Social media is on fire (literally) over the screen cut House of the Dragon Season 3 premiere that wasted no time in thrusting viewers into epic Battle of the Gullet with every bit of pulsating dragon action we expect from the hit HBO series (set 200 years before Game of Thrones), especially when it came to one dragYN in particular.
In the episode’s busiest moment, Rhaena foolishly flies her hardy dragon, Sheepstealer, into battle, unaware that the criminal fire-breather does (and burns) whatever it wants, whenever it wants, without any sort of control.
You may recall in the Season 2 finale that Rhaena discovered the wild dragon in the Vale of Arryn, which foreshadowed her bond with the beast (well, kind of) and flew him back to Dragonstone (home).
But as her luck would have it, she sees the Battle of the Gullet unfold and swings in that direction instead with good intentions until things go terribly wrong.
It is there, in the middle of a great battle, that she realizes she cannot control her equipped dragon, which attacks members of their own side, including Rhaena’s sister, Baela, and her dragon Moondancer, and Jacaerys Velaryon and his dragon, Vermax, leading to the prince’s tragic death. Yikes!
Naturally, social media erupted over Rhaena’s failure to tap into the Sheepstealer’s Black Forces energy in a hilarious flurry of tweets, memes, and more circulating the internet and beyond.
For those late to the dragon party, watch the season 3 trailer below:
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