George R.R. Martin would've preferred to startHouse of the Dragon'much earlier'

But were these the right choices?

That’s what Westeros creatorGeorge R.R.

They choose Viserys, but the Great Council occurs about halfway throughFire & Blood.

“One of the writers wanted to begin it later, with Aemma dying.

That was one possibility,” Martin says.

“Another of the writers wanted to begin even later than that, with Viserys dying.

But what happens there?

Then you have to present all that material in flashbacks or dialogue, that becomes challenging too.

But we discussed all these possibilities.”

I was the only one who was really enthused about that."

Ultimately, Martin says, there’s no wrong answer.

He doesn’t seem particularly bitter about missing the history of Aemon and Baelon on the show.

Watch Martin’s interview above.