Thread: Juvenilization in Popular Media

House of The Dragon is premised on a revolutionary idea - "Men would sooner put the realm to the torch than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne." The show pits an incompetent, sexually dysfunctional philander against an empathetic, intelligent domina. You wonder who'd take such rubbish seriously. The idea that discrimination runs the world is a juvenile fantasy.. a playground mentality carried over into adulthood.

I'll bite...

House of Dragon, a TV show?

House of the Dragon - Wikipedia

I have not had my TV turned on for years... That's just me staying away from drama I don't need...

History says no to the torch, Margret Thatcher did her tour of duty... Look who is PM of NZ... There are way too many female voters with simps to put them in power.... No torch for a while yet on our front...

The sad thing is that I read the book this is based on, and it wasn't this way. Both candidates were equally "qualified" for the job...which is why it set off a civil war. I haven't watched the show, but I have to wonder why the writers felt the need to make Aegon II an incompetent. Is it because they need to push the "downtrodden woman" or because they needed a very obvious good guy/bad guy dynamic for the audience and he lost the coin toss?

Originally Posted by RustyNuts

I'll bite...

House of Dragon, a TV show?

House of the Dragon - Wikipedia

I have not had my TV turned on for years... That's just me staying away from drama I don't need...

History says no to the torch, Margret Thatcher did her tour of duty... Look who is PM of NZ... There are way too many female voters with simps to put them in power.... No torch for a while yet on our front...

Nice. Seems like I'll also quit all of TV.

Originally Posted by Jadedoldman65

The sad thing is that I read the book this is based on, and it wasn't this way. Both candidates were equally "qualified" for the job...which is why it set off a civil war. I haven't watched the show, but I have to wonder why the writers felt the need to make Aegon II an incompetent. Is it because they need to push the "downtrodden woman" or because they needed a very obvious good guy/bad guy dynamic for the audience and he lost the coin toss?

Modern TV's Good guy/Bad guy dynamics are a proxy war for wokeism

Originally Posted by Truthist

House of The Dragon is premised on a revolutionary idea - "Men would sooner put the realm to the torch than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne." The show pits an incompetent, sexually dysfunctional philander against an empathetic, intelligent domina.

GoT, written by a man, was better in this regard. Cersi as queen (regent, whatever) accomplished one thing, and that was a massive wedding. Joffrey, nasty little bastard that he was, outlawed trial by combat. One of them accomplished a here today, gone tomorrow party; the other made wise policy going forward, aimed at correcting one of the central problems with Westeros (if you are good at killing, you can do whatever you like).

Originally Posted by Mr Wombat

GoT, written by a man, was better in this regard. Cersi as queen (regent, whatever) accomplished one thing, and that was a massive wedding. Joffrey, nasty little bastard that he was, outlawed trial by combat. One of them accomplished a here today, gone tomorrow party; the other made wise policy going forward, aimed at correcting one of the central problems with Westeros (if you are good at killing, you can do whatever you like).

If you're not good at killing, 'they'll' do whatever 'they' like!

Originally Posted by Truthist

Modern TV's Good guy/Bad guy dynamics are a proxy war for wokeism

And don't forget that the bad guy is ALWAYS a white man.