Co-creator and executive producer of the program, the writer forewarned that “there are larger and more toxic butterflies to come” in a since-deleted blog post.
Martin had previously declared that he will divulge “everything that’s gone wrong” regarding the HBO adaptation of House of the Dragon, the prequel to the critically acclaimed series Game of Thrones and partially based on his book Fire & Blood.
He detailed a debate on the removal of a character, Prince Maelor, from the plot in the lengthy blog post, arguing that doing so would have greater implications for series three.
The prince’s birth will no longer just be postponed until season three, he declared. There was no way he was going to be born. Aegon and Helaena’s younger son would never show up.
Martin cited financial concerns as well as pragmatic objections to casting a second kid.
However, although the author had first “argued against” omitting the character from the second series, he claimed showrunner Ryan Condal had previously “assured me that we were not losing Prince Maelor, simply postponing him.”.
