I'm rewatching GOT and absolutely raging that some people are like "Dany was mad from the start she was always gonna be like this"
Dany'a mantra has always been to protect the innocent. She killed no more than any ruler and she always gave those people a choice.
Dany had her goal, she is the reason she has her dragons, she is the reason she has the unsullied, she is the reason she has slaves were freed. She paved the way for herself when all the odds were against her.
When Jon came to her and she agreed to assist with the army of the dead she put EVERYTHING she had worked for on the line. She lost one of her children to watch him become a zombie and pawn for the Night King (can you imagine fighting your beloved child in a mindless zombie state?)
She lost so much just so that others could gain, and after all that, even after it was Arya that killed the Night King, who did everyone praise? JON? And not only that they praised him for being "man enough" to ride a dragon that SHE DID FIRST.
She was never going to be good enough for the people she risked and lost so much for.
Then after that when the war against Cersei is back on, in just one episode she loses another child, brutally right in front of her. You can see her anguish and I think the only reason she doesn't burn the shit out of Euron was because of the risk it posed to Drogon (her last freaking child!). Then they kidnap Missandei, her closest friend and cut her head off right in front of her.
At this point Dany has lost everything, the only people she really loves at the point are Drogon, Greyworm and Jon, but even Jon comes with some serious doubt for her.
Her first child was murdered by the Night King but he's already dead, so what would you do to the person who murdered your second child? You would burn the fuck out of them and all of their foundations, rip them out root and stem.
I do not believe that pre-grief Dany would have ever burned that many innocent people, however she is distraught and desperate for revenge on Cersei - the woman who took everything Dany loves and did it with a smirk on her face.
I'm not even at the last episode again yet😅
Dany deserved so much better.
