What did RR George Martin post?
Games of Thrones is the most popular and favorite show in the world. HBO has set many records in terms of viewership. He has a strong fan following in India as well. In the year 2022, HBO announced the first season of the prequel series of this popular show. Its name was ‘House of the Dragon’. It recently got its second season. ‘House of the Dragon’ season 2 has 8 episodes. Since the second season premiere, George RR Martin has indicated that he disagrees with some aspects of the show. Last week he talked about what went wrong in this new season. During this time George R. R. Martin raised this issue in his blog. In fact, George RR Martin is the author of ‘Fire and Blood’, on which the fantasy drama House of Dragons is based.
Meanwhile, the show’s producers have made some changes in the new season, a point Martin has raised in his blog. It is being said that the impact of this change in the story line will last for a long time. However, after the controversy, George R. R. Martin deleted his post. HBO released a statement after this.
What did RR George Martin post?
On Wednesday R. R. George Martin Blog. It was titled – Beware the Butterflies. In this post, he criticized the creators of ‘House of the Dragon’. In fact, an important character from his book has not been included in this season. Name is- Prince Melor Targaryen. Now he says that the absence of this character will affect the story of the show. Martin said he did not agree with showrunner Ryan Condle, who told him in 2022 that Mailer would not appear in a second season.
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According to the book, Melor is Aegon and Helena’s third child, after Jaehara and Jaehris. The Blood and Cheese plot was shown in the very first episode of Season 2. Mellor had an important part in it. Where Helena had to choose between her two sons. However, his role in the show was wasted. The end result was that Helena had to choose between Jahera and Jaehris.
Why was Mellor’s role removed from Season 2?
The producer gave a practical reason behind removing Mellor’s character from ‘House of the Dragon’. However, on this George R. R. Martin says that when he found out about the plan from Kondal, he protested. In fact, the makers gave several reasons for not casting a 2-year-old in the show. It was also promised that Mellor would return for the third season. Martin says he was told Mellor would be back.
Queen Helena would later give birth to two children. After all this, Martin agreed to the change. But later they came to know that Mailer has been completely removed from the show. During this time, Martin also shared some Season 3 spoilers. He says Mellor’s existence was important to his story. If it goes ahead with season 3 and 4, there will be many poisonous butterflies. But Martin later deleted the post. After this, HBO had to release a statement for the show’s creative team.
