Daenerys had to destroy the village in order to save it, @mattyglesias argues. vox.com/culture/2019/5…
Setting aside the audience’s horror at the atrocity, the notion that the mass murder of civilians would operate as a disincentive for rebellious westerosi nobles—relative to subjecting Cersei herself to some horrible vengeance—seems inconsistent with the story we’ve been told.
The noble characters (except for Dany, previously!) fundamentally don’t care about the smallfolk. They tell each other stories about Black Harren getting cooked in his castle by dragonfire, not about the ruin of the nearby town. To quail them, get creative about killing Cersei.
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