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House of the Dragon Just Made Incest Taboo Again
When it comes to Oedipal ick, Daemon told Robin Arryn, “Hey kid, hold my breast milk.”
It’s impressive, then, that in “Regent,” House of the Dragon has Daemon Targaryen say to Robin, “Hey, kid, hold my breast milk,” with an Oedipal sex dream so unsettling that it shakes the foundations of this series’ established acceptance of interfamilial love. In GOT, incest is a great taboo, and those linked to it are portrayed as inherently villainous: Joffrey’s insane cruelty is implied to be a natural by-product of his parents’ unnatural deviance, Craster is an abusive monster, and Lysa is so paranoid and deranged that she wants to be the only woman in her son’s life. He practically ruins a young Rhaenyra’s honor after flirting with (and arguably grooming) her in her adolescence, yet years later, their sex scene by the beach and forehead touch during their wedding are presented as sincerely affectionate and emotional moments.
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