Given the ever-fluctuating and hardly ever-accelerating rate with which things are changing, it remains to be seen whether House of the Dragon would stop being relevant in this case. Martin, instead of drawing a breezy picture of social hierarchy in his dystopian world, makes it as poignantly relevant as possible. The world may have come too far for burying infants when they aren’t born with a penis (though it is hardly unheard of in third-world nations) and limiting a woman’s existence to the confines of her abode (again, something that still happens in many cultures), men, in general, still tend to control women in most dominions of social life. From ancient mythology to the earliest epics to Shakespearen drama to modern classics, sexism is a theme that is found in almost every piece of art and literature throughout history. Sexism, perhaps owing to centuries of inequality and impregnable indoctrination of pre-established gender roles, remains as entrenched and deep-seated a social construct as ever. While the modern world is not as patriarchal as it was, say up until a century or two ago, it doesn’t exactly follow an egalitarian model either. It is sad perhaps that what used to ail human conscience hundreds of years ago does so still, that petulance and animosity is still deeply rooted in humankind and will perhaps never be irrevocably divorced from it.

Instead of simply driving the plot forward and keeping fans on the edge of their seats (which they undoubtedly do), they are representative of human nature in general, its hamartia tendencies, and the vices that influence it to the point of corruption.

While the show is set in the medieval period, and that also a fictional one, the conflicts at the heart of the story and the themes they seem to revolve around have a universality in them - one that is not limited to the setting or the time period at work. Not unlike its predecessor, the legacy of House of the Dragon, is timeless in nature. Packed to the gills with full-throttle action and drama, House of the Dragon, to those unacquainted with the GOT world, may sound like a run-of-the-mill prequel to a popular show with enough thrill and suspense to leave medieval fantasy fans in awe. Set 172 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the juggernaut show that captivated millions of people worldwide, House of the Dragontakes fans deep into the fascinating, albeit highly perilous, world of Westeros.

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