It goes without saying that Game of Thrones really puts us through the ringer. Sometimes it leaves us emotionally scarred and broken [1], sometimes it bestows us with amazing quotes [2], and most of the time, it gives us too many butts to keep track of [3]. When it really comes down to it, though, you have to admit that the character who gives us all the most life is Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, and 2016 Emmy nominee [4]. Keep reading to see why she's just so effing fierce.

When She's Not Here For Any of This Tomfoolery

When She Stares Flawlessly Off Into the Distance

When She's Had It Up to HERE With the Patriarchy

When She's Like, "I'm Your Queen, B*tch"

When She Does the Exact Equivalent of a Mic Drop

When She's Just So Done With All the Peasants

When She Seriously Has a Dragon on a LEASH

When She's Like, "Hey Haters . . . "

And Then She Delivers the Sickest Burn in the Most Literal Sense

When She's Loyal to Her Die-Hard Fans

When She Has to Educate All the Basic B*tches

Whenever Her Hair Is Perfectly Windblown, Which Is Basically Always

When She Straight-Up Devours a Heart

When She Objectifies a Man and She Isn't Sorry About It

And Then She Basks in the Glory of His Treasures

When She Refuses to Let Up Even a Little Bit

When She Hatches Dragons and She's All, "What, Like It's Hard?"

When She's Ready to Win at All Costs

When She Sees What She Wants and Goes For It

When She Just Wants to Make the World Right

When She Don't Take Sh*t From Anyone, Not Even Her Brother

When She Was a Frickin' Fierce Ruler, Dragons Included

When She Casually Chills on a Balcony at the Top of the World