Book-Accurate Daenerys Targaryen Art Makes Me Realize A Huge Missed Game Of Thrones Opportunity

Game of Thrones missed one big opportunity when it came to Daenerys Targaryen's story, and it took a great piece of fan art to fully make me realize it. Of course, much of the discussion about Daenerys' story, and what went wrong with it, centers around Game of Thrones' ending. That saw her transform into the final villain of the show, and was controversial, to say the least.
However, HBO's adaptation made plenty of changes to Daenerys' book story - and some missteps, though also lots of smart decisions - long before Game of Thrones season 8. This extends down to basic elements such as her appearance, with Emilia Clarke's version not having the purple eyes that are typical of Valyrians, as shown in book accurate Daenerys fan art from @paparinka_art on Instagram. That itself isn't a huge problem, given it was a practical reason (the purple contacts were...
However, HBO's adaptation made plenty of changes to Daenerys' book story - and some missteps, though also lots of smart decisions - long before Game of Thrones season 8. This extends down to basic elements such as her appearance, with Emilia Clarke's version not having the purple eyes that are typical of Valyrians, as shown in book accurate Daenerys fan art from @paparinka_art on Instagram. That itself isn't a huge problem, given it was a practical reason (the purple contacts were...
- 9/2/2024
- by James Hunt
- ScreenRant
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