House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 6 - "Smallfolk"

[Mjolnir Reborn]

I'm feeling mostly the same. Funny enough, for some reason I was expecting it to be even more of a slow build because way before this season started I thought they were going to end the season on the Battle of Rook's Rest instead of it being the midway point.

Expectations aren't always a negative thing I guess. I think I expected a bit more of troup movements and so on, like when Cole did his tour, but I don't really care what happens as long as I'm liking what I see. I do hope that Daemon can start being more active though, now that there's a new lord paramount of the Riverlands.

 

[Drizzle]

Expectations aren't always a negative thing I guess. I think I expected a bit more of troup movements and so on, like when Cole did his tour, but I don't really care what happens as long as I'm liking what I see. I do hope that Daemon can start being more active though, now that there's a new lord paramount of the Riverlands.

Speaking of the lords of the Riverlands, George RR Martin naming the Tully lords after Sesame Street characters is a cute throwaway gag in the book but it gets to be a little too tongue in cheek when they're actually saying their names out loud on the show like Grover and Oscar.

 

[Mjolnir Reborn]

Speaking of the lords of the Riverlands, George RR Martin naming the Tully lords after Sesame Street characters is a cute throwaway gag in the book but it gets to be a little too tongue in cheek when they're actually saying their names out loud on the show like Grover and Oscar.

Those two names didn't really pull me towards Sesame Street when I heard them in the show. Oscar is a common name (Westeros has a mix of common names, slightly altered common names and fantasy names) and Grover still feels like the grounded fantasy of Westeros and has similarities to others like Hoster, so I think that's why my brain accepts it. I think I'll react much more to Elmo and, especially, Kermit when I read the book. They don't feel like they fit in my brain's Westeros and therefor will likely stand out more as the gags that they are.