We’re another month closer to the premiere of the second season of HBO’s House of the Dragon. I’m trying to ease in to writing about the show, one blog post a month. HBO helped me out last month by releasing two trailers for the season, featuring the opposing perspective of the two factions: the Blacks and the Greens. My write-up of the trailer for my dad counted as my monthly blog post submission.
This month – since the show doesn’t have the cool traversing-the-globe opening credit sequence that Game of Thrones had – I wanted to lay out some of the geography for those not fully up on where things are located in Westeros.
The last trailer for the second season of HBO’s House of the Dragon came out in December 2023. We’ve been patiently waiting for a new trailer to drop, and HBO obliged recently with not one trailer, but two.
When these opportunities arise, I like to write up trailer breakdowns for my dad. He’s read the main series books and has seen Game of Thrones and has watched House of the Dragon, season one. But I like to provide him with a non-spoilery breakdown to get him pumped up. And that’s what I’ll be doing here too.
We’re another month closer to Season Two of HBO’s House of the Dragon, but there’s still plenty of time to write about Season One. In particular, about two men in Princess Rhaenyra’s –
Rhaenyra Targaryen: That’s Queen Rhaenyra, thank you. Me: My bad, I’m sorry Your Grace.
– about two men in Queen Rhaenyra’s dating history – Ser Criston Cole and Ser Harwin Strong.
It’s the first of February 2024, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all of the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of January. (Full Disclosure: I cheated and also included the handful of Flash Fiction bits I’d tweeted during December, I didn’t have enough in either month for a full collection post.)
[Alt-Text: picture is of a dark-haired woman with glasses in a blue shirt standing in front of a wooden dresser which has painted white wings on the front – itgives the impression that she has wings.]
As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 269 characters (so I could post them with the hashtag #MicroStory – if I wanted to obey the character limit on the website formerly known as Twitter.)
Usually, I only post Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. The past months were no exception. I guess?
HBO’s House of the Dragon will be returning this Summer, and with it return the complicated relationships between its major players. Complicated Relationships is an illustrative phrase when describing Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen’s role in the show.
Rhaenyra: That’s Queen Rhaenyra, actually. Me: I regret my error.
On Saturday, December 2nd, 2023, HBO released a teaser trailer for their upcoming Summer 2024 show House of the Dragon, airing its second season. Within hours, trailer breakdowns were crafted by the usual explainers – that’s awesome to see. But none of them, I feel, are going to be suitable for my dad.
Dad Sponaugle has read all of the main A Song of Ice and Fire books, has seen Game of Thrones, but hasn’t read Fire and Blood. It wasn’t hard to get him to watch House of the Dragon, but I wanted him to see the show with at least some context – non-spoilery context, so for Season One I wrote up trailer breakdowns as they came out.
It’s the first of December 2023, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all of the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of November.
[Alt-Text: gray irregular slab surface with three shadows stretched out from the bottom to the top. From left to right, two female forms holding up their hands in a peace sign – the 3rd rightmost shadow is a man with a hat (according to the silhouette) holding up a device to take the picture.]
As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 269 characters (so I could post them with the hashtag #MicroStory – if I wanted to obey the character limit on the website formerly known as Twitter.)
Usually, I only post Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. November was no exception. I guess?
Once upon a time, for really great #MicroStory action, I used to recommend people to please follow @MicroSFF, the Twitter account that inspired me to participate in this minimalist writing exercise. That feed used to put out great science fiction and fantasy MicroStories all the time. Because of the terrible situation on Twitter (now called X) with Elon Musk losing advertisers reportedly because he can’t stop courting or promoting fascist content (many people are saying this, I’m just innocently observing what many people are saying) I recently saw that the @MicroSFF was ceasing their tweets on Twitter, and focusing instead on Instagram and Threads. I offered them a BlueSky invite, but they respectfully declined, saying that they were waiting for BlueSky to become more open.
It’s the first of November 2023, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all of the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of October.
ALT-TEXT: Image is taken up on a circular staircase at a lower level. The staircase is metal, the stairwell is stone, with stone arches allowing exit into a venue. Just past the center arch, wedding guests mingle, one is a wedding photographer with her camera on her hip.
As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 269 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.)
Usually, I only tweet Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. October was no exception. I guess?
For really great #MicroStory action, please follow @MicroSFF, the Twitter account that inspired me to participate in this minimalist writing exercise. That feed puts out great science fiction and fantasy MicroStories all the time. (I need to find out if they’ve moved on to Blue Sky…)
It’s the first of October 2023, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all of the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of September.
As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 269 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.)
Usually, I only tweet Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. September was no exception. I guess?
For really great #MicroStory action, please follow @MicroSFF, the Twitter account that inspired me to participate in this minimalist writing exercise. That feed puts out great science fiction and fantasy MicroStories all the time.
It’s the first of September 2023, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all of the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of August.
Image Alt-Text: a view of the Kennedy Space Center. People are walking toward a collection of rockets, dramatic against the blue and cloud-white of the sky. In the distance is a building labeled “Gateway”
As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 269 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.)
Usually, I only tweet Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. August was no exception. I guess?
For really great #MicroStory action, please follow @MicroSFF, the Twitter account that inspired me to participate in this minimalist writing exercise. That feed puts out great science fiction and fantasy MicroStories all the time.
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