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George R. R. Martin doesn’t ‘look forward’ to revealing ‘everything that’s gone wrong’ with ‘House of the Dragon’
nypost.comthe second season of the series, which ended earlier this month. “I do not look forward to other [blog] posts I need to write, about everything that’s gone wrong with HOUSE OF THE DRAGON… but I need to do that too, and I will,” Martin shared, referring to the posts he’s wanted to write but hasn’t because of his summer travels. “Not today, though.
TODAY is Zozobra’s day, when we turn away from gloom,” he wrote, referring to the Burning of Zozobra festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives. “It is Santa Fe’s way of devouring the darkness, to clear the way for the light and joy that will hopefully mark the new year,” he added of the festival. “And believe me we need that, more than ever before.
The world, the country, and yes, certainly me.”He continued, “This has not been a good year for anyone, with war everywhere and fascism on the rise… and on a more personal level, I have had a pretty wretched year as well, one full of stress, anger, conflict, and defeat.”“I need to talk about some of that, and I will, I will… I was away from my computer traveling from July 15 to August 15, so a lot of things that needed saying did not get said.”Martin, who is credited as a co-creator and executive producer on “House of the Dragon,” has previously praised the series’ second season.“Has there ever been a dragon battle to match it?” Martin wrote in a July 11 blog post about the on-screen face-off between dragons Meleys and Sunfyre in this season’s fourth episode.“I seem to recall that ‘Reign of Fire’ had a few scenes where a dozen dragons were wheeling through the skies.
So, okay, maybe that was a bigger scene, with more dragons on screen…but a better battle? I don’t think so,” he wrote.“Our guys knocked this one out of the.
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