Long post, but hear me out.

My co worker has read all the books and has had good character intuition and he doesn’t believe Dany went mad.

Jamie’s plans changed after he found out that one dragon survived the surprise attack at DS. There’s questions being raised, how did Eurons fleet know that she was going to be at DS?

Why would Tyrion even chance walking within range of Cerseis defenses at KL after Bronn showed up saying that Cersei sent him to assassinate them?

Before Missandei dies she says to Daenerys “Dracarys”. This isn’t a directive, she has never advised the queen, only translated. She’s translating to Daenerys that there has been a trap laid. That wildfire has been laid to destroy her armies.

Tyrion sent Jamie to save Cersei, to save the child she carried. Why?

TYRION HAS BEEN BETRAYING DANY SINCE THE DAY OF THE DRAGONPIT MEET!

Daenerys knew someone was betraying her when Tyrion walked in and informed her. She thought it was Jon. She hadn’t been eating because she knew someone might try to poison her. When she asked Jon is it fear or love? She’s not asking if he fears or loves her, she’s asking if she should fear or love him.

She starts with the fleet and the gates and the scorpions. But once the battle is “won” she doesn’t see any hint of fire other than hers. She knows that if she doesn’t set off the traps of wildfire that it will kill her men, and all of the Innocents. So she has to make the worst choice possible. She needs to save her people by burning the city and setting off the wildfire traps.

Jon notices this! He sees the wildfire exploding. He orders the men to fall back. He doesn’t go further into the city!

The betrayal for love will not be by Jon, it is already Tyrion. He never went past the gates because he knew that there was wildfire present. He knew there was danger. Daenerys figured it out and he was stunned by that. He watched as the keep fell around his family.

missandei dying in chains, the hound dying in fire, jamie going back to cersei, dany fulfilling a “mad targaryen” expectation

it’s like they’re saying “you can never escape your past, what you’ve been will always be what you are”