Fans are upset with how Game of Thrones ended.
Most of their anger was with how Dany's characterization was handled, and her ending. There has been a whole petition because of it!
Warning: Game of Thrones spoilers ahead.
Fans are upset with how Game of Thrones ended.
Most of their anger was with how Dany's characterization was handled, and her ending. There has been a whole petition because of it!
Warning: Game of Thrones spoilers ahead.
Our sweet little Dany, our Mother of Dragons, burnt a whole city of innocents to the ground.
It was the most shocking thing of the series.
Although Dany always wanted the Iron Throne, it never pushed her to this point.
She was always after evil, and she never took the lives of innocents. Especially not children.
She was going through it, and so were we.
Episode five was pretty brutal, and for a lot of us, very out of character.
But with good reason, to be fair.
It really did feel, like in the moment, it was done for complete shock value.
Minus the part where she died.
When she met her untimely fate, fans finally realized what Emilia had been foreshadowing lately.
That is literally the most awkward screencap of all time.
During this interview with Entertainment Tonight, it's clear that none of them were very happy about how their characters ended up.
Speaking to The New Yorker, Emilia discussed meeting Beyoncé. "I see this vision, this angel, this incredible woman float towards me. I can’t quite control myself. And Beyoncé says to me, ‘Oh, my goodness, it’s so wonderful to meet you. I think you’re brilliant.’ I just couldn’t handle it!"
Emilia said, "I was on the verge of tears. I could see myself reflected in her eyes. I could see her go, ‘Oh, no. I misjudged this. This girl is crazy and I’m not going to have a real conversation with another celebrity. I’m having a conversation with a crazed fan who’s looking at me like a rabbit in the headlights.'"
Emilia recounted, "And all I wanted to scream was ‘Please, please still like me even though my character turns into a mass-killing dictator! Please still think that I’m representing women in a really fabulous way.’"
She continued, "I was just, like, Oh, my God, my absolute idol in life is saying that she likes me, and I know for a fact that by the end of this season she’s going to hate me."
"I read these scripts coming on to two years ago now," She said. "When I did, I took a very long walk around London in a daze, not quite knowing how to digest the news."
She said Daenerys' ending was a surprise to her, but it was likely her own connection to the character. "Maybe I didn’t want to see it coming because I care about Daenerys too much," she said.
Emilia told The New Yorker that she wanted more dissection between her character and Cersei.
She continued with, "I just wanted to see a bit more of that. But I’m in no position to critique the geniuses that have written eight seasons’ worth of wonderful stuff."
To finish off, we have left you with the video that started it all. You could definitely see Emilia's awkward stance on her character's turn and ending.
What do you think about Dany's character arc? Let us know in the comments!