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madwomansapologist · 9 months
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Daenerys + Mastermind
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synopsis: Daenerys had to confess something to you, a sin that she carried alone for to long, but little did she know it wouldn't surprise you.
warnings: none.
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Your city was liberated by her. The chain breaker. The conqueror. The mother of dragons. She saved your people, and after it she stayed to rule them. Daenerys brought justice to masters and workers: for some it means justice, to some it means care. They called her Mhysa.
Your master died during the revolt. She agonized, suffered until her last failed breath, and bled into the expensive sheets. You watched it. You didn't kill her, the other slaves did, but you watched every second. You were loyal to Daenerys even before knowing her.
Daenerys didn't kick the workers out of her new castle. She employed them, with fair contracts. And as the old palace master's seamstress, Daenerys gave you new and fair contract. She wanted you to sew her clothes. And so you did.
At first, your only interactions were when you needed to take new measurements and test the size of the pieces. As she was trying a blue summer dress, her serious expression made you swallow. "How did you learn to sew?"
With a pin, you marked the places you should press. The first time you marked her clothes with Daenerys using it, you were shaking the whole time. So scared of hurting her. 'My mother taugh me, as her mother taugh her." You don't shake anymore.
Daenerys spoke again as you knelt down to measure the hem. You saw her curling her toes. "Would you teach me?"
You bit your lip. "It would be a honor."
From the very first moment Daenerys saw you, something burned inside her. A new flame took over her entire body. She's a dragon, and you lit a fire inside her.
She can remember. You paralised, watching your old master dying, enable to do anything but stare. There was some sense of relief on your face, but she saw your hands shaking. You remind her of herself.
Daenerys would lever let chance determinate her path. You see, all the wisest woman had to do it this way. Society says women were born as pawn in every lover's game, but now Daenerys knows the truth: women were born to plan.
So, yes, everything was a choice. To keep your job, to change your quarters, to make weekly tests, to have you teaching her sew. None of it was accidental. Every unassuming touch, every supper with the employees, every second you spent talking to her about dressmaking, working to your last master, your life before her.
Daenerys heard songs about love. They didn't do justice to you.
When you played her, it was Daenerys idea. When you kissed her, it was Daenerys idea. When you went to bed with her, it was Daenerys idea. When you loved her, it was Daenerys idea. When you cried, it was Daenerys idea. When you stayed by her side, it was Daenerys idea.
Daenerys is the wind in every free-flowing sails. And she's the liquor in your cocktail.
But deep down she knew this lie-truth wasn't going to last. That she couldn't plan without feeling guilty. What wouldn't you think when you found out about everything she's done? What would you think of her?
That wasn't the first time she planned everything around her, but it was the first time she felt the need to confess. It felt like a sin. Like something you wouldn't forgive.
"Love is always a story about how once upon a time, the planets and the fates and all the stars alligned" Daenerys laid the groundwork. "Two people end up in the same room at the same time."
You left the glass on the bedside table and crawled closer to her. Your silence was a plea for her to continue.
"But what if I told you none of it was accidental?" Daenerys held your hand. She needed your touch to continue. "And the first night that you saw... nothing was gonna stop me."
And Daenerys would keep talking. She really would. She had a whole speech. But Daenerys saw a wide smirk on your face. You knew the entire time.
"A love based on chance. Mathematical chaos", you didn't try to hide your smile. "It' seen like a boring story."
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Using Jon as a prop to undermine Daenerys,something which that godforsaken show did and certain fans still do,is annoying but so is erasing Jon's link to the Targaryens entirely because of whatever reasons.
Jon's Targaryen heritage is an integral part of his arc. While he had been raised by the Starks,one of the most important figures in his journey was Maester Aemon : A Targaryen.
Acknowledging him as a dragon raised by wolves,which he literally is,doesn't diminish Dany's significance as the scion of her house who brought the dragons back to life. Nor does it undermine the struggles she underwent.
Stanning these two in this fandom seems like a losing game.
I totally agree with you!
Jon is both a Stark and Targaryen in terms of heritage and it's also crucial that he was raised a Snow (he faced discrimination against bastards his whole life and that won't change his shaped personality even if it's revealed he was a Targaryen all along and/or if he's given the Stark surname).
I really don't get why people think that Jon being a Targaryen diminishes Dany's significance. Dany remains the mother of dragons, the person who brought back the dragons (aka the symbol of House Targaryen) and she will always be Mhysa, the one who freed the slaves. Likewise, Jon is the son of Ice (Stark) and Fire (Targaryen), the person Melisandre is seeing on her fires when she asks for a glimpse of their savior and the person who is gonna be revived on The Winds of Winter because he still has a crucial part to play in the events to come.
Both Jon and Dany are important to the narrative and not ONLY because of their heritage but also because of who they are as people and how they, unlike all the other leaders, actually care for their people and want to improve their life. For me, it's their caring personalities that makes them heroes and ones worth rooting for and not the fact that they are part of an important House (for a comparison, I wouldn't root for Viserys even if he was the last remaining Targaryen, lol).
Anyway, Dany herself doesn't really want to be lonely. She wishes she had someone to share her burdens with. She believes that the potential other two dragonriders of her remaining dragons will aid her to her quest and that together they will be the three heads of the dragon. I believe that this Dany will be delighted to find out that a son of her oldest brother survived. Especially when she finds out that this said son shares all these traits that have made her idealized her long dead brother in her mind. Similarly, Jon will be relieved to find out another leader who cares about their people. The potential their future meeting holds.
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istumpysk · 9 months
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We always question that when Jon fell in love with Dany in show. I have another confusion since when Tyrion fell in love with Dany. And if he was so in love with Dany why he was suggesting to Sansa that they should remain married.
Beats me!
His relationship with Daenerys on the show never felt authentic to me, and like you said, it often contradicted the dynamics between him and Sansa.
This is the problem you create when you allocate parts of Sansa's storyline (the Jon romance, and the Tyrion love triangle) to Daenerys, while also needing to acknowledge the established history between Sansa and Tyrion.
That half-baked, last-minute insertion was complete nonsense. I'll eat rocks the day George turns his beloved Tyrion into an obedient lapdog, who is in love with his unhinged master. That would just make him another Jorah or Barristan, and what's the point of that? It would be redundant, and his perspective wouldn't bring anything new to the table.
Tyrion is the guy who mocked the idea of a savior.
Other slaves insisted that the guards were lying, that Daenerys Targaryen would never make peace with slavers. Mhysa, they called her. Someone told him that meant Mother. Soon the silver queen would come forth from her city, smash the Yunkai'i, and break their chains, they whispered to one another. And then she'll bake us all a lemon pie and kiss our widdle wounds and make them better, the dwarf thought. He had no faith in royal rescues. - Tyrion X, ADWD
Tyrion is the guy who became deeply concerned when he heard a red priest preaching her gospel.
Shouts erupted from the crowd. Women were weeping and men were shaking their fists. I have a bad feeling about this. […] Haldon Halfmaester had spoken of using the red priest to Young Griff's advantage, Tyrion recalled. Now that he had seen and heard the man himself, that struck him as a very bad idea. He hoped that Griff had better sense. Some allies are more dangerous than enemies. - Tyrion VII, ADWD
Tyrion is the guy who can recognize the psychology, fear, conditioning, and absence of alternative options that lead to a slave wanting to remain in bondage.
"Ghazdor's collar," the old man boasted. "Known him since we was born. I'm almost like a brother to him. Slaves like you, sweepings out of Astapor and Yunkai, you whine about being free, but I wouldn't give the dragon queen my collar if she offered to suck my cock for it. Man has the right master, that's better." Tyrion did not dispute him. The most insidious thing about bondage was how easy it was to grow accustomed to it. - Tyrion XI, ADWD
Tyrion is the guy with firsthand experience of slave owners infantilizing their slaves, to reinforce paternalistic authority and reliance.
"Bold Yollo. Bright Penny. You are the property of the noble and valorous Yezzan zo Qaggaz, scholar and warrior, revered amongst the Wise Masters of Yunkai. Count yourselves fortunate, for Yezzan is a kindly and benevolent master. Think of him as you would your father." […] "Your father loves his special treasures best of all, and he will cherish you," the overseer was saying. "And me, think of me as you would the nurse who cared for you when you were small. Nurse is what all my children call me." - Tyrion X, ADWD
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"Let them come. In me they shall find a sterner foe than Cleon. I would sooner perish fighting than return my children to bondage." - Daenerys IV, ADWD
Despite my low opinion of him, I don't believe he's capable of being swept up by Daenerys.
Daenerys isn't his type, Sansa is. Tysha is. Shae is. Sex workers are. Penny would be, if he was sexually attracted to her. He seeks relationships where he can exert control, foster dependency, and provide protection and care.
Daenerys is too much like his sister.
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Round 2, Match 3: Madoc vs. Daenerys Targaryen
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Submitted kids:
Madoc: Jude Duarte, Taryn Duarte, Oak Greenbriar
Daenerys Targaryen: Drogon, Rhaegal, Viserion, Grey Worm, Missandei, the entire population of Slavers Bay
Propaganda under the cut!
Madoc:
1. “This ain't found family, this is forced family, 99% of all characters in their universe would have been better off without Madoc being anyone's parent at all--but with all that out of the way, impressively terrible though he is, he's no less of a dad for it. Peak evil family man here. He has three foster/adopted children--the lines are blurry here--starting with Jude and Taryn, miserable twin sisters extraordinaire, whom he, ahh, rescued from a difficult situation when they were young. Which is to say he murdered their parents in a fit of rage, evaluated the resulting scene, and decided that since they were his wife's kids and their actual parents were dead now, the responsibility of caring for them really fell to him. Later on, he got another kid by marrying, for complex political reasons on his part, a woman who brought an adoptive baby son, Oak (rescued from the corpse of his assassinated mother), with her. Madoc repeatedly uses his children as pawns, almost murders Jude a couple times, and kills one of Oak's birth parents too, but (and this is more condemnation than excuse) that's just in his nature, and he really does love his children, even though that generally makes them more screwed up. He's a very special adoptive dad and his parenting failures are spectacular.”
2. "His wife ran away with the blacksmith and took their daughter with her so he showed up at their house and murdered them, as you do. But then he felt really bad about leaving his ex-wife’s new kids alone so he adopted them and they had as fucked up a relationship as you would expect considering he murdered their parents. Also Oak, his second wife’s best friend’s son who she passed off as her son because his father was a prince. He’s there too and yes Madoc raised as part of his play for the throne yes he loves him (it’s complicated)
I find it very funny that his adopted kids (Jude and Oak especially) have these tumultuous complicated relationships with him like You hurt me I love you You’ll always be a part of me. Meanwhile his biological daughter Vivienne just absolutely hates his fucking guts."
Daenerys Targaryen:
"Is there any better example of a serial adopter than someone who has adopted an entire city? Daenerys not only is the ""mother of dragons"" with her three dragons being her magic children, but she's also adopted soldiers, polyglot preteens, and old man renowned for his honor, and three cities worth of freed slaves. She takes her responsibility as their mother (or ""mhysa"" as used in the books) extremely seriously, giving up her goals of reaching Westeros to help ensure that her freed children are able to function in Meereen (notably the books handle this situation much better than the show but the show's cultural impact is too big to ignore)"
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agentrouka-blog · 1 year
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Dany loosing her child twice is implying something. When Dany got pregnant with Rhaego, her and Drogo decide to conquer the Westeros and the price Dany willing to pay. She then goes against the nature and use blood magic to revive her husband and looses her baby. Then she burned a woman alive to bring dragons. When she miscarried second time as you mentioned that she chooses fire and blood by rejecting peace. Because she chooses to Mother of Dragons, she rejected Myhsa of people.
The symbolism is pretty obvious in that there is a clear dichotomy between being mother of humans and mother of dragons.
She had no control over her fertility problems. There are multiple potential reasons that made the loss of Rhaego inevitable, and the grasslands miscarriage probably so, and all of them ultimately lead back to dragons and how they affected her ancestors dating back to Valyria and right down to Viserys' abuse of her. That's a cruel legacy she had no say in.
But the Mhysa role is the one she chose for herself. The one that she tried to embrace in opposition to her previous indulges in violence and conquest. In opposition to her own dragons. That's the one she herself rejects in this chapter. Right on the heels of discovering her "moon blood" and avoiding the conclusion of a miscarriage, she juxtaposes Hazzea (the human girl, forgetting her name) with the Mother of Dragons.
And she chooses the dragons.
Confronted with the choice between two fundamentally incompatible potential legacies that she could use to compensate for the loss of her fertility, she chooses the dragons over the people.
The miscarriage and infertility is a prompt, if you will. It's the equivalent of Bran's paralysis, which will confront him with the choice between immense power (even the power to prevent his own injury) and the opportunity to do the right thing and save others at his own expense.
You have to choose.
Dany keeps choosing the dragons.
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fandomficsnstuff · 2 years
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Little Dragon - Epilouge
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Summary: You’ve ruled King’s Landing for nine years, almost ten, when the return of someone you thought lost, finally returns, if only for a moment.
(Warnings: FLUFF!!! Happy times! The son is named after Rhaego, Daenerys’ child which she lost, hope that’s alright with everyone<3)
High Valyrian is in cursive
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“Rhaego, slow down! You’ll trip and fall” you called after the raven haired boy as he ran ahead of you down the stairs, your dress bunched up in your hands as you hurried after him, a frown on your face as you did your best to catch up to the little boy of five. “Rhaego!” you called as you saw him disappear behind the corner, a heavy sigh leaving you as you hurried after him. This way led to a small harbor barely anyone used, not since the restoration of King’s Landing, a more secure harbor being built on top of the old one, so this one was barely used, if ever. You hurried around the corner, only to come to a screeching halt, your eyes wide as you stared at the massive beast. Gods, he had grown even more. You knew they never stopped growing but he was massive… you’d guess Balerion the Dread was only a little bigger than him now. “Rhaego-”
“Look Mhysa!” Rhaego called loudly as he stood right in front of the massive creature, nearly at it’s feet as it peered down at you and you felt a tinge of sadness run through you at the sight of him. “Rhaego… could you come over here?” you asked softly, the little boy doing as told, walking over to you and you eyed the creature you had dearly missed as you kneeled down, cupping Rhaego’s cheek in your hand as you smiled at him. “Go find your father, don’t bring him here, do you understand?” you asked in a soft voice, the boy nodding and you kissed his forehead before sending him off, standing back up, your neck straining to look up at him. Hesitantly you reached your hand up, watching him as he lowered his head and when your fingers brushed against the scales on his much bigger snout you felt tears build up in your eyes. “You came to say hello? After all these years, did you miss me? I missed you too…” you whispered, stepping closer to the dragon as it lowered it’s head even more, it’s eyes almost closing in pleasure and joy at the feel of your arms wrapping around it’s snout, which you were barely able to do with how big he was. “You’ve grown, Drogon… is Mhysa at rest? Did you take her to old Valyria?” you asked softly as you pressed your forehead against his snout, just as you used to when you were a little girl, unaware that despite your orders not to, Rhaego had fetched his father, spouting stories and tales of a huge beast waiting for his mother, the queen, dragging him along to the secret spot at the far back of the Red Keep, near the waterfront. You looked up at Drogon, his sad eyes making you nod as you softly stroked his snout “I know… I miss her too, but she’s home, finally, her true home… thank you…” you murmured, continuing to stroke the harsh scales until Drogon suddenly lifted his head, baring his many teeth and wrapping his large tail around you, the very tip so big that you couldn’t even see who it was he was protecting you from but when you heard Rhaego’s voice talking to someone your eyes grew wide and you crawled over his tail to stop in front of him, hands raised towards him in an attempt to avoid what was seemingly about to happen. “No, no it’s okay, it’s okay” you whispered quietly, looking over your shoulder at Walder, whose eyes were wide in horror, your son pushed behind him protectively, Walder gripping his sword at his side and you quickly shook your head. “No, love, no. Come, it’s okay, come” you beckoned him, holding your hand out and Walder gulped, kneeling down and telling his son to stay put before walking hesitantly towards you, Drogon baring his teeth at him, making him stop once more.
“Your sword, love” you stated softly, Walder gulping before taking it off and throwing it to the side, carefully and slowly approaching you, taking your hand in his as you pulled him gently to your side. “Husband, this is Drogon… my brother” you introduced softly, Drogon peering down at him with suspicious eyes and you looked back up at him, the hand raised up towards him slowly beckoned him closer and he listened, lowering his head enough so you could place both yours and Walder’s hand on his snout, Walder flinching at the rough feel of the hardened scales. “Drogon… this is my husband, Walder… and our son, Rhaego” you introduced, the small boy having sneaked up to hide behind you, peering up at the dragon as it blew out hot air into your face, making your braided hair blow back briefly, making you grin at him and chuckle “yes, after our mother’s son…” you murmured, gently petting his snout as Walder hesitantly retreated his hand, looking at you in shock. “How-... how can you- you can understand it- I mean, him??”
“I don’t know actually. I just-... my mother had a bond with them, from the very start, when they hatched… she burned alongside them, born anew… I guess… I had just been freed when I met her dragons… I suppose it could be argued that-... that maybe being reborn figuratively, in some way, gives one a bond to them… an understanding. I thought I had forgotten it but-...” you cut yourself off, looking down as Walder nodded “you still felt it?” he asked, seeing you nod with a sad look in your eyes. Over the years of your marriage he had only grown kinder and more loving, you had a worry that after an heir, a son, he’d grow distant, as you heard arranged marriages often did, but he had only grown more fond of you and your son, always telling him a story before putting the little prince to bed, joining you in your shared bedchambers to enjoy his time with you, in whatever way he could. “Yes, very much so. I’ve felt it throughout the years but-... I didn’t think I’d ever see him again” you admitted, smiling up at the dragon as it closed it’s eyes at the feel of your touch, a smirk forming on your lips as you looked at Walder. “Have you ever ridden a dragon, my love?” you asked seductively, Walder blushing as he smirked at you “none beside you…” he trailed off, his eyes moving to the large beast and he gulped lightly “but I believe I am more happy at your side than his” he joked lightly, a chuckle leaving you as you looked back up at Drogon. “I-... can you watch Rhaego? I just--... just a quick flight, if Drogon wants to” you asked softly, looking from Drogon to Walder and back again to Drogon, the dragon already readying itself, making you smirk and Walder smile “don’t think I could stop you even if I wanted to… are you sure it’s-... safe?” he asked nervously, a smirk tugging on your lips as you chuckled, already climbing up the giant creature, settling right behind it’s head, peering down at him “safe? My love, I used to jump from Dragonstone to land on Rhaegal as he flew by, I jumped from the side of a ship and onto the back of a dragon, I’m safe” you called with amusement, Walder picking up Rhaego and stepping back as far as he could, watching Drogon move out into the sea, large amounts of water splashing and creating large waves as he moved far enough that taking off wouldn’t destroy the Red Keep. Then, he spread his wings and excitement filled you, a familiar sensation of joy and expectation filling you and you held on for dear life, Drogon taking off straight out of the sea, which had only reached the top of his feet.
Sam, who was pushing Bran, and Tyrion had just reached a platform in the gardens when a massive shadow clouded the sun, a large wind sweeping over them and both Tyrion and Sam looked to the sky, expecting the rise of a harsh storm, until they heard it. The sound that could be mistaken for sails flailing about in a storm out at sea, only sails didn’t roar so loudly that it felt as though the ground shook. Both Tyrion and Sam stood in shock and a little bit of fear, Bran smirking as he watched it fly out over the sea, covering the massive horizon with seemingly only his shadow, before he turned around, wing dipped just into the water and when he neared them, both Tyrion and Sam feared the worst but Drogon pulled up just in the nick of time, a large wave caused by the tip of his wing splashed oevr the three of them, drenching them from head to toe as though they had been dropped out into the sea form the skies above, a cheering and laughter coming from the dragon as it swept over King’s Landing, flying high above, soaring until the dragon moved higher and higher and higher and then it steered back out over the sea, seemingly just soaring, enjoying the presence of the queen above it, Tyrion and Sam both trying to get water out of their ears while still watching out for the creature, yet Bran just smirked, drenched from head to toe but it was like he didn’t notice. “The dragon has come home” he stated in an even voice, Tyrion spitting out some water that had dripped into his mouth from his long curly hair, wringing out his beard before looking back out at the black dot that soared and flew and turned about on the horizon “will it stay?” he asked nervously, if the people of King’s Landing thought this massive beast would stay, they might start to fear their new queen, fear that she’d burn down King’s Landing, as her mother had.
“No, the winged dragon will not even be here for a full day” Bran admitted in the same dull voice, his eyes turning to the father and son who were both watching in awe, the ghost of a smile on his lips as he watched them “but an age of new dragons are on the rise” he stated before looking back out over the horizon, hearing a distant roar from Drogon.
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kaerinio · 1 month
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i’ll write a full headcanon/meta about the fact that daenerys is very much a feeler, but due to the abuse she suffered during her childhood, leading into her adolescence, she has learned to cope with her feelings by repressing them —  —  — and, later, as queen, she often tells herself that her feelings do not matter so long as her people are safe, prosperous, and thriving.
daenerys does feel. god, she feels very strongly, and she is fully aware of this, which is why she is constantly reminding herself that “the dragon does not weep” and that she is a queen who cannot appear too emotional ( or weak ) in front of her people, her council, her handmaids, everyone. she must be strong for everyone, must carry them all, allowing no burden to befall them. and much of this responsibility is born out of daenerys' transformation in the eyes of her people.
daenerys is deified by her people the moment they name her mother of dragons, breaker of chains, mother, mhysa, etc. these moments, which take place over the span of a couple years solidify this stripping away of her status as simply human. that first shift from khaleesi to mother of dragons signals a transformation to daenerys, and this is the moment where she is reborn, not only in her sense of self, but she is reborn for her people, going from a young woman to a legendary figure. and daenerys both recognizes this . . . and chooses to honor it.
additionally, there is a split for daenerys between all of her titles that signal who she is in the PUBLIC ( where she is the dragon queen, the mother of dragons, the strong leader, the conqueror, the nurturer ) and in the PRIVATE ( where we see her smiling, laughing, allowing herself to be herself, reading childhood stories that enable her to reclaim the youth that is so distant, so robbed ). everyone has their public and private ways of being, and they have the ability to live within these spaces in harmony. this is the case for daenerys, but something that has always struck me is how she utilizes her PUBLIC SPACE self in order to create emotional distance when she feels HURT. not only does she “dragons don’t feel” herself, but we also see her use her public self as a means of shoving her feelings down. 
to those close to her, dany isn't particularly strict about titles. for instance, jorah refers to her interchangeably as “daenerys” and “your grace”. daario does the same. however, in moments where she feels particularly sensitive to what they are saying, feels too exposed/too seen, she corrects them, tosses her title at them, retreats into untouchable space because she knows that her public space self is, in a way, untouchable. and she believes this space must be void of her own personal feelings ; thus, in these moments, she shifts her self in order to protect her feelings and create distance between herself, these emotions, and the person who is stirring the emotions. 
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jonskory · 11 months
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when i look back at my time sharing space with white fandom, there are some moments where their insanity really sticks out to me and reminds me why i'll never again share space with them.
being in the got fandom especially affirmed this. a lot of the popular gifmakers were just...no words.
there was the one who used maya angelou's 'i rise' quotes over gifs of dragon barbie flying on a dragon, burning people alive, etc. the one who compared that scene from lovecraft country where letitia was walking through the fires left over by the tulsa race massacre to christina columbus burning down the sacred dothraki temple and all the brown people kneeling to the ever holy white woman. the one who used the ghastly mhysa scene - that that fandom seemingly can't ever let go of no matter how many times poc say how offensive it is - to say that she was always a hero and when black people called her out for it, she doubled down and went on a tirade. or the one who used abraham lincolns quotes about slavery as a gotcha implying that dragon barbie was an abolitionist like him, in reality creating the most hilarious self own i had ever seen. and that's just the got fandom btw. and these posts and whatnot would have thousands of likes and reblogs btw. so many people saw no problem with that shit.
and as for the titans fandom, whew those people have been insufferable since day one. overt racists, covert racists, take your pick. and they were annoying as hell about the poor approximation of jason todd in season 3. were talking way too bold about kory and whatever violent tendencies she had - y'all LOVE using that word whenever y'all speak on black women - but jason running around being a fucking terrorist was just dandy.
and lest we forget the db stans who were more than happy to spout white supremacist rhetoric about mar'i grayson's skin colour and went so far as to completely remove kory from the equation and claim mar'i as db's daughter. though, if i'm being honest i shouldn't have been so shocked with that because that shit was a running theme in their fandom for years. i'm talking years before titans came out. that side loved to say that that woman would be a better mother to mar'i than kory and the amount of fics that had that scenario. good god you couldn't escape it. it's only just worse now because kory is black so you have the added lens of racism, colorism and misogynoir tacked on.
so yeah, all in all, looking back on the shit i've seen from the colorless factions in all the fandoms i've been in, it's safe to see why i don't associate with fandom as a concept too much anymore. plain talk, bad manners a whole set ah allyuh need your internet access taken away and you need to like, idk see a therapist or better yet stay away from the rest of us normal people. and yes i'm saying normal. racism isn't fucking normal, something is actually wrong with you and i don't ever want to share space with you and your ilk.
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koretoqueen · 8 months
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There is literally no reason to think this. None. I’m just fucking around with the idea.
The Faith of the Seven worships as follows: the Father, the Mother, the Maiden, the Crone, the Smith, the Warrior, and the Stranger.
In this impromptu essay, I will try very badly to fit our characters with these seven. Now GRRM said that his “unofficial five” are: Dany, Jon, Tyrion, Arya, and Bran. We can play around with a few other core characters, but for this sake, I am going to go with Sansa and Jaime.
The Stranger - Arya I am starting with this one because it is the most obvious connection you can make. Arya's journey is literally about death. She experiences grief, brings death on others, and is on track to experience a metaphorical death via the Faceless Men training. Her house is dead, so to speak. Her parents are dead. Most of her family is dead. In the final season, there was even a part after the annihilation of King's Landing where she saw a white horse come to her aid. In Biblical Scripture - Revelations - the horseman, Death, rides a white horse. No one else could rightfully take this role.
The Maiden - Sansa Sansa is widely known to fit the Maiden archetype in many different ways. From the naivety and inexperience of the maiden, to her role in other people's stories. She's "the maiden" for Tyrion, Sandor, and Littlefinger. She is literally the damsel-in-distress for most of her story. And her innocence inadvertently threw her whole family under the bus by going to Cersei (no one talks about this for some reason). Her story is literally about her loss of innocence and learning how to still be herself, while contending with all the darkness in the world.
The Mother - Daenerys The biggest reason for this choice is her title - "Mother of Dragons." However, this goes deeper. Dany lost her son, "birthed" dragons back into the world, and after freeing Slaver's Bay, was effectively referred to as "Mhysa" by the enslaved masses. Despite her innate Targaryen nature and her ultimate goal to conquer Westeros... to the people who appreciate her, they view her as kind, as fair, as a queen... and as a mother. Archetypically, queens are considered the "mothers" of their realms. And I'd even go so far as to say that Dany's kindness vs cruelty arc could very well be compared to the dual nature of a mother. Nurturing, tender, loving vs protective, rageful, ruthless... when it comes to her children, and how the world treats them. Dany has taken anyone who is an outcast and downtrodden and taken them under her protection, as a "mother" does with the innocent. Her struggle, ultimately, is of conqueror vs mother. We could get into deeper gender discussions, but I'll leave it here.
The Father - Jon I really played around with this one. At first, I thought maybe the warrior... but nah, man. The Father. As Dany is rising, so is Jon. The difference is that while Dany contends with life (among the living masses, as well as dealing with fire), Jon contends with death (winter and the others). Dany can afford to be a little wild in her journey because the world she is fighting in is filled with living people who can change things with her, if they so choose. Jon, however, is the "shield in the night" and the one thing - along with his fellow soldiers - standing in the way between humanity and complete annihilation. In tarot, the Emperor is the Father Figure so to speak and he is the one who maintains order, structure, and stability in his kingdom. If the Queen is the kingdom's mother, then the King is the kingdom's father. Now don't get me wrong, Jon's chosen vocation is the black. But later he becomes king. And even later on, in the show, he kills Dany. He does this all in service of maintaining structure, order, stability. Life. He is maintaining the status quo, because the alternative is us ceasing to exist altogether (at least, according to the source material thus far). And yes, Jon never wanted to be king. But he did want to protect people and in a way, that is what a king - the FATHER - does.
The Warrior - Jaime "It is better to be a warrior in a garden, then a gardener in a war." Jaime's whole arc is learning to be a knight. A real knight. Not the twisted and morphed version that Westeros has forced on him. He is learning about honor and humility. He is learning to open his heart. Jaime is a lover, but he had to drown that out a long time ago. And if he yearns to be his real self, then he needs to find a way to balance both. And he is! His interactions with Brienne have changed him. He is developing a stronger desire to be a father and he is losing his attachment to Cersei. He was going around Westeros doing good deeds without any mention of his name. As he opens his heart, so too does he become a better knight. Being a lover means he loves... and that is what a true knight is all about. They protect life, they don't reign down death. That quote up above doesn't just stop with knights though. The best warriors are ones who are aware of the power of the weapon hey have in their hands - when to use it and when to sheath it. It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war. But that means you have to be sensitive of when to use your blade... and that is what Jaime is learning.
The Crone - Bran No, Bran is not old. No, Bran is not a woman. But he is effectively gaining enough magical knowledge to perhaps fit into this role (like I said, I really have to work at this). A crone is an elderly woman with a lifetime's worth of wisdom and knowledge. She understands the world and its magic. And more importantly, she understands the veil because she is nearing closer to death than any of the figures... except for the Stranger. However, in the study of magic, you don't have to be near-death to understand the veil and what is beyond it. But to be clear - Bran did almost die. He lost movement in his legs and he was in a coma for 3 months. He had communication with the Three-Eyed Crow, where his third eye was opened. The contact with magic probably saved his life. The contact with the dead probably left Bran altered permanently. Crones are wise and are very often portrayed as not being all there. We can safely say that in the second half of the TV series, Bran was, uh... not there. He is not a woman. But in the end, he ended up in the same place as the archetypical crone. How it will go in the books is, of course, up for debate.
The Smith - Tyrion Bare with me on this one. The Smith in Greek Mythology was Hephaestus. He had a disability that caused him to be rejected by most of his family. He used cleverness and his own skill to get back at the people who harmed him (his mother). He has a soft spot for people othered by society, including the common folk. He was forced into an uncomfortable marriage. Who does this sound like? Obviously, Tyrion is not a smith. The man doesn't get his hands dirty. His vocation is politics and knowledge, as opposed to Hephaestus being an OBVIOUS craftsman. Tyrion also wants to be at the center of the viper pit, whereas Hephaestus is perfectly happy in his volcano. Its not a perfect comparison, but the struggles... are there. If you squint, both of these men have had to work their asses off to gain any respect at all. They had to make themselves indispensable with their skills. You saw what happened when Tyrion was no longer considered "useful." Physically, yes, Tyrion has never worked as hard as a smith. But the amount of effort these othered individuals had to put in to be taken seriously... is comparable to the sweat and swing that a smith experience everyday.
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Daenerys having stretch marks on her belly and scars on her shoulders from where her dragons would perch, carrying permanent reminders of all her children, even the one she lost.
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“Mhysa, they called her. Someone told him that meant Mother. Soon the silver queen would come forth from her city, smash the Yunkai'i, and break their chains, they whispered to one another. And then she'll bake us all a lemon pie and kiss our widdle wounds and make them better, the dwarf thought. He had no faith in royal rescues.”
(Tyrion X, ADWD)
“Sometimes he wanted to slap her, shake her, scream at her, anything to wake her from her dreams. No one is going to save us, he wanted to scream at her. The worst is yet to come.”
(Tyrion XI, ADWD)
Dany tended Ser Jorah's wound herself, and it began to heal. (Daenerys I, ACOK)
She kissed Irri's hand where Drogon had bitten it. “I'm sorry he hurt you. Dragons are not meant to be locked up in a small ship's cabin.” (Daenerys II, ASOS)
Yesterday a wagon had been overturned and two of her soldiers killed, so today the queen had determined that she would bring the food herself.
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Dany walked right past him. There was an old man on the ground a few feet away, moaning and staring up at the grey belly of the clouds. She knelt beside him, wrinkling her nose at the smell, and pushed back his dirty grey hair to feel his brow. “His flesh is on fire. I need water to bathe him. Seawater will serve. Marselen, will you fetch some for me? I need oil as well, for the pyre. Who will help me burn the dead?” (Daenerys VI, ADWD)
“You swore to me that the fighters would be grown men who had freely consented to risk their lives for gold and honor. These dwarfs did not consent to battle lions with wooden swords. You will stop it. Now.” (Daenerys IX, ADWD)
Lions. They were going to set lions on us. It would have been exquisitely ironic, that. Perhaps he would have had time for a short, bitter chortle before being torn apart. (Tyrion XI, ADWD)
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Dany Month: Politics
Most people on Planetos associate leadership with power. Daenerys is a poweful Queen - arguably more powerful than her foes- with her three dragons, and her huge army. However, an ideal leader shouldn’t just be powerful but also dedicated to serve their people. 
Daenerys is called “Mhysa” (mother) by her followers because she is the queen who cares. That’s why she freed Unsullied - who later decided to follow her campaign out of their own free will- from their masters and also freed all the slaves in Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen.
She has inspired hope to the powerless people as one of Tyrion’s chapters in ADWD reminds us:
Mhysa, they called her. Someone told him that meant Mother. Soon the silver queen would come forth from her city, smash the Yunkai'i, and break their chains, they whispered to one another.
And then she'll bake us all a lemon pie and kiss our widdle wounds and make them better, the dwarf thought. He had no faith in royal rescues.
Tyrion might not believe in a royal rescue (and for a good reason ,this man has witness a lot of cruel monarchs) but that’s exactly what Daenerys does once she realises that defendless people are about to be killed by lions in the fighting pits: 
"You swore to me that the fighters would be grown men who had freely consented to risk their lives for gold and honor. These dwarfs did not consent to battle lions with wooden swords. You will stop it. Now."
The king's mouth tightened. For a heartbeat Dany thought she saw a flash of anger in those placid eyes. "As you command." Hizdahr beckoned to his pitmaster. 
Because Daenerys won’t allow cruelty towards to innocent people, let alone being done “for entertainment”.
Another passage from Tyrion’s pov also illustrates how helpless people from other territories believe in Daenerys, the Breaker of Shackles:
Should you reach your queen, give her a message from the slaves of Old Volantis." She touched the faded scar upon her wrinkled cheek, where her tears had been cut away. "Tell her we are waiting. Tell her to come soon."
Finally, I wanted to add a passage from the chapters after Dany rode Drogon in the pits and went missing. While she’s away, the Lord Commander of her Queensguard and her close advisor Ser Barristan Selmy has a difficult time navigating the crisis in Meereen. But when he thinks about what actions Daenerys would have taken,  he’s certain that she would want to protect her people:
Her children were the freedmen. Mhysa, they called her, all those whose chains she broke. "Mother." The Shavepate was not wrong. Daenerys would want her children protected.
Because Dany always prioritizes the good of her people over her own needs. That’s who she is. The liberator of slaves. The Breaker of Shackles. Mhysa.
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warsofasoiaf is the biggest clown/incel and I hate that he is a BNF, despite being known for his excessive hate and misunderstanding of Daenerys (x) and favoritism towards Stannis. The man is so utterly biased it's s not even funny anymore. Yet, he is seen as neutral. So... he has earned himself a 🔥roast🔥
Although my prediction for Sansa usually goes in a different direction. As I said before, I think she won’t be a mother to kings, but rather a mother to kingdoms. (x)
I love how he so obvious stole Dany's theme as the healing and saving mother ("Mother to us all", Mhysa, Maela, Aelalla, Qathei, Tato, "Is our Mother dead?", "... this Mother of Dragons, this Breaker of Chains, is above all a rescuer.") and just gave it to Sansa.
A guide of policy and relations, a trusted friend to kings, and a political power in her own right. (x)
None of that is set up. NONE. Sansa has been a political, supervised hostage paraded by her captors since ACoK, and since ASoS is even believed dead.
It's a mystery what he (and others) all expect from the two tight-paced books to come for a passive secondary character, especially when Sansa has yet to reclaim her identity before any of these grandiose ~speculations~ can "happen". A most disadvantageous identity that does not allow her to be an autonomous player so many want her to be.
Despite this fandom's insistence of the opposite, as confined political hostage Sansa was never taught or amassed any experiences that would make her "a guide of policy and relations" nor was ever able to built relationships to become a "trusted friend to kings". GRRM has so far done everything in his might to prevent her from becoming "a political power in own right" through her gender, her place in the succession, her status as DEATH/DISAPPEARED/wanted by the Crown, being accused as traitor & kingslayer, her marriage and Robb's Will. It all prevents a hypothetical political phoenix rise so many already treat as canon.
warsofasoiaf presents this post as a "prediction" based on the last books, but calling this his personal wishfullfilment and endgame for Sansa and what she will do/learn/meet in the two books to come would be more accurate.
The common theory is that Sansa will learn and gravitate toward politics, and I agree largely with that assessment of her arc. My prediction of Sansa is sort of a spin on the classic twist ending. The Lannisters, the Tyrells, Littlefinger, were all using her for her claim on Winterfell, so I think it’s a delightful little twist if instead, she turns that around and has ties to Casterly Rock, Highgarden, and the Eyrie. (x)
What ties? What ties does Sansa supposedly has to Casterly Rock? Her marriage to Tyrion Lannister? A marriage that is only treated as canon and taken in consideration when it serves Sansa by the fandom? Her supposed ties coming from Tyrion Lannister, who needs to win his right to Casterly Rock by force and establish himself as political authority back, therefore all oaths by and to him (thereby his marriages) after he has been declared as wanted by the crown for regicide, treason and kinslaying?
If Tyrion succeeds in such, and if Sansa miraculously manages to reclaim her identity and does not attempt to annul their marriage (given the faith’s ableism and both the groom and bride being declared to have committed numerous severe crimes would be futile) and he takes her as his wife again, she would simply be his Lady wife at his side.
All of this (excluding Tyrion's rise to power) is highly unlikely, but even in these theories Sansa would have a hard time winning the most basic respect of westmen due their houses' bloody history.
What supposedly ties does Sansa have to Highgarden? The two te parties Margaery Tyrell invited Sansa to? House Tyrell's two week long scheme of a marriage between her and Willias Tyrell? After Sansa's wedding to Tyrion, she was shunned and dropped like a hot potato by them.
All noble houses of the Vale have stronger ties to the Eyrie than disgraced, disinherited, dead believed Sansa Lannister through her kinship to Robert Arryn and her late aunt Lady Lisa TULLY.
Swiping castles and building a massive power base to subdue her enemies though, isn’t Sansa Stark. (x)
That's entirely an assumption given that no one knows what Sansa would actually do with true power, given that to have such she would have to be independent first. But yes in theory (which is the only place demure, conforming Sansa would even dare to hold so much power typically only reserved for men) she likely would remain as passive as possible.
So instead, I channel that through her natural compassion and ability to forge relationships to shape my prediction. (x)
Sansa having "natural compassion" is entirely subjective, however since Sansa remains a hostage without allies and friends throughout the entire course of the series, proclaiming her to have a "ability to forge relationships" is rather delusional. So far, Sansa seems to have forged only a genuine bond with Sandor Clegane, everybody else; Dontos, (paid by LF,) Petyr Bealish, Margaery and her ladies' only interest in her were/was for their own personal gain. Unlike her siblings, Daenerys and Tyrion she has yet to inspire loyalty in even one individual or build a bond.
"So Sansa becomes a political force, but her ties and her character instead turn her into a diplomat, adviser, and trusted confidant of the other kings." (x)
An endgame built upon HCs upon wishfullfilment. As already said, Sansa is unlikely to become "a diplomat, adviser, and trusted confidant of the other kings" her so called "ties" are non existing or so minor that they are insignificant, and all already mentioned, current obstacles diminish all of chances of her to ever become an independent "political force".
Thus, Sansa is no queen (what she wanted in the beginning), but in a way, she’s greater than a queen could ever be, holding influence and sway from Dorne to the Wall. (x)
At this point it is just straight up writing fanfic. On what basis is the prediction made that Sansa will evolve from the dependent, invisible pawn she is now to a power house, influencing the entire continent of Westeros?
It's also quite amusing that if taken these words out of context, they would actually describe Daenerys: A She-King in her own right, as never seen before, inspiring people across the continents, but also inspiring fear and hatred (due to her slavery abolition agenda), that has shocked the world like never before and is prophesied to lead the world through darkness.
As I’ve mentioned before, I see Sansa as a diplomat, councilor, and liaison between all the kingdoms herself, the de facto political head of Westeros when it comes to trade agreements, defensive pacts, and so on. (x)
So now Sansa has ties to ALL kingdoms? HOW? "The de facto political head of Westeros"? Straight up fanfic at this point, and BNFs and neutrals have the audacity to present such as objective analysis. How does one jump from wanting Sansa to become independent to predicting she will become "the de facto political head of Westeros when it comes to trade agreements, defensive pacts, and so on." Trade agreements and defensive pacts? Based on what? What has Sansa done, which decisions, pacts and agreements has she been involved in that would indicate anything like that? Sansa has done nothing in terms of politics on her own. She not once had to puzzle over rations, trade or defense like Jon, Dany or Tyrion had.
The other part is because I like the idea of Sansa turning the struggles of her earlier plot into advantages. (x)
Only with Sansa, huh?
Everyone had been trying to use her as their ticket to Winterfell, so instead she turns it around and uses her ties to others as soft political power. (x)
Again, WHAT TIES? The ones non existing or the ones entirely theoretical? Girl had two ties at best; to Winterfell through her birth and to Casterly Rock as Lady Wife to Tyrion Lannister. Both have been diminished through her brother's royal declare and the crown's condemnation of Tyrion
However, given that her arc does indeed involve surpassing Littlefinger, it’s important for her to sustain her natural compassion and thus channel that power through it. (x)
Sansa 'overthrowing'/ 'outsmarting'/ 'surpassing' Petyr Bealish while so popular that it has been canonized already, still entirely remains a HC. One not likely to happen for the matter.
It gives her sort of what she was looking for in the beginning, the idea of being Queen of Westeros, but it also is a delightful twist on her being a political pawn to make it work for her. (x)
Ah, yes it would be quite "a delightful twist" if Sansa ends up as somewhat being the Queen of the Westeros as she was originally meant to become as wife to Joffrey. How very subversive. And it would only be one if it's Sansa to make "being a political pawn [to make it] work for her". 🤡
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Falsehoods about Dany easily disproven by the text
Dany is arrogant
Dany calls herself a monster, worries constantly about the choices she makes as a ruler, blames herself when things go wrong even when she could not have avoided it.
Dany is bloodthirsty
The problem with Dany’s leadership in Meereen is that she was too gentle and conciliatory towards the slavers as she just gave them the chance to regroup and regain their power. She avoided bloodshed after the initial sack and was desperate for peace. Her one act of bloodthirstiness was in response to seeing hundreds of innocent children brutally murdered in an attempt to mock her. 
Dany only uses the slaves to fight her battles
Dany does not stop freeing slaves after she has got an army. She frees the elderly, the infirm, bed slaves and other non-combatants and invites them into her train. She gives them food and sustenance which she could have kept for her soldiers. She specifically goes to cities where there is no army for her because she intends to free the slaves there, regardless of how useful they are to her.
Dany also refuses all offers of wealth and ships and alliances (Yunkai, Qarth, Dorne) because it means turning her back on the freedmen who would fall prey to slavers if she left at this point.
Dany expects to be worshipped by everyone
Dany knows that Illyrio was lying to Viserys about the Westeros people crying out for their true king. She regularly endures insults from nobles about her savage Westeros blood and she just sits there and grits her teeth. She outright hates it when the slaver classes call her Mhysa at the Dragonpit because she does not wish to be their mother.  
Dany never learns from her mistakes
Dany is motivated to stay in Meereen because she outright refuses to have another Astapor of Ereoh on her conscience. She knows that she needs to stay behind and help establish peace.
Dany only cares about the throne
Daenerys longs for her home. Like every other noble she believes in her birth right, but she also believes it is her duty to protect people. She listens to everyone who comes to her to plead their cases, marries a man she cares little for in order to safeguard her people. When a terrible sickness breaks out she goes out among the ill and suffering. Instead of using her ‘magical dragon blood’ to consider herself superior to them, she takes it as meaning she has no justification to turn a blind eye from the suffering that surrounds her. She locks away her dragons, the symbol of her power, because a little girl was killed.
Dany does nothing to rebuild Mereen
Dany instigates trade with the Lhazareen after the Mereneese nobles scorched the fields, planted crops, married one noble, took the advice of the Green Grace, took noble children as her hostages but treated them well so that they began to grow fond of her, all the way seeing off insurrections and invasion. She does all of this before she is even an adult.
Dany is selfish and doesn’t know how to love
Dany is delighted at the chance to buy gifts for her entourage. Dany; a fourteen year old child bride and rape victim risks standing up to her Khal and his blood riders in order to mitigate the suffering of their captives. Daenerys holds Doreah in her arms as she dies. Dany is sickened by the cruelty of the slave trade and puts her own quest on hold in order to fight it. Dany comes to love Missandei and wants nothing more than to protect her. Dany is affectionate towards her cupbearers/hostages and refuses to harm them even after her councillor insists she must. Dany refuses to turn her back on the sick who come to her walls, and tries to help them in whatever way she can.
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Daenerys and her growing discontent with the peace in ADWD
For Daenerys Targaryen Appreciation Month 2021
Day 1: Favorite books, chapters or arcs.
ADWD is my favorite book for Daenerys, because of its political storyline, and because of Dany's growing discontent with the peace she forged and wanted so much. Unlike what many in the fandom seem to think, Dany's growing discontent with the peace is not because of some "violent nature", but because of her compassion and learning. She starts to realize that the peace is hurting her freedmen, and that the peace is not sustainable because the slavers are untrustworthy and could attack her at any moment, as can be seen in the quotes below:
She had not forgotten the slave children the Great Masters had nailed up along the road from Yunkai. They had numbered one hundred sixty-three, a child every mile, nailed to mileposts with one arm outstretched to point her way. After Meereen had fallen, Dany had nailed up a like number of Great Masters. Swarms of flies had attended their slow dying, and the stench had lingered long in the plaza. Yet some days she feared that she had not gone far enough. These Meereenese were a sly and stubborn people who resisted her at every turn. They had freed their slaves, yes … only to hire them back as servants at wages so meagre that most could scarce afford to eat. Those too old or young to be of use had been cast into the streets, along with the infirm and the crippled. And still the Great Masters gathered atop their lofty pyramids to complain of how the dragon queen had filled their noble city with hordes of unwashed beggars, thieves, and whores. - Daenerys I ADWD
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It was not that Dany harbored any love for Yunkai. She was coming to regret leaving the Yellow City untaken after defeating its army in the field. The Wise Masters had returned to slaving as soon as she moved on, and were busy raising levies, hiring sellswords, and making alliances against her. - Daenerys I ADWD
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“There may be another choice. The Yunkai'i can be persuaded to allow all your freedmen to remain free, I believe, if Your Worship will agree that the Yellow City may trade and train slaves unmolested from this day forth. No more blood need flow.”
“Save for the blood of those slaves that the Yunkai'i will trade and train,” Dany said, but she recognized the truth in his words even so. It may be that is the best end we can hope for. – Daenerys IV ADWD
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“His Grace is dreaming, but I cannot sleep. On the morrow I must bathe in blood. The price of peace.” – Daenerys VIII
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Dany scarce touched a bite. This is peace, she told herself. This is what I wanted, what I worked for, this is why I married Hizdahr. So why does it taste so much like defeat? - Daenerys VIII ADWD
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“It is only for a little while more, my love,” Hizdahr had assured her. “The Yunkai'i will soon be gone, and their allies and hirelings with them. We shall have all we desired. Peace, food, trade. Our port is open once again, and ships are being permitted to come and go.”
“They are permitting that, yes,” she had replied, “but their warships remain. They can close their fingers around our throat again whenever they wish. They have opened a slave market within sight of my walls!” – Daenerys VIII ADWD
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The Brazen Beasts did as they were bid. Dany watched them at their work. “Those bearers were slaves before I came. I made them free. Yet that palanquin is no lighter.” – Daenerys IX ADWD
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They stamped their feet and slapped their bellies and shouted, “Mhysa, Mhysa, Mhysa,” until the whole pit seemed to tremble. Dany let the sound wash over her. I am not your mother, she might have shouted, back, I am the mother of your slaves, of every boy who ever died upon these sands whilst you gorged on honeyed locusts. – Daenerys IX ADWD
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The boar buried his snout in Barsena's belly and began rooting out her entrails. The smell was more than the queen could stand. The heat, the flies, the shouts from the crowd … I cannot breathe. She lifted her veil and let it flutter away. She took her tokar off as well. The pearls rattled softly against one another as she unwound the silk.
"Khaleesi?" Irri asked. "What are you doing?"
"Taking off my floppy ears." - Daenerys IX ADWD
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"It is such a long way," she complained. "I was tired, Jorah. I was weary of war. I wanted to rest, to laugh, to plant trees and see them grow. I am only a young girl."
No. You are the blood of the dragon. The whispering was growing fainter, as if Ser Jorah were falling farther behind. Dragons plant no trees. Remember that. Remember who you are, what you were made to be. Remember your words. 
“Fire and Blood,” Daenerys told the swaying grass. - Daenerys X ADWD
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