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pepperups:

saddest asoiaf quotes [10/?]

At first the magisters and archons and merchant princes were pleased to welcome the
last Targaryens to their homes and tables, but as the years passed and the Usurper
continued to sit upon the Iron Throne, doors closed and their lives grew meaner. Years
past they had been forced to sell their last few treasures, and now even the coin they had
gotten from Mother’s crown had gone. In the alleys and wine sinks of Pentos, they called
her brother “the beggar king.” Dany did not want to know what they called her.

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ssansastark:

Dany gasped. They were the most beautiful things she had ever seen, each different than the others, patterned in such rich colors that at first she thought they were crusted with jewels, and so large it took both of her hands to hold one. She lifted it delicately, expecting that it would be made of some fine porcelain or delicate enamel, or even blown glass, but it was much heavier than that, as if it were all of solid stone. The surface of the shell was covered with tiny scales, and as she turned the egg between her fingers, they shimmered like polished metal in the light of the setting sun. One egg was a deep green, with burnished bronze flecks that came and went depending on how Dany turned it.

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Sorry to break it to you, but Daenerys WAS raped in the books.

windinyoursnail:

lyannas:

Because it bothers theonngreyjoy and I, and because we’re both tired of seeing posts insist the opposite, I’d like to clear the air and make sure we’re not erasing a victim’s trauma.

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I like to reblog this every now and then.

Every time I see someone quote the whole “sun and stars and moon and blah, blah, blah" it’s so… unsettling. In the books AND the show Dany is raped, abused, and traumatized.

Daenerys is sold into a marriage with a stronger, older, violent man who has an army of 40,000 other violent, vile men. Age difference aside (which is all I need, really) you’re telling me that’s not a power indifference already? Daenerys COULDN’T say no, even if she wanted to. Between Drogo and Viserys she’s left no alternative (except maybe dying…).

To make it even worse: Drogo saw how much pain she was in. Dany rode for so long she was in immense pain, so much so that she needed help getting off of her horse every night. Yet, despite knowing his wife was in pain, Drogo STILL elected to rape her VIOLENTLY. He listened to her say “no” (maybe) ONE TIME, and that’s supposed to be enough? Consent once doesn’t mean consent always.

And, even if this is “common for the time period!!!” It’s. Still. Fucking. Gross.

It’s not romantic. It’s not “relationship goals”. It’s a relationship based off of fear, rape, power, and abuse. Fuck Khal Drogo.

scratchybeardsweetmouth:

“His blunt words startled her. It seemed as though all the things she had always believed were suddenly called into question… Dany rode along quietly for a time, working his words like a puzzle box. It went against everything that Viserys had ever told her to think… Yet the more she thought on Jorah’s words, the more they rang of truth.”

– Daenerys III, A Game of Thrones

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early-sunsets:

I fight like a girl. I fight like a girl who refuses to be a victim. I fight like a girl who’s tired of being ignored, humored, beaten or raped. I fight like a girl who’s sick of not being taken seriously. I fight like a girl who’s been pushed too far. I fight like a girl who offers and demands respect. I fight like a girl who has a lifetime of anger, strength, and pride pent up in her girly body. I fight like a girl who fights back. (insp.)

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bitchfromtheseventhhell:

No, she shouted, or perhaps she only thought it, for no whisper of sound escaped her lips. She was being carried. Her eyes opened to gaze up at a flat dead sky, black and bleak and starless. Please, no. The sound of Mirri Maz Duur’s voice grew louder, until it filled the world. The shapes! she screamed. The dancers! ♛ Daenerys Targaryen Appreciation || Magic ♛

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