Seaworth'sShipmate Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 How would one describe Dany's personality? I know Ned is "chivalrous" Stannis is "rigid/determined" Tyrion is "witty" but Dany...? Dany seems like kind of a blank slate... I guess kind.. with a social conscience? brave? Im just not sure how to describe her. What words might I use? She just sort of reminds me of a 15 year old high school girl. Not mean or bitchy or anything, but just kind of self absorbed self interested girly-girl. She talks a lot about her feelings, what she would like to do, what is good for her, etc. Like a high school girl, she also doesn't have the highest empathy for people who are part of her world. She thinks Ned and Robert were evil because they helped kill her father and hero big brother Rhaegar, while failing to appreciate that her father was basically Viserys on meth. I know she cares about women, children and slaves, but these people are things she can see directly and can relate to, being pretty much a slave to Viserys for so long. Still though, as a ruler she seems kind of childish and selfish She doesn't often wonder or contemplate what is best for Westeros or what she can do to help it. Its more "when oh when can I become queen... or should I even rule Westeros at all???.....what should I do.... ughghghhg!!! Its so HARD being a teenager!" Seriously, sometimes when I read the "Dany" chapters, I feel they could all be consolidated into their own book titled "Diaries of a high school Dragon Queen" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Sword Donor Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Dany is a teenage girl. That's how I would describe her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 She is a rescuer, with everything positive and negative that implies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Civility Reigns Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Idealistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Introvert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonSnow4President Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Bits of kindhearted, bits of blackhearted. Bits of arrogance, bits of humility. Bits of intelligence, bits of mind-numbing stupidity. I think Inconsistent would be a good one word description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernXY Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Dany is a teenage girl. That's how I would describe her. Agreed, wants and tries to do the right thing, but doesn't actually know how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaworth'sShipmate Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Bits of kindhearted, bits of blackhearted. Bits of arrogance, bits of humility. Bits of intelligence, bits of mind-numbing stupidity. I think Inconsistent would be a good one word description. So like a high school girl.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonSnow4President Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 So like a high school girl.. Yes, but a high school girl who has weapons of mass destruction, sex with serial killers (but they're hot serial killers!), and a bunch of guys with their nuts cut off following her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Sword Donor Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yes, but a high school girl who has weapons of mass destruction, sex with serial killers (but they're hot serial killers!), and a bunch of guys with their nuts cut off following her. So you're saying she's the popular girl with a huge friend zone in a horror movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Saying she's just like a "high school girl" is a big generalization. It also lessens her character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernXY Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yes, but a high school girl who has weapons of mass destruction, sex with serial killers (but they're hot serial killers!), and a bunch of guys with their nuts cut off following her. Even to the Dany faithful that has to be true. Teenage girls don't make the wisest choices, especially when it comes to men. She scares me as a character because she wasn't raised like Robb or Jon to take on responsibility and know what it actually means and its consequences. She mostly making it up as she goes while Jon and Robb had Ned as a constant counselor of how to command and rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonSnow4President Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 So you're saying she's the popular girl with a huge friend zone in a horror movie? Sure, we can go with that. And for the record, I hated the vast majority of high school girls while I was in high school. The only group more brainless than a group of high school girls was a group of high school guys, although the maliciousness wasn't quite there with the guys. The bright side is most of them did a lot of growing up (both sexes, me included) in a few years after high school. It's the only real reason I have any hope left for being able to like Dany again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Saying she's just like a "high school girl" is a big generalization. It also lessens her character.Suppose that depends on your opinion on high school girls, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Stannis Laughed Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 She is homeless, which I think defines her character more than anything else. The alienation, the restlessness, the world-saving delusions, her empathy with the dispossessed, her attraction to mobile warrior types...Unlike, say, Tyrion, I don't think she knows herself very well. She really seems to believe she wants peace in Meereen, only for it to become immediately clear that she's unwiling to stick to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaworth'sShipmate Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sure, we can go with that. And for the record, I hated the vast majority of high school girls while I was in high school. The only group more brainless than a group of high school girls was a group of high school guys, although the maliciousness wasn't quite there with the guys. The bright side is most of them did a lot of growing up (both sexes, me included) in a few years after high school. It's the only real reason I have any hope left for being able to like Dany again. Tell me if you remember this type of high school girl. A pretty popular one. Not vicious and bitchy like the ones in "mean girls" but not quite the sad fat one who plays the flute and sits by herself at lunch. A "pretty" popular girl who is pleasant enough, but just a bit air headed and self absorbed the way many teens ( boys and girls) tend to be. I do think she suffered from not having a stable adult early in her life. Ser Barristan trys to fill this role, but she basically treats him like some dorky father who won't buy her a sports car or let her party till midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Cygne Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 There are a bunch of teenagers in the story. Boy teenagers. Girl teenagers. Everyone makes mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonSnow4President Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Tell me if you remember this type of high school girl. A pretty popular one. Not vicious and bitchy like the ones in "mean girls" but not quite the sad fat one who plays the flute and sits by herself at lunch. A "pretty" popular girl who is pleasant enough, but just a bit air headed and self absorbed the way many teens ( boys and girls) tend to be. I do think she suffered from not having a stable adult early in her life. Ser Barristan trys to fill this role, but she basically treats him like some dorky father who won't buy her a sports car or let her party till midnight. Some of the things she does keep me from comparing her to the popular girl who is pleasant enough (torture, mass crucifixion for example), but yes, the couple that were there weren't quite as bad as the rest of them. But once again, they didn't presume it was their right to rule a group of people with no cultural connection to them whatsoever. Quite frankly (and please remember, I'm on the strong-dislike to hate part of the Dany fan spectrum), she's the bully that's so self absorbed she doesn't think she's a bully because she goes to the soup kitchen twice a year. Which, sadly, is a lot of who I was at 17, although it was a little more often than twice a year. I think I did a lot of growing up in that regard in college and the early part of a professional career, so there's definitely hope for her. Just not sure the books' timeline is long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaworth'sShipmate Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Some of the things she does keep me from comparing her to the popular girl who is pleasant enough (torture, mass crucifixion for example), but yes, the couple that were there weren't quite as bad as the rest of them. But once again, they didn't presume it was their right to rule a group of people with no cultural connection to them whatsoever. Quite frankly (and please remember, I'm on the strong-dislike to hate part of the Dany fan spectrum), she's the bully that's so self absorbed she doesn't think she's a bully because she goes to the soup kitchen twice a year. Which, sadly, is a lot of who I was at 17, although it was a little more often than twice a year. I think I did a lot of growing up in that regard in college and the early part of a professional career, so there's definitely hope for her. Just not sure the books' timeline is long enough. Lol you might have noticed, Im not a huge Dany fan either. I was supporting Stannis before it was cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonSnow4President Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Lol you might have noticed, Im not a huge Dany fan either. I was supporting Stannis before it was cool! Yeah, I'm not a fan of Stannis for much of the same reasons I dislike Dany. Still trying to come up with a word I like better than inconsistent, but it's just not happening for me. I suppose a fan could call it dynamic, but not sure I like the connotation on that one. I see dynamic as a good thing because I want that thing to change, but I don't like my perception of Dany's changing morals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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