#doreah

[sanikori]

Her brother Viserys gifted her with three handmaids. Dany knew they had cost him nothing; Illyrio no doubt had provided the girls. Irri and Jhiqui were copper-skinned Dothraki with black hair and almond-shaped eyes. Doreah a fair-haired, blue-eyed Lyseni girl. “These are no common servants, sweet sister,” her brother told her as they were brought forward one by one. “Illyrio and I selected them personally for you." “Irri will teach you riding, Jhiqui the Dothraki tongue and Doreah will instruct you in the womanly acts of love.” He smiled thinly. “She’s very good, Illyrio and I can both swear to that.” - Daenerys II, AGOT

Yoon Young Bae as Irri

Chuluun Khulan as Jhiqui

Magdalena Mielcarz as Doreah

[llutik]

“He told me the moon was an egg, Khaleesi,’ the Lysene girl said. ‘Once there were two moons in the sky, but one wandered too close to the sun and cracked from the heat. A thousand thousand dragons poured forth, and drank the fire of the sun. That is why dragons breathe flame. One day the older moon will kiss the sun too, and then it will crack and the dragons will return.”

[georgescitadel]

Fan: Is there a reason as to why Silver died in the show?

George: That surprised me too when I saw it because Silver is definitely not dead in the books. In fact, I was just writing a scene of The Battle of Meereen which opens The Winds Of Winter where Dany is gone from the city so Ser Barristan rides Silver into battle to conjure her up… I guess they just wanted to show how dangerous the crossing of the red waste is. On the other hand, although they killed the horse, they kept the handmaid alive. You may recall that in the book one of Dany's handmaids dies of thirst and sickness and dehydration while crossing the red waste…

- George R.R. Martin, El Corte Inglés

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Positive female interaction we were robbed of on game of thrones series:

1. Arianne Martell and her cousin Tyene Sand being as close as sisters would be

2. Asha Greyjoy and Alysanne Mormont starting as enemies from opposite sides to war eventually becoming closer

3. Irri and Jhiqui both searching for Dany after the latter disappeared flying on Drogon on ADWD. Also Doreah being a friend to Dany until the end ( unlike how she was portrayed on tv series)

4. Daenerys Targaryen being a mother figure to Missandei ( who unlike her tv series counterpart is a little kid)

5. Lady Smallwood the first woman who called Arya pretty, boosting her confidence.

6. Arya despite being a kid and hunted herself, becoming a protector of an even younger child, Weasel

7. Arya befriending all sort of women and girls in Bravos.

Those are just at the top of my head. It's possible I'm forgetting a few.

[westerosiladies]

Daenerys and her female servants

[heelhozier]

very sketchy dany and doreah

[allovesthings]

Characters who deserved better than what game of thrones gave them:

The Jeynes, Arianne and Alys Karstark: Jeyne Poole, Arianne and Alys are just non-existent (which might be a blessing in disguise actually considering what they did to the girls who were actually in the show) and Jeyne Westerling is replaced by a character who makes no sense whatsoever and doesn't work with Robb's actual character arc.

The Mormont women (not sure if I should include Lyanna in this because we don't know her in the books so far): they were just so cool. They deserve better than a cameo in season 1. Where is that moment when they tell Cat she would have done the same thing when she freed Jaime ?

Doreah and SmallJon Umber. Fuck D&D for what they did to them, They are dead in the books and they died at the Red Wedding for Robb and with Dany. They were extremely loyal to their respective leader, they didn't deserve to be made traitors for some reason and to die at the hand of said leaders (or their family). I will forever be furious about it.

[lagosbratzdoll]

Whenever I see adaptations of novels, comics, and games that elevate the source material, I get deeply and monstrously bitter. Wheel of Time, Foundation, Percy Jackson, The Boys, Outlander, Big Little Lies, Pachinko, Sharp Objects, WATCHMEN!!! All are so good, so beautifully written and moving that when you stack shit like Game of Thrones beside them, it falls flat on its face.

I still think about Jon telling Angela that he is in every moment they spent together all at once. Every time I think about Watchmen S01E9, my throat gets tight and my mouth wobbles. A triumph of storytelling. When you compare this with the disappointment that is Game of Thrones, it becomes clear that being mediocre, white, and a man often leads to success even when you fail.

I get angry because it’s possible to take novels/comics with so many moving parts and rich history, update them for our time and make the rich source material even richer. Those men just didn’t know how. 

And before anyone says the first three seasons are good. Are they? Are they really? Or are we just blinded by the perceived faithfulness to GRRM’s work when we weigh it against the utter shit show that was the last season? The show lifts all the best parts wholesale from the books and magnifies all the worst parts. 

They portrayed the Dothraki with a lack of care compared to the Free Folk. They furthered the lack of non-white perspectives by erasing what little we had. Presenting freedom as if it is worse than chattel slavery. The extinction of the Dothraki in service of white Northerners who were less than welcoming. 

The show does not name more than half of Daenerys' more prominent Dothraki characters on screen. Killing Irri, Jhiqui and Doreah to further isolate Daenerys. Transferring all the better traits from women to the men in their lives. Turning Jorah from an old paedophilic creep into whatever the fuck that was on the show. Alluding to the “first they came” poem for rapists, slavers and other monsters. Peddling the gentle slave-owner myth as if owning a person is not inherently violent. 

Having Missandei be beheaded in chains to fuel madness for literally no reason. Cersei could’ve bargained for her life or at least some concession from Daenerys with Missandei’s life, but they have her behead Missandei for no other reason than to piss off a woman with a large army and an even larger dragon. It made little sense then, and it makes even less sense now. 

I know it’s a bit much to still be so affected by that dumpster fire almost a decade in, but I saw that interview with those idiots yesterday, and I have been furious ever since. 

[asoiaf-fancasts]

Doreah - Fancasts

Age: 19 - 20

Appearance: She has fair hair and blue eyes.

Character: Irena

Actress: Saoirse Ronan

Movie: The Way Back [2010]

[She’s too young for Doreah at 16 but her scenes are quite good for Doreah’s death. She has fair hair and blue eyes. She wears modern clothes but it’s mostly loose fitting linen so it works.]

Character: Catherine Howard

Actress: Tamzin Merchant

Show: The Tudors [2007] [Season 3 & Ep.8]

[Shes 22 so two years too old although she does play a younger character. She has fair hair and has blue eyes. She wears Tudor ish clothes.]

Character: Lygia

Actress: Magdalena Mielcarz

Movie: Quo Vadis [2001]

[She was 22 - 23 during the filming of this movie so a couple years too old. She had fair skin but doesn’t have blue eyes. She wears Roman clothing.]

[blackcur-rants]

A young Targaryen princess, married off in her teenage years to a cold, capricious man she barely understands for the sake of power and prophecy. She suffers abuse and pain at the hands of this husband and takes comfort in her handmaidens and is lusted after by one knight and loved and protected by another. After her husband finally dies, the princess goes to a place of salt and smoke and becomes the mother of someone who will help to save the world from the ultimate evil threat of the Others.

Tell me, friends. Am I describing the late, lamented Rhaella Targaryen…or her daughter Daenerys?

@disregardcanon @lady-asteria @cynicalclassicist @daphneblakess @cwonicdepwession

[fantasydreamland]

Khalessi & Doreah

Game of Thrones

[game-of-style]

Dothraki fashion - Balmain Haute Couture Spring 2023

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Daenerys II

Her brother Viserys gifted her with three handmaids.

Dany knew they had cost him nothing; Illyrio no doubt had provided the girls.

Irri and Jhiqui were copper-skinned Dothraki with black hair and almond-shaped eyes. Doreah a fair-haired, blue-eyed Lyseni girl.

“These are no common servants, sweet sister,” her brother told her as they were brought forward one by one. “Illyrio and I selected them personally for you.

“Irri will teach you riding, Jhiqui the Dothraki tongue, and Doreah will instruct you in the womanly acts of love.”

He smiled thinly. “She’s very good, Illyrio and I can both swear to that.”

[jonsnowwesterosworld]

Irri and Jhiqui were copper-skinned Dothraki with black hair and almond-shaped eyes, Doreah a fair-haired, blue-eyed Lysene girl... ‘Irri will teach you riding, Jhiqui the Dothraki tongue, and Doreah will instruct you in the womanly arts of love’

[nogoodsheepstealing-greatgrandma]

[asongofsilks]

ASOIAF FANCASTING --> EVERY NAMED FEMALE CHARACTER ABOVE THE AGE OF FIVE, PART XVIII

Doreah (278-299 AC): Handmaiden to Daenerys Targaryen, a slave given to her after her marriage to Khal Drogo. She instructs Dany in the arts of love. After Drogo dies and Dany leads her tiny khalasar into the red waste, Doreah dies of a wasting illness. Fancast: Bonnie Sveen.

Dorna Swyft (b. approx. 250 AC): Daughter of Ser Harys Swyft of Cornfield, and wife to Kevan Lannister, younger brother of Lord Tywin. They have four children together, including Lancel. Fancast: Jennifer Morrison.

Doshi (lived during the Century of Blood from 102 BC up to Aegon’s Conquest): A witch queen and the mother of Khal Mengo, a Dothraki warlord who united all the Dothraki under his command. Fancast: Amira Ghazalla.

Druselka (era of Valyrian conquest): A priestess who took part in the migration of the Rhoynar under Princess Nymeria. After the Rhoynar left the Summer Isles, she convinced her followers that she had heard Mother Rhoyne calling them home, and they should return to their cities. Unfortunately, all they found upon their return were the Valyrian conquerors who hunted them down and enslaved them. Fancast: Tonantzin Carmelo.

Dyah (main series era): One of Craster's wives; she helps Sam and Gilly escape the mutiny of the Night's Watch at Craster's Keep. Fancast: Soo Drouet.

Dyanna Dayne (c. 175-205 AC): Wife of Prince Maekar, fourth son of King Daeron the Good, who later became king as Maekar I. They had six children, including Daeron the Drunken, Aerion Brightflame, Maester Aemon, and Aegon the Unlikely. She died shortly after the birth of her youngest child, Rhae. Fancast: Katie McGrath.

Eddara Tallhart (b. 290 AC): Daughter of Helman Tallhart of Torrhen's Square. Her father is killed in battle in the War of the Five Kings, and her brother Benfred is slain by the ironmen, making her the Lady of Torrhen's Square. She is currently a captive of Dagmer Cleftjaw. Fancast: Brooklynn Prince.

Septa Edyth (c. 36-60 AC): As a novice, she was sent to Dragonstone to try and discourage the marriage between Jaehaerys I and Good Queen Alysanne. However, Alysanne quickly won her and the other septas over to her side, and she became a devoted friend of hers, even defending the queen when she was attacked at Maidenpool. She died of the Shivers. Fancast: Elizabeth Blackmore.

Septa Eglantine (main series era): She accompanies Princess Myrcella Baratheon on her voyage to Dorne to meet her betrothed, Prince Trystane Martell, the youngest son of the ruling Prince Doran. She helps protect the princess by disguising her. Fancast: Amber Chaney.

Elaena Targaryen (b. approx. 100 BC): Eldest daughter of Daenys the Dreamer and Gaemon the Glorious, the Targaryen rulers of Dragonstone. She was married to her brother, Aegon, and ruled by his side after their parents. Fancast: Eliza Taylor.

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