I felt for Daenerys. I felt for her situation as a woman. Being in such a male-dominated society, where she was being abused by the men around her - it was that sort of sympathy, I suppose it started off as that. But then as you track her story, the problems that she overcomes and the way that she deals with them with such grace and the way that she deals with them when she has no training. The only thing that she has is herself and her iron will - that�s just a fabulous, incredible side to her character, really. She goes through painful events but she is still this strong, independent woman. And I think that, as a female, is what I really connected with