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I think its way more frustrating how much they're changing dany so drastically with like 3 eps to go, She has been this "just ruler" and now she's being a baby.
I agree and disagree with this. I agree that the psycho switch with this episode did flip too fast. But bear in mind, she’s been a cold-hearted conqueror since a few episodes in. She burned a woman alive for cursing her rapist horde-leading husband. She left a subject to starve to death in a vault in Qarth for a betrayal she was coerced into. She colonized multiple foreign societies to fight battles she never raised a sword in.
She’s whined and complained about not getting her due since just about day one. We, and the characters in the show, have justified her behavior as doing the ugly work that needs to be done to do the job, like her killing of Sam’s father and brother, but really, it’s arguably equally evil.
On one side of the story, she freed a city of slave soldiers. On the other side, she took a generation of slaves to fight a foreign war they had no business in, as anyone who might have purchased the slaves would have done as well. It’s all relative to the storytellers. On the one hand, Robert freed the country of a murderous tyrant. On the other, he falsified a story about his ex-girlfriend to start a war. On one hand, Aegon Targaryen united the seven kingdoms. On the other, he burned Harrenhal, a small King’s Landing of its own, to ashes.
Again, I agree this last switch felt fast, but there have been hints about it since the beginning.
I’m glad this season went there after the Knight King disappointment. It’s back on track for catching you off-guard and making the harder calls.
you nailed it man. i think a lot of viewers formed false narratives and forgot about development that occurred earlier in the series
i do agree danys transition may have seemed a little rushed but it doesn't necessarily need to be drawn out too much. all it takes to drive a person over the edge is a single moment. and if you think about it.. there's already is a steady narrative of her world kind of crumbling apart since season one.
the death of Viserys, losing her husband and child, banishing jorah, losing ser selmy, having to leave daario behind, losing viserion, losing jorah again, losing missandei.
then finally the threat of her lovers stronger claim to her birthright
combine that with her impulsiveness/lack of empathy and I think you have a pretty consistent build up to a breaking point.
sure there is still plenty to criticize but overall i think the story was lead to it's natural conclusion.
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