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Esmé Louise James, Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne

The foot scene in House of the Dragon was upsetting, but it's nothing compared to the real history of the fetish

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From the day it first graced our screens, the Game of Thrones franchise became infamous for depicting rather shocking and taboo sexual proclivities. From incest and necrophilia, to sadism and borderline-cannibalism, viewers have truly been exposed to (an often disturbing) range of erotic desires. Yet, even after a decade on our screens, the lasciviousness of the Seven Kingdoms still holds the power to shock us.

The most recent episode of House of the Dragon, the prequel set 200 years before the main events of Game of Thrones, depicted a fetish which caused some fans to declare the show-runners had finally gone “too far.”

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