>>212784732 (OP)>Why is it so bad?1. Failure to properly adapt Blood and Cheese which was supposed to be a Red Wedding level event in the story
2. The whitewashing and pacification of Rhaenyra
3. Jace Targyean being stripped of all agency and personality
4. The blatantly schizophrenic writing. In season 1, Raenys literally murders dozens of civilians when she bursts into the coronation room to do...nothing. This is fine apparently. In season 2, Aegon hangs a few ratcatchers after his wife is assualted and his infant child's throat is slit. This is a crime against humanity and a political shitshow somehow...
5. Insane amounts of filler and show original content that does nothing but bog down the story as a whole. Corly's scenes with his bastards, the Lannister lord wrestling with a tranny in the mud, the various rants about how this is a man's world where women have no power or representation (which is frankly irrelevant to the actual themes of the story)
6. The Riverlands filler arc with Daemon. Its bad and none of it is in the books. In the books, Daemon rides in and instantly rallies the land to his cause. In the show, a nonsensical subplot about Daemon is added where he's being date raped and lectured by a fat, ugly witch (who is described as a femme fatale seductress in the books lol). When Daemon isn't drugged out of his mind, he's struggling to rally the land and inspire loyalty. Which makes no sense in the context of the story because everyone there is supposed to be a hardcore Rhaenyrafag
7. The butchery of Aemon's character. Aemon in the books is sharply loyal to his family and a confident and capable warrior. In the show, he's a traitor and an insecure loser who spends all of his money on prostitutes twenty years older than him because he has mommy issues.
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