Time Jumps Confusion Creates a Glaring Continuity Error in House of the Dragon
Time has been merciless to everyone, except this guy.
House of the Dragon has been masterfully handling its stretched-in-time story so far, but with all the time jumps and actor replacements, fans still have some issues — and one of them is already standing out.
Throughout the first season, many characters were played by different actors as they aged up, including the main ones, Rhaenyra and Alicent, as well as their kids. However, one character has been left untouched by age, and it is Fabien Frankel's Ser Criston Cole.
He looks exactly the same both when he hooks up with Milly Alcock's Rhaenyra and when he kills Lord Beesbury in episode 9, when Rhaenyra is portrayed by older actor Emma D'Arcy for several episodes.
The fact that Cole still looks twenty-something years old is already an inside joke in the House of the Dragon fandom, with fans giggling about how his skin care routine is hating on Rhaenyra and keeping on looking young and handsome simply to let her know what she's lost.
But there are other suggestions as well.
"Maybe he doesn't age because he's a robot. He acts like one," Redditor JustinScott47 joked.
Others, however, think that the math might be working.
"I think for him, keeping him looking the same is fine. He could've easily been 20-23 in the beginning, so being in his late 30s right now is fine," Reddit user Necessary_Loss_6769 argued.
Throughout the first season, there were three time jumps, and now we are heading into the grand finale that episode 10 will be. With the Targaryen civil war at full swing, fans might want to prepare for a lot of emotional damage in a week.
The finale will premiere on HBO Max on Sunday, October 23.