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Daenerys Targaryen 🤍🩶🖤

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So…if I wanted to start writing, it’s completely normal to feel absolutely terrified and clueless, right??

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In conversation with Holly Black - The Stolen Heir Tour 2023

PLEASE do not repost anywhere without due credits.

It was so amazing finally meeting Holly in person (and gush about how much I love Cardan and Jude and Cardan. And yes also bargain with her about writing Cardan POV books. At least she listened to me intently and said “We will see about it some day!” 👀)

Here are a few things she answered at tonight’s event:

- Her favourite character is Jude.

- Their favourite Starbucks drinks as per her: Jude ‘s will be Frappuccino, Cardan’s is Espresso (and she added an obviously), Oak’s will be matcha green tea latte.

- There will be another series in Elfhame/Faerie after she finished Book of Night sequel, TSH 2 and one more book. She said we will know if there will be more Faerie books, and on whom, by the end of TSH 2.

- Cardan had more siblings who got cut out last minute because she felt his family was too big.

- Qon serpent track was last minute, all she knew was that Cardan had to be in danger and separated from Jude in some way.

- The above point is because she always intended Jude to figure out how to be Queen on her own and needed Cardan away for that. Because Jude’s character arc had to include her having all the power she always craved and still choosing family and love over it.

- Holly likes hooves 💀

- She wanted to draw parallels between Suren and Jude and their choices.

- She will not write about what Jude Cardan were up to in the years between QoN and TSH because she doesn’t know it herself yet.

- Somebody actually asked if Jude Jude Jude letter had cum splatters OMFG. She clarified that no, they are indeed ink stains 💀

- One thing about Cardan that she feels is the most over looked is the fact that people ATE the snake in the end of Qon lmaooo. She cracked up here 😭💀

- She always wanted to write a character with a tail and this was part of Cardan’s characterization since the beginning.

- Her choice of Cardan in live action - she just wants a good actor that’s it lol

- She wouldn’t write a book on Madoc Eva because it’s too tragic and devastating, though maybe she might add in bits in some other story

- She doesn’t know how to write adult Cardan lmfao 💀 but she said she will figure it out 👀 (internally screamed here because WHAT does this mean??) She also said the sex scenes were short and her editor asked her to make them longer 😭🤣 (she said she does understand what we’re asking lmaoo)

- She never reads her fan fiction because she would feel tempted to change what’s in her mind

Question I asked: Her side characters are as interesting as main ones. Will we see Court of Shadows again? (Round about way of asking more about Jurdan lol)

Holly’s answer: TSH was a road trip book so it was set away from Elfhame and we didn’t meet most of the old characters. But we’ll be closer (or in *she winks*) Elfhame in the next one and we will see many of the old characters (shrugs)

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UNDERRATED GEORGE R. R. MARTIN QUOTES (+ INFORMATION ABOUT AEGON’S PROPHECY THAT GRRM HIMSELF SHARED WITH THE HOTD WRITERS) THAT CLEAR UP MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Misconception 1: “Daenerys has nothing to do with the song of ice and fire.” | GRRM: Daenerys and her dragons are the “fire” (which, according to GRRM, symbolizes love, passion and sexual ardor) of A Song of Ice and Fire + GRRM: only ever mentions the song of ice and fire in Daenerys’ chapters + HOTD: Aegon’s dream - the song of ice and fire - is about a Targaryen king or queen who will unite the realm against the cold + HOTD: plays “The Prince That Was Promised” - a song inspired by Dany’s theme song “Breaker of Chains” - in the scene that Viserys tells Rhaenyra about Aegon’s dream

Misconception 2: “Daenerys doesn’t deserve any credit for hatching the dragon eggs, that was pure luck!” | GRRM: Daenerys “makes the magic up as she goes along” and “is someone who really might do anything”.

Misconception 3: “Daenerys is secretly selfish and only cares about herself”. | GRRM: “Daenerys wants equality for everyone, she wants to be at the same level as her people”.

Misconception 4: “GRRM intentionally wrote Daenerys as a white savior and her storyline in Slaver’s Bay is an allegory for the Iraq War.” | GRRM: “The slavery of Slaver’s Bay is not racially based” and “perhaps people who had not read the books” assumed that all the people she frees were brown or black. + GRRM:  “I’m not trying to slap a coat of paint on the Iraq War and call it fantasy.”

Misconception 5: “Daenerys should’ve continued to accept the peace agreement that she made with the slavers. Choosing fire and blood by the end of ADWD means that she’s going to become the story’s main villain.” | GRRM: “Slavery’s got to end even if it has to be with fire and blood”.

Misconception 6: “Daenerys has no sense of humor”. | GRRM: (book!)Daenerys is “very funny”.

Misconception 7: “Daenerys burning King’s Landing is guaranteed to happen in the books”. | GRRM: *already shut down a theory about her burning a place (Water Gardens) and hinted at the possibility that she’s not involved in the second Dance of Dragons.*

Misconception 8: “There’s no doubt that Jon will become Dany’s enemy and kill her in the books”. | GRRM: The whole story is coming down to Dany and Jon’s partnership. + GRRM: “By Season 5 and 6, and certainly 7 and 8, I was pretty much out of the loop”. + It was revealed in the Blu-Ray of Game of Thrones’ eighth season that D&D came up with the idea of Jon killing Dany.

Misconception 9: “Westeros would be better off with seven independent kingdoms”. | GRRM: “we do better when we join together into larger political units” and “eventually I do hope we will be one peaceful world” + GRRM: Aegon the Conqueror wanted to unify Westeros to be better prepared for the War for the Dawn + HOTD: A Targaryen king or queen (most likely Aegon the Conqueror with teats, Azor Ahai/Prince(ss) that Was Promised and the Fire of ASOIAF) must be seated on the Iron Throne to unite the realm against the cold.

Misconception 10: “Daenerys is definitely going to die in the books, that’s not up for debate”. | GRRM: *is still going with his 1991 ending and intended to have Dany survive in his 1993 outline* + Jon killing Dany was D&D’s idea + GRRM was “out of the loop” in season 8 + not everyone who died on the show will die in the books according to GRRM himself, so it’s still possible that Dany will survive at the end of ASOIAF.

Bonus: Ertaç Altınöz, one of the official artists commissioned by GRRM to make art for Rise of the Dragon, drew fanart of Aegon’s dream - the song of ice and fire - and made a point of including a silhouette of Daenerys and her dragons in it (he even confirmed on his Twitter that it’s her). This - along with the book foreshadowing, GRRM’s statements and House of the Dragon - is yet another evidence that points to Daenerys being the prince(ss) that was promised and that hers is the song of ice and fire.

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got/asoiaf meme ♕ [1/6] hairstyles | Daenerys Targaryen + braids

Dothraki men wore their hair in long oiled braids, and cut them only when defeated. Perhaps I should do the same, she thought, to remind them that Drogo’s strength lives within me now.

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GEORGE R. R. MARTIN’S STATEMENTS AND HOUSE OF THE DRAGON INDICATING THAT DAENERYS TARGARYEN IS THE PROPHESIED HERO OF A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE

George R. R. Martin: *associates Daenerys with the founder of the Targaryen dynasty who intended to unite Westeros in preparation for the War for the Dawn - she’s literally called “Aegon the Conqueror with teats”*

*has Daenerys dream about burning white walkers with dragonfire* 

*makes it clear that Daenerys is Azor Ahai/Princess That Was Promised* (“Azor Ahai shall […] wake dragons out of stone”/“No one ever looked for a girl. […] Daenerys is the one. […] The dragons prove it.”)

*confirms that Daenerys and her dragons are the Fire - which, according to his own description, symbolizes “love”, “passion” and “sexual ardor” in contrast to Ice representing “betrayal”, “revenge” and “cold inhumanity” - of A Song of Ice and Fire*

House of the Dragon (note that GRRM had more influence on that show than on Game of Thrones): *plays a song called “The Prince That Was Promised” - which was inspired by Daenerys’ theme songs - during the reveal of Aegon I’s prophetic dream (which came from GRRM himself)*

*has Aegon I name his dream ‘the song of ice and fire’ - which, as the GRRM himself already confirmed, refers to the Others and Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons*

*reveals that Aegon I’s dream (aka the song of ice and fire) is about a Targaryen king or queen - most likely Daenerys Targaryen, also known as Aegon the Conqueror with teats, Azor Ahai Returned/Princess That Was Promised, the Fire of ASOIAF - uniting humanity against the Others*

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Daenerys Targaryen - Titles

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Please do me a favor and reblog if you LIKED The Last Jedi

I need fans wanting to celebrate Star Wars on my dash.

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The Last Jedi resolved the intrigue surrounding the heroine of this new sequel-trilogy, Rey, and her parentage with a gracefully simple, bold assertion: Rey is… just Rey. Not the daughter of some space aristocracy or legacy lineage, but a hero of her own making. […] That Rey’s parents were ordinary people meant anyone from anywhere could be born a hero; what determined a person’s place in the world was who they chose to be, rather than their last name. “Rey is our protagonist. And the truth is, in the story, the toughest possible thing for her to hear is, you know, you’re not gonna get the easy answer that you’re so-and-so’s daughter, this is your place,” [Rian] Johnson told me after The Last Jedi’s release. “You’re gonna have to stand on your own two feet and define yourself in this world.”

Instead of taking the baton from Last Jedi and running with it to new heights, The Rise of Skywalker retreats right back into the safety of nostalgia. […] It’s as if Abrams and Terrio scrambled for a loophole specifically to mollify the “fans” upset that this hero—worse, this girl—dared to wield such incredible abilities with only her own strength […] Bookending the saga Anakin began with the story of a girl from nowhere who sets right what he helped unbalance might have been resonant. But who cares for that when there’s another billion-dollar franchise to set up and potential spin-offs to tease?

— Melissa Leon, ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ Erases the Power of Rey’s Story and Surrenders to Sexist Trolls

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Daisy behind the scenes of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Daenerys WIP sketch because I love her

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The Queen we chose.

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Daenerys Targaryen in the books was what convinced me to watch the show. It was uplifting, as it was a story about someone who was repeatedly hurt and put down, and who chose to harness her pain for good, to turn her pain and her newfound power into compassion, to use it to help others, to free them, to save them. She provided hope. She wasn’t perfect but it was still empowering to read.

In the course of 71 episodes, Dany didn’t kill a single innocent while under extreme pressure, yet now she kills almost a million of them in one fell swoop. In fact, she frequently advocates against it and delivers justice for those who do.

After years and years of plot build up, naming her the breaker of chains, freeing slaves, demonstrating she was a just leader who knows how to rule, her character does this.

I understand the anger and loss that motivated the siege, but she would never justify the murdering of innocents. She has a good heart, though she does make mistakes (so does Jon).

With one episode left they decide to make Daenerys, who literally spent 6 seasons freeing slaves and earning the title of a leader and proving that she’s not her father, go crazy because of some bells; and then decide to humanize Cersei, who has been a villain since the beginning of it all? Who we’ve waited for justice to be served to? Yet she gets a moving, emotional death in the arms of a man who she has constantly manipulated.

Basically, after seven seasons, Daenerys Targaryen has taught us that it doesn’t matter if you grow and try to heal from trauma. It doesn’t matter if you attempt to break generational curses. It doesn’t matter if you want to make the world a better place. You’ll never be able to overcome the flaws of your family (especially your father). You’re destined to become everything you despise and destined for failure.

That’s not bittersweet; that’s heartbreaking.

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A great character that deserved better in the Show: Daenerys Targaryen. 

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To everyone who identifies with Daenerys, to everyone who loves Daenerys: This is not Daenerys! This is not you! You are so much more than madness and destruction. She is kind and fierce and powerful and smart! And so are you!! Nothing can take that away! No amount of shitty writing or shock value!

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daenerys destroying kings landing is symbolic of the way the game of thrones writers destroyed every good character arc in the show