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Occasionally, it is necessary toconvene a conversationamong Vulture writers to discuss an important and timely issue in culture.
Halfway through this conversation, we will leap ahead seven years.
It feels remarkably likeGame of Thrones, which is obvious but still worth noting.
This is not a show that wanted to strike out on its own.
The geography is more constrained, and its less focused onseveral charactersscattered across a big map.
Theres less sexual violence,sort of.
There are many moreblonde wigs.
Roxana, you have a better sense of the source material than I do.
Do you think there is any obvious reason why the show mightve made this choice?
And more broadly, for all of us: Are the time jumps working?
What are we losing when we jump so quickly through a story?
Martins in-world history bookFire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones.
But at the same time, it also seems so sped-up compared with what were used to on television.
Does this series have the highest new-children-to-new-episode ratio?
Also, yes, extremely high kid-per-episode ratio.
Why must there be two Aegons?
How am I supposed to keep Alicents failsons straight when they age this fast?
Just to help us out!
Its been very frustrating in part because Ilovetime jumps in TV shows!
I resent thatHouse of the Dragonhas made me rethink my pro-time jump stance!
The time jumps have aWait, what?effect when the series doesnt age everyone the same way.
Theres inconsistent payoff, though, because so many character interactions are either never depicted or never suggested.
What was the first conversation Rhaenyra and Alicent had after the latters engagement to the formers father?
And so many of these performances are so good that I want more of them!
Am I wrong on this?
Jen: Roxana, you are not wrong and I agree wholeheartedly.
The aging on this show is mad inconsistent.
Shed pop in a VHS of the Kevin KlineHamlet(yes, it was a VHS.
On the plus side: only the highlights!
I wonder whether my total confusion about which child belongs to which parent is really going to matter?
Jen:I hope weve reached the stop-fast-forwarding point, and my guess is that we have.
If were following the text here (which the series mostly has!
But, Im sorry to say, we may meet some more kids.
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