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when got was coming out i was still giving them credit and really hoping someone would have a conversation about why tyrion and company was so shocked when dany burned 'civilized lords' alive and not when she did it to 'savage slavers'. bc u know, the overall shock all characters in westeros have to dany doing the minimum (and i mean minimum bc she wasnt even trying to dismantle feudalism, just conquering the throne like all other kings tried) is rooted not just on sexism, like so many ppl talked about, but also racism. feudalism was a garbage serf system but bc the ruling class was a bunch of perfumed lords, ppl dont see it as for it truly was: exploitation of the working class, like all other previous and subsequent western systems.

of course, its unfair to compare it to slavery purely, since slavery is also influenced by race and not only class system. but in media, in show, even in book, the jump readers and characters have to accept dany burning slavers but not the lords, comes from eurocentric expectations that they know civilized ways and everything else outside their status quo is savagery. when their systems are also fucked up, and rooted in absurd shit that should not be acceptable, even in comparison.