Game of Thrones’ Dany/Dothraki storyline doesn’t make any sense

"Why are the Dothraki cheering?

What are they being promised that sounds so appealing? If you were a nomadic horseman living on the steppes of Essos enjoying a lifestyle of raiding, raping, and plundering, why on earth would you want to follow a foreign, dragon-riding queen onto a bunch of boats to travel to a distant, poorer continent and start raiding there?

But she's effectively asking the Dothraki to abandon their entire way of life.

Their language doesn't even have words for "boat" or "armor" or "castle," so she has to talk about "wooden horses" and "iron suits" and "stone houses." What about her speech is supposed to be so convincing?"

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Game of Thrones’ Dany/Dothraki storyline doesn’t make any sense - Vox