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House of the Dragon Season 3 Needs Bigger Battles & Faster Payoffs After Season 2’s Slow Burn

House of the Dragon Season 3 Needs Bigger Battles & Faster Payoffs After Season 2’s Slow Burn

House of the Dragon Season 3(Photo Credit –JioHotstar) For all its grandeur and prestige polish, Season 2 of House of the Dragon felt like a medieval fantasy war drama waiting to happen. There was a lot of buildup but little payoff. It set the stage for a couple of huge battles, then left us hanging. Fans expect and hope that Season 3 is going to change that, and judging by the new trailer, it appears HBO is finally going to deliver what it promised when the Greens and the Blacks became two opposing factions within the Targaryens fighting for the Iron Throne. Season 2’s reception was mixed. The reason was not so much a drop in quality per se, as it still had top-notch production quality and performances. But after the cliffhanger end to Season 1, we all expected to finally see some grand aerial dragon battles, with all the terrifying loss of life and property that entails. The dragons, after all, are basically F-16s of this world and can reduce even the biggest Westerosi …