“It’s intensely annoying”: ‘House of the Dragon’ Risks Fate of 1 Fan-Favorite Couple as Show Sets Up Epic War in a Mega PR Campaign

The show's marketing might be top notch, but there is plenty of pain to come this season for the characters.

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  • Eve Best spoke to CBR about how her character's relationship with her husband is going face some challenges in Season 2.
  • House of the Dragon Season 2 will have plenty of drama apart from the war, but it will not be the main focus of the season.
  • The marketing for the show has literally taken over the Brooklyn and the Manhattan bridges, much to the delight of the fans.
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The House of the Dragon‘s Season 2 is right around the corner, and the marketing for the show seems to have been ramped up in epic fashion. However, the second season of the Game of Thrones prequel has been revealed to be quite detrimental to one couple on the show, who so far, in a show filled with dysfunctional families, had a pretty strong thing going on.

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Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon || HBO
Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon || HBO

Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon are one of the strongest relationships in the show, among a slew of disgruntled wives and husbands. However, Eve Best, the actress essaying the role of Rhaenys Targaryen, revealed to CBR, how much in trouble the two characters could be, now that the the civil war for the crown is brewing in Westeros.

Eve Best revealed that Colrys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen will have troubles other than the civil war

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Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys in House of the Dragon|| Max

Eve Best revealed to CBR the most annoying part of her character’s relationship with Colrys Velaryon. While a war brews between the Blacks and Greens (the marketing for which has been absolutely brilliant), one of Westeros’ most stable pairs might be dealing with some tension between themselves as well. Best revealed:

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Things come up in Season 2 that aren’t actually war-related, that severely test this bond. Rhaenys has been irritated with Corlys. [She is] somebody who wants to talk and deal with the elephant in the room, and [he is] somebody who doesn’t want to talk and wants to just shove everything under the carpet. It’s intensely annoying.

It looks like the heads of the House Velaryon might have some troubles on their hands, which might be compounded by the war that is to soon consume all of Westeros. With the Blacks and Greens coming at each other from all sides, fans of the show are eager to see how their chosen ruler fairs, and it seems that the marketing team for the show has been feeding this fire in full force.

The Brooklyn Bridge has declared for the Greens, and the Manhattan Bridge for the Blacks

Olivia Cooke in House of the Dragon
Olivia Cooke in House of the Dragon || Max

The Colors of The House of Aegon Targaryen of King’s Landing and Rhaenyra Targaryen have taken over the Brooklyn and the Manhattan Bridges, declaring for the rival monarchs of Westeros. Not only are fans excited by the civil war ‘breaking into’ the real world, but the engagement online, as a result, has set the internet ablaze.

People talking about whether they support teams their landmarks have declared for has generated a lot of traffic for the series, with fans online talking about the sides they have taken and who they think deserves the throne. Even if the conflict is about a fictional history, fans are quite taken by the prospect of choosing a side and have been debating who is the best successor for Viserys I Targaryen.

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With a passion for writing fiction and non fiction content, Anuraag is a Media Science graduate with 2 year's experience with Marketing and Content, with 3 published poetry anthologies. Anuraag holds a Bacherlor's degree in Arts with a focus on Communication and Media Studies.