#understand how the Targaryens are a textbook case of colonization

[imfromthemiddlekingdom]

The justification that many targ stans use to justify the conquest sounds startling like ‘white mans burden’. Especially after HOTD came out with their bs prophecy.

Listen to how this sounds:

“Take up the White Man's burden—

The savage wars of peace—

Fill full the mouth of Famine

And bid the sickness cease;

And when your goal is nearest

The end for others sought,

Watch Sloth and heathen Folly

Bring all your hopes to nought.”

And compare it to the justification used in hotd as to why the Targaryens justifications as to why they conquered independent lands:

“But ambition alone is not what drove him to conquest. It was a dream. And just as Daenys foresaw the end of Valyria, Aegon foresaw the end of the world of men. 'Tis to begin with a terrible winter gusting out of the distant north. Aegon saw absolute darkness riding on those winds. And whatever dwells within will destroy the world of the living. When this Great Winter comes, Rhaenyra, all of Westeros must stand against it. And if the world of men is to survive, a Targaryen must be seated on the Iron Throne. A king or queen strong enough to unite the realm against the cold and the dark.”

The comparison is rife. Even if we disregard the parallels between American ideology during their war with the Philippines, manifest destiny is also echoed within the reasonings that these fans give for why foreign invaders should have the ‘Divine right to rule’ within a land that is not their own.

And to the surprise of no one. The ones who support House Targaryen the most, are mainly white westerners. And guess who they spit vitriol to the most when others oppose them? Non whites.

I know I have received a lot of hate for comparing the Targaryens to colonizers and it’s very interesting how it’s mainly white people who defend the actions of people who whipped out entire houses for not bending their knees.

At this point I’m going to consider anyone who sucks the dick of house Targaryen colonizer sympathizers. As most of you do regurgitate the same taking points as your ancestors used to split my country into many.