Daenerys Targaryen has picked a complicated time to invade Westeros. It’s not like anyone is really all that desperate for the daughter of the Mad King, specifically, to come back and take up residence in the Red Keep. Very few are necessarily happy with Cersei but she seems to have the grudging edge with “better […]
Continue reading →Valar Morghulis! This weekly column analyzes a particular scene or two from each episode that highlight the importance of writing within storytelling. The scenes will be discussed at length and analyzed with character and overall narrative beats for the television show and the books when appropriate. A telling piece of writing in “The Spoils Of War” […]
Continue reading →“Shall we begin?” – Daenerys Targaryen With three words, the Mad King’s daughter Daenerys began her plan to reclaim the Iron Throne. Her campaign in Westeros has been something that viewers of HBO’s Game of Thrones have been expecting ever since she emerged from her husband Drogo’s funeral pyre with three newborn dragons. For six […]
Continue reading →Here’s a small appetizer just before the 4th of July sends you all off on BBQ & booze benders: two new photos were unveiled today by HBO on the MakingGameofThrones blog! Whispers of Westeros let fans know that the new images were available. The first image (above) shows Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) approaching the throne in […]
Continue reading →In addition to the Game of Thrones cover story, Time also brings us several interviews today. First up, Emilia Clarke shares how playing Daenerys has changed her, her mixed feelings about onscreen nudity, and her love for her dragons. When Clarke was offered the role of Daenerys Targaryen, she had recently graduated from drama school and […]
Continue reading →New stills from season 7 have been released, offering a closer look at where we’ll find Arya, Daenerys and Sansa come this July.
Continue reading →With the destruction of the Sept of Baelor, the murder of hundreds and an ominous coronation scene at the end of season 6, Game of Thrones will be starting season 7 with an official Evil Queen™ on its hands in the form of Cersei Lannister.
Continue reading →Threezero has announced the release of their new 1/6th scale collectible Daenerys Targaryen figure, the latest addition to their collectibles line of Game of Thrones characters which has previously included Jon Snow, Eddard Stark, Tyrion Lannister and, most recently, Sandor “The Hound” Clegane.
Continue reading →The stars of Game of Thrones are returning to Belfast for season 7, and soon we’ll have a host of new locations to keep an eye on. Already there’s activity going on in Northern Ireland, as production prepares for filming of the new season. IrishThrones reports that activity has been spotted out in Corbet, the village that […]
Continue reading →Daenerys Targaryen is not fireproof. How could the showrunners reuse a plot device from Season 1? Fan-Fiction! These are the common complaints that A Song of Ice and Fire fans have on Daenerys’ fateful confrontation with the khals from Game of Thrones’ “Book of the Stranger.” It is also a scene that I, myself, had […]
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