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The dominating question about The Bells was a much more essential one: Did it feel earned?
Robinson places much of the earnedness conundrum at the feet ofGame of Thronesincreasingly inept book adaptation.
The show has never been able to replicate George R.R.
Martingave to showrunners D.B.
Weiss and David Benioffas the broad strokes for how he planned to end the book series.
But the thing about madness is that you cant necessarily see it from the outside.
There is a different way to read this development for Daenerys.
Disheartened isnt even the right word.
Mad women havea long fictional history.
They leap from fiery balconies, having beentrapped in secret atticsfor most of their adult lives.
Game of Thronesdoes establish that Danys madness is inherited.
Thats the story worth telling.
But if you watchGame of Throneson HBOs digital streaming service, a conversation with showrunners D.B.
This is no misguided interpretation of justice, in other words.
Dany is not killing everyone in a broken attempt to save them.
