[ SECRET POST #4545 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4545 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

+1

i think it's the shame(though let's face, very likely deliberate) that people sweep this concern under the same umbrella as people claiming her downfall in general was ooc. foreshadowing does not mean you get to skip narrative arcs and it BAFFLES me how many think "was going to happen" means that it doesn't matter when or how it happened. ugh.

[(Anonymous)]

Thissss. I would have loved to see Dany as a proper conqueror and villain once she crossed the sea and had to interact with everyone else, but that wasn't it.

[sparklywalls]

It definitely could've been done so much better.

I think batting away this concern also ignores that the show was following the books in that Dany is basically written in a way that makes you see her as someone to root for, even coming across as one of GRRM's favourites. When I read the books there was only one POV character (who made it past the first book, because Ned is sympathetic too) that I felt like he liked more and that was Tyrion. And maybe Arya. Anyway, Dany has never been one of my favourites but I can understand why other viewers were drawn to her because she's a main character and her grievances seem legit and are framed as such...at first.

I personally have never had an issue being a fan of horrible characters because I was stanning villains as a little girl but I totally get why this is relatively new territory for some people and causing conflicted feelings. Having a protagonist who crosses over into antagonist (or antagonist who becomes a heroic character) is a very interesting narrative device for me but we criticise fanfic authors for rushing this stuff, TV show runners shouldn't be immune to that same criticism.