I'm going to disagree with this general concept: The number of birthing scenes are no more or less than the number of battle scenes we'll soon be seeing, and to the number of battle scenes in so many series and movies. I'm not a fan of watching battles, but they are important elements to the stories they take place in. "House of the Dragon" is about succession and the violence prompted by wanting to succeed to power. Birth is vital to this sort of story. The cost of giving birth is important here. And, up until recently, pregnancy and birthing has been dangerous and sometimes fatal for both mother and baby (and even today, pregnancy can be dangerous, and birthing can cause serious problems). FYI, even back in the 18th century, Denis Diderot was equating the birth process with a battle, so this view isn't a new one.
I'm also going to disagree about the idea that the men don't count here and aren't real characters: I see a nice variety of men, all with their own personalities, ambitions, and dimensions. Their loyalties are going to be centered around two women, but that's because, thanks to circumstances, that's what the power centers are in this story. It isn't unheard of in reality either: Isabel the Catholic vs. Juana la Beltraneja; and of course, a whole string of women vying for power after the death of first Henry VIII and then his son Edward VI. Two examples out of several. So, for me, none of this is particularly unbelievable, or unenjoyable.
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Windsaar (324)
2 years ago
All the other stuff aside, they're talking about birthing scenes that have actually appeared on the show.
We could compare them to battle scenes we EXPECT to happen...or anything that hasn't happened yet, but that would ultimately be futile. IMO
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