Ethereal-elegance - Dragon Dreams ❄🐺《《《🔥🐲

No, no, my good knight, do not fear for me. The fire is mine. I am Daenerys Stormborn, daughter of dragons, bride of dragons, mother of dragons, don't you see? Don't you SEE?

Daenerys the Unburnt

Her familiar 

I think a lot about how Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Realm, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains, Mhysa, saw a system that oppressed and dehumanized and ground people to dust and she decided “I’m going to smash that system because I know what it’s like to be less than human and no one should ever have to feel that.” 

It’s so refreshing and beautiful to read because it really hammers in that idea that any battle against the wrong in the world is a worthy battle, because there is always inherent worth in fighting back against the idea that any human being can ever be regarded as an object to be owned. The fact that Dany takes it upon herself to fight that fight? The fact that she does it out of compassion, out of understanding and empathy for those people who have been enslaved and have no power, no voice, no possible hope of defending themselves? Unmatched. “I would sooner perish fighting than return my children to bondage.” That line? UNMATCHED.

There was this tweet (It was dumb) and the girl was bitching about George RR Martin. She said something like "What has George RR Martin done for female characters?" She's a SJM fan, not surprised by this.

On August 6th, 1996, George released A Game of Thrones. Many characters in this book but one stood out, Daenerys Targaryen. She changed the game for female characters. There are a bunch of characters that are literal variants of Daenerys. Aelin Galanthynius is a fae variant of Daenerys. Dany is called "The Prince that was Promised." Aelin is called "The Queen that was Promised." Not trying to diss Aelin, she's one of my favorite book characters.

We got Manon Blackbeak who is literally Visenya Targaryen in another font. Like I said, not trying to diss Manon, love her too.

Give respect when it's due, Daenerys Targaryen is a blueprint (THE blueprint if you wanna get fancy).