Analysis: Will Daenerys Targaryen turn into the 'Mad Queen?' 'Game of Thrones' wants us to believe it’s possible.
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in the final season of"Game of Thrones." By Elahe Izadi Elahe Izadi Pop culture writer Email Bio Follow May 6 at 9:27 AM This post contains spoilers for “Game of Thrones," through Episode 4, Season 8.
The Targaryens have been known to exhibit varying stages of crazy, likely from generations of incest. The family has been marrying brothers and sisters for 300 years “to keep the bloodlines pure,” as Cersei has put it . Then, as Cersei acknowledges that may have not produced the best result:"Half the Targaryens went mad, didn’t they. What’s the saying? ‘Every time a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin.
Still, the show’s writers keep wanting us to also be worried that Daenerys may be turning into her father. She had the Tarlys burned up by dragon fire for refusing to bend the knee, which seemed like a pretty outsize response. In Sunday’s episode, Varys and Tyrion have to talk her out of directly attacking King’s Landing, where Cersei has fortified herself with a human shield of civilians.
Even worse, Cersei orders the execution of Daenerys’s best friend and longtime confidant, Missandei. She shouts out her last words, which were reminiscent of the Mad King’s: “Dracarys,” meaning “dragonfire" and the command Daenerys uses to order her dragons to unleash their fire.
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