Despite having received the best reviews of its run, which indicate that the show has finally hit its stride, HBO’s House of the Dragon is dividing audiences right down the middle. House of the Dragon was HBO’s first released Game of Thrones spin-off, and fans of the original haven’t always been on board. This typically happens with genre titles that tackle queer themes, or are led by actors from minority communities. The third season of House of the Dragon may have earned the series’ highest score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, but it seems like we’re also witnessing the earliest instances of review-bombing. This is when a group of hardcore fans launch a concerted effort to decrease a film or show’s audience score on aggregators such as Rotten Tomatoes.
