House Of The Dragon fans think Matt Smith’s character Daemon Targaryen is bisexual after scene leak

Viewers of HBO’s hit Game Of Thrones prequel series House Of The Dragon have developed a new fan theory about one of its most popular characters.

The buzz started after Daemon Targaryen (played by Matt Smith) was staring suggestively at a male server during a food scene in Episode six of Sunday.

Fans began to theorize that Smith’s character could be bisexual, and a leaked still from an apparently unaired scene seems to have fueled the theories.

“This interaction between Daemon and the server was very interesting… could Daemon be a bi-legend?” wrote the account Out of context House of the dragon on Twitter on Monday.

It featured stills from the broadcast scene where Smith was seen staring into the eyes of his long-haired server, while a second still seemed to show him leaning toward his ear to say something.

The account returned with a second photo with an HBO Max watermark. It shows Daemon and the server side by side, with the server leaning towards Daemon’s face as if they were kissing or speaking face to face.

He also has his hand at Daemon’s crotch.

“Confirmed from this deleted scene, Daemon Targaryen is a bisexual king,” the account added via People.

But the reactions to the post soon turned into arguments over whether or not Daemon was described as bisexual in George RR Martin’s books.

“Daemon is NOT bisexual in the books,” one fan argued forcefully.

Others complained that Daemon was not necessarily bisexual in the lyrics, but that another character was described as queer, but that side was shown in House Of The Dragon.

Another commentator claimed that the storyline amounted to “queerbaiting” as it was teased in deleted scenes, but ended up not appearing in the official series.

“If they don’t include it on the show, it’s just queerbaiting — and why is that even necessary when they have Laenor to work with?” They wrote.

Queerbaiting describes when fictional entertainment points out that a character is part of the LGBTQ community without explicitly portraying them as such.

The practice is sometimes used to attract LGBTQ fans, although the practice has been derided as a form of false representation.

It’s not clear if Daemon’s sexuality will be more definitively elucidated as the series progresses.

Smith has remained a mother about his character’s orientation, but he joked about the plethora of sex scenes in Game Of Thrones shows in an interview with rolling stone.

‘You do find yourself wondering, ‘Do we need? another sex scene?” said the Doctor Who star. “And they say, ‘Yeah, we do.'”

However, he added that the amount of nudity and the number of sex scenes was “a little too much, if you ask me.”

However, he continued, “I think you should ask yourself, ‘What are you doing? Are you representing the books, or are you diluting the books to represent the time? [we’re living in]?’ And I actually think it’s your job to present the books truthfully and honestly, as they are written.’