angel-as-in-fire replied to your post “You know why. it’s because Dany has the audacity to be a woman and be...”
The narrative is sexist/racist because the writer made all the women either go crazy/become vengeful, and I blame the writer for that, but in the text Dani is also straight up an imperialist. Like she...nuked a city. She’s an antihero at best and I don’t get why people have to pretend she’s a perfect angel to like her as a character.
Why are you in my notifications replying to an obviously pro daenerys post with anti dany rhetoric lmao.
If you looked through my blog at all you’d know that I agree with you about the fact that the narrative is racist and sexist because the writer is. The fact is that GRRM is an old white man who benefits directly from sexism and racism, and people shouldn’t blame the characters for that racist and sexist narrative, but him.
Also, anon and I were strictly speaking about book!daenerys, when does she ever ‘nuke’ a city in the books. She conquers cities, sure. She conquers them with the main and singular goal of freeing slaves though, not to just rule over and be their Queen and have all the glory that comes along with it. She does her best to bring justice to those who’ve wronged innocent people. She’s just a person trying her best to protect people from slavers, rapists, and murderers.
Here is passage from a great answered ask from @queenaryastarks old blog on why thinking that Daenerys is a traditional imperialist is problematic.
“Honestly, this is what I love about Dany’s story. She wants to help people. She wants to save people. Yet, the results of her actions often don’t match her intent. She’s a teenager ranging from 13 to 16 who is forced into and choosing to confront issues that grown adults have struggled with. In a weaker story, Dany would have solved the problems of Slavery’s Bay by freeing the slaves and everyone would live happily ever after. That would have been an unrealistic story, not to mention such a story could be very close to a pro-white savior tale.
Many of the results shown in ASOIAF’s Slaver’s Bay story parallel real-life situations where slavery was abolished. Just like in the U.S., there were former slaves who stayed with or returned to their former owners because they were struggling to survive outside of the system they were forced into due to the lack of education and resources that continued to hinder them. Just like in the U.S. former slaves who became leaders and/or began to prosper were murdered. Just like in the U.S., the slavers wailed about how their way of life and economy were being ruined because the slave trade was broken. What makes me extremely uncomfortable about the criticism thrown at Dany for trying to end slavery is the claim that she’s ruining the economy of a society built upon forcing other human beings into slavery and ruining their culture. These are disturbingly similar arguments that were made in the United States of America when real people were forced into slavery and their owners were trying to retain their right to defend their way of life and maintain their economy. The old South is still, STILL to this day idealized as a cozy, beautiful time in history that was destroyed by the Civil War.So while the Slavers Bay story in ASOIAF is fictional, seeing real people criticize an anti-slavery movement, using the same language as pro-old South slavery advocates is disturbing.’
To think that a person risking their livelihood to save thousands and thousands of literal slaves and taking action against slavers is a bad thing is.... not a good mindset. To have this mindset that not all slavers are bad is a problematic mindset because even if some of the slavers didn’t agree with slavery, they still directly benefit from the sufferings of others. Saying ‘not all slavers are bad’ is similar to saying ‘not all cops are bad’ which is... yikes.
You saying that she’s an anti hero is interesting because the definition of an anti hero is this.
“An antihero or antiheroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage and morality.”
On what planet are you reading a song of ice and fire in which Daenerys Targaryen lacks idealism, courage and morality?
Finally...... most if not all Daenerys stans know she’s not perfect. It’s... now these might be shocking to you... part of the reason we love her dearly. It makes her more human, it makes her more real. She’s just a child trying to make the world a better place and she makes mistakes like every other character in the series. To say that we think Daenerys is a perfect angel is ejwlrwkwje incredibly hysterical considering Daenerys stans know that she’s not perfect and makes mistakes and we love her more for those mistakes as it shows she’s a human being.
She’s a hero bottom line and I can’t understand why people like you attempt to villify her for conquering cities with the sole purpose of abolishing literal slavery.