Nah. Logistics, first of all: there’s no sign of a Rhaegar liaison with Ashara, no reason for him to have a prophetic fixation on her (as opposed to Lyanna, who fit Rhaegar’s “song of ice and fire” framework perfectly), no indication in Ned’s POV, no hints dropped in Dany’s POV, we know Rhaella was pregnant, there were tons of witnesses at Dragonstone, I don’t buy that the motives of anyone involved would lead to this scenario…I could keep going.
Equally as important, though: there’s no reason for this, dramatically speaking. Unlike Jon, there’s no sign as far as I can tell that Dany’s heritage is even supposed to be a mystery. There are no questions that need answering here, no clue from GRRM that the presented story of her conception and birth shouldn’t be trusted, and nothing really to be gained from the revelation in terms of her arc or the larger story. It raises too many questions, and answers none.
Well said! I mean, really. Just compare the very first chapters in the series of Daenerys in Jon. In “Daenerys I”, the author summarizes pretty plainly Daenerys’ life and the circumstances that led the exiled Targaryens to Illyrio’s manse, in a “this is what happened” style. By contrast, Jon’s very first line is about his being a bastard, and in the same first chapter he mentions not knowing who is mother is – an early indication of the mystery of his parentage. Would it really make sense for the author to say “That was a lie, turns out she was Rhaegar’s secret daughter the whole time, gotcha!”?
Actually Dany’s first chapter has a lot of things that are either contradicted by other characters or just don’t make sense to begin with, mainly Willam Darry and house with the with the red door. Everyone points out that lemon tree’s don’t grow in Bravos so the house with the red door would have to be somewhere in Dorne (Starfall Maybe?)
But that’s not all, Dany says that Willam Darry was a big old bear of a man who was confined to his death bed, but in another characters POV we learn that he was a young warrior who certainly does not fit with what Dany described.
there is definitely something wrong with Dany’s memories of her child hood. Those are are just a couple of examples i listed.
There *are* trees in Braavos–they grow in the courtyards of the mighty, as established in Sam III AFFC. Not sure what you’re referring to RE Willem Darry. When is he referred to as being fit while in Braavos?
Regarding Willem Darry: given that Ser Willem was appointed master-at-arms sometime between 270-272 AC, he would have been in his 40s at least when he died in 290 AC. And given that he died of “a wasting sickness,” his physical state near his death isn’t unusual.
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