Daenerys as a leader and a ruler
For the longest time, I wanted to write about Dany as a leader and a ruler. Most of the time, the metas I see from Dany haters just talk about what an awful ruler Dany is, and amongst Daenerys fans, this is usually not discussed a lot, mostly because I think Dany fans spend a lot of time defending Dany from the accusations that she is evil or mad, so other subjects are neglected. Before I start, I just want to make it clear that I am not any expert on medieval politics or war strategy, so this will be mostly my understanding of the story. And of course, I can’t forget to mention that many of the ideas of the Meereenese Blot are here as well, but this is going to be my interpretation.
In this analysis, I will show why I think Daenerys is an intelligent and capable leader and ruler. I want to look at everything we know about Dany in all of the books: her childhood and education, her political beliefs, her actions and the economic and political situation she’s in. I’ll try to focus on what Dany has learned in each book, and how it helped her become a better leader.
Some of the things I’ll write here are similar to metas that I’ve written before. But I want this one to be as complete as possible, and to analyze every facet of Dany’s storyline as a ruler that I can think of. I will bring book quotes to back up what I say, so this will be very long (It’s around 20k words, so I hope at least someone will be interested in reading it, because I spent months scrutinizing all of the books to write this).
In this essay, I will talk about the following topics:
Dany’s childhood and education
Dany’s intelligence, wisdom and introspectiveness
Dany’s changing political views
Dany journey as a leader in A Game of Thrones
Dany’s journey as a leader in A Clash of Kings
Dany’s journey as a leader in A Storm of Swords
Dany’s journey as a leader in A Dance with Dragons:
Economy
The war against Yunkai and the question of peace and war
The question of taking the wealth of the slave masters
Conflicting interests within the city
Morality
Practical aspects or ruling
Dany’s equalitarian practices
Some mistakes worth addressing
Is Daenerys a good ruler? What did she learn?
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