Going Over Daenerys III, A Game of Thrones

Rereading A Game of Thrones. Here's me going over Daenerys III, AGoT
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Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on the fantasy novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. A Game of Thrones is one of the most successful television series to ever made and continues to captivate audiences all over the world. The series is set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, and interweaves several plot lines with a large ensemble cast. The first narrative arc follows a civil war among several noble houses for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms; the second covers the attempts to reclaim the throne by the exiled last scion of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty; the third chronicles the rising threat of the impending winter and the legendary creatures and fierce peoples of the North.
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[@vitormattos5368]

"Irri and Jhiqui were (...) Dothraki girls taken as slaves when Drogo destroyed their father's khalasar." Oh, this line... "their father's", not "their fathers' ", this implies Irri and Jhiqi are sisters or half-sisters... and maybe that their father was Khal. Is Irri's and Jhiqui's mom(s) in the Dosh Khaleen? Part of the one-eyed crone conspiracy?

[@memeaficionado]

Damn, good eye. Never noticed that

[@hollin220]

Good catch

[@ormurin6441]

wow that's cool

[@CosmicCorviknight]

It's interesting that dragons actually haven't been extinct for that long in the story, e.g. Walder Frey's lifespan overlaps with Ser Arlan of Pennytree who saw the the last dragon in his youth. Imagine if we had dragons in the real world but they went extinct as recently as the late 19th Century because Queen Victoria didn't like them much and Oxford academics were possibly poisoning them

[@jaysemitchells497]

that'd be so heartbreaking, but is the future as more and more animal species go extinct :(

[@nont18411]

That would be extremely realistic, to be fair. We all know how many times that the elites have screwed over the other people just because of their personal favorite/ spite. Just look at how Kyoto survived the nukes. It wasn’t bombed like Hiroshima and Nagasaki because one of the American generals used to travel there so he begged the Allies not to bomb this “nice city”.

[@ted73318]

Right now, this is my favorite content from you. Keep 'em coming, Preston.

[@Rebel_Lord_Taron]

Awesome! Let's go!! How are you doing Preston and all your beautiful Twisted people watching this video?

[@joejudge8242]

Keep it going nitpick boy, good stuff

[@detlefzockt4964]

I think the saddle is a metaphor to show Viserys‘ inability to adapt to Dothraki culture

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

No doubt- just a little silly.

[@jordanford9320]

The ghost grass is also a subtle nod to those yellow tree things (I can't remember the name) in dying of the light. They are an invasive tree species and dirk gets told they will eventually take over the whole planet of worlorn

[@Lexxir]

Wrong

[@jordanford9320]

@Lexxir no I'm not

[@secondeye1574]

I don't think Daenerys being called a Dothraki Khaleesi for Drogo's Khalasar somehow contradicts Viserys being a Westerosi King. Wasn't the idea that Dany is sold off then in exchange Drogo marches his Khalasar to put Viserys on the throne

[@Gui101do]

Preston King!

[@MBF78]

The word "hrana" is an old Slavic word, also borrowed by Romanian, which means food.

[@MrPhbahia]

A PRESTON VIDEO UPLOADED ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, REJOICE! ❤

[@lutherfloyd597]

It was her fourteenth name day

[@iliaponomarev1624]

A theory: Jon is immediately so good at going down and Dany is so good at getting up because they are telepathically gifted. It's more or less about feedback, and they both (not necessarily consciously) receive all the feedback they need through hearing the thoughts. This is why they know exactly what to do. They act like those corpses from "Meathouse Man" brothel.

[@chemputer]

Norovoshi style is a closely guarded secret, but we are fairly sure it involves bells and beards.

[@christophermills4067]

Will Preston finish AGOT before George finishes WOW?

[@leomesser415]

He has 49 chapters left so probably not

[@moonquakesoup]

Maybe yea

[@tofonofo4606]

"Before George Finishes" Hahahahahahahhahahahaha

[@wademarshall2364]

>TWOW >Finished you are funny

[@hismajestyrick2184]

Almost certainly

[@Alknix]

7:30 Were they though? If they were, you'd think she'd have started showing signs of pregnancy much earlier, seeing how she had sex every night? By the end of the chapter, when they've already crossed the whole Dothraki Sea, she has "a soft swell" that her handmaiden has only started to notice, meaning she's been pregnant for ~4 months. It seems that the quarrel on the ridge happens just a few weeks after the start of the journey.

[@mihaelo7333]

Sorry Preston but I think it’s logically inconsistent to bash Jorah for breaking his vows, while simultaneously (rightfully) criticising the concept of vows in Jamie’s story.

[@josecarbonell1984]

You can criticize the concept of marriage and then also criticize people who are bad spouses. You shouldn’t break promises, and you shouldn’t make promises you can’t keep

[@mihaelo7333]

@@josecarbonell1984 I see what you’re saying, but does that mean Jamie was wrong in killing the mad king? He made a promise he couldn’t keep.

[@josecarbonell1984]

@@mihaelo7333 it comes down to the reason. Does the reason for breaking your oath outweigh the value of keeping your oath? Jamie saved the lives of 1000s. Obviously he’s not in the wrong. Did Jorah save the lives of thousands by betraying videos Viserys? No. His motivation was either self preservation of perversion. Returning to the marriage comparison. It’s one thing to take your kids out of an abusive relationship. It’s another to ditch your spouse at the first difficulty

[@toryecohen]

i think the molten crowns comes from Valerian who was forced to swallow molten gold by his Persian captors the name is also similar

[@EdgedShadow]

Came here to say this. Seems to be where he got the name Valyrian from as well.

[@Jeroen1899]

Aren't the underground wurms from Valeria not just magma streams?

[@secondeye1574]

18:09 Please no molten maga.

[@j-rey-]

I came to comments as soon as I heard that 😂

[@princelorian]

Oh hell ya. Thanks

[@deuceyd8468]

So ur saying Jorah made a binding verbal contract?

[@bauchathemaltipoo4876]

Today, I realized that Preston has investigative skills rivaling those of FBI or CIA agents... I now fear him

[@philosopherking3764]

Will he take the buy-out?

[@martinbruno764]

15:14 "Directly contradicts the text 🤓☝️" DUH, of course dany isnt referring to the instance at her wedding, she is talking about everything that came after, which she goes in deep in the next paragraph 🤦‍♂️

[@stephaniec9539]

I feel bad for Viserys too. Dany never mourns him at all

[@martinbruno764]

Not true, she is depressed the chapter after his death and thinks of him in every book after, viserys is quite literally always in dany's mind, you'd have to have skimmed through her chapters without paying attention to come to this conclusion, either that or you let the show version of the character influence how you see the book character.

[@bearforfun]

I reread this chapter today

[@maxwell_j_R]

37:05 Jorah is awful, but this isn't really fair. Wouldn't you also criticize him if he was loyal to a bad king?

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

A good point, though I do think there is a difference between leaving service and provoking and scheming to murder someone.

[@Alknix]

@ That someone was aching to lead a Dothraki invasion into Jorah's home country (and was an all-around dickhead in general). Why wouldn't Jorah wish to remove him?

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

@@Alknixbut Jorah is super pro-invasion later.

[@Alknix]

​@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin But it would be Dany with Unsullied, not Viserys with Dothraki - big difference. Also, I'm not sure I recall him being "super" pro-invasion. If you mean when he advises her against her crusade in Slaver's Bay, then, considering what a shit-show it turned into, I'd say it was common sense.

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

@@Alknix In AGoT, after Drogo is game to invade, Jorah suggests they sell their new Llazareene slaves in Meereen and buy ships.

[@Bluemilk92]

I think this chapter is a decent way to give George a year to work with the other characters. Danny gets married at 13, pregnant at 14.

[@aakash11bajaj]

First one here ❤❤

[@secondeye1574]

Preston, when you say the eggs weren't at the wedding what are you referring to? Blood of the Dragon? Because that is clearly there in flashback form in the original chapters. Actually I'd been holding onto this comment until I got to the part where you read that passage in the chapter, but when you did you implied that it was added in this chapter, and not there in Blood of the dragon, but... from what I read it was there? Or do you mean before George actually wrote that? AFAIK we dont have anything written for that, just the outline

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

Prior to Blood of the Dragon. That came out pretty late. Earlier drafts in 94.

[@secondeye1574]

@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin Ah, the library stuff then? Do we have anything of her finding the eggs or killing Drogo in revenge for Viserys or is that all changed by that point?

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

I wonder what Preston misread this time.

[@KeithTingle]

Viserys apologist!

[@whyismyricewet1986]

When New winds chapter

[@gregcapps886]

Frame one

[@Alknix]

6:50 ... Because she's the wife of the khal?... No?..

[@gokbay3057]

Yeah, that seems pretty obvious.

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

I should have gone into this more in the video. Jorah goes back and forth between "Princess" and "Khaleesi" all through AGoT. Generally, he uses princess when he wants her to be reasonable or meek (i.e., "turn away princess."). Khaleesi is for when he wants her to be bold.

[@secondeye1574]

Is it noteworthy that Dany thinks "Her blood" instead of "My blood"? Is this passage revealing Drogon is actually female? Probably not, but it is odd that she's using third person in her internal thoughts rather than first person, unless I'm mistaken

[@gokbay3057]

Most of the internal thoughts are in third person rather than first. It is how George writes.

[@secondeye1574]

@@gokbay3057 I feel like they're written in first person usually

[@chrissyd1804]

Hi Preston did you see nerdrotic mentioned you in a video? He said he really liked the follow up ff chapter to the forsaken. He posted the video like a month ago it’s titled something like George is lazy or something… He also said you don’t like him 😂

[@princelorian]

Preston hates that guy. Hes complained about him alot

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

They're politically opposed and they're both politically passionate.

[@trenchardjj]

Is he that loser who complains about women in comic book movies?

[@shinjinobrave]

Dany is a horse confirmed

[@darksaint0124]

Why are we doing this again? We've all read these books a dozen times. What is this cope. There are other series that exist and they go on hiatus for a decade and a half. Find something else to read instead of just covering the same content for the 5th time.

[@adams.1404]

Yes Jorah is a bad knight, but isn't that basically one of the central themes around knights in the story? That vows are only as strong as the will and self-interest of those who make them? I mean the whole reason Jorah's even in Essos is because he broke the king's rules and sold slaves lol. He might very well be an asshole, but he also rightfully clocks that Viserys has little power in the khalasar, and hitches his stake with Dany/Drogo instead.