel,” as well as for future events described in Fire and Blood. Be warned.

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Honestly, what more could a girl ask for?

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He was arraigned and released without bail some nine hours after his arrest, pleaded not guilty, and was ordered to appear in court on July 26. Up until now, it doesn’t sound like a story that would spark the latest uber-viral meme to take over social media—not even when taking into consideration the fame of the person involved. But that’s because you haven’t heard the details of the arrest yet.

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Spoilers ahead for the first episode of House of the Dragon season 2 “A Son for a Son” and for Fire & Blood, so be warned.

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The first part of the fifth Yellowstone season—Taylor Sheridan’s incredibly successful neo-Western drama—finished airing on January 1, 2023, and while the latter half of the season—the last one to include Kevin Costner as the patriarch of the Dutton family—is set to pick back up in November of 2024, we know that the last stretch is the toughest part of waiting.

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Played by Fabien Frankel, Criston is a knight who has ascended to the prestigious rank of Lord Commander of the Kingsguard under King Aegon II, making him a firm supporter of the Greens.

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