‘House Of The Dragon’ Showrunner On George R.R. Martin’s Blog Post: “It Was Disappointing”

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House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal has weighed in on George R.R. Martin‘s since-deleted blog posts criticizing the creative decisions that were made in season 2 of the HBO series.

Martin teased late last August that he planned to write “about everything that’s gone wrong with House of the Dragon.” Mainly, he was critical of Condal’s decision to omit a character that was key in Martin’s Fire & Blood and how that will likely impact the story going forward.

Condal previously addressed the challenge of adapting Fire & Blood for the small screen, calling Martin’s tome a “history book” that doesn’t necessarily come with fully fleshed-out moments or characters.

As for Martin’s blog post: “It was disappointing,” he told EW in an interview. “I will simply say I’ve been a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire for almost 25 years now, and working on the show has been truly one of the great privileges of, not only my career as a writer, but my life as a fan of science-fiction and fantasy.