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Originally Posted by Tinordi
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.
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Firstly, I've already explained that GoT, like in real life, has general rules of diplomacy and combat.
Secondly, the bannermen are sworn to protect the house they have allegiance to. That means if you execute the head of that house, then the bannermen have to rebel. Additionally, you have to deal with potential rebellions from the citizens themselves. This would be particularly troublesome for house like the Ironborn. If Dany just executed Euron, the Ironborn would be very unlikely to simply just join up with Dany.
House Tarly are not actually bannermen to the Lannisters, hence the scene about them swearing allegiance to the Lannisters. The Lannisters do have many houses that are bannermen to them, although they don't get much screen time as there would be no point.
Yes there were repercussions from the Red Wedding...Hence the mantra "the North Remembers". The north was fractured due to the red wedding, and many former supporters of Winterfell turned on the Ramsays and Freys. The Ramsays and Freys no longer exist, and their lack of global support in the North was a major factor in this. The Freys prior to their own execution faced rebellions from several houses, including the Tullys who took Riverun from them. The Freys relied heavily on Lannister support to stay afloat.
Yes, just killing Cersei is an option. It was one that they actually explored in the show, and Tyrion went to great lengths to explain why it was a bad option.
As other posters have stated, Dany doesn't have time to suppress rebellions and gather forces. The WW are here now.