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‘House of the Dragon’ Episode 1 Deep Dive | House of R

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The Horror of Childbirth on Game of Thrones

This is definitely the moment that most people are talking about out of this episode. A lot of people are very upset by it and perturbed by it. I think what's true if you read fire and blood so many women in that story both before this like emmas, also goes through something terrible like this. i agree with some people that maybe there should have been like a warning i never given birth to show the horror of it. But i don't think it's here just for sensation at all as opposed to some things that i would identify in game of thrones  i'm of a couple different minds about it.

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