The trigger according to the writers was seeing the red keep, which reminded her of what should've been hers, and instead she ended up having a terrible childhood. That also happened after she found out none of her Westerosi confidants are particularly faithful.
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Jon is a soldier. His character should not be very smart anyway.
S1: burns mirri maz duur
S2: burns house of the undying
S3: burns astapor
S4: crucifies masters of mereen
S5: burns noblemen of mereen
S6: burns vaes dothrak
S7: burns wagon train plus war prisoners
S8: burns kings landing
The trigger according to the writers was seeing the red keep, which reminded her of what should've been hers, and instead she ended up having a terrible childhood. That also happened after she found out none of her Westerosi confidants are particularly faithful.
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Jon is a soldier. His character should not be very smart anyway.
Thats what I wrote earlier you have to watch their commentary to see their stupid reasoning. You won't think that she was triggered by the red keep at all if you just watch the episode.
The ending is what GRRM told them to be, I think. I actually don't mind that reasoning at all. A power hungry person with hand on a trigger hit with emotion.
It's not the burning that's the problem, everyone and their mother has to be Machiavellian, if you don't surrender you get butchered and enslaved BUT everything in the episode seemed forced and cheesy
The ending is what GRRM told them to be, I think. I actually don't mind that reasoning at all. A power hungry person with hand on a trigger hit with emotion.
It's not the burning that's the problem, everyone and their mother has to be Machiavellian, if you don't surrender you get butchered and enslaved BUT everything in the episode seemed forced and cheesy
She wasn't Machiavellian though. She went totally mad AFTER they surrendered. There was no justification from power standpoint for what she did. A glaring character weakness that was shown time and time again, and was restrained by people around her suddenly got out of control.
It's not the burning that's the problem, everyone and their mother has to be Machiavellian, if you don't surrender you get butchered and enslaved BUT everything in the episode seemed forced and cheesy
She wasn't Machiavellian though. She went totally mad AFTER they surrendered. There was no justification from power standpoint for what she did. A glaring character weakness that was shown time and time again, and was restrained by people around her suddenly got out of control.
I disagree, they tried to down her dragon, you can't surrender half way through a battle in a siege. I really can't stand her btw but very very rarely a city is not completely destroyed and enslaved after it falls. And the Machiavellian aspect was to set the example and be feared.
