House of the Dragon: White Hair Black Names?

What’s good, people?! We’re jumping back into the wild world of Westeros to chat about House of the Dragon season three. You’ll notice Mike is cool and calm recalling things from the show, but Aisha and Frantz had to catch up from season one(!). So, after running through three seasons of GoT:HotD in four days we got all kinds of fever dream takes on deck. From how certain houses…’keep it in the family’ to what it means to have Black and Brown people so much more present throughout the fabric of this high fantasy. Aisha names the real-life political parallels she saw while binging and Mike highlights a potential sneak diss aimed at George RR Martin in the show.From the many twists, turns, scandals, and betrayals to the fact that Targaryans have white hair and Black names - we’re swinging for the fences here. How is HBO keeping up with the dragon VFX budget in this economy? Why are Aemon and Daemon the exact same person? What the heck happened to Rhena’s hair and why didn’t someone get her a loctician asap? We dig into some real questions about the direction of the series and whether prequels hold weight when audiences know how it all plays out. So get your saddles strapped in and get some dragon-sized black Air Force 1’s on layaway so you can tap in and rock with us on this episode of 2Nerds and an Actor.00:00 Welcome to the House of the Dragon Finale Review02:26 We Binged Three Seasons in Four Days03:18 Dragonfire: What We Loved This Season04:48 The Mysticism Finally Comes Forward05:15 The Dragons Still Look Incredible06:14 The Women of House of the Dragon07:08 The Incest Is Still a Lot08:40 Why the Violence Feels More Brutal12:05 Hidden Lore in the Opening Tapestries14:00 Sheepstealer, the Wildest Dragon Yet15:45 Our Biggest Season Takes18:13 Why We’re Rooting for So Many People to Die19:49 Rating House of the Dragon Season 322:09 SPOILERS: Finale Discussion Begins23:26 Daemon’s Strange Redemption Arc25:53 Rhaenyra’s Performance and Moral Decline30:13 Corlys, His Sons and the Velaryon Legacy34:58 The Dragonseed Problem36:50 Can Aegon Actually Be Redeemed?38:18 Daemon’s Vision, the Prophecy and Season 4 Theories39:26 Does Anyone Actually Deserve the Iron Throne?41:53 Rhaenyra vs Alicent: Power, Gender and Politics44:22 Season 4 Theories and George R.R. Martin Changes47:14 Final Thoughts on House of the Dragon49:03 Deleted Scene: We Need a Game of Thrones Parody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices