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Originally Posted by Amnorix
It's also unnecessary, apparently in an attempt to build up how scary the Scorpions were. Just have Rhaegar die in the fight with under Viserys, and skip that stupid-ass "ambush" which made no sense in multiple ways.
It's the stuff like that which is driving me crazy, not the larger plot arcs by and large.
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That I completely agree with.
B&W tried to ramp up the threat of the scorpions to heighten the impact of 'Shock and Awe Drogon' and in so doing they overplayed their hand something awful. I think they were also trying to have a more visceral death play out in front of Dany to give her all the more reason to flip shit.
Just another sacrifice at the alter of making Dany's heel turn more understandable - none of which would've been necessary had we been able to see in her own head.
But like you, I think this is just becoming an unnecessary pile-on born of being unwilling to view episodes for their own merit. We have people doubling back on decisions they hated and citing them as reasons not to do things in the story that, on their face, should be LIKED.