The spin-off Game Of Thrones looks stunning. In addition to an extremely brutal night of murder on the streets of Westeros, the first episode House of the dragon keeps coming to the most barbarous world. Warning, spoilers.
The scene is almost invisible. We’re 172 years ahead of Daenerys Targaryen’s birth, and it’s another coming into the world that’s at the center of the first episode. House of the dragonthe spin-off Game Of Thrones dedicated to the Targaryan family.
Emma Arryn, wife of King Viserys Targaryen, is pregnant there and must provide an heir, a male, the king hopes, to the kingdom of the Seven Kingdoms. They already have a daughter, Rhaenyra, but the Iron Throne is not yet ready for a crown princess. In this very violent first episode, the knights face off in bloody campaigns and the queen gives birth in her chamber, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting and maesters (the name given to the scientists and scholars of the series). The grand master warns the king that the child is introduced from the seat, therefore, rather badly, and that the risks of losing it are great. and: his wife and: his heir. Viserys must choose between the two. What follows is a caesarean section scene that is hard to bear. Both visually – the piece is barbaric and horrific – and morally, Aemma is brutally and cowardly executed for the sake of the throne. A baby in particular will only live a few minutes before dying in turn.
The reaction to the US premiere was visceral. Since the episode aired on HBO, thousands of sad comments have blossomed on Twitter. “The Dragonborn scene traumatized me more than 8 seasons of Game of Thrones combined,” Top 1% Stoner Gabby wrote on Twitter.
“Since last night, I can’t help but think about the horrible nativity scene in Dragon House.” I couldn’t watch it. I am sick of seeing how women suffer. there is too much in this post-false reality to endure in fiction. More dragons please, less forced deliveries,” another user tweeted. “If you haven’t seen Dragon House yet. VERY IMPORTANT WARNING for a very violent and traumatic birth scene,” Christine Chirico wrote to her 108,000 followers. After GoT’s ‘Sexposition’ Scenes, ‘Dragon House’ Pregnancy Torture Porn. you don’t know anything, Miguel Sapochnik,” condemns Clementine Gallo.
In order to respond to the divided opinions, the two showrunners of the series justified themselves in several American media. “At the beginning of the episode, Emma says to her daughter: “Fertility is our battlefield,” explains Miguel Sapochnik. HollywoodReporter: . “We thought it was interesting to explore the fact that childbirth was nothing but violence for a woman in the Middle Ages. It was extremely dangerous. You had a 50% chance of getting there. And Ryan Condall, a contestant on the other show, in the columns to add Vanity Fair USA “Complications in modern childbirth are often treated with medicine and surgery, but back then there were none. Any minor complication can have tragic consequences for the baby and the mother. We wanted to dramatize it.” According to the American website IndieWirethis first episode broke all audience records for a series debut.
Source: Le Figaro
