With House of the Dragon season 2 confirming more LGBTQ+ characters before the season finale, you might now be itching for more A Song of Ice and Fire content. Fear not, George R. R. Martin et al have got you covered.
Max has already confirmed a spin-off series, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms. Based on Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, the series will be a prequel to the Game of Thrones series, taking place about 90 years before those events. The novellas also have some gay characters in them already, either confirmed by GRRM, or heavily theorized by fans.
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But if Martin is to be believed, the new TV shows won’t stop there. GRRM explained there are a total of seven more shows in development. It might be worth taking this news with a grain of salt, as previously planned A Song of Ice and Fire shows have been announced and then dropped (such as the Kit Harrington-led Game of Thrones sequel). However, since then the landscape has changed and the Game of Thrones season 8 finale is not the only thing people remember at this point. With House of the Dragon 2 seasons in and going strong with House of the Dragon season 3 confirmed and Ryan Condal planning to wrap it up in a season 4, there seems to be more reason to think that these will have the power to move forward.
Three of the new Game of Thrones spin-offs are planned to be live action (A Knight of Seven Kingdoms, Ten Thousand Ships, and one unknown project). The remaining four, however, show the franchise taking a lesson from Star Trek and The Boys by introducing animated spin-offs. These will include The Golden Empire and Sea Snake along with two unknown projects.
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There’s good reason to think that these new Game of Thrones spin-offs might continue a positive trend in LGBTQ+ representation in the A Song of Ice and Fire TV universe. While there has been a tendency for the shows to bury their gays, that’s in part because these stories tend to bury the vast majority of their characters. In House of the Dragon, things have improved with two gay characters who should have died based on the books surviving, and Rhaenyra becoming canonically bisexual. With more shows based on looser canon and a willingness from showrunners to have more positive LGBTQ+ representation, seven more Game of Thrones spin-offs should be cause for gay excitement.
