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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Which is a point I've been making this whole season because you could see it becoming a problem. I keep saying that this is going to be a struggle because you can't do inner monologue in a visual medium without hammering forward hours of tedious exposition. Which was, BTW, one of the criticisms of early-season GOTs which are now called perfection.
It was always going to be difficult to show her slowly coming apart (or even show the frayed edges early on). But I don't think B&W did nearly as much to hide the ball here as people are claiming. I think too many people were just a little too sold on "Dany, benevolent queen" than they should have been based on the events unfolding before us.
The Scorpions argument I think you can just try to say "hey, she got caught flat-footed and ****ed up". I mean how many of us said at the time "wait a minute - she's a hell of a lot more agile than a scorpion - why not circle and attack?" She did exactly what we said she could've/should've done the week prior. The only difference is she was ready for it this time - which history tells us can mean everything.
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Agree with ALOT of this. Nearly all of it. Dany turning heel hasn't phased me a bit, for all the reasons others have said. It's some of the other nonsense that has irritated me far more.
Still -- this season and the ending of the show isn't CRUSHINGLY AWFUL or anything. People are irritated at different things, and start to pig pile on to the point of ridiculous.
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