#valyrian appearance

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Daenerys "Stormborn" Targaryen

(Former) Princess of Dragonstone

Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, The Unburnt, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Khaleesi of Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles, and Mother of Dragons

(Purple Eye Edits)

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I'm confident that Dany's eyes are the right color, but for Viserys, I wasn't sure which makes "lilac" instead of lavender. *Shrug*

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Honestly it's not just writing that it's bad in this show . it's also costumes , wigs -my god ugliest wigs ever- and the design choices of dragons , crowns -specially the conqueror's crown- everything in this show is done without an ounce of creativity and is so soulless. Makes me wonder , why they even think this show is "best show in 2022"??

*EDITED POST* 9/23/23

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The Clothing

I talk about the costuming of not only HotD but also GoT HERE. And I agree that the costumes were not good, but I say they weren't good because they don't make sense for the context instead of just how it looks and whether it is good design. 

Though there are a few costumes I actually hate the design of, just aesthetically: 

Alicent’s wedding dress [the scene was thankfully deleted; this one was actually just bad in of itself, the personal taste comes in with me hating the sleeves in of themselves...3/4 sleeves are not my thing]

epi 1 Rhaenyra’s first dress’ frill collar (yeah collars like these existed, this is not about period accuracy, it's about personal likes/dislikes, as already stated)

epi 4 Alicent’s red and black dress (Halloween costume and the sleeves make no sense/lack of consistency)

epi 9 Alicent’s sheer shoulder(?)/panel over the chest connecting the sleeves to the shoulders and neck -- too modern as well

Valyrian Appearance & the Wigs

I am a very selective person when it comes to adapting distinctive visual features from fantasy/scifi novels into TV. (As I’m sure you all will be able to tell.)

That the Targs always have bleach-white hair in HotD and there being no variances from “white” to pale blonde twists my nerves. And yes, there were only a few wigs that were in mid-to-good condition: Young & Older Rhaenyra, Daemon’s episodes 3 & 4. 

The worst ones (condition and design) were for the black characters/the Velaryons. For our black characters, where are our braiding that’s afforded to the white characters?! 

If you’re going to have black actors, modify wigs better to how actual black people would want them presented. And introduce Afro-braiding!

I also -- no matter what the obstacle to the show production/post-production/overall budget -- need the purple eyes, again with all variances. Again, with variances of shades and types of purple.

The Crowns

Disliked Viserys/Rhaenyra’s crown....excuse me, Jaehaerys I’s crown was a crown with the 7 Seven/7 Westerosi regions-symbolized gems placed into it. Something like this:

🎨: amok

In a different vein, as long as the live-crown both looks simple in the context of crowns AND has the gems, I would have been satisfied. Like these:

🎨: naomimakesart; 2nd & 3rd - chillyravenart; last - elenastripe

And it’s pretty symbolic and ironic that Rhaenyra, a woman, gets to crown herself the same crown that Jaehaerys both wore himself and would never have wanted her to wear.  He had a history of trying to assimilate more into the Andal patriarchy more than the kings before him, as well. 

But having just a generic and applicable-to-all and having no context crown with engravings of dragons and geometric patterns? Where is the original story, the personality?!!!

Finally, Aegon’s crown....honestly how do get this:

from any of these?:

🎨: 1st & 2nd amok ; Magali Villeneuve (AWoIaF)

Where are the rubies?!

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Daemon Targaryen, Purple Eyes (Pt.2)

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Rhaenyra, Purple Eyes (Pt.3) 

It’s Actually Revamp

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Aemond, Purple Eyes

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So they decided to incorporate this detail from Magali Villeneuve’s design of a Valyrian dragonlord’s attire in  A World of Ice and Fire for Rhaenyra......so that’s nice.

This could actually just a very common motif in Essosi fashion that the Targaryens preserved for their own house pride. Probably what the writers/designers were going for, but I can’t bet on it with how bungled this show is.

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From this Reddit post contemplating traditional Valyrian attire. 

and funny enough....

and weddings typically are more ornate and colorful than any other sort of fabric, so....