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Black Lace Issue 327

From X:morganaOanagrom

It was a sixteen-year-old "little brown girl" who, with patience and wit, tamed the "mud dragon". She brought the dragon a freshly slaughtered sheep every morning until the sheep thief had come to expect her and finally accepted her. Mukun calls this unexpected dragon rider Nettle, and "Mushroom" says she is the bastard child of a dockside prostitute, named Ani. We learn that she has black hair, brown eyes and brown skin, is thin, foul-mouthed but fearless... and is also the first and only rider of the dragon sheep thief.

——Blood and Fire

Where did the nettles go?

Author: Nate Jones, translated by Nini

hint:

Yesterday I mentioned an article on Vulture that elaborated on the speculation that Nettles, who is very popular among fans, would be replaced by Rhaena. Due to space reasons, I can't go into details, so today I will simply flip through it and post it here so that everyone can understand it.

原文：https://www.vulture.com/article/house-of-the-dragon-nettles-dragonseeds-explained-rhaena-theory.html

Review of previous episodes of Dragon Family:

Last season’s episode is at the end of the article, so if you forgot, you can just go ahead and review it later!

|Warning: This article covers what happened in the original House of the Dragon novel (Blood and Fire), and will try to avoid spoilers for Season 2 onwards.

In each episode of the second season of "House of the Dragon", there are several times when the main plot is temporarily jumped out to introduce some new faces. On Tide Head Island, we met brothers who love to eat stew.Erin and Adam, implying that they are the bastard children of Corlys Velaryon.

↑Adam and Erin

In King's Landing, there areThe hardworking blacksmith Shufu and the slightly lazy bar-goer UlfAt the moment, these people feel like NPCs straight out of a video game, but you don’t need to be a wisecracking Jaehaerys to guess that they’re here because they’ll have a big role to play in the future.

↑ Ulf and Shufu

If you watch these clips with someone who has read the books, you might learn that one character has disappeared. As "A Dance with the Dragons" unfolds, many readers are panicking:Where are the nettles?

↑ Nettles in "Rise of the Dragon"

After S2E4, House of the DragonIt's finally getting to the point where the new characters finally have something to do.After the death of Princess Rhaenys at the Battle of Raven's Roost, Prince Jacaerys made a decision.The Blacks have many more dragons than the Greens, but they have fewer and fewer Dragon Riders.So he issues the call: anyone with Valyrian blood who can tame a dragon—three of whose riders are dead or gone, and three wild dragons still roam Dragonstone—will be richly rewarded.

Many people died in the process, but in the end, the reason why "Dragon Family" gave so much screen time to these four characters will be revealed: three of them are destined to succeed and become dragon riders. They are calledDragonseeds, and played a key role in the ensuing conflict(The person who is not a dragon also plays an important role)。

↑The sheep thief in "Dragon Rise"

However, the book version of these events includes a fourth dragon. Her name is Nettles, and she's a fan favorite for many reasons.First, she's an underdog: a homeless teenager who lives by her wits, like Aladdin. And, unlike the boy who tamed his dragon through an act of bravery, Nettles got hers through smarts.She builds a friendship with a wild dragon called Sheep Stealer by feeding him a sheep every day until he gets used to her presence. She is the only female dragon, and in the books at least,She is the only black dragon rider without any Valyrian blood.(The wiki describes her as "a thin, brown-skinned girl with black hair and brown eyes.") If you want to get an idea of ​​how she feels, here's some fan art of Nettles:

↑ This is the title picture of this issue

Original image:

Original image:

Like the other dragons, Nettles sides with the Black Order, and she plays a major role in the story of Daemon and Rhaenyra. Despite this, there's growing evidence that House of the Dragon may cut Nettles out entirely. While the other dragons have appeared in multiple episodes, she's conspicuously absent, and the character is said to have yet to be cast. Perhaps the show will wait until season three to introduce her, just as it did with Alicent's third son, Daeron.

But House of the Dragon has already reminded viewers that another Green Prince and his dragon are wandering around Oldtown, without saying a word about Nettles. The silence runs from top to bottom: Writer-producer Ryan Condal declined to comment when asked directly about her.

It's widely believed by fans that Nettles may be written off, with her arc given to Rhaena Targaryen, who was last seen traveling to the Vale with her half-siblings and a batch of dragon eggs. This theory stems from a pre-season leak, and nothing in the show has contradicted it yet.

Fans' feelings toward Nettles aside, the change does make sense. Unlike the books, once a character is cast, they have to have a role to play -- and in the books, Rhaena doesn't have much of a role until the end of "A Dance with the Dragons." Plus, there's a certain beauty to combining them.

↑Messaria and Ali River

The show already has two lower-class women destined to rise in this world: Messalea and Alys Rivers. With the racial changes of House Velaryon, there are now multiple dragon riders of color, and the show already has two dragon-related maidens fighting for Rhaenyra: Rhaenyra and Baelilla.

↑Benilla and Moondance

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