Daenerys Targaryen | Fear is how I fall

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  • čas přidán 10. 07. 2019
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    I recognize I'm a bit late to the 'Dany tribute party', but in my defense, I had this started since before the season finale. It's the same excuse as always, don't think I need to spell it out at this point.
    So, the season finale of Game Of Thrones...actually, the whole season of game of thrones, how to even begin? I have so much to say about this season, most of it I've ranted about for hours on end on every groupchat I'm a part of and every social media account owned by me. I was extremely disappointed with the rushed and careless way they handled basically everything from plot points to character development, Jon, for example, was downright unrecognizable. But oh well, this video is about Daenerys, so let's talk about Daenerys.
    For quite some time before the season aired I was already predicting Dany would go down as the big antagonist of the series (as I've made clear in the other video I made of her 'Kingdom Fall'), and at that time I was excited for everyone to see what I was seeing, cause honestly the concept was so incredible to me? I mean, there's this character that's basically a pop culture idol, a hero of the ages, a feminist symbol, the breaker of chains! To imagine that a character like that would fall from grace to become a villain? That would leave such a lasting effect on the fictional world. I was REALLY excited to see it happen and how it would happen, but then came the seismic event.
    Someone wise once said 'Be careful what you wish for', and so it was.
    It was EXTREMELY disappointing to me to watch something I've been excited about forever be done so improperly. I feel like the whole season was sacrificed in order to antagonize Daenerys and in the end it wasn't even enough? It was still tacky and badly handled and I'm so sorry that this is the final impression this series is going to have on people. And I am sorry it was bad enough that hardly anyone is going to understand the message behind Daenerys' character.
    She was always meant to go this way. While I understand the people who said 'it came out of nowhere', cause the whiplash affected us all, I disagree. They built this cult of personality to a person who'd always used power arbitrarily. But it's not always easy to understand this problem when said power is aimed at slave masters and overall what is the audience's consensus of 'Bad guys', but essentially the only thing that changed about Daenerys' behavior was perspective. She'd always wanted to return cities to the dust in order to build her new better world, because she has motherfucking dragons, how much easier could it be?
    Not to say her goals are evil, absolutely not. Abolishing slavery? Freeing the world? Those are some solid great plans...but like in that last conversation with Jon (that I'll be surprised if anyone really paid attention in cause it was so cringey) she basically said her vision of a good, ideal world, is the only one that matters, everyone else with different views? Well, they don't get to choose, and that basically sums up what Daenerys has been about all along. She's despotic, she wants to break the wheel but by that she means she wants to be the one turning it, because she alone understands whats right and what's not, and if anyone disagrees, well, dracarys.
    I find that about her quite fascinating, I am passionate about sociology and world history, and we've those types of rulers quite a few times thorough our tragetory, and asoiaf is based of real history (the war of the roses, anyone?), and I just love when fiction is used not only to entertain but to bring about reflections on real life issues.
    With all of that said, I love Daenerys' character, but no I don't pretend or endorse the traditonal hero colors she's often painted with. She's grey, and young, and impulsive and with some real pyromaniac tendencies. Amazingly, her biggest nemesis thorough her story was been her own self and her worst impulses, she tried, countless times, to fight against it and plant her trees, she was almost there with the help of all the people who didn't let her succumb to the throes of her wrath, but in the end she lost all of them, and she's a dragon: dragons plant no trees.
    This video is kind of messy and it gets a bit underwhelming towards the end I know, but I just got really tired of editing it for almost 2 months lmao. Even still, I really liked the final result, and I'm glad I managed to finish a tribute to one of my favorite characters with the most fascinating character developments ever.
    This description got extremely long but I think I just had a lot to say haha. Thank you for reading, if you did.
    Also, thank you for the 100k subscribers I recently hit. I love you guys and I'm so humbled by your continuous support. Thank you, love you 3000.
    Enjoy!
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Komentáře • 176

  • @SunnyVids
    @SunnyVids Před 5 lety +545

    This makes me even sadder at Season 8. It had the potential to be really great with the Mad Queen storyline, but instead just decided to have a random descent. She had all the buildup and then...it just all fell. This video shows all the amazing potential.

    • @J3nelle
      @J3nelle Před 5 lety +39

      a full season of Daenerys being a tyrant would have made her death more understandable. They didn't give the storyline enough depth. :(

    • @blinkeu7775
      @blinkeu7775 Před 5 lety +14

      I commented this somewhere else as well but I’ll just say it again :
      I think the mad queen storyline had the potential to be great, but rushed writing and poor storylines caused it to be one of the biggest disasters in tv history. They should have had more time, more seasons, they certainly had plenty of money to do it and I feel like a change from saviour to mad queen would have been amazing, like the change for Jaime Lannister, everyone hated him and grew to love him. If they had done that with Dany (which is a lot harder to do; loved to evil) they should have done it a lot better and not ruined it. It would have been interesting to see if they had just spent more time developing her character into an evil one. I think George R.R. Martin will turn Dany into an evil queen in the Books, but undoubtedly will do it much better than D&D and I rlly hope the other characters get proper endings as well ie. Jaime Lannister 😭

    • @takuveli
      @takuveli Před 4 lety +7

      The build up to “Madqueen” has been happening for 8 seasons! What more did people want?😂😂
      this video summarises it perfectly!

    • @blinkeu7775
      @blinkeu7775 Před 4 lety +11

      Taku Music the video portrays it better than the show did tbh, it was just that so much happened over two episodes, people were so angry cuz dany was portrayed as a protagonist for many seasons and her build up as a good character was long and detailed and then in just a few episodes so much happened that turned her ‘mad’, in pretty sure people just wanted the change from good to bad to be more lengthy so it would live up to the previous sophistication of the show and do her character justice, I would love if they had managed to turn her character into someone we hated as much as Cersei, but that would take so much time, they tried doing it but it should have taken many more episodes to perfect. The problem was that tons of people lived Daenerys and her change into the mad queen was too fast and didn’t allow a build up of hate and so her madness just seemed uncharacteristic of her personality. They should have extended the story so they could carve out another storyline that would have undone all her good deeds if they wanted to make her mad. It was just too fast

    • @bauernhofgermanshepherds4210
      @bauernhofgermanshepherds4210 Před 4 lety +1

      Totally agree! This video really does show that potential in a great way!

  • @TheINSANATY
    @TheINSANATY Před 5 lety +178

    "Fear is path to the Dark Side."
    "Fear leads anger."
    "Anger leads to hate."
    "Hate leads to suffering." - Master Yoda, Star Wars Episode 1: A Phantom Manace

    • @meloderieugif2294
      @meloderieugif2294 Před 4 lety +14

      If we think deeper she makes a good parallel with Anakin Skywalker. Both chosen and born to be great and powerful but lost in their way.

    • @forint9654
      @forint9654 Před 4 lety +4

      "Twice the pride, double the fall."
      Count Dooku, SW E3 Revenge of the Sith

    • @Bakuru
      @Bakuru Před 3 lety +2

      @@meloderieugif2294 yep. Pretty much exactly the same. The only difference is that she didn't get the chance to redeem it the 9ther way the way Anakin did..........or did she? 👀

  • @Omi791
    @Omi791 Před 5 lety +82

    "A Targaryen alone in the world is a terrible thing" Aemon Targaryen..😭😭

    • @SG-pu3rx
      @SG-pu3rx Před 4 lety +2

      Umair Riaz yeah FOR THE WORLD

    • @mg-cx5tv
      @mg-cx5tv Před 3 lety

      @@SG-pu3rx i think that's why in books he wanted to send a maester tk guide her

  • @ACinemafanatic
    @ACinemafanatic Před 5 lety +143

    Emilia deserves to win an Emmy especially for that fifth episode of season 8 I never get chills from a performance like that

  • @AbiNoelCarter
    @AbiNoelCarter Před 5 lety +39

    Thank you for this. While I still feel Daenerys was utterly ill-served and done dirty by the writers, it wasn't her fall into madness on its face that I disapproved of. It was, simply, their horrible way of getting there in no time at all. Daenerys' fall should be the tragedy you display here -- not a coin flip where the gentle hearted breaker of chains abruptly strafes city blocks and murders children...

  • @Cassaravi
    @Cassaravi Před 5 lety +220

    I have always marveled at the way a well-thought out and edited fanvideo could fix poor writing and give justice to characters and stories wronged by the source material. You've reminded me of that incredible power, now. Amazing job! Given justice to a remarkable character.

    • @SerbAtheist
      @SerbAtheist Před 3 lety +3

      So how the hell do fan edits 'fix poor writing' when fan edits contain literally nothing BUT the show's writing and content? I mean it's not like an astute viewer couldn't figure the themes of Game of Thrones even without these edits.

  • @xxbludger
    @xxbludger Před 5 lety +181

    Dany's character felt like it could've been such a fascinating inversion of what it means to be "the chosen one". She's more powerful than anyone else, more closely tied to destiny than anyone else, but the fatal flaw is that she cannot see anyone but herself as the savior. And seeing her believably turn into a villain would have turned a character I really couldn't care for into someone I probably would have stanned for the rest of my life, lol. Instead I found myself feeling bad for Dany in this season, because I just didn't understand the writing she was put through. Anyway, great video, I can feel the frustration you must have felt trying to finish it, knowing how it ends! I especially loved the "They can live in my new world," "Or refuse - " "- And die in their old one", a super clever overlap!

  • @elizabethandrews2587
    @elizabethandrews2587 Před 4 lety +36

    This is so well done, it really shows her arc really well. I'm kind of sick of the fan vids that only show her positive traits and recently it's made me dislike her but this shows her negative traits as well, the ones that made her an interesting character.

    • @Natalie-cv2nt
      @Natalie-cv2nt Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly! I understand the reasons they like her but she has flaws to, she's not a god. (They should have made it more obvious of her turning dark) *Cause I know most people want it to be easy than been made to look for it* I was a bit disappointed with how they did that.

  • @Diana734
    @Diana734 Před 5 lety +72

    "Dragons do not understand the difference between what is theirs and what is not." Dany became a Dragon in the end.

  • @TheLavanderDiary
    @TheLavanderDiary Před 5 lety +18

    I love the bit at 4:28 with the line ‘you don’t want to wake the dragon, do you?’ 😍👌🏻

  • @caleidozkopie8344
    @caleidozkopie8344 Před 5 lety +67

    "Half the Targaryens went mad" no they didn't. I've read fire and blood and none of them were mad like the mad king. Some were cruel or just unfit to rule but none were actually mad and i'm pretty sure the Targaryens the fire and blood 2 focuses on won't be mad either.

    • @KHH595
      @KHH595 Před 5 lety +30

      caleidoz kopie - They weren't raving mad like the Mad King but they were mad in other ways such as Viserys' behavior, Rhaegar's obsession with proohecy, Baelor's obsession with the faith, etc. That still counts as mad though.

    • @kikima258
      @kikima258 Před 5 lety +23

      @@KHH595 don't forget that one who swallowed wild fire thinking it will change him into a dragon

    • @Harahvaiti
      @Harahvaiti Před 5 lety +16

      Even the Mad King had gradual descent into paranoia and madness, triggered by certain events. Maybe every tenth Targaryen in 300 years of their family ruling Westeros was truly mad.

    • @visenyastormborn8302
      @visenyastormborn8302 Před 3 lety +2

      btw only 6 in hundreds were actually mad lol it was just a rumor spread to discredit them

    • @meloderieugif2294
      @meloderieugif2294 Před 3 lety +5

      People talking about Targaryen madness as a major issue are non readers. The current experience that we have about it is Viserys, but since the first time we read/watched him, we knew he was cruel ,evil and entitled, he said and did a lot of stuff that made us believe he was up to no good, and his actions could be described as meaness and cruelty, even in the peak of his "mental condition", he chose to threat Khal Drogo where he knew they couldn't share any blood, add some wine and he felt the courage to do so.
      Even the so called Daenerys madness in the books is an exaggeration , if you read her chapters not knowing about it, you'll think she's just like Robb or Jon after becoming Lord Commander , a young and naive leader, struggling to know what's right or wrong, being confronted for their lack of experience the whole time and always trying to fulfill expectations they're not prepared to. I also believe she's connect to the Long Night somehow and she will need a strong and clear mind to deal with the White Walkers.

  • @Zomseb
    @Zomseb Před 5 lety +67

    One of my favourite songs combined with one of my favourite characters. Thank you for this powerful video, AnneSoshi.

  • @Henbot
    @Henbot Před 5 lety +76

    Daenerys is definitely going to go down as one of the greatest character demolishing in the history of television. The fan video treated her with way more care than the showrunners who just turned her into a blonde Sauron. Myself has started reading the books and so much better even scenes I thought were really good in the show are way superior in the book. Daenerys is so great character in them and complex. Emilia Clarke did a great job but god they spat in her face by the end. Still, don't get why Season 2 turned her into a brat whilst she was way more intelligent in the books at that point.

    • @mg-cx5tv
      @mg-cx5tv Před 3 lety +4

      Yes , i am reading books too and she is actually intelligent in books way more than ever in show.

  • @spiderspiral1913
    @spiderspiral1913 Před 5 lety +10

    This almost makes me accept what happened to Danny and look like it was a slow decent into madness vs how the show did it. Thank you I love it
    Danny will always be my favorite

    • @jayonawaters316
      @jayonawaters316 Před 4 lety

      spider spiral keep in mind majority of the bad parts of her cane from season 8

  • @ivraeas
    @ivraeas Před 5 lety +5

    Your videos got me into ASOIAF and despite the lackluster final season, I don’t regret watching it. Your view of Daenerys is perfect, in my opinion. She’s definitely a complex character, and I think you have summed up a lot of the aspects of her personality and have been wise enough to understand how she parallels and echoes many people we think of as tyrants today, from history.
    You’re genuinely one of the most talented editors I have ever known, and it is truly wonderful to know that you have gained such a deep and poignant and human understanding of all these characters. I think the biggest crime committed against Dany’s character has been people unknowingly painting her as undeniably good and undeniably bad, and you adhere to neither of these stances and see her for what she is. It is hard to put into words, an entire person’s character and soul, without sounding like Virginia Woolf on opioids, but your videos come entirely close to doing so (and they’re not even an 8,000 word Times article, which inevitably ends with much confusion and a shamefully simplified conclusion) and for that I would like to thank you, you’re genuinely one of the most talented people on this platform.

  • @SARAEnigma
    @SARAEnigma Před 5 lety +57

    She was the best caracter..... it s just a shame to destroy it -_-

  • @by-ebd
    @by-ebd Před 5 lety +4

    I remember the first time I watched your Kingdom Fall vid and not wanting to believe Dany would become the series' ultimate antagonist... She's been such a powerhouse of inspiration to me that I couldn't (or didn't want to) imagine her as the queen of the ashes. As time went on and I dug more into the source text, I felt her turn coming but was so disappointed by how the show got there. Months after the finale, it still blows my mind that _that_ was it. Thank you for paying Dany and all of her complexities the respect her character deserves.

  • @Phoebelle
    @Phoebelle Před rokem +1

    She never was one of my favorite characters even if I found her fascinating. I think it was mostly because of the fandom and Emilia herself which whitewashed her all the time. I still getting angry about the people who were disappointed about the final because Daenerys didn't got her happy ending. It was never about that. If the ending wouldn't be slapped down loveless and rushed (by the writters, not the actors and the crew!), Daenerys still would have had her downfall. I love this video and your description so much. It's one of those videos I still come back even if I don't watch Daenerys videos normally. :D But your point of view is my point of view and it totally came through in this masterpiece.

  • @nicolerae594
    @nicolerae594 Před 4 lety +4

    I've been trying for literal days to put into words how much I love this video, but really, all I've got is I love this video!!!
    But seriously, this is the perfect encapsulation of Daenerys's journey. I will forever be bitter over the execution of season 8, but this video actually makes me want to rewatch the series in its entirety again (which I haven't felt for a long time because of, well, season 8). It also makes me appreciate Emilia's acting over the series. Your editing is just sooo good--not just with the effects but also the timing with the music and the trajectory of the story you're telling. I've rewatched so many of your videos, and Kingdom Fall was the one I would always show to other people when they didn't believe that Daenerys would become the villain in season 8. You're just so talented!!

  • @amylathwell9534
    @amylathwell9534 Před 5 lety +7

    brilliant video, as always. I too was very disappointed by s8 - especially Jon's characterisation. They really shot themselves in the foot by making the last two seasons shorter and by trying so hard to make the 'big twist' even bigger and twistier. I feel very bad for all the cast and crew because it's evident that they worked so hard with what they were given

  • @forrestpowell12
    @forrestpowell12 Před 4 lety +5

    5:05 hits the hardest.

  • @autumnhobbit
    @autumnhobbit Před 5 lety +2

    I don’t go here but your talent is unmatched.

  • @eddiebaby86
    @eddiebaby86 Před 5 lety +4

    Wow, that was really well put together! Love how the editing put all the pieces throughout the serious together. Really well done!

  • @royaltea5559
    @royaltea5559 Před 5 lety +2

    One of my favourite editors vidding my favourite character is such a blessing!

  • @asyabellia6791
    @asyabellia6791 Před 5 lety +1

    I am crying right now, this is so beautiful!

  • @Natalie-cv2nt
    @Natalie-cv2nt Před 4 lety +1

    From the way you edited this, literally shows her flicks to madness throughout the show when it's put into a 5 min video. This felt disturbing watching her change💚seeing all that happening. You did a great job!!

  • @heatherstorey3240
    @heatherstorey3240 Před 5 lety +20

    Wow. Brilliant heen a huge fan of your work for some time. The tone of this video captured the pure anger in her quest for the throne she had. Amazing video

  • @allysonctibor8351
    @allysonctibor8351 Před 2 lety +1

    How have i not seen this. Very well done!!

  • @octobremikee8699
    @octobremikee8699 Před 5 lety +1

    That video mesmerizing... and the description!! You slayed.

  • @NastasiyaPlato
    @NastasiyaPlato Před 5 lety +11

    the last part was so powerful!
    I love the vibe you've created, especially the song choice. It's just thrilling and beautiful.

  • @alexisrodrigues3746
    @alexisrodrigues3746 Před 5 lety +2

    You just mixed my fav character with my favorite band
    Thank you ♡

  • @PokeLSouma
    @PokeLSouma Před 5 lety +20

    I 100% agree with everything you wrote. To me as well, it was predictable that they would take this route for her. She has always been cruel. While not evil, definitly not a good person either. And even when I didn't feel it came "out of nowhere", the change from giving up her goal for the greater good, to burning an entire city down just because... well.. it just didn't deliver. Everything between the long night and the battle at Kings Landing we would've needed at least another episode to make it work and it's so frustrating because I agree with almost every idea that the ending had. WHAT happened was never my problem with it, just the HOW.
    But anyway, this should be about the video, not the show. I honestly loved this edit, I had shivers from about the middle point to the end because you're just -so- good with voiceovers and I love how you jump back and forth between her being a good person and a mad man, because that's essentially what Dany is all about. One of the best and most thorought Dany tributes I've seen for sure.

    • @linaaviles430
      @linaaviles430 Před 5 lety +3

      PokeLSouma tired of this “Dany was never a good person” argument 🙄

    • @PokeLSouma
      @PokeLSouma Před 5 lety +4

      @@linaaviles430 well, but she wasn't. Not by my definition of a good person anyway. To me, when you torture people like that, no matter if those people are bad, no matter your ideas, you're just.. not a good person in my eyes. Two wrongs don't make a right. Like I said, she wasn't -evil-. People can be just.. neutral, you know. She had great goals, she definitely cared for people. But she was always cruel, and she was always hungry for power, even when a bit less so at the start. That's the thing about GoT. People aren't just good and bad, they're grey, and that's why this show is so good.

    • @fingolfinofnoldor3592
      @fingolfinofnoldor3592 Před 5 lety +4

      @Cynthia Zavala But D&D retconned her entire character in season 8. What I meant by saying that D&D retconned her entire character in season 8, this is what D&D wants us to swallow with this new Dany:
      -Dany’s exclusive motivation forever has been the Iron Throne. Until she fell in love with Jon. Any other motivations (compassion, freeing slaves etc.) or actions are purely in the viewers head and a misinterpretation. What she told Sansa in 8x02 was not a diplomatic decision to leave certain things out (and what diplomatic purpose would be served by leaving her good motivations out anyhow?), but the actual truth about what she thought.
      -Dany is in the North to fight the War against the Dead, not because she has come to believe in the greater importance of Jon’s cause, or any noble motivation. In fact that has nothing to do with it (contrary to what we saw in 7x06). No, she is here only out of love of Jon.
      -Dany still compelled Jon and demanded he bend the knee as a condition of her help (contra 7x06). Hence Jon’s statement in 8x01 that he had to either keep his Crown or save the North was not meant to throw Dany under the bus but rather a retcon of what we saw in season 7.
      The fact that Dany and her advisors didn't react to what he said makes it more nonsensical.
      -Dany is essentially an unfeeling psychopath with respect to all people other than the few she actually cares for and has deep attachments to (e.g. Jorah, Missandei, and most prominently, Jon). The statement by the Samwell Tarly actor after 8x01 was correct in this as far as what the show was actually trying to show us in that scene between Dany and Sam. We didn’t see it that way back then because, once again, that makes no sense with the woman we have come to know in prior seasons. As a result the only things that can be used to motivate her not to act in the worst and most evil ways possible are either pragmatic arguments about how she may be perceived (because she does not want to appear like a psychopath) or the concern that a particular action may make her fall in the eyes of the very few people she actually does care for. Nothing else. No deeper or evolved sense of morality. Retconned out.
      -Dany’s motivations for the throne are purely selfish. She is not doing it (even in part) out of any sense of duty to the restoration and continuation of House Targaryen (as, for example, can be argued for others who want to restore the feudal position of their Houses). The fact that she has additional family does not make her happy in the least. There is no conflict in heart whatsoever on the issue. It is just a problem for her pure and simple. The fact that she may have a way to continue the Targaryen dynasty after her (a deep concern for book Dany and even show Dany in 7x07) does not even register. These concerns are gone. Retconned out.
      -Any and every (apparent) act of benevolence or kindness from her is actually nothing more than a manipulative act meant to get her closer to the throne (or to tie the few people she loves more closely to her). That is why Sansa’s looks when she legitimizes Gendry are so nasty.
      -Dany is too unwilling to take the opinion of anyone else and will force her own views on anything, even on Jon if they were married. She is never going to allow an equal partner in any sense. Forget that she almost accepted every piece of advice he gave her in season 7 when they weren’t even as close as they should be now. Somehow being much more in love will make her less likely to listen to him. Because she has been retconned again.
      -Even her character development about recognizing the Mad King’s evils is reversed. Sansa can forgive Jaime’s recent transgressions against her family despite Jaime telling her to her face that he’d do it again coz it was war. But Dany wants to avenge the mad King. No recognition that he was an evil man as she said to Jon in 7x03. And finally
      -Dany actually suffers, at least to some degree, from the old Targaryen madness too, and it starts manifesting when she is angry, or unhappy etc.
      And no, her going mad queen was never going to happen. Did you forget that she was a teenager who fell in love with Drogo because of Stockholm Syndrome?
      Characters throughout the series have sacked cities and murdered innocents all over the place. Robb ordered his men to rape and pillage their way through the Westerlands in order to "pay Tywin Lannister back with his own coin."
      That kind of standard medieval warfare is totally different than the decision to murder an entire city of innocent people for no reason after the city has surrendered.
      The fact that the show makes Dany a mass murdering psychopath proves absolutely nothing. The show has completely misrepresented every single character in the series - why should we assume it's representing Dany in a fair way now when it never has before?
      Just because some plot points are going to be similar doesn't mean the characterization will be. Every single character in the show has been twisted into some funhouse version of themselves so D&D can validate their own moral judgements about the book characters.
      Take Tyrion for example:
      In the books, Tyrion pledges to kill Jaime, Cersei, and Tywin. He murders Shae - it's not self defense. He goes to Essos and rapes a few slaves, hoping that he can make them hate him as much as he hates himself. He convinces fAegon to sail his Golden Company army to Westeros because he wants to see the world burn down. Then he goes to Dany, intent on doing the same thing, and he asks that in return for his service he should be allowed to rape and kill his sister.
      In the show, he's a funny dwarf. He goes to Dany because gee-whiz he just wants to make the world a better place - isn't that great? He drinks and he knows things and makes cock jokes to Varys! LOL!!
      I'm sure they some plot points are similar, but the characterization is comically off-mark.
      Dany's not going to be a villain in the books any more than Tyrion is going to be a hero. George writes grey characters, but D&D have simplified everyone down to cardboard "good guys" and "bad guys" based on which ones they like and dislike.
      One of the main issue is that the show equates ruthless ambition with madness. I think in the books Daenerys is going towards a path of being so ruthless that she is called mad (by her enemies) but that she is never mentally ill like her father was. Making her mad takes away all her agency as a character and reduces the weight of her choices as something "she couldn't help doing because she's crazy.'' Making her mad turns her into a one-dimensional villain.

    • @wolfsbanealphas617
      @wolfsbanealphas617 Před 8 měsíci

      I never understood how she could instinctively tolerate the smell of burned flesh

  • @achingheart
    @achingheart Před 3 lety +2

    As always, your works are superior ✨

  • @TruthWiz
    @TruthWiz Před 5 lety +1

    AnneSoshi As usual, you've done an exquisite job on this video. I love the way you work with the subtle of images and the power and potency in the music you choose. You're an amazing and gifted editor. I truly love this video. Thank you with all my heart.

  • @Sophia.Stark17
    @Sophia.Stark17 Před 5 lety +2

    So much writing and acting potential (Emilia would be amazing, we got only but a glimpse) in this twist w a s t e d. I completely agree with what you're saying in the description. When people call D&D Dumb and Dumber etc, I disagree. They are not stupid, that's the easy way out. For me it is obvious that from a point on, they just stopped care. It is such a shame. Your videos are always awesome btw

  • @sdzielinski
    @sdzielinski Před 8 měsíci

    A suberb analysis told through edited video found in the source material. The clues were always there.
    My favorite clue: from memory: "Politics involves compromise." Dany: "I'm a Queen, not a politician." As a great philosopher once put it: "When you believe in things you don't understand, then you suffer." Others suffered because Dany believed a queen was not required to compromise with others. She died because she held this belief and because the belief made her a scourge on the loose.

  • @Natalie-cv2nt
    @Natalie-cv2nt Před 4 lety +1

    This was beautifully done!!

  • @sweetserieskiller
    @sweetserieskiller Před 5 lety

    Wooown😱👏🏻 You just killed me with this style. Awesome edit ❤️🔥

  • @l.k.3660
    @l.k.3660 Před 5 lety +2

    This is really really beautiful. And powerful. And really shows her as a character. For who she is.

  • @tonyplyler6203
    @tonyplyler6203 Před 3 lety

    What an amazing video. Bravo! This is one of the best I’ve seen.

  • @pratyhi5
    @pratyhi5 Před 4 lety +1

    I couldn't imagine listening to this song without the words from GoT. I disagree strongly with your understanding and portrayal of Dany, but I appreciate the aesthetic pleasure I derive from it. I see what you're trying to show me.

  • @clobleh3957
    @clobleh3957 Před 5 lety +5

    I think the way she ended was the way she was going to end since the beginning. The hope that become the threat. But I think we would have needed at least twelve episode to end this well. You just depicted her way to madness so well.

  • @Naschy88
    @Naschy88 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you! I love the Linkin Park and this is a great video! Your editings are one of the best!! Thanks!!

  • @dinaaaRS
    @dinaaaRS Před 5 lety

    Loved your video and your description of her character arc

  • @valquiria889
    @valquiria889 Před 5 lety

    The chills, man, the chills!!! A-m-a-z-i-n-g!!!

  • @gabygal7
    @gabygal7 Před 5 lety +3

    So damn good!!!! Girl you know I agree with everything you wrote. And yes yes yes it’s what makes Dany such a good flawed character it’s such a shame D&D botched the execution 😭 but this??? This is epic!!!

  • @Omi791
    @Omi791 Před 5 lety

    You summed it up nicely in your description, if anyone saw her rise in mereen and the reasons of her restrain against her enemies, would understand completely. How our loved ones tether us to humanity in real life. Which in the end she lost. And if you've read the books you'd be more awed how amazingly this character is written.

  • @mg-cx5tv
    @mg-cx5tv Před 3 lety +1

    Best danerys video

  • @batwolf9603
    @batwolf9603 Před 5 lety +1

    I usually don’t watch your GoT stuff because I’m not a Sansa person and we have different opinions of Dany, but I just knew this would be beautifully done. And it was 👍 Probably the last Game of Thrones thing I’ll ever watch

  • @PsychoVenom777
    @PsychoVenom777 Před 5 lety +6

    This is absolutely amazing! You really picked the perfect song to go with it.

  • @meghan6265
    @meghan6265 Před 4 lety

    This was wonderful!

  • @beatriceminetti2199
    @beatriceminetti2199 Před 5 lety +1

    This is amazing 👌

  • @Quiirkie
    @Quiirkie Před 5 lety +4

    Love your description! It's so articulate and exactly what I feel towards her character also, of course she is going to be the bad guy. It all pointed that way, from the slave masters view point she has been the villain for quite some time! "History is written by the victors" is a saying that comes to mind. It could of been handled so much better than it was. Oh well I'll wait for the books and see how george ends it!
    Love your glitchy effects and the song couldn't be more perfect for Daenerys. Beautiful scene choice. I especially liked your use of the "wake the dragon" quote. Sent chills down my spine.
    Beautiful work as always

  • @meritam6763
    @meritam6763 Před 5 lety +1

    Beautiful editing and you are one of the best vidders! (although i do still disagree with your interpretation of dany but that has more to do with believing she has a different role in terms of asoiaf)

  • @Geenz
    @Geenz Před 5 lety +5

    This is a work of art, u did dany more justice than d&d did

  • @jahgarciaGOT
    @jahgarciaGOT Před 5 lety +8

    It takes your video to somehow fix what D&D had butchered. THIS IS GOLD. Thank you for this!

  • @candelfairy
    @candelfairy Před 5 lety

    Very well done. Amazing

  • @bauernhofgermanshepherds4210

    Excellent video!

  • @MaddyWinkel
    @MaddyWinkel Před 5 lety +1

    Amazing! 😊

  • @sayanalimana697
    @sayanalimana697 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful and heartbreaking 💔💔💔

  • @kateFGMP
    @kateFGMP Před 5 lety +3

    Oh my friend! I'm so proud of you. I still remember when you hit 100 subscribers. I knew your future would be beautiful. Your journey was amazing, I've never shown my own videos to my friends, but I always show yours. And this Daenerys tribute? My favorite character!! Are you kidding me? I'm not discussing about GOT because I'm still butthurt. Yeah, I always knew she would be the antagonist, but I will never accept the way they did it. Well, congratulations!!!! Now I'm rooting for the 1 Million mark!

  • @StainedRedFlowers
    @StainedRedFlowers Před 5 lety +1

    Despite seeing all but two episodes of this show, I know for a fact you’ve done this character justice. Such a gorgeously complex masterpiece

  • @wiktoriakoodziejczak720

    incredible

  • @isabellafrancine2729
    @isabellafrancine2729 Před 5 lety +1

    My Queen, Blood of my Blood

  • @virginianegrei5382
    @virginianegrei5382 Před 5 lety +1

    The Queen..👸❤❤❤❤

  • @fairysaurus7557
    @fairysaurus7557 Před 5 lety +1

    Wow that short clip that flashes between visereon and viserys

  • @emmaekrem3251
    @emmaekrem3251 Před 5 lety +1

    Omg omg omg so goood👌👌👌👏👏👏

  • @promisestarxd9487
    @promisestarxd9487 Před 5 lety

    This made me so sad 😭

  • @jonaydlpc5133
    @jonaydlpc5133 Před 5 lety

    Majestic ♥

  • @shygirl7
    @shygirl7 Před 4 lety

    Great video

  • @Hani-nw4qh
    @Hani-nw4qh Před 5 lety +2

    I'm still pissed on how game of thrones ended

  • @lrlavalais2068
    @lrlavalais2068 Před rokem +1

    When you realize it was only blood magic that made her invisible to FIRE.

    • @wolfsbanealphas617
      @wolfsbanealphas617 Před 8 měsíci

      Facts that witch must have been strong since her cursed lasted so long

  • @danasiaj2853
    @danasiaj2853 Před 5 lety

    this is amazing! can u make one for octavia Blake? 💗💞💗💞

  • @lilitifrock
    @lilitifrock Před 5 lety

    I agree with you on many things here abt Daenerys, and this vid is absolutely amazing, a very honest and very in depth tribute to this character, wonderfully edited, as always!

  • @verannaca
    @verannaca Před 5 lety +1

    Crazy how your fan video did a better job of explaining this character than the 8th season did. You definitely did her better justice. Well done.

  • @__Lopps
    @__Lopps Před 5 lety +2

    My favorite character. 🤓

  • @alishalovrich
    @alishalovrich Před 2 lety +3

    Fucking masterpiece

  • @meloderieugif2294
    @meloderieugif2294 Před 4 lety +2

    I know we've had clues since always, I know she's a Targaryen and all but I'll never get over the fact she's not Azor Ahai and went mad instead. Amazing edit.

  • @silmarwen9971
    @silmarwen9971 Před 5 lety +1

    absolute marvelous editing!

  • @heyyats386
    @heyyats386 Před 5 lety

    YAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  • @lili5834
    @lili5834 Před 4 lety

    U did a better job than D&D, soo much potential for the mad queen ending.

  • @misaghkhosravi4541
    @misaghkhosravi4541 Před rokem

    There is nothing to be afraid of;) fear is just an illusion

  • @Estaaaas
    @Estaaaas Před 5 lety +4

    This was awesome :) and the songchoice, well done!
    Daenerys, I loved her in season 1, she grew from exciled princess to great khaleesi and mother of dragons. And with season 2 and 3 her story slowly started to show her fire and blood temper and we were being prepared for her becoming main antagonist, yes, i agree her story in last season was rushed, but.. the story itself would still be the same if there was more seasons, the things that effected her the most had to happen in short period of time (jorah's death, rhaegal's death, missandei's death) so she wouldn't have time to recover from all those things , it had to happen all at once so she would't have time to recover after each of these events.. and all of these things which happened at once just woked the dragon in her. So.. in the end, for me.. I think, that they had to speed her story little bit.

  • @celesteodair1834
    @celesteodair1834 Před 5 lety

    I am the one who love GOT S08 😂
    Great edit, it is so beautiful !

  • @theseerofthe9realms
    @theseerofthe9realms Před 4 lety

    Be no longer sad for I am forever hear now a friend may rise:)

  • @Iamsarrath
    @Iamsarrath Před 5 lety

    chester ❤️

  • @emotionaldrug61
    @emotionaldrug61 Před 5 lety +2

    reasons i clicked on this video in no particular order:
    the song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    your name
    got
    reason(s) i leave this comment here:
    fcking awesome man, you almost made me forget how much i disliked the last season
    also the song

  • @Filmsber5
    @Filmsber5 Před 5 lety +3

    An abused woman who was a rape survivor and one of the few characters caring about the common people enough to fight for them having a voice going a "mad queen" route will absolutely never make sense to me neither its implications or people's acceptance of the woman unable to attain power without becoming 'mad' or simply incapable of being emotionally strong to carry the weight of it.
    A woman being killed by her lover during her most defenseless time to portray him as a 'tragic hero' and making her be put down like a rabid dog will never make sense to me neither will it bring any gratification.
    The video is absolutely amazing with a lot of emotion and beauty portrayed and even if we do not agree on what happened to her character. Good luck on future projects.

    • @nietzsche77666
      @nietzsche77666 Před 5 lety +3

      I feel you. You can nitpick a lot and search around in the psychology the show and the books gave you to come to any critical points about her character, how wrong she was here, how power-craving she became then, how bad her behaviour was there and so on... Still, we all have to remember the people who wrote her decided to write a female lead character representative of a classical woman of power, a woman of empowerment, a woman of politics - and they also decided to end her in the most devastating way imaginable, as a mass murdering war criminal, that should never be considered as a role model even in the slightest (that's the message at least I get from this story!) There were already a lot of other women in the show, none of them fared much better if coming close to any position of authority, except Sansa in the show, a very passive character without any political goals or ideals, which is very clearly written as a kind of red herring to gaslight away from the plan they had for their main female character.
      It doesn't look good, whether you want to blame D&D, or even Martin himself , who may still give a more complex or nuanced idea of a "mad queen" or a "dark turn" or a whole different arc... or he may not. Writing like this should always be questioned with the utmost scrutiny. Why does anyone want to write his characters like this?
      "Power corrupts", yeah we got it, great deep insight. But should we all just stay like the "morally superior" male leads who never would talk openly about wanting power, but can just wait till the authors stick their thrones in their asses in the end anyway? Did they free a whole continent of slavery with this attitude? Which is somehow a bad thing that makes you mass murderer in the end, because... power corrupts, things could get rough, yada yada? Isn't this the most stupid thing we all ever heard about politics, just as childish as it is cynical as the story plays out? We will see if the books will ever be written. But I don't have high hopes we really will read anything more satisfying considering the political and ethical subtext it will provide in the end.

  • @VibrantlyDark
    @VibrantlyDark Před 3 lety +2

    Emilia needs a Emmy, even though they ruined season 8, she still had impeccable acting

  • @PolkaDotz212
    @PolkaDotz212 Před 5 lety +1

    #DaenerysDeservedBetter

    • @Natalie-cv2nt
      @Natalie-cv2nt Před 4 lety

      The soft hearted Daenerys died throughout season 1🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @madwolfgarton9997
    @madwolfgarton9997 Před 5 lety +2

    "Your enemies did not lie."
    "Your just more of the same."

  • @michelleraven1832
    @michelleraven1832 Před 5 lety

    She deserved better than season 8 gave her...
    Great vid by the way 😁

  • @sarthaksharma8407
    @sarthaksharma8407 Před 3 lety +1

    linkin park is awesome with got

  • @teddypink
    @teddypink Před 5 lety +2

    Oh I missed your vids! I hope you'll make a new one of Sansa :)

  • @Saltwaterfish96
    @Saltwaterfish96 Před 5 lety +1

    This video has better character development than all of season 8.

  • @leonie6463
    @leonie6463 Před 5 lety +1

    PLEASE DO A STRANGER THINGS 3 edit

  • @kikima258
    @kikima258 Před 5 lety +5

    It was clear to me that she will become a tyrant she tried diplomacy in mereen and it didn't work but fire and blood always did they should have let her choose this path since season 6 adding the hallicinations from adwd( remember who u are, fire and blood and dragons plant no trees) so after a long time struggling with these 2 sides of her personalety she finally embraces her dragon side after the faillure in slavers bay

  • @gayetriroychoudhury3787

    Long live khalessi.

  • @taslimalia3644
    @taslimalia3644 Před 4 lety +4

    3:58 of course you don't have “love” here. you saved the north from the night king, that would ensure their gratitude but not “love”. northern people weren't mereenes slaves who never knew love or kindness. so when daenerys gave them freedom, they loved her instantly. i always liked daenerys but i felt that she didn't have to do very much, or sacrifice very much to earn the love of people, before she came to westeros. conquering the heart of the northerners would have been a real challenge, but she was so demanding at that point that it seemed impossible

  • @HimitsuMV
    @HimitsuMV Před 5 lety +1

    Arrepiei-me desde o primeiro ao último segundo. Para mim Daenerys será sempre a legitima rainha.
    Também quero fazer um vídeo dela e irei fazer. Obrigado por este maravilhoso tributo.
    Long may she reign.