| Faelco said: Yes, the books might end the same way, and that's not the issue here. If you add an entire season showing a progression to the Mad Queen, it can be good. You could even do the same type of scenario, but with one factor making her snap. An example would be to kill her second dragon during the attack instead of during the previous episode. Make them kill Rhaegal just before the bells, and I would understand if she snaps and doesn't let them surrender. But the way they did it, it makes no sense. Even with some foreshadowing, you need one push to make her become mad. There was no push during the battle, she became mad alone on her dragon because of bells. Ridiculous. |
I agree the problem is the pace. Too sudden. But i must say that the snap did not happened just with the bells. Were happening multiple times in the last episodes. Jorah's death, Rhaegal's death, Missandei's death, Jon, Varys, Tyrion treasons. She was deranged and lonely just before the attack. When the moment happens, she just left her more primal emotions get the best of her.
By the time the battle ended, what she was thinking was everything that she endured to get to this point. Everything she lost because of doing what others said her to do. She came to the conclusion that she is the queen, that she is the one who see what really needs to be done. She knew (from her point of view) that she needed fear to reign here, because trying the people to love her only served to bring death to her most loved ones. And hatred is not the same as fear. If you feel hate, you are not feeling true fear. When you're absolutely scared you don't allow yourself to feel hate. You become completely impotent. That's what she is trying to do to Westeros. That's the Targaryen mentality.
This video is a good montage of Daenerys dark side since the beginning of the series until the end.
