I Was Reading Reviews For The New Witcher Season And I Came Upon This Got Comparison:

I was reading reviews for the new Witcher season and I came upon this got comparison:

I hate what game of thrones final season did to Dany and her development. Thanks to their awful writing, she's remembered as the queen whose good intentions lead to bad actions. Which is injust to Dany's character in the books who is nothing like she's portrayed on the season 8.

do you think dany is more similar in personality to visenya or rhaenys?

rhaenys. like the conqueror, dany is quick to laugh, charming regardless of how she feels about individuals, has a courtly setup reminiscent more of rhaenys and her court (we really don't see visenya do much in-court politicking as much as we see her on diplomatic missions like with sharra arryn in the vale). rhaenys was "fond of singers and bards", and we see a sort of narrative connection in dany where she orders the craftsmen's guilds to "open their rolls to any freedman who can demonstrate the requisite skills". both have a special concern for the smallfolk and both are mischievous in nature, both possess grace whether it be in attitude or comport and both are curious as well.

I'm sure this has probably already been pointed out, but it's interesting to think about the historically significant Targaryens who had the same name or a similar name to Daenerys.

Daenys the Dreamer - Saved all of House Targaryen from the Doom with her prophetic vision. A woman whose dreams came true. Could be argued is the very foundation of House Targaryen even more so than Aegon I because Aegon could have never conquered the Seven Kingdom if his ancestors were wiped out by the Doom.

Princess Daenerys Targaryen I - Firstborn daughter of Queen Alysanne and King Jaehaerys. Early walker, talker, and reader. A lively, laughing child, often mud-spattered and grass-stained. She died young, but Alysanne fought for her to become Jaehaerys' heir over her younger brother Aemon and to rule as Queen in her own right.

Princess Daenerys Targaryen II - Daughter of King Aegon the Unworthy and Queen Naerys. The Daenerys that our Dany is named after. Born 19 years after her older brother. Mother was trapped in an abusive, unloving marriage. Said to have loved Daemon Blackfyre but set aside her personal desires for duty to marry Maron Martell to further solidify peace with Dorne. Began the tradition of opening the Water Gardens to the common children of the palace. And was remembered mainly for her compassion.

You can say that this naming convention is just a little easter egg that was included by George simply to create literary parallels to our Dany and that's probably true. But it feels like George is subtly hinting that Dany has been this figure whose birth has been heralded for centuries.

You can see little echos of her story in other Danys throughout history. And now, in THIS incarnation as Daenerys Stormborn, she is all those Danys and more. She is the wide-eyed, clever, grass-stained young girl learning to become a Queen in the Dorthraki Sea. She is the Dany who was born from an abusive loveless marriage but still became a compassionate leader even though it meant making personal sacrifices (including entering a politically advantage marriage) of her own. A woman whose dreams come true and who rules in her own right. Daenys the Dreamer and Aegon I.

lmao

There's this Jonsa who has been posting prolifically on Reddit -- and ASOIAF/GoT Reddit's not having any of it. Think a topic a day for the past week or so with their downvoted comments arguing with Redditors over why they are in denial about Jonsa. Anyway, this exchange was gold:

i'm sorry but i can't take it seriously when people say book jon wouldn't kill dany to protect his family or after what she did in kl.. yes, he absolutely would, even more firmly if anything

Daenerys Stormborn and her coronation robe with historical Targaryens rulers