Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3035448-20160824024303/@comment-5308269-20160826095250

Shaneymike wrote: Another thing that bothers me about the Daenerys storyline is the way her fans play the gender card anytime anyone says anything less than positive about her. "You don't like Daenerys? Why? Is it because she's a woman?"

Every time I hear something like that, I want to channel my inner Tywin and day to them, "I don't dislike Dany because she's a woman. I dislike her because she is not as righteous as you make her out to be."

Daenerys is clearly not an "underdog", despite how some people her. An this whole thing about "female empowerment" is tiresome. Half of the regular, and secondary cast, are female, and some very strong characters, so people talking about this like it's a new, revolutionary idea is just pointless to me! I seem to remember before the release of Season 6 Vanity Fair released an article about it being the year for women headlining the series, or something like that. I thought it was a bunch of desperate sounding virtue-signalling to their readers ("Oh, look how progressive and non-sexist we are! Ee-hee-hee!").