this week, Dragon House brought back a very small cameo, with fans calling him “the only loyal character in the entire show.” Yes, it’s a dog.
In the fifth episode of its second season, “The Regent,” the HBO series devoted at least one scene to defending the dogs who were mistreated in the first episode. Man (Mark Stobart) kicks. The moment sparked outrage from viewers, who revered the doomed rat catcher for his mistreatment of his loyal dog.
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In episode two, we see the dog sitting regal at the feet of his late master, hanging in King’s Landing on the orders of King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Greene-Carney) on the wall, along with the other ratcatchers in the city. It’s a horrific scene and bad PR for the Red Fort.
So in episode five, when the newly appointed Regent Emond (Ivan Mitchell) takes office as president of the small council, his first order is to “cut off the damn Ratcatcher.” As the King’s Prime Minister Sir Christon Cole (Fabian Frankel) sees the job done, you can see same dog Sitting under a cart and has been sitting there for probably the past four episodes.
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How long has this dog been there, really? Between then and now, there’s been the assassination attempt at Dragonstone, the Battle of Burning Mill, the Battle of Rook’s Rest, and more, so it’s a although. This dog is basically King’s Landing’s Hachiko.
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As the body fell into the carriage and was taken away by the Kingsguard, the dog stood up and howled, and follow the shopping cart. This level of loyalty abounds in snakes Dragon House It’s rare and hasn’t escaped fans.
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Even George R.R. Martin himself praised the dog, a non-existent character. fire and blood The author says he wishes he could have thought of:
“I…ahem…don’t usually like it when writers adapt a story and add characters to the source material. Especially when the source material is mine. But that dog is so smart,” Martin said after the second episode. he wrote on his blog.
“I was ready to hate Cheese, but when he kicked the dog, I hated him even more. And then when the dog looked at him at his feet and said… That damn thing almost broke my heart. So little Something…such a small dog…but his presence, his brief moment on screen, gives Ratcatcher so much humanity as a human being and a greedy one.
“I wish I had thought of the dog. I didn’t, but someone else did. I’m glad.”
Dog of Westeros forever.
new episodes Dragon House It airs Sundays at 9pm ET on HBO and Max.
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