There’s only one episode left before Game of Thrones wraps up, and it’s been an incredibly wild ride.
Daenerys Targaryen has gone through a lot this season. Unfortunately, not everyone approves of her character development.
Warning: Game of Thrones spoilers ahead!
Dany took the lives of thousands of people, “innocent or otherwise."
It was a quick turn of character for her, and a lot of people are upset. Daenerys took ‘Fire and Blood’ to a whole new level.
Dany has never been afraid to put forth her family motto in her adventures, but she still showed mercy when she needed to.
She has always wanted to protect those who could not protect themselves.
She has always put the weak and innocent before her own needs and wants, as she has always known how it feels to be pushed aside.
So watching her burn a whole city definitely didn’t sit right with fans of the character.
People felt that her actions were incredibly out of character. It's true that Daenerys has always been slightly erratic, but it feels like a big jump to 'city-destroying insane' in one or two episodes.
The whole point throughout the show was that Dany was not going to be like those who came before her.
In just a few episodes, that changed completely.
Not even we can understand what happened to her.
The Dany we know and love would never have burned up an entire city of people!
And to be fair, she has been a bit quick on the 'burn people alive' trigger in the past, but they've never been innocent people. While Dany has committed atrocities, they've generally been justified.
And if she went mad because she's a Targaryen and it's in their blood, like some people are suggesting, then it doesn't look very good for Jon Snow's future either.
Emilia Clarke gave a lot to the character, so it makes sense that she would have some serious feelings about it.
Poor girl.
Emilia Clarke told Vanity fair that “It [expletive] me up. Knowing that is going to be a lasting flavor in someone’s mouth of what Daenerys is..."
In an interview by Entertainment Tonight, when asked if she was happy with her character ending, she had no answer. It doesn't seem like it's just Emilia feeling this way either.
Not that I'm an expert in body language, but it doesn't look like the most sincere answer she could have given to me.
She definitely couldn’t say more considering she can’t deliver any spoilers.
But especially with last night’s episode, we can understand why she’s unhappy with her character development.
Do you think her descent into the Mad Queen was foreshadowed? Was it earned? Will you always remember Daenerys as the breaker of chains, not the burner of cities? Let us know in the comments!
