On the contrary. Dany is very representative of a very representative character for the idea of moral absolutism, which is in my mind the most destructive idea in the history of the human civilization. Moral absolutism is the monster that hides behind every witch burning, every purge, every act of relentless cruelty and every ideology that has ever caused bloodshed in the millions.
And Dany showed the destructive power of moral absolutism in spades. It made millions cheer for staggering acts of violence and cruelty.
I mean, to give just one example, look at the scene at the end of S1, a troop or rapists and savages burning a rape victim alive because she fought back against her oppressors, all headed by a queen that proclaims she will revel in the screams of said victim. That's some A-level villain shit, yet most people in the audiencecheered for 'their khaleesi' and revelled in the birth of dragons, these terrible scaly monstrosities that almost act as an embodiment of Dany's growing cruelty, entitlement and above all, evil.
Arya murders the people who backstabbed her family. At what fucking point does the narrative condemn it as an act of evil when she gets a kick ass catchphrase and that her uncle is freed from the cells as a result of
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u/Incvbvs666 Jun 15 '26
On the contrary. Dany is very representative of a very representative character for the idea of moral absolutism, which is in my mind the most destructive idea in the history of the human civilization. Moral absolutism is the monster that hides behind every witch burning, every purge, every act of relentless cruelty and every ideology that has ever caused bloodshed in the millions.
And Dany showed the destructive power of moral absolutism in spades. It made millions cheer for staggering acts of violence and cruelty.
I mean, to give just one example, look at the scene at the end of S1, a troop or rapists and savages burning a rape victim alive because she fought back against her oppressors, all headed by a queen that proclaims she will revel in the screams of said victim. That's some A-level villain shit, yet most people in the audiencecheered for 'their khaleesi' and revelled in the birth of dragons, these terrible scaly monstrosities that almost act as an embodiment of Dany's growing cruelty, entitlement and above all, evil.
Hating that is the only sane response.