"House Of The Dragon" Is A Massive Hit, And Fans Are Kinda Upset About It Because It Sucked Them Back In
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As you may have heard, the highly anticipated Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon premiered over the weekend.
Given how rough the final season of Game of Thrones ended — with MANY fans having mixed feelings about the ending — people were curious whether the GoT audience still had an appetite for returning to Westeros.
Well, the fans have spoken, and it turns out they are very hungry for more, because the House of The Dragon premiere smashed all kinds of records. It became HBO's most-watched original series premiere in history, with nearly 10 million viewers.
For comparison, according to Deadline, the show's debut also topped the Game Of Thrones premiere in 2011 by roughly 350% in terms of viewers...that's A LOT. (Although, in fairness, House of the Dragon had a built-in audience going in.)
Given how controversially GoT ended, fans were also REALLY pleasantly surprised to discover that the first episode of House of the Dragon was good. Like, really good. And they were kinda laughing about the fact that HBO has managed to drag them back into the GoT world...
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Me: "Fuck Game of Thrones. I'll never watch that shit again".Me after watching the first ep #HouseoftheDragon
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so we all just collectively crawled back to HBO quicker than Jaime went back to Cersei #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseoftheDragon
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The creators watching us all tune into #HOTD and actually like it knowing how we felt after GOT
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After watching an excellent first episode of #hotd
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me, after watching episode 1 of house of the dragon:
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me, prepping for House of the Dragon: #HouseoftheDragon
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me after being disappointed by the final season of game of thrones: “i guess i’ll give house of the dragon a try” me to HBO after watching the first episode: #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD
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me during the next however many sundays at 9pm eastern standard time #HouseoftheDragon
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me: i’m so done with GOT after the final season. i can’t get back into itme at 10:06pm last night:#HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HOTD
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Ughh…..how I’ve missed the unnecessary violence #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD
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me a few years ago: “i can’t believe how disappointed i am by the GOT finale” also me as soon as it hit 9 PM tonight: #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD
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Me after saying I wouldn’t watch and wouldn’t get into it again. I’m in. #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #DemThrones
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Finally it begins..#HOTD #HouseoftheDragon
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Big night for #HouseoftheDragon 🔥 🎥 @Bkillinit
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house of the dragon sucked me back into got so fast im honestly embarassed for myself
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me watching house of the dragon when i still haven’t emotionally healed from season 8 of GOT
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If you really think i’m letting House of The Dragon suck me back into the GoT world after dedicating 7 years of my life and being let down by the ending, you are absolutely right
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Me when House of The Dragon end credits started playing.
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house of the dragon sucked me back in so fast it’s embarrassing. but we are back in westeros babes 🫶🏼
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House of the Dragon could be the best television show I've ever seen from start to finish and I still wouldn't feel safe calling it good until I hit the credits of the last episode 🙃FOOL ME ONCE...
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The ending to Game of Thrones was a total letdown, bro. We never got Jon Snow vs The Night King. Jaime left Brienne to keep fucking his sister. My favorite character Daenerys murdered literally everyone. And Bran ended up as King. But you should still watch House of the Dragon...
And, of course, just one Twitter user with this cautionary message:
when that dragon incest show hurts your feelings like the last one did yall are gonna have no one to blame but yallselves!!
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