He kisses Daenerys and offers these emotional words: “You are my queen, now and always.” Then he stabs her in the heart. We break the wheel together.”Īn impressive speech, to be sure - but Jon Snow never impressed easily. It has been from the beginning, since you were a little boy with a bastard’s name and I was a little girl who couldn’t count to 20. Her final one comes in the form of these words to Jon: “Be with me. Daenerys Targaryen, she of so many names and titles, was always reliable for a memorable monologue. The conversation about Daenerys’ intentions does not sit well with Jon, clearly. Jon Snow: “What about everyone else?” All the other people who think they know what’s good?” Jon Snow: “How do you know? How do you know it will be good?”ĭaenerys: “Because I know what is good - and so do you.” It’s not easy to see something that’s never been before: a good world.” Jon Snow: “The world we need is a world of mercy. The world we need won’t be built by men loyal to the world we have.” If you believed that, if you truly believed it, wouldn’t you kill whoever stood between you and paradise?”ĭaenerys: “We can’t hide behind small mercies. She believes her destiny is to build a better world for everyone. Everywhere she goes, evil men die and we cheer her for it, and she grows more powerful and more sure she is good and right. The Dothraki khals she burned alive? They would have done worse to her. When she crucified hundreds of Meereenese nobles, who could argue? They were evil men.
“When she murdered the slavers of Astapor, I’m sure no one but the slavers complained,” says Tyrion. Moments later, he and Jon Snow meet in his makeshift prison cell Tyrion tries to convince Jon that the only thing to do now is take down Daenerys in order to save the rest of the world. The meaning is punctuated when Tyrion approaches and resigns as Hand of the Queen. But given the context of “The Bells,” not to mention the haunting score from Ramin Djawadi, Dany’s words take on darker meaning. It’s the same speech that, in the past, would have caused the audience to stand up and salute the Khaleesi. Women, men and children have suffered too long beneath the wheel. We will not lay down our spears until we have liberated all the people of the world! From Winterfell to Dorne, from Lannisport to Qarth, from the Summer Isles to the Jade sea. You have freed the people of King’s Landing from the grip of a tyrant. “Unsullied, all of you were torn from your mother’s arms and raised as slaves. You gave me the Seven Kingdoms,” she tells them, speaking in High Valyrian. You killed my enemies in their iron suits. He eventually reaches the Red Keep and watches as Daenerys speaks before her gathered forces, ash falling down on the ruins of King’s Landing as she sketches out her vision of the future.
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The opening acts of the series finale involve Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) literally sorting through the rubble of the disaster, discovering the dead bodies of his siblings. Indeed, many of those who believed in Daenerys throughout the series were deeply unsatisfied with the way she waged war over King’s Landing. At last, we have an answer - and it certainly won’t satisfy everyone. Would the Game of Thrones series finale restore any faith in the Mother of Dragons? That was the big question coming out of “The Bells” and heading into the last remaining hour of the series, written and directed by creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss. Tragically, much of the audience shared Dany’s same faith the fall of King’s Landing was their cruel reward. His solemn response at the time: “You’ll be ruling over a graveyard if we don’t defeat the Night King.” As it eventually turned out, even after the Night King’s defeat, Daenerys was fated to rule over a graveyard anyway. I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms, and I will.”Īn impressive speech, to be sure - but Jon Snow never impressed easily. The Dothraki hadn’t crossed the sea - any sea - and they did for me. The world hadn’t seen a dragon in centuries until my children were born. Do you know what kept me standing through all those years in exile? Faith. I have been chained and betrayed, raped and defiled.
Robert was your father’s best friend, no? I wonder if your father knew his best friend sent assassins to murder a baby girl in her crib. We fled before Robert’s assassins could find us. “I was born at Dragonstone, not that I can remember it.