Daenerys Targaryen also known as Khaleesi is a character that has been through a lot and still finds a way to keep her head up and her priorities straight. Despite this, Dany is called "Mad' or a "tyrant." I believe that this is an unfair assessment as I believe that Daenerys or Dany, is the most strongest and good hearted characters on Game of Thrones. Starting when she was a baby her entire existence was seen as a crime. Due to a war the Targaryen bloodline was supposed to be wiped out entirely, so when she was a baby not even old enough to walk nor talk her life was almost taken from her. The only Targaryens who survived were Dany and her brother Viserys. Her own brother was cruel to her, seeing her as something to sell to men who paid enough. He constantly manipulated her and was emotionally abusive to her. She was sexually abused after her husband's death and then was sold into slavery. After her escape from that she started to rise as a Queen. She started an army out of former slaves that she freed. Her best friend Missandei became her right hand as well as her translator. In the latest episode of Game of Thrones, the writers are trying to make her seem "mad" like her father. This does not make sense. In this episode she was first off grieving her dear friend Jorah Mormont who she just lost hours ago in their timeline. As well, she is watching Jon Snow, a man she loves, getting credit for all of her work that she put into the war against the white walkers. On top of that she watched her best friend, Missandei get beheaded and helpless to stop it. People are also insisting that Jon should be the true king of the seven kingdoms even though he has not done anything special besides being a man. To add insult to injury, Jon does not even want the throne. Dany went through a lot of trauma this latest episode so it makes sense that she is on edge that is to be expected. This does not change Dany's good heart no matter what happens she is still the girl who birthed dragons, freed the Unsullied, and ate the horse heart. Dany's entire purpose on the show was to get to King's Landing and take the Iron throne that was hers by birthright. Dany has a good heart and strong morals her feeling hurt about all of the things that have happened to her does not make her "Mad" it makes her human, a strong Queen.
I agree that she has been through a lot throughout the entire story line. However, I believe that she took it too far during the battle in the latest episode. Do you think that the producers want us to pity her, or maybe even despise her? Previously she has been portrayed as this strong woman who had ruled with a strict hand but also had a soft side. It seems that after everything that has happened to her in the recent episodes that she may have lost the soft side.
ReplyDeleteI also believe that she went too far burning down King's Landing but my issue with that it does not make sense with character. She is a strong ruler but never malicious. I believe that the writers were trying to make the story come full circle with how the series first begun with Dany's father as the "Mad King" and Jaime being the Kingslayer. So, I think the writers wanted to do that with her but doing so threw away all of the character development that she has been going through for seven seasons. I think the writers want us to hate her for what she has done but I can't because it does not feel like Daenerys, it is too out of character for her to believably act this way.
ReplyDelete