The blacks were like deff the favorite before the show came out and even Aemond was slept on hard. Afaik Aegon being a serial rapist was also hinted at in the books, it's just more downplayed instead of being outright confirmed (like how it just speculates about Daemon killing his first wife instead of just showing how he brutally did it). Like the fighting pits and all that was 2/3 the episode too, was so fucking bad