The highly-awaited sixth episode of Game of Thrones prequel House of The Dragon is finally here. And my oh my so much has passed over the period of ten years, the time period the recent episode skipped. We finally get a glimpse at the older versions of Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), Laenor Velaryon (John MacMillan) and Laena Velaryon (Nanna Blondell), and the first look at Vhagar, the biggest dragon in Westeros in House of the Dragon. Sadly, we lost Laena in this episode. We had talked about this possibility, and it happened in a way much different from the one depicted in Fire & Blood, which shocked a lot of fans.
Let’s have a look at what the fans have to say about Laena Velaryon’s horrifying suicide.
laena choosing her own death instead of having a man choose for her#houseofthedragon pic.twitter.com/n2ubmDRbq6
— 🕊️ (@miss__costanza) September 26, 2022
they erased laena friendship with rhaenyra, deleted the scene where she claims vhagar, half-assed her relationship with daemon, changed her original death into a much more painful one that frankly made no sense…
hbo, one day you will pay.
— j. (@INEJSKNlVES) September 26, 2022
laena death is the saddest ever NAURRR #HouseOfTheDragon pic.twitter.com/0nkQhbPLV4
— blume (@poetickatarina) September 26, 2022
The biggest change was Laena's death
Criston getting his ass kicked like that didn't happen
Harwin got his jaws broken by criston
And they change the time line of events— ꒑ꁲ'ꊯᏒ🇵🇸👑 (@Ibrahimjafr) September 26, 2022
Yeah I was going to say her death is way worse in the book. I wish they had given Laena more screentime & shown her relationship with Daemon a bit more (in the book, it's implied he truly loved her), but I think her death scene actually worked well…
— PalmBola (@BolaPalm) September 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/geezlais/status/1574356310598230016?s=20&t=_IZ8Nce6Co9Zk-0yr6t0UQ
This has nothing to do with GRRM. Laena's death in the show was actually good. As stated in the original tweet: it's weird that the only black female character had her arc diminished and replaced with a dysfunctional family. That's the point.
— El Mago Haitiano (@AtlantisFell) September 26, 2022
I was kind of surprised that people were mad about the death scene. I thought it worked, tho they could have shown Daemon even more torn up (they really did their relationship dirty). My problem was more that Laena should have had more screentime, but not her actual death.
— PalmBola (@BolaPalm) September 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/venusyrax/status/1574355973401083905?s=20&t=_IZ8Nce6Co9Zk-0yr6t0UQ
maybe they'd have still cut into her uterus, but the outcome would have been the same. as evidenced by laena, I don't think they've perfected the technique yet. so any case of dystocia most likely means death during that period? damn
— S.A. Nasiru, DVM (@NasWithoutWax) September 26, 2022
LAENA’S DEATH SCENE IS AMAZING A DRAGON RIDER’S DEATH
— 🍭 (@bIu3Iips) September 26, 2022
What did you think about Laena Velaryon’s death scene in House of The Dragon? Tell us in the comments below!
