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Daenerys never burned people without some rationaleĭaenerys agreed to make Tyrion her hand because Tyrion said he “knew things” - specifically, he claimed to know how to make alliances in Westeros and exploit people’s hate of Cersei in order to put Daenerys on the throne. When she misstepped, we forgave her, as we forgave, say, Tyrion for strangling Shae.
She was called the “Breaker of Chains” for a reason.
She put her mission for the Iron Throne on pause to fight in Jon’s war against the White Walkers. When Drogon burned one child, she chained up her other two dragons, leaving herself more vulnerable and stunting their growth in the long-term. She tried to stop the raping and pillaging that the Dothraki wrought on their conquered peoples, including the witch Mirri Maz Duur, ultimately losing her husband and child as a result. After that, she dedicated herself to helping others who had been mistreated.
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We met her in a series of scenes during which her brothers told her he’d let thousands of men rape her in order to attain the Iron Throne. Throughout her life, Daenerys showed a commitment to justice. Of course, this is the logic of many Western rulers who commit atrocities in the name of benevolent rulership or democracy, and that alone should have hinted at her hypocrisy and eventual downfall.Īnd yet in the first few seasons of Game of Thrones Daenerys is largely portrayed as a hero. Many critics have rightly pointed out that the character always had a messiah complex: She freed slaves and punished slavers under the rationale that she was bringing peace to the world. But after just one pep talk from Tyrion about how someone really ought to stop that crazy lady, Jon was able to walk up to an inexplicably unguarded Daenerys and stab her? The Mother of Dragons left not with a bang, but with a whimper.ĭaenerys was singleminded in her pursuit of the Iron Throne. Even the Night’s Watchmen who killed Jon must have had a handful of meeting deciding what they were going to do before they murdered him. Olenna spent months plotting Joffrey’s poisoning. But the Mad King Aerys’ people spent years suffering under his draconian rule before Jaime stabbed him in the back. As explained by the showrunners in the post-episode breakdown, Daenerys saw the Red Keep, became enraged and made a decision to do what she’d never done before: Kill innocent civilians without reason.
As the sole protagonist in her own storyline, far from the rest of the characters, she was set up to be one of the few unambiguously heroic figures in the series.Īnd then, in the penultimate episode of season 8, viewers saw her snap in just one shot. In a world where women were often treated as disposable objects, Daenerys outwitted and overpowered her male enemies. “I’m not sure what else he could have done aside from … oh, I dunno, maybe having a discussion with me about it? Ask my opinion? Warn me?”ĭaenerys, along with Tyrion and Jon, had spent years as the underdog - one of the “ cripples, bastards and broken things” who could defy others’ expectations. “If I were to put myself in shoes,” she said. The shift was so abrupt that even actor Emilia Clarke admitted to struggling with it, saying in a recent interview that she still “stands by” Daenerys. Instead, the creators of the show decided to evolve Daenerys’ increasing paranoia over the course of just a few episodes, let her snap in a second and punish her for that misstep by having Jon murder her a mere episode later.