The moment Ira Parker, showrunner and executive producer of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, showed Ser Duncan the Tall’s bare ass projectile pooping on screen, I had a singular thought. Crude commoners are back, baby!

Despite Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon being set in a world where gore and guts are just as common as fancy feasts and weddings, a large majority of our time in Westeros of late has been spent following the lords and ladies of great houses like the Lannisters, Targaryens, and Tyrells. Power-hungry and exceedingly out-of-touch with reality, they may be, the nobility of Westeros are, for the most part, exceedingly well-mannered. You aren’t going to see Cersei Lannister lean up against a beautiful oak tree and poop all over some roses in the garden of the Red Keep. And while Game of Thrones sometimes indulged in showing us the perspectives (and lewd behavior) of the commonfolk,........

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