Daenerys Targaryen

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Character
Name: Daenerys Targaryen
Occupation:
Relationships: Aerys Targaryen (father/uncle), Rhaella Targaryen (mother/aunt), Rhaegar Targaryen (brother), Viserys III Targaryen (brother), Khal Drogo (husband), Daario Naharis (lover), Jon Snow (lover), Rhaego (stillborn son), Drogon, Rhaegal, & Viserion (dragon "children")
Fandom: Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire
Other: played Emilia Clarke
"A waist up illustrated portrait of Daenereys, wearing a scaled leather armor top and a green skirt, with the sun in background behind her head"
Khaleesi by Inna-Vjuzhanina (2019)
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Daenerys Targaryen is a fictional character from A Song of Ice and Fire, and is played by Emilia Clarke on the HBO television series Game of Thrones.

I think she sees something about herself in the slaves she encounters and frees. She sees herself in the women who were abused, so she rescues them, she sees herself in part of the unsullied as they were also taken from their homes and families and raised to be something else[1]

Fandom

Pairings

Daenerys is a widely, diversely-shipped character, to the extent she is one of the Little Black Dresses of ASoIaF/GOT fandom. This may be because her unique position in the story allows for the easy creation of AU scenarios or simply a result of her overall popularity as a character.

Person Ship
Jon Snow Daenerys Targaryen/Jon Snow
Jorah Mormont Daenerys Targaryen/Jorah Mormont
Sansa Stark Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
Khal Drogo Daenerys Targaryen/Drogo
Yara Greyjoy (Asha Greyjoy) Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen
Daario Naharis Daario Naharis/Daenerys Targaryen
Arya Stark Arya Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
Robb Stark Robb Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
Aegon VI Targaryen Aegon VI Targaryen/Daenerys Targaryen
Viserys Targaryen Daenerys Targaryen/Viserys Targaryen
Margaery Tyrell Daenerys Targaryen/Margaery Tyrell
Tyrion Lannister Tyrion Lannister/Daenerys Targaryen
Jaime Lannister Daenerys Targaryen/Jaime Lannister

Statistics

  • In 2016 Daenerys Targaryen was the most popular character in the Meereen storyline on Tumblr[2]
  • In 2017 Daenerys Targaryen was the 7th most popular Game of Thrones character on Archive of Our Own[3]
  • In 2019, during the final season, Daenerys was the third most popular Game of Thrones character on Tumblr[4]

Common Tropes in Fanworks

  • Modern AU: modern setting, where she knows or meets other characters from the series
  • High School AU or College AU: common because of her relative age
  • Canon Divergence AU: varies, Daenerys and her family are never sent into exile, she returns at different points during the series
  • Futurefic: often where she was Queen of the Seven Kingdoms
  • Daenerys Lives: she does not die in season 8, or is resurrected
  • No Mad Queen or Dany Stays Sane: stories that ignore, or fix, Daenerys' quick descent into madness

Challenges

Fanworks

Fan Art

Fanfiction

Fan Vids

Cosplay

Gallery

Fanart

  • Summer: Daenerys by AkiCarlito – Fanart inspired by the The Seasons series by Alphonse Mucha.

    Summer: Daenerys by AkiCarlito – Fanart inspired by the The Seasons series by Alphonse Mucha.

  • Daenerys in the style of Alphonse Mucha by Simona Bonafini.

    Daenerys in the style of Alphonse Mucha by Simona Bonafini.

  • Daenerys by Maggie Chiang – Daenerys with Drogon and a flowering eucalyptus bough.

    Daenerys by Maggie Chiang – Daenerys with Drogon and a flowering eucalyptus bough.

  • Daenerys and Drogon in ukiyo-e style by William Chua (2015)‎.

    Daenerys and Drogon in ukiyo-e style by William Chua (2015)‎.

  • Daenerys and Drogon in ukiyo-e style by William Chua (2020)‎.

    Daenerys and Drogon in ukiyo-e style by William Chua (2020)‎.

  • "Illustration of Daenerys kneeling and reaching towards a tree sapling growing out of the snowy ground, behind her is a red door"

    Daenerys by JanainaArt (2014)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys standing, wearing black robs and a red sash that flows in the wind, behind her is the head of a full sized Drogon breathing fire"

    Dracarys! by Geirahod (2019)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys riding a white horse and dropping a whip from her hand, in the background stands many members of the Unsullied holding shields and spears"

    Breaker of Chains by Inna-Vjuzhanina (2019)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys laying exhausted a against a boulder, she is wearing a blue cloth halterneck top and green skirt"

    Desert Winds by Inna-Vjuzhanina (2019)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys riding on Drogan's back, her hair whipping in the icy wind, she is wearing a full length black coat decorated with a three-headed dragon brooch"

    Dracarys! by Inna-Vjuzhanina (2017)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys standing in a garden, wearing a blue dress with gold ornamentation at the waist and shoulder with attached cape, in the background two hummingbirds are flying"

    The Great City of Qarth by Inna-Vjuzhanina (2019)

  • "Illustration of a smiling Daenerys being lifted up by many hands, in the distance her three dragons fly through a blue sky with white clouds"

    Mhysa by Inna-Vjuzhanina (2019)

  • "Naked Daenerys with baby dragons, she holds Drogon close to her heart, while Rhaegal and Viserion sits on each shoulder"

    Mother of Dragons by Inna-Vjuzhanina (2019)

  • "Illustration of a sad looking Daenerys, in a pink dress. In the background is a field of grasses and flowers"

    Silver Princess by Inna-Vjuzhanina (2019)

  • Daenerys by Varsam Kursia

    Daenerys by Varsam Kursia

  • "Illustration of Daenerys sitting on the Iron Throne, with a juvenile Dragon wrapped around her"

    Daenerys Targaryen by TheLivingShadow (2015)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys, with Drogon roaring in the background"

    Mother of Dragons by OffbeatWorlds (2016)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys, dressed in a black coat, with Drogon behind her"

    Daenerys Stormborn by Marion Pasia (2018)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys, in the foreground is the head of Drogon, in the background is Rhaegal"

    Winds of Winter by Jessica Pelletier (2018)

  • "Illustration of Daenerys, over her shoulder is the head of a juvenile Drogon"

    Mother of Dragons by RocioRodriguez (2017)

  • Daenerys and her dragons in ukiyo-e style by Sandra Tirado Mestre (2018)‎.

    Daenerys and her dragons in ukiyo-e style by Sandra Tirado Mestre (2018)‎.

  • "Illustration of Daenerys, with Drogon in the sky behind her, they are surrounded by smoke and ash"

    Mother of Dragons by Zeich (2016)

Cosplay

Archive and Links

Resources

References

  1. ^ "Fan, BehindtheQuaithe on The Official /r/asoiaf Character Discussion Series, Part 3: Daenerys Targaryen". Archived from the original on 2017-03-17.
  2. ^ "Fandometrics In Depth: Game of Thrones Edition". Archived from the original on 2017-06-29.
  3. ^ Game of Thrones A03 statistics
  4. ^ "Fandometrics In Depth: For The Throne Edition". Archived from the original on 2019-05-24.
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