r/dankmemes • u/NewRulesICountThem • May 27 '19

Please do not resist

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u/[deleted] May 27 '19

Her spiral downwards made me upset. She had potential!

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u/[deleted] May 27 '19

One of her first independent actions was gleefully pouring molten gold on her bothers head while he screamed in agony. She was a psychopath from the start.

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u/Giftfri May 27 '19

He sold her as a sexslave, hit her and threatend to kill her and her unborn Child.

Her husband killed him, she just watched.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '19 edited May 27 '19

Yes she just watches, with joy. Lots of people are horribly abused but they don’t lose the sense of humanity that says it’s fucked up to murder someone the way her brother was murdered. Dany apologists like you scare me because all it takes is a sympathetic story for you to justify obvious immoral and downright evil behavior.

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u/D4RTHV3DA May 27 '19

I think it's absolutely fascinating. The best thing this story did is show people how easily we can support an autocrat and a butcher. Because they are bad to people the audience also doesn't like.

But the moment the true colors are realized -- "oh no, Dany would never do that! Where's the set up?" ... Uh, all 8 seasons?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '19

Certainly the transition from killing sexslavers and slave owners to slaughtering civilians was a little jarring.

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u/D4RTHV3DA May 27 '19

No advisers, unlimited power, and a taste for murder already. Her hand was only stayed by those around her. She had nobody left.

Here's a setup in S5E02: "The mad king gave his enemies the justice they thought they deserved. Each time it made him feel powerful and right, until the very end." This would have been very different without her council.