benjamin.mccloskey
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

The Aerys-Danaerys parallels are impossible to ignore. The Mad King was once-upon-a-time referred to as “Aerys the Wise”, and even though that was an aspirational title he never lived up to, it speaks of how optimistic everyone was about his charisma, intelligence, and ruling abilities before he cracked.

I have a feeling that by the end of the series Cersei will be a footnote and Dany will be the one known to history as the Mad Queen. She and Jon are liable to reprise the roles of King Aerys and Jaime Lannister, while simultaneously filling the Nissa Nissa role in Jon’s parallel to Azor Ahai.

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