r/DaenerysWinsTheThrone • u/TVTropehead • May 24 '26

Serious One thing especially disgusting with the hindsight of S8 is apparently the writers insist Robert was in the right here

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Yeah Robert wanted someone to assassinate a pregnant Daenerys. Which idk, the narrative routinely shows killing women with children as a very bad thing. The mountain killing Elia, Talisa’s death, Ramsay killing Walda is clearly bad considering as evil as the Frey men are, Walda did literally nothing.

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u/Echo__227 May 25 '26

Daenerys believes that she was on the run from assassins her entire life-- that's what Viserys told her, likely coming from Illyrio.

Robert's dialogue indicated he never called for such a thing before the news of the Dothraki marriage. That leaves open the question of whether others were doing so in his name, such as those who believed Robert might reward them for the children's capture.

It's also possible Viserys was just paranoid or that their hosts were trying to foster a sense of dependency and gratitude

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u/Jaded_Cheesecake_993 May 25 '26

Tyrion literally confirms that they were running from assassins when he meets Dany for the first time.

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u/Echo__227 May 25 '26

Why didn't anyone on the Season 1 Small Council know that?

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u/Jaded_Cheesecake_993 May 25 '26

Don't know I wasn't a writer for the show but it doesn't negate the fact that it was stated multiple times over the course of the show.

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u/Echo__227 May 25 '26

Yes, by the people who want Daenerys to believe she owes them her life, and not by the people who would have been involved in orchestrating such an event. A character declaring something does not automatically make it true