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the thing i look forward to every time a new season of hotd airs is not even the show itself, it's the critical analyses coming from the fandom.

#weir speaks #fandom: hotd #i can't even be bothered to get excited for what's onscreen #when the fandom is cranking out grad level dissertations on the source material #that's what keeping my hope alive and giving me a good night's rest #well ... that and grrm being just as salty as i am

the thing is... i don't need an adaptation that can only amount to mediocrity when i have the source material at my disposal, and an entire website of fanfiction painstakingly crafted by fans who are just as invested, that i can read through which accomplishes so much more than what the collaborative efforts of a media conglomerate did in terms of narrative catharsis.

#criticism: house of the dragon #fandom: hotd #if canon aggressively sucks and leaves you disappointed #then break out your drawing tablet or open microsoft word #because they may have crushed our hopes and expectations but they cannot take our fandom away from us

I am appalled at the way they've been writing Alicent this season. Appalled. They have turned her into everything her haters claimed she was.

I'll tune in next episode to see if she finally shows an ounce of care in regards to her kids in light of what has happened, but my expectations are very low 🤡

#the way she'll react to aegon and aemond will decide whether I keep watching or drop this #they made some questionable choices in S1 but what they build with alicent and her kids was so complex and nuanced #all of that is gone right now though #it feels like the greens are being written by a kindergarten baby going: they good! you bad!#fandom: HOTD #tv: HOTD

whatever happens in s2 of hotd that anyone dislikes because it contradicts the source material, disregards the established worldbuilding, or whatever is the case... do not harass the writers and directors on social media. while they're fallible and can come off as horrendously misguided in interviews, there's a big difference between criticism/judgment and outright slander. nobody deserves to be put to the sword by the masses just for mishandling a piece of art.

#weir speaks #fandom: hotd #i'm taking the leaks with a grain of salt #because outside of the official trailers and promotional photos #i haven't seen any of the episodes or the entirety of the finished product #i've barely skimmed through any of the interviews because the majority aren't from journalists i know or trust #that being said #if this season turns out to be as mediocre as the first #then i will readily join in on the critiquing

man, it sure would be nice to find a great HOTD podcast to listen to where the hosts aren't cracking jokes about ableism and sexual assault every time larys and alicent are mentioned or sharing a scene together.

#fandom: hotd #character: alicent hightower #character: larys strong #there's such an exhausting overabundance of this belligerent ridicule #it dilutes any credibility these podcasts may have had otherwise #because instead of having a meaningful discussion about power dynamics and gender roles #or even using your platform to criticize why that godawful scene was added in the first place #these professional journalists and media critics can only giggle like a bunch of immature children #at the sheer audacity of that scene and even worse than just refusing to engage with what can absolutely be considered ableist #it's used as a gotcha moment to discredit alicent regardless of how clear it appears that she's not doing it out of a sense of comfort

a reminder to myself now that hotd s2 is fast approaching: thoroughly curate my online experience so that i'm not blindsided by exhausting bad-faith arguments about team green vs. team black by people who are belligerently media illiterate.

#weir speaks #fandom: hotd

It feels like House of the Dragon wants the audience to invest in the whole Team Black vs. Team Green debacle without emphasizing the nuance of how tragic the story really is and how pointless tribalism is considering that the source material is written as propaganda regarding the Dance of the Dragons. Plain and simple: both sides are active participants of the monarchy and should not be held to any idealist standard just because the adaptation's narrative focus is on women who are constrained against the patriarchy.

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