The new House of the Dragon episode left its audience utterly baffled and at a loss for words with the scene involving Alicent Hightower and Larys Strong. Kudos to the showrunner for having everyone on the edge of their seats while watching the recent episode of the series.
The ninth episode of the show had an extremely uncomfortable scene wherein Larys Strong was seen indulging in his rather strong admiration for feet. And fans almost stubbed their toes trying to run away from the image that got brandished in their minds after watching that episode. No pun intended.
The latest episode of House of the Dragon was wild
In episode 9 of the prequel to HBO’s Game of Thrones, Matthew Needham’s character revealed his penchant for feet as he was coaxed by Queen Alicent Hightower to divulge certain valuable information.
Olivia Cooke, who plays the role of King Viserys’ second wife, was seen nudging the second son of Lord Lyonel Strong to yield important knowledge about the spy network of Mysaria, aka the White Worm, in exchange for the latter deriving pleasure by looking at her feet. It looks like the Queen was ready to lose it all if it meant getting what she wanted, which in this case, were mere facts and figures about her enemies.
This specific scene quite obviously sent fans into a downward spiral of disgust and discomfiture.
Surely, nobody could have anticipated they would be learning about such unnecessary and monumentally private details about Larys’ sexual desires on an otherwise normal Sunday. But little did people know they were in for a surprise and a rather repulsive one at that.
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Fans react unpleasantly to Larys Strong’s foot fetish
The Green Council, the latest episode of House of the Dragon, will forever be remembered as one that evoked some of the most unsavory reactions from its fans. In fact, from the looks of it, fans would rather not remember it at all, considering the horrors they had to endure.
When Needham’s character was seen pleasuring himself after looking at Alicent’s feet, fans made it their mission to express their repulsion with regard to the same as they marched on Twitter to post all about it.
While most of the people were outright horrified by the scene, others retorted humorous remarks about it with a strong sprinkle of distaste, of course. Many also joked about the American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino’s infamous obsession with including feet in his movies.
Wtf was that scene with Alicent and Larys #HouseOfTheDragonHBO pic.twitter.com/0419BzTVZL
— ale (@AleGarc60774190) October 17, 2022
are u telling me alicent has been feeding lord larys foot fetish in return for his service????? AND LETTING HIM J3RK OFF IN FRONT OF HER??? and i thought this show couldn't get worse #HouseOfTheDragon pic.twitter.com/wrKlS23zJ3
— ruby (@fortargaryen) October 17, 2022
People are also talking about what they think is Alicent’s sheer desperation as she traded the prospect of her feet in return for vital information. From confused and bewildered to speechless, there are all kinds of reactions to it that are floating on Twitter.
I need someone to tell me why that Larys scene was necessary. PLEASE 😭 #HOTD #HouseOfTheDragon pic.twitter.com/HpiPV32ODb
— dragon… my balls ➐ (@NightOwlNikk) October 17, 2022
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Alicent Hightower selling feet pics for information to Larys Strong was not on my bingo card for tonight’s episode 💀#HouseoftheDragon #demdragons #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #hotd pic.twitter.com/ElAVnG8xhS
— yari (@watrmelonsugarr) October 17, 2022
Many fans are even complaining about the overtly sexual nature of the scene which they felt was completely uncalled for and how it only ended up tainting the show for them.
We didn’t get a single kiss between Harwin and rhaenyra but I had to sit here and watch Larys jerk off to Alicents feet? The math ain’t mathing 😐 #HOTD #HouseOfTheDragon pic.twitter.com/DTvykvat1f
— dragon… my balls ➐ (@NightOwlNikk) October 17, 2022
This single scene has managed to cause a ruckus amongst the audience more than the entire season of the series combined. Talk about the unexpected.
House of the Dragon can be streamed on HBO Max.
Source: Twitter
