Daenerys is a female main character cast as the chosen one. Not a supporting love interest, not the mentor or tragic mother. She's the messianic figure, the one prophecies revolve around and here's where it gets interesting: people are visibly uncomfortable with that.
One of the most sinister things house of the dragon has done is turning a very clear & undisputed instance of a child princess being groomed by a knightsguard into an instance where some sick in the head show watchers will try to paint the victim as the seductressβ¦
'mother, eat me and give birth to me again, this time i will make you proud.'
ββ alicent hightower with aegon ii targaryen / the descent of christ from the cross by jean joseph weerts.