What Jon's bringing? Knowledge of the enemy and that all of Westeros is fucked if they don't band together to fight the enemy. It's NOT just the North's problem, it's the whole of Westeros that's in danger, so including Dany's allies, their lands, her entourage, her armies, her home, her. Why does Jon have to pay for her to help defend the realm she thinks is her by birthright? It is her duty to defend it if she wants to rule over it. It's not some grand gesture of hers. 1/2
“As long as he is KITN he has leverage. She wants his kingdom. He wont submit to someone not willing to protect the people and wants power for the sake of it.” - another redditor’s reply to that redditor. Why would he swear fealty to someone who’s so self-interested that needs material gains before lifting a finger to help people?
I like how fans conveniently ignore that she’s not being the altruistic savior they have painted her as. She needs payment to save people. What a pretty picture. How about she saves the realm to become its Queen and not become Queen first and then decide whether to save the realm?
Anons,
I’m lumping all three together because you’re essentially saying the same thing. It seems to me that what all three or one of you fail to understand and wrap your head around is the fact that unlike Jon and the viewers Dany has no knowledge or proof of the Wight Walker. You are expecting her to act as if the word of Jon is gospelly when she has never heard of this person or met them. What you are expecting from her is beyond unreasonable and just shows the double standard that you are constantly judging Dany by. Had it been the reverse, you would be laughing at the idea of Dany showing up to Jon asking for her natural resources, army, and dragons.
The worse part is that I’m sure you know the leaks and you know that the moment Dany finds out about the WW she decides to forgo her pursuit of the Iron Throne to fight alongside Jon against the WW. The second she sees with her own two eyes what is coming down from the far north she chooses to fight for the people of Westeros. She chooses to be who she has always been and you have failed to recognize: a person who would put her life and dreams on the life for the benefit of others. Redeeming her family name and restoring her House has been a driving force for Dany but not at the expense of others.
And before I get another message about this, the dragons died 150 years before the birth of Dany’s dragons, they had been part of the known history, there were skeletons of them and ample proof the existed. Before the beginning of the series, the WW had been dormant for 3,000, they were a legend, a boogie man of sorts uses to scare children. You can’t compare the two.
Jon showing up at Dragonstone without a plan of proof of his claims was not well thought out on his part and Dany has every right to be skeptical. And if Jon wants something from her, she has every right to demand his loyalty.
TTFN
