Summary House of the Dragon's Tom Glynn-Carney addresses where he would like to see Aegon go if he had the opportunity to change his fate in the Game of Thrones prequel. Set before the events of HBO's adaptation of George R.R Martin's influential fantasy epic novel series, a civil war threatens to forever change the ruling Targaryen dynasty of Westeros.
I want it to be, in an ideal world, for there to be an opportunity to prove himself and make decisions that he has made — not somebody else who thinks they know better. To carve out his own path as king. And then just see if he fucks it up as much as people think he might. I’d like to give him the space and the time to work it out. It’s a dangerous request because they could go horribly wrong. I think people underestimate him.
Within House of the Dragon's adaptation of the Dance of the Dragons, Aegon has ever truly been free to determine his own destiny and has been a pawn in the games of others to give the Hightowers and their allies a greater claim of power. Ever since his birth, he has been treated as something to solidify their claim, a claim he initially had no interest in fulfilling until he was pushed to the throne.