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Originally Posted by blankall
What the show was really missing was evidence of Dany's genuine insanity. The Targaryan insanity isn't just about making the wrong decision. It's an actual break from reality. Dany's father was motivated by the fact he would transform into a dragon during the burning of his city...not just to control by fear. He was planning to burn himself as well.
If over the show, we'd seen a few WTF moments from Dany, it might have helped. That being said, maybe the writers wanted this to be a complete surprise too. Maybe a bit a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. If the writers lead too little or too much evidence of Dany going nuts, they get accused of poor writing.
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Because she isn’t insane. Impulsive, brutal, vindictive, believing in her birthright....yes, and she has been the entire series. This is the culmination of her entire life starting with the betrayal and destruction of her family by ‘these people’. She has a lifetime of vengeance to unleash and while it doesn’t logically make sense it absolutely does emotionally. Cities have been sacked and raped and pillaged forever right up to modern times. It’s an unfortunate human behaviour born be the need to release all the hatred that builds up over years of conflict.
Also don’t forget about the sons of the harpy where members of a supposedly grateful populace turned against her, or her deliberate stated choice of fear as a strategy.
She may in fact be mad but it’s too easy an answer to justify and then trash her behaviour.