i’ll say it again. the role of daenerys in the show and in her life is something that emilia holds dear and can continue to hold dear without dany herself being this shining beacon of moral superiority. dany is a human character and she has always had flaws that she never addressed and those flaws took her character in a tragic direction. she can still be a loved character. my problem is not that emilia loves daenerys or that stans love daenerys, it’s the refusal and the excuses and the bashing (obviously mostly on the stans’ part, not emilia’s)
i know daenerys is important to people. she is an important character in pop culture and in-universe. but she doesn’t have to be perfect or pure or innocent to occupy that role. even with dark dany (and in some cases because of dark dany), there are important themes and lessons in dany’s story. and dany’s positive influences in certain people’s lives is not negated. maybe you don’t like it, and yeah the execution was shit, but dark dany has always been a possibility. i get that it sucks seeing a character you care about and believe in do bad things. it’s a tragedy. but the same way she had the capacity to do good, she had the capacity to do evil, like we all do if we aren’t careful
so be careful. be mindful of yourself. question your actions, question your morals, question your goals, question why. if you do not look back, you are lost