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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Dany also saw in Meereen that the people weren't originally drawn to her either. But she stopped doing what she was doing, listened to her advisors, listened to the people, and changed. Eventually, the people loved her.
Why is she falling into the exact same arc again when she has already gone through it? More nonsensically, why is her response to act differently than what already proved to work in the past?
She even says in that scene that she knows the looks the people were giving Jon because her people gave her that same look from across the Narrow Sea.
What was the point of it all if she wasn't going to use in Westeros what she learned in Meereen?
Why is she getting desperate? She spent six seasons on the other continent. It was told that she could have come over at any moment with her dragons, but she needed allies to take King's Landing. Now that many of her allies are dead, why is she panicking and forcing them into a battle they aren't ready for?
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The people of Meereen had different needs than the people of Westeros. They needed a merciful Queen, the breaker of chains. They needed a leader they would respect and then follow into battle. She needed strong armies who would do anything for her and it required patience. She had to earn it, but she could.
You said yourself that she saw the people of the North look at Jon like the people of Meereen looked at her. That's the difference. That's the desperation. There is no amount of patience that will work on the people of the North. They already have a leader they respect and will follow into battle. The only reason they followed her is because of Jon.
Why is she desperate now? Because she knows now that she isn't actually the rightful heir. When she believed she was the only Targaryen left, she had the only claim, she just needed the support. Now, not only has she lost half her armies, she has also lost her claim. You can't see how that would make a person desperate? She knows that if she's on the throne, Jon won't challenge her for it. However, until the throne is hers, she has to keep Jon quiet and in check (part of the reason he went by horse,) and she has to win quickly before even more people become aware that Jon is the rightful heir. The longer it takes, the more people will know.
I don't think enough has been said about the new Lord Baratheon. This was a very smart move on her part, but she didn't turn Jon Snow into Jon Stark and make him less of a bastard. He's already "King of the North" and doesn't need further legitimacy. So she used a distraction to try and ingratiate herself with the Northerners and saw that it didn't work. They were happy for him, but it did nothing to increase her standing.