Game of Thrones fans left confused as King's Landing changes completely in episode four

The mountainous location transformed into a flat, arid desert in the latest episode
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Game of Thrones fans were left puzzled after the geography of one of the show’s most important locations seemed to change completely in the fourth episode of series eight.

The most recent instalment of the fantasy epic saw Daenerys Targaryen’s army approach the castle gates at King’s Landing, as they prepared to take on Cersei Lannister’s forces.

In previous episodes, King’s Landing is almost completely surrounded by water, and is connected to the mainland by a verdant mountain range.

The latest scenes at the Lannister stronghold, however, took place against a very different backdrop, with Daenerys’ forces lining up in an arid, desert-like wasteland with no greenery or water in sight.

Inconsistency: Fans claimed that King's Landing had changed completely
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Reddit users were quick to point out the second inconsistency in Monday’s episode, after a rogue coffee cup was spotted in front of a Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) during a banqueting scene.

“Everyone’s talking about the coffee cup but can we talk about why the f*** King’s Landing is now in a desert without mountains?” Reddit user DomingerUndead wrote yesterday on the r/freefolk thread, sharing a shot of Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) approaching the castle walls.

Fans were quick to agree with the observation, with viewers likening the new King’s Landing to “a random backlot” and a “construction site.”

Change: King's Landing was surrounded by green mountains in past seasons
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“Total aesthetic change for everything else we’ve seen of King’s Landing,” one scathing viewer said, adding: “I would understand some deforestation, but it’s like they’ve just decided that it’s convenient for every single castle / city to be in the middle of a perfectly flat open plain, so now that’s how it is.”

“That threw me off too I didn’t understand where they were for a bit,” another wrote. “To add on the confusion how did we go from seeing snowfall in King’s Landing to desert-ish terrain?”

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“Kind of p***** e off how King’s Landing, the most important location, gets three different variations of how it looks like in the span of 4 seasons,” a third angry Redditor commented.

One dedicated fan suggested that the dramatic change could be accounted for by the shift in seasons, explaining: “The sea recedes during winter, like a super long lasting low tide. This is one of the areas where the bay has receded leaving barren area leading up to a city wall.”

Another post went further, claiming that Cersei (Lena Headey) could have moved her stronghold’s location to consolidate her position during the Battle of Winterfell.

“It’s obvious that while Jon and Dany were fighting the dead Cersei took the opportunity to move King’s Landing to Dorne,” they said. “This is an excellent strategic move on her part and I’m so annoyed people don’t get it.”

Game of Thrones continues on Mondays on Sky Atlantic at 2am and 9pm and is available to stream on demand on NOW TV.

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