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George about who's his favorite: "Those are tricky questions. That's like asking which of your children you love the best..." George half a second later: "Daemon Targaryen"

I love the humility in him admitting the show did Viserys better.

Paddy Considine is such a great actor in House of Dragon. I'm glad Martin recognizes that as well.

"Caraxes is younger, faster and he's also very battle-hardened, very fierce, doesn’t take any crap from anyone." My noodleboi🐉❤️

If George RR Martin says that his own character was made better by the show, that's the highest compliment he can give. Give Paddy Considine all the awards in the world!

People ask why we love Daemon. GRRM answered it properly

Amazing guy and very admirable, his writing in the universe was amazing and the tv shows adapted that very well

George answered that ‘fav character’ question the way my mom answers the fav child question. I love them all oh and btw the eldest Mona is a law graduate….top of her class…

Everyone loves Daemon. Such a brilliantly written character. Matt Smith does an incredible job as well. Every scene he is in he dominates the screen. HotD has been everything I hoped it would be and then some. Can’t say enough how awesome of a job everyone did with season 1! It almost cured my GoT season 8 PTSD! And that’s no easy task 😅🙏🏻👏🏻 Can’t wait for season 2 👏🏻

What a joy to hear this man talk about his stories and characters. He speaks about it with such certainty, you would think it's based off REAL history lol. GOT/HOTD is so good it makes it hard for me to watch any other high fantasy stuff. I simply cannot stop comparing it to this level of quality.

Daemon is like a unpredictable mystery! Lol Matt Smith did him justice, perfect casting.

He has a great imagination....wow. Authors are true hidden jewels honestly.

Paddy Considine was incredible. All the actors are amazing on the show, and he stands out among them in quite the same way Peter Dinklage did on GOT.

I've never seen GoT and glad I hadn't because House of the Dragon is absolutely spectacular all on its own. I also love the complexity and demeanor of Daemon he's ambitious and headstrong but still loves he's family and Rhaenyra.

omg it is incredible to see the author of the book himself, giving his opinion and talking about the world he created and its characters, we love you george

Him mentioning Vhagar & Caraxes like that... been awhile since I read the book but I think those two are going to have a *dance*

I loved Jamie , he is probably the most complex character written.

George is an amazing person and author! So cool to see this interview.

Fire breather Winged leader But two heads To a third sing From my voice: The fires have spoken And the price has been paid With blood magic With words of flame With clear eyes To bind the three To you I sing As one we gather And with three heads We shall fly as we were destined Beautifully, freely That's a beautiful song ... Thanks to HBO n Matt Smith for the greatest fantasy lullaby in years

Me 🤝🏼 George Loving Daemon Targaryen and Caraxes

I like how Martin's world is rooted in real life things and events.

“That’s very tricky it’s like asking which of your children do you love best” no hesitation “daemon”

I absolutely love how much HBO has gone out of their way to respect and honor George RR Martin's vision. This is a beacon of hope for artists.

I love how the characters of dragons actually is portrayed, you know immediately not to mess with Caraxes. Looks sleek, cunning, might be younger but someone who you do not want to mess with or test. A dragon of his own.

I like how involved he is with the show

He‘s telling like all of this is real! amazing.

I'm so happy for George that HotD is such a great show and has been so well received. I bought Fire and Blood the day it was released, and read it cover to cover within days - HotD adapts it better than I could ever have hoped. Bring on Season 2!

You gave us the best form of escape and I can't be thankful enough for it.

This man is my role model, I'm currently writing my own Epic Fantasy Novel and he's one of my inspirations as a writer, I can only aspire to touch a bit of his greatness. Him and Tolkien are one of a kind.

For an actor, I imagine nothing is more thrilling than hearing they portrayed the character even better than the book.

Amazing the achievements he’s gotten being an author. I hope the other prequel shows have him there as well

This man is a genius, no doubt about it. Imagine creating a world, with so many details, characters, family trees with generations and generations.

Paddy Considine was superb as King Viserys. It reminded me of King Lear as well.

He went like Ugh... They are all like my children they all are my favrt...how can i choose Daemon targaryen,

*My* *Favorite* *Targaryens* 1. *Daemon* the Rogue Prince 2. Jaehaerys I the Conciliator 🐐👑 3. Alysanne the Good Queen 🐐👑 4. Aegon I the Conqueror 5. Visenya the Dowager Queen 6. Brynden Rivers the Lord Bloodraven 7. Baelor Breakspear 8. Aemon the Dragonknight 9. Daemon Blackfyre 10. Rhaena the Black Bride (daughter of Aenys I) 11. *Rhaenyra* the Realm's Delight 12. *Viserys I* the Peaceful 13. *Rhaenys* the Queen Who Never Was 14. *Baela* the Dragon Twin 15. *Viserys II* 16. *Aegon* *III* the Dragonbane 17. Maegor the Cruel 18. *Aemond* the Kinslayer 19. Daenerys the Breaker of Chains 20. Alyssa (Viserys & Daemon's mother) I don't really consider Jon a Targ. He's more like a Stark. But he still wouldn't make my list even if he had the same hair color as Daenerys and rode dragons for most of his life. He's one of the GOATs among Starks though. So I have the same favorite Targaryen as George R.R. Martin. So what? He creates these characters. His favorite dragon is Balerion which would be my favorite dragon as well. Tyrion Lannister was his favorite from Game of Thrones who was also my favorite. Well, at least up to S4. Among book readers, Viserys I is not exactly regarded a good king. In fact , many readers blame him for the civil war breaking out. But Paddy added so much layers to him that he raised the character's stock from the TV show. Paddy truly deserves an Emmy. There is a Blu-ray version that will add some deleted scenes. I believe once this Blu-ray version is out, this longer cut should be the only version that HBO should keep re-airing. The version we just watched is the Make-Daemon-A-Demon cut. Sick and tired of HBO writers trying to dirty GRRM's favorite Targaryen that Matt Smith has to come up with improvisation to prevent them from assassinating his character. I'm aware Daemon isn't good but at least give him a fair shake and stop insulting his fans thinking we are all morons. Ryan Condal and Sara Hess come off extremely condescending to their viewers. Sorry if Daemon isn't written like Paul Rudd, Sara.

*The* *Popularity* *of* *Daemon* *Targaryen* I saw a poll yesterday for the most popular character in House of the Dragon. Unsurprisingly to most of us, Daemon won. 42.2% - Daemon Targaryen 🖤 18.8% - Rhaenyra Targaryen 🖤 14.3% - Rhaenys Targaryen 🖤 8.1% - Aemond Targaryen 💚 5.4% - Viserys Targaryen 🖤 2.7% - Criston Cole 💚 1.8% - Corlys Velaryon 🖤 1.3% - Laenor Velaryon 🖤 Ryan Condal laughed at the notion that fans are more qualified than him and George R.R. Martin to make decisions about important characters. “Yeah, please explain to me and George who Daemon is as a character, everybody." Man, the HBO writers keep wanting to insult Daemon stans because many females worship him like he's Elvis Presley. The HBO writers dirty Daemon on TV, yet, he's still far and away the most popular character on House of the Dragon. Happy 4⃣0⃣th birthday 🎂🎈, Matt Smith. I think if Daemon ordered Blood and Cheese 100 times, he would still be the most popular. Daemon can bring Rhea Royce back from the dead 100 times and kill her in 100 different ways and he would still be the most popular. He's everyone's favorite Targaryen rock star. Daemon could do what Rhaenys did killing hundreds of innocent people in the Dragonpit 100 times and he'll still be the most popular. He can snap his finger like Thanos wearing the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half the universe and he'll still be the most popular. What's his appeal? He's an alpha. He's a charismatic badass and antihero. Maybe Sara Hess only dated nerds or beta males. But lots of women are attracted to bad boys. Look at Scott Peterson, a wife-killer like Daemon. He got tons of love letters and marriage proposals. Same with Charles Manson when he was still alive. *SPOILERS* Think about this for a moment. Vhagar (the largest dragon), Caraxes (the most ferocious dragon), Aemond (the most badass Green), and Daemon (the most badass Black) all crash into a body of water. And among those 4, only Daemon might have come out of it ALIVE!! That's GOAT-level. I can't think of any character from any popular franchise who exits a show as BADASS as that. Not even Iron Man and Darth Vader exited a franchise as cool as that. 😎

Respect. All these facts coming from the genius himself

"I'd like to live in Oldtown. It's a very nice place." Book Euron: not for much longer.

Love you George! Such a treasure. Really one of the great writers of our time

I can tell he likes DT. That is also my fav character

I need more of this!!!!

Daemon❤️

In a show filled with great characters played by talented actors, paddy still carried it. Viserys was just such a joy to watch every moment he was on screen, amazingly realised character

He reminds me so much of my grandfather it's crazy.

He has such a great mind, I can’t believe he’s created such an in depth world with so much detail

Would be curious to know George’s opinion on the show now that it’s complete and properly edited

This man is a national treasure and we must protect him at all costs!

Great video. I hope he is very much involved in season 2

Puedo escuchar a George horas hablando de su mundo de hielo y fuego. Mi saga de fantasia favorita!

I love George so much. Stay with us forever

GRRM: Daemon is my favorite Targaryen. HotD show runners&writer to the fans: HoW iS DaEMoN yoUr FaVorIte cHarAcTeR?!?!?!

this man said paddy constantine, i made that same mistake for months...good thing im not alone

3:41 the way hi describes Caraxes after Vaghar.... ;) ;)

Props to George for recognizing when the adaptation does something better than his original source material

I wish this video was longer.

The rage in Queen Rhaenyra’s eyes… she’s no more “Viserys The Peaceful’s” daughter, rather she has now embraced the ambition and hunger of her younger self (Milly Alcock’s version). 🔥

"One of the turning point of the war" Goosebumps🥶

I admire this man so much

Caraxes is so cool looking!

Since he's favorite character in the book daemon Targaryen I wish he can asked him what he thinks of Matt Smith daemon Targaryen in the show I really wanted to hear he's opinion especially the last scene when daemon chokes rhaenyra Because of the book's readers, they have different perspectives. Some say this is exactly the character of daemon, and others say the most beautiful aspect of Damon is that he loves his family, and no matter how harsh he was with others, he was nostalgic and respectful with rhaenyra.

I swear this man hasn't aged since game of thrones started

There are only 2 directors / writers in this world that will go down in history as the greatest , and that is Stephen Spielberg and Steven king . There will never be anyone that will come close to their brilliant minds , now I can say there are 3 ,R R Martin your mind blows me away yr imagination is incredible and how you tell your stories my god just wow 🤩 words can’t describe how brilliant you are , you are seriously up in the top 3 who ever lived and yr legacy will be watched for many centuries, you truely are a star my friend god bless you

GRRM really does a great job of selling Oldtown as a destination. The way he talks about the place, it’s as if it’s a real city. He really brings it to life.

I didn't hear anything he said. I was just waiting for the straw to fall out of the cup 😂

The only question that matters: WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH WINDS OF WINTER?!

i love this show so much. thank you HBO and thank you GRRM.

Love this guy

I hope he lives to finish the books. Wishing him health.

Paddy was absolutely phenomenal as Viserys, George is right, he brought completely new depths to thst character. Loving Matt Smith & Emma D'Arcy's performance as well. This characters were perfectly casted. Join us every Sunday night for our live show "Hour of the Dragon" while we wait for Season 2 to come around!

He seems like the nicest person😭

Thanks a lot Warner Brothers now I have wait another year for the second season of house of dragons

Thank you for these masterpiece !! GOT AND Fire and Blood !!

The biggest scene he’s talking about might be either Rooks Rest or the Duel in Harrenhal

Good call ending on Emmas face. That said it all and why Im invested in s2

It's funny how these are supposed to be fan questions about the show (specifically, and not about the books, as the title mentions HotD and not Fire and Blood), but George mentions how this video is taped before the show aired. I don't mean this as a critique, just a fun detail to point out. I actually really liked the video!

I had the subtitles ON for this and I just about died when 04:57 came and it read "(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYS)* ! ahahahah :D

That’s cool when a adaptation improves upon its source material. Rare, but it happens. I think the House Velaryon recasting makes tons of sense too, sticks out more than just hair color as the questioning of parentage. Obviously done for inclusion, but honestly I like to see more diversity for world building so I think it’s a full win.

GRRM always seems genuinely excited to talk about his work even though its all he has been asked about for years

I just hope you live another century dude 🙏

Love you George!!!

That last scene was a mastapiece

Love how George included Caraxes with Vhagar. Might be hinting to non book readers at a moment to come in a later season.

Hope the love the show is getting inspires him to write

I'm happy as a fan of the books to see such a good adaptation, but I think I'm happier that George gets to see his work given the love and care it deserves

Hey George! I would say one doesn’t need to have watched GOT, but they’ll be lots of things that resonate with those of us who are HUGE GOT fans that would be lost on those who didn’t watch it.

Wow this man imagination is just amazing, the way he was talking about the *Old Town* like it's a real place is fabulous ❤️

Well thanks for this but I was. Hoping for a deeper understanding. Not just stuff I already knew.

Amazing how one man created an amazing world with so many amazing characters and stories.

Eagerly waiting for Dance OF Dragon !!!

He talks about it like it's real and I love it.

I’m happy to see good adaptations of books translated into shows can’t imagine the process of condensing the story 😅

What a man George is 👍🐉🖤

I like how GRRM is famous enough and respected enough to talk about his characters like they were real and not sound ridiculous.

yay, george confirmed that cannibal is younger than vhagar (unless we already knew that)

Vhaegar and caraxes, hmm, only if we knew how dance of the dragons will end

Thank you George R.R Martin to creating this darn thing 🥺😫

Bruh I already can not wait for season 2

Paddy Considine was so good in season one of this show I don’t know how they can top or equal it.

Same George, I like Oldtown.