etherealdany:anti-parallels between daenerys & the current/future/potential ruling elite of
etherealdany:anti-parallels between daenerys & the current/future/potential ruling elite of westeros: 3/?↳in jon iii adwd, stannis and melisandre force the captured free folk to burn pieces of a weirwood tree and feed it to a fire for r’hllor in order to display their submission to stannis. in return, stannis guarantees food, shelter, and safety. in short, the free folk have to defile their own religion against their will to be accepted into the realm. on the other hand, in dany vi adwd, when grey worm asks dany permission for the unsullied to purify themselves in the sea after burning the corpses of dead astapori refugees and distributing food to ill and dying refugees, dany asks him which god he worships, to which grey worm explains that the unsullied worship a lady of spears known by many different titles, and that only those who have “burned their manhoods upon their alter” may speak her name. dany does not require him to tell her the name of the goddess and allows him and the unsullied to perform their religious rites without asking for anything in return. in short, stannis disrespects the religion of his potential future subjects and forces them to go against their religion despite demanding loyalty from them, while dany respects the different religious beliefs of her people and lets them worship in whichever ways they like without demanding explanations or anything in return. -- source link
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