A scene from “Unfinished Business”

Rhaenyra: Everyone says Targaryens are closer to gods than to men, but they say that because of our dragons. Without them, we're just like everyone else.

Viserys: The idea that we control the dragons is an illusion. They're a power man should never have trifled with. One that brought Valyria its doom. If we don't mind our own histories, it will do the same to us. Targaryen must understand this to be King. Or Queen. [Rhaenyra looks at her father as his words sink in] I am sorry, Rhaenyra. I have wasted the years since you were born wanting for a son. You are the very best of your mother, and I now believe, as I know she did, that you could be a great ruling Queen.