Does Viserion Breathe Fire or Ice? HBO Can’t Make Up Its Mind

Despite what the show's director said, the network's webstore suggested the zombie dragon breathes ice, not fire.

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The Game of Thrones season seven finale left many fans with one big question: What the hell was  coming out of Viserion’s mouth?

Though the creature is described as an ice dragon that breathes fire, many people assumed he began spouting ice after he was pulled from the frozen lake and resurrected as a wight. This made sense to most viewers…until Viserion used his breath to destroy the icy Wall. If the dragon was, in fact, breathing ice, wouldn’t he just have reinforced the Wall? It was a head-scratching moment, no doubt.

Shortly after the season finale, titled “Dragon and the Wolf,” director Jeremy Podeswa decided to clear up the confusion. Viserion the zombie dragon breathes fire. Blue fire.

“The way I looked at it was, when the sept burned down, that was green fire, and so then the dragon is going to have some kind of blueish fire,” he told the Huffington Post. “It’s certainly still fire—it has the ability to burn the Wall and melt snow. But it’s going to have a different kind of magical quality to it, because it’s coming from an undead dragon.”

So that’s that on that, right? Well, it seems HBO is still undecided.

As pointed out by Gizmodo, the network’s online store is selling a product called “Game of Thrones Ice Targaryen Sigil Mug,” which features the sigil of House Targaryen with one of the three dragon heads in blue. The original product description explained the Viserion symbolism.

“The Game of Thrones Ice Targaryen Sigil Mug is a new take on the Targaryen sigil design. Now that Viserion has been turned to an Ice Dragon by the Night King, he is shooting ice and not fire. This 11oz Mug is a great new addition to your Game of Thrones collection-perfect for at home or in the office.”

“Shooting ice and not fire.”

Apparently, someone didn’t get the memo.

The website has since edited the description, leaving out any mention of fire or ice. 

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