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What do you do if you’ve named your baby after a genocidal maniac?

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That’s the question facing thousands of parents this week after Sunday night’s Game of Thrones took a sudden and very dark turn in the story arc of one of the show’s chief characters.

In the world of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series, Daenerys Targaryen is an exiled princess who yearns to reclaim a usurped throne. On the way there she liberates slaves, punishes their captors and gives birth (in a manner of speaking) to three dragons. These fantasy heroics inspired legions of real-world admirers, who turned her into a symbol of female empowerment.

Then, in last night’s episode, she wantonly slaughtered thousands of innocents in a fit of rage, becoming the very sort of tyrant she was previously dedicated to overthrowing. That could spell trouble for the thousands of parents who’ve named their babies after the character.