06-18-2019, 07:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-18-2019, 07:50 AM by dicappatore.)
(06-17-2019, 01:06 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: It's weird how Varys and Tyrion kept trying to paint her as mad if she didn't listen to their advice. I could buy that if anybody their plans ever worked but they all failed. They were so focused on her not being hated but their strategy would've never gotten her the throne.
It's more frustrating when you think about what Dany initially wanted to do. She didn't want to burn KL. She only wanted to go after the Red Keep. There would've been casualties but it wouldn't have been nearly as devastating as they painted it. Cersei had just blew up the Sept killing thousands, including the queen, the Westeros version of the pope, her relatives, many nobles, and who knows who else. Yet, she was still followed and the people even cheered when Euron walked Ellaria and Turned through KL. The show kept trying to tell me Dany would be hated of she used her dragons to attack the Red Keep bit that's a hard sell after seeing what Cersei had just done. Cersei had already proven herself to be a mad queen yet she still held her title with no claim whatsoever.
Dany would be queen with all of her dragons and army intact had she just ignored what Varys and Tyrion advised her to do. The true madness was her giving them as many chances as she did. Keep in mind that Tyrion is the brother of the kingslayer and Varys sent assassins after her but she forgave them, took them into her inner circle, and still heeded their advice. She was more forgiving than most monarchs. I know the books have Varys and Tyrion in much different spots so the show deciding to do what they did with them as it relates to Dany only made it more nonsensical as most of their changes have.
As for the council, how is it that Tyrion was the one who basically decided the future of Westeros. He was a prisoner on trial. Half the country hated him for serving Dany and the other half hated her for betraying her. Yet, he was the one running the show, got to decide who would be the new king, and got to be Hand of the King.
On top of all that, Tyrion was an idiot. None of his plans worked and he shares a lot of responsibility for what happened in KL. It seemed like the showrunners banked on his likability to sell that entire farce.
And yeah, the ending was way too saccharine. The country is in ruins and would only get worse based on the way things went down. There would be a lot more fighting on that counsel and they wouldn't be so agreeable with each other.
For me, in the end, one of the biggest farce was how devastated and in ruins the capital city was left. A city that took centuries to build and improve or add to its size, was reduced to a heap of ruble in one day. That is a level of destruction you can not rebuild. That is a city to be left abandoned as previous destroyed cities by dragons were left.
The city would cost more and require more manpower to clean up and rebuild than starting fresh at a new location. What survivors were left, was there enough to clean up and rebuild? I don't think so. Would the rest of the kingdom help? Probably would but again, the city was completely destroyed. Bram was left to rule a pile of ruble.
You know you are OLD, when you see the Slide Ruler you used in college selling in an ANTIQUE SHOP!!