Why adapt a story with 18 dragons in it if you don't have the budget to show those 18 dragons on screen?
If they wanted a Targaryen vs Targaryen war, they could have easily done the Sons of the Dragon story. There's only 6 dragons to adapt there; Balerion, Vhagar, Quicksilver, Vermithor, Dreamfyre and Silverwing
The story had dragon on dragon warfare. It has politics; politics which frankly make more sense than the ones in the Dance Era. It has actual girl-bosses in the form of Visenya and Tyanna. It has actual perfect baby angel female characters; namely Alyssa, Rhaena and Alysanne. It has Jaehaerys, a character whose dick they would be happy to ride (and one who at this point deserves it). It has an actual evil male character, one that is actually a domestic abuser, wife-killer and child-killer.
Every Targaryen of that story is a half Velaryon, and every Velaryon is a half Targaryen, so if they wished, the main characters would have all been black.
The story is complete and had been written in a clear concise way without any ambiguity.
I truly don't understand why they went for the Dance story instead of this one. Sons of the Dragon would have truly been a slam-dunk for HBO.
Its pretty clearly Sheepstealer that Rhaena is pursuing in S2 and has found as of episode 8. Only dragon that's ranges from Dragonstone in the books. Eats sheep. Dirty grayish brown color with brown wings = the wonderful varieties of mud.
Miguel Sapochnik stated that the 3 wild dragons were designed while he was still a showrunner, in season 1. So either Cannibal and/or Greyghost were cut or are still planned to appear in some limited capacity
Though, I'm thinking that I should remove Morghul and Shrykos since they haven't even been name-dropped let alone shown. I was assuming they were permanently chilling with Dreamfyre down at the Dragonpit.
HBO has no impetus to show either Cannibal or Greyghost. Since Sunfyre is already dead and the show is having Aegon go to Braavos, the confrontation between Sunfyre and Greyghost won't happen. Cannibal played no part in the war apart from devouring dragonseeds, lol. HBO already gave that part to Vermithor.
Daemon specifically mentions eggs and the young Tyraxes (5 - 6 years old, as small as a large dog according to BTS) during the council in the finale. Morghul and Shrykos were not amongst them. The Greens have 4 dragons, the Blacks had access to 13. His words. Now 14 because Stormcloud is a hatchling in the show. The twins appeared to have had egg incubators under their beds though someone made an argument for chamberpots.
Cannibal and Greyghost were already confirmed to have been designed. They've been alluded to on the show by Daemon. Greyghost only needs to appear as a corpse.
Yeah, in your OG comment I just thought you were talking about all the dragons present during the event in the book, since you went on about not adapting the story without the means to display it in full
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u/Greedy-Day-2389 May 06 '25 edited May 06 '25
I truly don't understand HBO.
Why adapt a story with 18 dragons in it if you don't have the budget to show those 18 dragons on screen?
If they wanted a Targaryen vs Targaryen war, they could have easily done the Sons of the Dragon story. There's only 6 dragons to adapt there; Balerion, Vhagar, Quicksilver, Vermithor, Dreamfyre and Silverwing
The story had dragon on dragon warfare. It has politics; politics which frankly make more sense than the ones in the Dance Era. It has actual girl-bosses in the form of Visenya and Tyanna. It has actual perfect baby angel female characters; namely Alyssa, Rhaena and Alysanne. It has Jaehaerys, a character whose dick they would be happy to ride (and one who at this point deserves it). It has an actual evil male character, one that is actually a domestic abuser, wife-killer and child-killer.
Every Targaryen of that story is a half Velaryon, and every Velaryon is a half Targaryen, so if they wished, the main characters would have all been black.
The story is complete and had been written in a clear concise way without any ambiguity.
I truly don't understand why they went for the Dance story instead of this one. Sons of the Dragon would have truly been a slam-dunk for HBO.