In this fourth edition of Hands on HotD, Merry and Clint and special guest Akash cover Season 1 Episode 4 of HBO's niche arthouse property HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - King of the Narrow Sea
In this episode we:
- Discuss Viserys's HR practices vis-a-vis his former employee Otto Hightower, better hope you don't file for unemployment.
- Go in depth about the concept of sexual consent, in all of the various and sundry ways this episode explores it.
- Invite our guest Akash J. Saran to opine on Rhaenyra's struggle with the intersection of power and gender and how that permeates the storyline.
- Cheer hard for Yung Blackwood, the central hero of our times.
- Heap praise upon the way this episode weaves in Shakespearean and Machiavellian themes while luxuriating in the female gaze.
- Allow Clint to gamely take up a stirring defense of Rhaenyra Targaryen, Truth Teller.
- Experience Merry's deconstruction of Viserys's successes as a ruler while noting his complete failures as a husband and human being.
Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY.
Dragon Sound effect by Daniel Simon.
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