In a newblog post,Game of ThronesauthorGeorge R.R.
Martinregisters his disappointment with the House Targaryen emblem onHouse of the Dragon.
Namely, that its three-headeddragonhasfourlegs, instead of his preferred two-legged depiction.
Dragons on House of the Dragon. Image: HBO
No animal that has ever lived on Earth has six limbs.
The post concludes with the HBO-damning statement, Fantasy needs to be grounded.
It is not simply a license to do anything you like.
That bit is purely symbolic, meant to reflect Aegon the Conqueror and his two sisters.
Must a dragon always be reptilian?
Notably, over 5,000 species of something called a dragonfly which also matches the physical description of its namesake.
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