09.13.2022 - By Maester Merry & Clint
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.
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