The thing I keep wondering is can people not get on with so many multi faceted strong female leads? But then everyone loved Daenerys for some reason, so it can’t be that
However, she was also made an object of sexual desire, both within the show and in the surrounding pop culture, from the very beginning. She went full nude very early on, as opposed to the female leads of House of the Dragon whose sexualisation has been a lot more subtle. Daenerys was also straight and played by a cisgendered woman, as opposed to Rhaenyra who is bisexual and played by a non-binary person.
I don’t think all criticism of the show is unfair or bigoted, but the reception has definitely been somewhat influenced by right-wing grifter “reviewer” channels who try to create pile-ons for shows that exhibit feminist and/or non-conservative social themes.
I’m worried it’ll be too influenced by what feels like unfair criticism.
Hopefully not! Like you, I have been loving this show and its deep focus on the two female leads. It’s crazy to me that people think Game of Thrones had better writing. Like maybe right at the beginning, but it was deteriorating the whole way through and basically went into freefall for the last few seasons. This one seems like it will be a more consistent journey and its narrower focus massively helps with that.
However, she was also made an object of sexual desire, both within the show and in the surrounding pop culture, from the very beginning. She went full nude very early on, as opposed to the female leads of House of the Dragon whose sexualisation has been a lot more subtle. Daenerys was also straight and played by a cisgendered woman, as opposed to Rhaenyra who is bisexual and played by a non-binary person.
I don’t think all criticism of the show is unfair or bigoted, but the reception has definitely been somewhat influenced by right-wing grifter “reviewer” channels who try to create pile-ons for shows that exhibit feminist and/or non-conservative social themes.
This is a very interesting point and maybe does explain a large chunk of my confusion about the shows perception.
Anyway, I’m realy excited to have more of it, though I’m worried it’ll be too influenced by what feels like unfair criticism.
Hopefully not! Like you, I have been loving this show and its deep focus on the two female leads. It’s crazy to me that people think Game of Thrones had better writing. Like maybe right at the beginning, but it was deteriorating the whole way through and basically went into freefall for the last few seasons. This one seems like it will be a more consistent journey and its narrower focus massively helps with that.