Reactions have continued to pour in for the controversial foot fetish scene on House of the Dragon.
Events took a sinister turn during the penultimate episode of the HBO fantasy show’s first series following the death of King Viserys (Paddy Considine).
As Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and her father Otto (Rhys Ifans) raced to find Aegon in order to declare him ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) shared some key information with Alicent.
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Informing her of the network of spies led by the Master of Whisperers, Larys offered to help Alicent.
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In return, Alicent stripped off her shoes and later socks – hiking up her dress to expose her bare feet while Larys pleasured himself.
The disturbing scene quickly sparked an explosion of online reactions.
Some fans have even deemed it “worse than the Red Wedding”.
Posting to Twitter, fans argued that Larys’ actions were worse than that of Walder Frey and Roose Bolton during the iconic Rains of Castamere episode.
Furthermore, they were convinced he had ultimately murdered his brother Harwin and father Lyonel for his own sexual devices.
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One fan wrote: “Larys KILLED SIR HARWIN JUST FOR SOME FEET?”
Another commented: “I cannot believe Larys killed his family for feet pics.”
Meanwhile, a third said: “Harwin in heaven seeing that Larys had him killed just to nut to some feet.”
A fourth viewer asked: “This guy Larys really murdered his father and brother just to get to beat off to Alicent’s feet???”
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“I can’t get over the number of people Larys murdered for Alicent’s feet,” another fan concluded.
Opening up about the disturbing scene, the episode’s director Clare Kilner told Entertainment Weekly’s West of Westeros podcast: “It’s so intrusive and invasive.
“It’s a really dirty scene.”
House of the Dragon airs on HBO in the US and on Sky Atlantic/Now TV in the UK.
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