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Originally Posted by blankall
Just like in real life, if word got out that leaders were being executed during a formal negotiation, there would be repercussions. The show goes to great lengths to establish that Westeros is fractured and controlling Westeros requires courting several powerful houses to act as bannermen. If you just execute your opponents during a diplomatic negotiation, you aren't going to get very far (see the Mad King).
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I'm skeptical. If Dany assassinates Cersei and Euron, who's left to oppose her?
She's already decapitated the most quarrelsome house Tarly. All the major houses left are essentially her allies or have more to gain seeing Cersei gone than opposing the Targaryen throne.
And the other houses have done, far far worse without any repercussions. Did the Freys suffer any loss of power after the red wedding? Did the Lannisters after three separate rulers who blew up a sacred cathedral lose a grip on their power?
Normally I'd agree with you but your point is simply not consistent with how power works in the story.