She had the Unsullied kill the masters in Astapor when she became the Breaker of Chains. She killed the warlocks of Qarth and left Xaro Xhoan Daxos (and her handmaiden Doreah) to die in his empty vault. The Breaker of ChainsDaenerys’s entire ascension to ruler of the Slaver Cities has left a trail of blood and bodies behind. Burning Mirri Maz Duur seemed justifiable after what she did to Dany’s family, but it was still a pretty chilling moment for the Mother of Dragons. In that moment, Daenerys learned that giving mercy to those who seem vulnerable can be a weakness - one that robbed her of her husband and unborn son. Daenerys initially tried to show the old witch mercy by trying to save her from the Dothraki, only to have that perceived kindness repaid with a curse. But let’s not forget the cold-blooded murder of Mirri Maz Duur that led to the dragons being born. “Daenerys became our stereotypical heroine when she walked through the flames, unburnt, with three baby dragons draped around her. It’s only when she married Khal Drogo and he killed Viserys that she even gained the opportunity to one day return to the Seven Kingdoms and sit on that spiky chair. Of course, Daenerys always thought her cruel brother Viserys, who was clearly mad from the start, would be the one on the Iron Throne. Because the two most influential people in her young life - Illyrio Mopatis and her older brother Viserys - told her from the beginning that the number one goal for any surviving Targaryens was to return to Westeros and reclaim their rightful seat on the Iron Throne, the backbone of her upbringing were basic ideas of revenge and betrayal. The Mother of DragonsThe Daenerys Targaryen of Season 1 is an innocent, but one whose entire life experience is colored by an unjust banishment from her home and an ingrained sense of purpose. Like with the best and most devastating of this show’s plot twists, from Ned Stark’s beheading to the Red Wedding, Daenerys’s dark side has been in front of us all along. While I do agree that Season 8 has done a pretty shoddy job explaining its character motivations - particularly in bringing these character traits in Daenerys to the forefront - Game of Thrones has been setting up this about-face for its Khaleesi since the beginning.
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