House of the Dragon (2022–present) took the incest template of Game of Thrones and attempted to make it romantic. Where Thrones presented Cersei and Jaime as toxic and taboo, Dragon presents Daemon and Rhaenyra as a tragic, fated pairing. The showrunner, Ryan Condal, notoriously defended the incest scenes not as fetish content, but as a necessary condition of the fantasy world where Targaryens are "closer to gods" and must maintain their dragon-riding purity.
Minimizes destructive behavior to keep a false sense of peace. incest scenes updated