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Is Daenerys a hero or villain?
Yes. She’s not the villain, but she is a villain. The nature of ASoIaF is that everyone is their own hero–except for Jaime Lannister. The books work so well because everyone believes that they are doing the right thing, making everyone the hero of their own tale.
What did Emilia Clarke eat a real heart?
gummy candy
The heart was really a giant gummy candy. While gummy bears and worms can be fun to eat, a large gummy heart was not so much, especially over multiple takes. “I ate roughly 28 hearts throughout the days we filmed that scene. Fortunately, they gave me a spit bucket because I was vomiting in it quite often,” Clarke said.
How does Daenerys feel about being surrounded by traitors?
Like her father the Mad King Aerys before her, Daenerys is frequently paranoid in A Dance with Dragons about being surrounded by traitors and has no taste for calm: “‘I hate this,’ thought Daenerys Targaryen. ‘How did this happen, that I am drinking and smiling with men I’d sooner flay? … This is peace, she told herself.
Why is Daenerys Targaryen so paranoid about her children?
Much later, when her “children” are questioned, she reasons, internally: “If they are monsters, so am I.” Like her father the Mad King Aerys before her, Daenerys is frequently paranoid in A Dance with Dragons about being surrounded by traitors and has no taste for calm: “‘I hate this,’ thought Daenerys Targaryen.
What happened to Daenerys Targaryen Madness?
In the Battle of Kings Landing, after the city surrenders, Daenerys snaps, succumbs to the infamous ” Targaryen madness ” of her ancestors, and atop her dragon Drogon, sets fire to the whole of King’s Landing, committing a massacre of tens of thousands of innocent civilians in the process.
Why is Daenerys heel turning from hero to villain so bad?
A Daenerys heel turn from hero to villain was always going to hurt no matter what, and it makes for bad, gendered optics when coupled with Cersei’s terrible leadership and Sansa’s austere suspicion of Daenerys’s (and her paranoia in return).