Is everything okay behind the scenes on House of the Dragon? (Picture: HBO)
*Warning: Contains spoilers for House of the Dragon.*
George RR Martin has come in for heavy criticism from House of the Dragons fans after launching into a scathing rant against the series.
The fantasy novelist and TV producer, 75, wrote Fire and Blood – the fictional House Targaryen history book upon which the Game of Thrones prequel show is based.
And until this week, Martin appeared to be happily working in collaboration with House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal as his book was adapted for TV.
But now the pair seem to have had a major disagreement, with Martin taking to his blog on Wednesday night to condemn adaptive changes made by the show.
In the lengthy rant, Martin referred to ‘toxic butterflies’ – a term he used to describe minor adaptive changes which could have huge consequences in future episodes.
He signed off by saying: ‘There are larger and more toxic butterflies to come, if House of the Dragon goes ahead with some of the changes being contemplated [for future seasons].’
Martin has criticised some decisions made by House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal (Picture: Facebook/ George RR Martin)
Before that, he had also criticised the decision by Condal, 45, to make changes to a pivotal scene in the season two premiere, which saw the circumstances of a character’s death altered for TV.
While the author said the premiere was a ‘great way to kick off the new season’ overall, and understood that were were ‘practical’ reasons for certain changes, he also said he agreed with people who called the scene ‘underwhelming, a disappointment, and watered down’.
In the same blog post, Martin also appeared to give away crucial plot details for season three of House of the Dragon, indicating that another character’s death happens ‘for no particular reason’.
It’s not known if Condal was aware of Martin’s blog post before it was published (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO)
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The show’s loyal fanbase have been shocked by these unexpected turn of events, with Martin’s post being described as ‘unprofessional’ by fantasy fans.
On Twitter, @Gatx_Negrx said: ‘Martin doing that blog post was deeply unprofessional. I hope someone roasts his a** in public because as executive producer, your job is to support the art and the thousands of people coming together to bring it to life.’
@JohnWebsterFilm added: ‘I’m done with [Martin] … That piece of writing was incredibly unprofessional and will only feed the toxicity in the fandom. I’m done.’
Meanwhile, @Nastass2 commented: ‘Y’all keep caping for a man who’s the executive producer on the show. Who made coin by selling rights. Who is a novelist, not a screenwriter.’ They added that they had ‘zero respect’ for Martin’s complaints, writing: ‘Unprofessional is putting it mildly.’
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Source:: Metro
