The last chapter of The House of the Dragon has left us endless moments to comment on, but without a doubt, one of the ones that has attracted the most attention (because of the awkwardness and curiosity of the situation) has to do with the scene in which Larys Strong asks Queen Alicent Show him his feet, with a clear erotic background, if he wants to know who his traitors are in the castle. What do we know about fetishism for this part of the body? Is it as bizarre as it seemed on stage?
A daring scene in House of Dragon
If something has been commented ad nauseam at this point, it is that The House of the Dragon He is far from his sister Game of Thrones, in terms of bloody and, above all, sexual content is concerned. It is true that we have seen violent scenes and some that another risquébut by no means have they offered us the images that we get to see in game of Thrones. It was something that its creators were looking for to distance themselves a little from the style of the mythical HBO series, thus focusing even more on the characters and their dynamics due to the power struggle, without more.
The last episode, the 1×09, from the Targaryen series has followed this trend, to such an extent that the most sexual scene of the episode does not even show us a nude. Well more or less. Instead, what we see are Alicent Hightower’s feetthe queen consort, exposed, something that seems to excite Lord Larys Strong to the point of being able to pleasure himself while he watches them.
In addition to the curious thing about the scene, this dynamic between the two characters is tremendously revealing: it shows us the relationship that the nicknamed in the books as Larys the Clubfoot and Alicent. In it, he remains her confidant and her faithful enforcer of the dirtiest chores of Westeros on behalf of the queen while she sells part of her body and dignity for information – and also the satisfaction of her sidekick who, for all she knows, is better to care for and keep happy.
What is podophilia?
As we anticipated you and in case you did not know the term, podophilia is the sexual interest that someone has for the feet. A person with this paraphilia shows an erotic inclination for this area of the body, either simply by looking at them, smelling them or touching them, to the point that they can feel aroused by it.
There is no problem and there is nothing wrong with feeling this curious excitement as long as it does not interfere with the normal development of a person’s life. In the series of hbo max it is represented through a character precisely with a serious problem in his feet, but someone with a similar disability does not necessarily have to develop podophilia.
Likewise, its association with a dark and twisted character (as well as the fact of blackmail and exploitation of Alicent’s body that it exercises) can make it acquire a negative connotation, but Nothing is further from reality.
