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Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) has big “I’ll leave you on delivered for 24-48 hours and have you apologizing for being needy when you double-text me” energy.
The second I set my eyes on House of the Dragon’s resident bad boy, I thought to myself, “I can fix him.” Why are bad boys, particularly ones with dragons, so appealing? Is it Damon’s silver-haired swagger? His thirst for power? The fact that the actor formerly known as the Eleventh Doctor is portraying him on-screen?
But how do you “fix” a dragon-riding second son who resents his older brother for not naming him as his heir? I have a few ideas.