Curtain Call: Emilia Clarke
Here it is. The Curtain Call I feared but had hoped I would never have to write. The reign of Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen – the First of Her Nam...
Tag: Daenerys Targaryen
The Dany Divide: Mixed Emotions, Fan Engagement and Reaction to Game of Thrones Season 8
by James Rivers It is known: this season of Game of Thrones has been highly divisive, with Twitter ablaze, critics critical and YouTube comment threads unpleasa...
Daenerys Targaryen: For the Throne
In the fictional history of Game of Thrones, King’s Landing has seen some rough times. During Robert’s Rebellion, the dynasty-breaking conflict that...
The Writing on the Wall: The Great Game is Ending
The discussion around the writing of Game of Thrones has been fraught for a while, whether those fractions are divided along the lines of books versus show or o...
The Writing on the Wall: When the Fourth Wall Collapses
The writing of a drama is a curious thing. It is a difficult thing; to maintain characters, settings, motivations, plots, and twists. It is an almost impossible...
What Comes After the Long Night: We’re in the Endgame now. And Summer is Coming.
When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. Yes, Cersei. We know. In the season seven finale of Game of Thrones, “The Dragon and the Wolf,̶...
Are Jon and Dany Doomed in Season 8 of Game of Thrones?
At the end of Game of Thrones season seven, the collective wish of the fandom was granted and Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen got down and busy with each other....
“Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 2 Preview
The second episode of Game of Thrones Season 8 is right around the corner! While it remains without a title for now, there is plenty of anticipation and fervor ...
Fighting the Night King will be hard; coming together to do so might be harder
“The northmen are loyal to Jon Snow. Not to her. They don’t know her. The Free Folk don’t know her. I’ve been up here awhile and I’...
The Writing on the Wall: The Callbacks of “Winterfell”
The final season premiere of Game of Thrones (excuse me while I reach for my Costco-sized box of tissues) came with great expectation and went. It was just shy ...