" Khaleese "... Julia Gillard reveals Game of Thrones addiction

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I expect some of you Ozzies suspected this, although as a fan myself she is
probably more cunning like Queen Cersie......





Julia Gillard reveals Game of Thrones addiction

PM says she became hooked on TV show about feuding fiefdoms during her summer break

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5IYYm0FuAfk

Lenore Taylor

Lenore Taylor, political editor

guardian.co.uk, Sunday 26 May 2013 20.42 BST

It’s a bloody tale of warring clans fighting for control of the throne – so it should
perhaps come as little surprise to Game of Thrones fans that Julia Gillard is an avid
viewer.

Revealing herself as a fan of the HBO series in an interview with Guardian Australia,
the prime minister said she had been drawn into George RR Martin’s mythical
medieval-like world, in which feuding fiefdoms do battle in pursuit of power.

And her favourite character? Daenerys Targaryen - the woman who emerged
triumphant from a trial by fire to be acclaimed as the uncontested leader of her
people.

Gillard is backing Targaryen, who carries the title “khaleesi”, to take control of the
iron throne. Targaryen is the first female war leader of a tribe called the Dothraki,
in the complicated maze of competition between would-be rulers. She’s resolute
and at times bloodthirsty – the khaleesi, that is.

The prime minister said she became hooked on the show over her summer break
during a rare few days off.

“I was given the DVDs over the summer period when I did get a little bit of time to
watch so I watched them one after the other,” she said. “I don’t get many lazy
afternoons but I managed to have a few and now I am a bit of an addict. I
anxiously await the new episode each Monday night. I like it because I think the
intrigue between the contending families is enough to sustain the storyline.

“I am not usually a consumer of things with fantasy elements in it but I very much
enjoy it.”

And which of the family fiefdoms did she hope would prevail? “I’m barracking for
the khaleesi, the mother of dragons,” Gillard said, without hesitation.

Could she perhaps be referred to as “khaleesi” in her own office? “Well, I don’t have
any pet dragons – maybe they would come in handy from time to time– nobody
has given me any dragon eggs and since she had to walk into fire in order to hatch
them I am not sure I particularly want that bit of it.”

Like many viewers, Gillard was surprised when another central character, Ned
Stark – head of the house of Stark and played by actor Sean Bean – came to a
sudden gruesome end in the first series.

“I was a little bit shocked when Ned Stark got killed off so early on,” she said. “He
sort of had hero written all over his forehead, so I assumed he would be a central
heroic character for all of it or most of it, so I didn’t expect the grisly end so early.”

There was insufficient time to pursue with the prime minister the possible
Australian political analogies of a plotline in which a leader apparently set for a long
reign is cut down prematurely.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...ame-of-thrones

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FWIW it's quite possible her attraction to these characters is due to past life memories she could be experiencing. For many these memories come across as emotions, not necessarily pictures. Often we can be attracted to characters who play roles that remind us of who we were. I know this feeling well as I was drawn to the The Tudors series on HBO. It wasn't until 3 years after the series started when I finally learned who I had been; I then realized the attraction to the Tudors was most likely due to the fact that Henry VIII had been my great uncle, and the lifestyle portrayed in this series was reminding me of who I had been. Suddenly it all began to make sense. I often wonder how many people experience this and yet don't know who they were; and that they could be watching a portrayal of themselves in some of these series, lol.