Joanna Robinson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You are above all.
mere mortals, as the Targaryens like to believe themselves anyway.
And you're above even any other Targaryen.
You are Targaryen supreme.
And he's like, do some ayahuasca with me.
Exactly.
Daenerys freaking Targaryen.
Well, it's God versus gods, right?
Yes.
We have God on our side.
We have gods on our side.
Like, what is happening here?
It's very, very interesting to me.
And what I think is really interesting about that is, like, if you think about Rhaenyra who has, you know, all of these characters have gone through a fuckload.
Yes.
But, like, when you think about what Rhaenyra has lost and the grief that she has come through the other side of, loss of children, et cetera, et cetera.
that is a time when so many people turn to their faith for comfort, for guidance, and for explanation of how did all of these horrible things happen to me?
How can I justify, how can I believe in a just world?
And if it's like, hey, this is ordained, this is what has to be, and all of this sacrifice and all of this loss and all of this personal loss is because it is
the will of the dragon gods, the, you know, whatever the case may be, to fulfill this prophecy, you have a great and terrible purpose that you need to fulfill and it will be worth it.