Game of Thrones: Could Daenerys Have Won The Throne Without Going Mad?

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The ending ofGame of Thrones was tragic for so many of the characters. And for many fans who were left unsatisfied by the show's conclusion. Yet, no character went through what Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) did. She was a rather heroic figure until near the end of the show. In Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 5, she shocked many fans when she burned the city of King's Landing. This move was made even more shocking by the fact that she won. She was so close to achieving her goal of gaining the Iron Throne. So for her to then turn around and destroy the city made no sense to some fans. The explanations given for her actions don't seem to make much sense either to these fans. It seems to be just the writers attempting to explain but not doing a good job of it.

Of course, Daenerys supposedly went mad, so maybe that's why she made no sense. But why? After all she had been through up to that point, why was it such a small thing that set her off? It seems unbelievable to some fans that Daenerys would ever do such a thing. Does she have a temper? Absolutely! Is she completely illogical? Not up to that point. Everything else she did had a reason and a rationale. Her burning King's Landing didn't.

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At least to some fans, it seemed that Daenerys went from hero to villain in a second. And that's hard to believe. Game of Thrones is a fantasy story, so stranger things have happened. Yet there seemed, at least to some fans, to be no consistency when it came to Daenerys. How could the same woman who helped save the world from the threat of the White Walkers become a villain? How could Daenerys do such a horrible thing when she always fought against those who did wrong to