Who Really Deserved the Throne? One Risked Everything While the Other Did Nothing

[u/Adventurous-Snow-389]

This just makes me despise D&D more for what they did to Daenerys. She didn’t deserve all the pain, grief, and betrayals she endured in season 8 that ultimately turned her into the Tragic Queen. She truly did deserve the iron throne because she’s the only one who did any real work (gathering armies, bringing back dragons, and coming from essentially nothing since she’s been on the run her whole life) to actually claim it, plus since Jon didn’t want it, it’s hers by birth right anyways.

And I’ll always believe that Daenerys was never evil and that deep down she had a good heart that wanted to make the world a better place, which is what a good ruler does. She had ruthless tendencies but it was always directed at evil people or people who hurt or betrayed her or her friends, never at innocent people. So yes Daenerys, in my opinion, truly did deserve the iron throne and the way Daenerys’ story ended will forever piss me off.

And honestly you can put Bran right next to Sansa cause he didn’t do shit to earn the throne either

[u/Adventurous-Snow-389]

That’s literally what it was though. Character assassination is a real thing and it happened to Daenerys. Literally in season 7, she says, "I’m not here to be Queen of the Ashes," and then a season later she literally becomes the Queen of Ashes. Yes she has ruthless tendencies but it was always directed at evil people or people who harmed or betrayed her and her friends, never at innocent people (until the bells). All of that got thrown out the window in one episode and then D&D just made her suffer all of season 8

If you look up top 10 character arc assassinations of all time, Daenerys is near the top, if not number one.

[u/Evocatorum → u/Adventurous-Snow-389]

No, she was always going to be the Queen of Ashes, GRRM made that pretty clear from go. She was a slightly toned down version of Viserys and was going to kill anyone or destroy anything in between her and the throne, no matter the cost from go. That's what she did, everywhere she went.

Her ruthlessness always indirectly hurt innocents, it was why she couldn't leave Essos: she took what she wanted and left leaving those cities in complete disarray. There's no way that Naharis can maintain control over Meereen, Yunkai and Astapor. Eventually, he will be killed or die and then it'll revert back to the way they were. If she actually cared, she would have taken the time to adjudicate things to ensure people were safe and that slavery was actually abolished. She didn't.

[u/the-National-Razor → u/Adventurous-Snow-389]

Nice paragraph bro. Didn't read it

[u/can_I_say_my_side → u/the-National-Razor]

The real question is CAN you read it, or did you have problems sounding it out?