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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