After The House Of The Dragon Showrunner’s Response To GRRM’s Criticism, I’m More Confused About Why It Cut A Major Targaryen

Warning: Contains spoilers for Fire & Blood, the book on which House of the Dragon is based.George R.R. Martin’s criticisms of House of the Dragon, in a swiftly-deleted blog post, caused a stir last year following the semi-backlash to season 2. The author’s criticisms covered various parts of the season, but in particular honed in on the changes House of the Dragon made to Blood and Cheese and, in particular, the omission of Prince Maelor Targaryen, the third child of King Aegon II Targaryen and Queen Helaena Targaryen.