Monday, April 29, 2024

House of Fire & Blood – Episode 8 “Maegor the Metal”

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This entry is part 8 of 33 in the series House of Fire & Blood

This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the TV series being covered here wouldn’t exist.

What if George R. R. Martin’s Fire and Blood was written more like HBO’s House of the Dragon? Caroline and Gretchen analyze Martin’s work from this perspective and search for hidden stories in the text.

This week, Caroline and Gretchen continue their analysis of Fire & Blood with the fourth section of the fourth chapter, Sons of the Dragon. Spooky scary ladies abound while Maegor builds his Minecraft fort and holds skulls – perhaps that was a rather large bonk on the head…

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