Next week is going to be so bad. So fucking bad! I didnt want to bring this up earlier, but someone else on reddit did it for me, but when I saw the preview for next episode, this is exactly what came to mind:
The red circle is a Targaryen flag. Killing innocents and the whole Nazi imagery ( Yeah, I know its somewhat common when it comes to villains) is just going to take this Daenerys backlash to a whole new level. I've said this before, but I'll say it again, Poor Emilia Clarke. She's gonna have to explain this to all the women that looked up to her character. Fuck the writers.
It'd be a stretch to call it a 'fear', but something I'm 'mildly anxious' about in the same way that you might be about your favorite sports team in the playoffs is the repercussions it might have for the actors and actresses involved. DnD basically shit on the floor on the way out and left everyone else to clean it up. People who aren't responsible are potentially going to catch the brunt of this. Emilia Clarke, in particular, has been meme'd to hell and back when she's pretty much always had the hardest job on the show.
Being angry is easy, being sullen and gruff is easy, being smarmy is easy, having to sit there and silently, motionless and emote the reaction to devastating news constantly is actually difficult, and the amount of times she's had to do it is borderline absurd. Where are mah dragons whatever, I rewatched the first season or so recently and she's good. She's had ups and downs between now and then, but she's probably better this season than she's ever been.
Fortunately, the kickback on this season has been real, and even the "WHERE ARE MAH DRAGONS" types seem to have really pared it back, and the wider internet seems to recognize that this is some bullshit. I really do hope that no one holds anything against anyone. Emilia Clarke'll probably be okay, but I look at secondary characters like Missandei and Greyworm losing capital by the episode and just ughhhhh. Kit Harrington, y'know, whatever. He hasn't had much room to spread his wings this season, but there are plenty of roles out there that are his to lose.
Man, you fans are going to be so mad when Martin finishes her arc in the same way in the books ...
As many have already pointed out: the writting was on the wall with her.
Heck, the premonition from many seasons ago gave it away that she would be the queen of the ashes.
Her arc development was rushed, but it's pretty clear that the finishing line was always meant to be like this.
And considering her actions recently, the nazi comparison serves her well
Literally no one is complaining about Daenerys going crazy. They're complaining about her going from 'not crazy' to 'crazy in the span of two episodes.
