when you read dany's chapters carefully you see just how much of the literature and myth of greek and roman antiquity george layered into them. for example, “dragons plant no trees” is clearly inspired by the birth of the meliads, tree nymphs born of uranus' blood, especially
Everyday I think about the fact that Dany was most likely supposed to sing Drogon a song in valyrian after he gets hit by a spear in 7x04. Would have done so well with her song/fire motif.
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@yanmingtings being this comfortable with discrediting real people's lived experience for a fictional character is weird af. they can't even own up to making that choice either, they keep the whole "well i wasn't talking about you" thing going as if it makes sense. very very weird
“the most oppressed man finds a being to oppress, his wife: she is the proletarian of the proletarian."
- flora tristan
“poor men hate her too. even the vilest beggar stands higher than a slave. this dragon queen would rob him of that consolation."
- tyrion vi, adwd
this line of thunder perfect mind also reminds me of dany but in a different way. there are so many people who claim to love her but actually hate everything about her (ancestors, found family, values, and dany fans), so much so their love is actually hate
dany says robert’s great shadow had lain across her since her birth and theon says the shadow of ned’s greatsword had always been between them. ned and robert caused dany and theon to always look over their shoulder and to feel that they never quite belonged anywhere.