I think it’s the opposite really. Drogon didn’t want to burn KL, but he was following Dany’s bidding…hence he didn’t kill Jon.

Nevermind the fact that her whole army was also attacking it and she gave orders to kill everyone and take no prisoners. And the fact she enjoyed her victory and praised her troops for it.

Nah we all saw her face, all rage and vengeance. She definitely meant to do it. Dragons are considered intelligent and even sentient creatures so when Drogon burned the throne it was to show that he understoood that it was the fight for the throne itself that brought about the death of his mother. Jon Snow actually being a Targaryen was most likely the only thing that saved him from also suffering Drogon's wrath.

I saw her face,she totally was the one wanting to burn it

The point of that scene was to show she went mad just like her father and those before him while residing on or trying to obtain the iron throne. It doesn't really go against her character in the show because from the beginning to the end, it showed us her slow fade to madness.

But didn't she say Dracaryas or however you spell it?

I had read somewhere that while Emilia was filming she didn't know she was making a massacre. She thought she was burning the Lannister armies. The proof of this, is that after this image we don't see her again until the following episode

And this is why Winds of Winter is never coming out. George tapped out after seeing Preston Jacobs' Quentin theories 😭. He said "i can't deal with the 8d chess fan theories. Let me go back to writing about Dany getting diarrhea."

Idk about the books, but based on the show alone dany’s actions were almost always the most reckless; it was advisors that tried to check her that generally persuaded her to take the less violent option. They were all dead when she burned kings landing, so it made sense

Drogo did inside Drogon fulfilling his epic speech ON POINT

I understand that however in the scene she did look at the town, look at her dragon, then say dracarys (I think that’s how to spell it but I’m drawing a blank rn lol) so it does kinda show that she wanted to burn it down. However if she didn’t say that I would completely understand this theory

Except she ordered the flaming attack on the city. She she gives the command to her dragon. I don’t know how to spell it. Really the lengths people go to not believe what’s in front of them is shocking

No way it was definitely Daenerys, she had absolutely no remorse over the situation

Th dragons in house of the dragon acted out of animal instict. We are told many times throughout the books, GOT and HotD that the dragons are wild creatures no matter how many times the targaeryns tame them. Lucerys' dragons attacked bc he felt threatened by the much older and much larger dragon aemond had. Aemonds dragon killed lucerys and his dragon bc she is still an animal that acts on instincts. I can belive that drogon acted as harshly as he did when attacking KL because of his bond to Dany and could feel her anger and want of revenge, but daenerys lied and did not give mercy to the ppl after the bells were rung like she promised. The slaughter at KL was all on daenerys and the creators nor the fan base can just excuse her actions (and also lack of character forethought) on the dragons just bc of a later retcon

What I believe happened in that scene is that if you look at her face closely you can see the frustration that the fact cersei finally surrendered Kings landing to her but after Daenerys lost her closest friends and her two children so it was only a matter of time before she broke

One of the most controversial was season 8. Nothing made sense.

If you remember the episode that Missandei met her end. It's Missandei who triggered the burning. Her last words are Dracarys. As Katniss Everdeen once said. If we burn, you burn with us.

I agree with her decision. Cersei signed the death note for herself and every person in the city. You can’t kill my dragon and my best friend and not expect my wrath. They knew she could be unstable just being a Targayreon At that point I don’t care if I die too.

No, it was Daenerys, and it makes perfect sense. To this day I don't understand why people judge her decision as if she was the same as before she made it to Westeros. She lost two of her three dragons (sons), Missandei, Jorah, John's love and most likely her kingdom because of him being the true heir to the throne.

I don't understand why people think burning King's Landing was out of character for Danaerys. Her character arc went from her being a scared girl to a beloved queen to a jealous tyrant. She got power hungry and then she became angry when she saw that people loved Jon Snow more than her. After she lost the people she loved the most, she didn't care anymore.

Whether or not she intended to burn KL down doesn’t take away the fact that she became a psychotic tyrant. If that hadn’t of happened then, she would have done something similar down the line

Dany should have taken Oleanna Tyrell's advice and "been a dragon". Burnt the Red Keep and taken over instead of going the diplomatic thing. Heck, if she would've burnt Cersei to a crisp at that initial meeting, and Jaime too.. we could've avoided all that. All diplomacy did was get her best friends, one of her dragons and herself killed.

To kill her didn't make sense to me several series are not worth watching. Martin is a sadistic jerk

Dany was always comfortable using fire and death to get what she wanted. From the finale of season 1 to the time of the massacre she repeatedly used fire as a weapon to punish and intimidate her enemies. Always. Dany didn't snap, the bells didn't drive her crazy, the dragon didn't disobey her, she chose to kill innocent people. She was hurting, having lost her closest friends and confidants in the battle of winterfell and for KL not to mention being dumped by her nephew Jon. She was hurting and she wanted to take it out on people who were powerless to do anything about it.

who knows? The Dragons ARE connected on a psychic level. She was able to summon Drogon when The Harpies were attacking... all I know is I want one!

The people that think Dany wasn’t always going to go full Mad just weren’t paying attention. She was a moral authoritarian tyrant long before she had power. That doesn’t just go away. Bad was determined by who was against her. Not what they stood for or believed but if they aligned with her. The only problem was they rushed her coming apart and losing what little control she had over her crazy. That was just a season 8 problem though.

No. She did it. She made him fly off that perch and begin torching.

That could be true if orders were not given to her Army as well but also the way she reacted when John Snow told her of what the soldiers did and pointed out what she did she had no shame there was no remorse. She lost her sanity when her closest friend was killed I forgot her name sorry

Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely... Her character proved this old adage to be true. If anyone paid attention to her actions & mannerisms throughout the entire show, its not hard to see... The more power & popularity she gained, the more twisted her views and decisions became. She started out with a good heart and intentions. But by the end, she literally became the mad king.

The problem with serial shows is they often change writer's, who change characters personalities . Saw it in Grey'sAnatomy and this series also. Fks up everything

Well, obviously she didn't breathe fire herself, but she did very much want this to happen. We can see her face, you know? Aemond was shocked by what happened, Danny not so much

Said said the word for Drogon to burn KL down. And I'm pretty sure Drogon blamed the iron throne and her want for it for her death and not Jon.

The industry that is rationalizing away the mess D&D shat upon us.

Watching the series as she gained more and more power you could see that she was evolving to be just as revengeful as Cersei Lannister. If you did not see it coming, you were not paying attention

THANK YOU!!! So many people think that Aemond intentionally killed the young boy. It was clear, if you paid attention, the BOTH boys lost control of their dragons. Both boys kept telling their dragon to stop and to obey them.

Except Drogon doesn’t give that Hitler speech to the Unsullied and Dothraki after the fall of Kings Landing, that’s all Daenerys, and her expression just before launching the attack shows her complicity. If it was Drogon that was acting against Daenery’s wishes, they should have shown her fighting back against Drogon the way House of the Dragon shows Aemon fighting with Vhagar.

It really was horrible that her character went totally out of control in the last episode but that’s what was intended. She had Drogon burn Kings Landing on purpose but the reason He burns the iron throne is because that is what his “Mother” coveted her whole life and was the reason she became so blood thirsty and crazy and was the reason she had to be ultimately taken out by John Snow. So Drogon had to destroy it because he knew that’s what cost her life. 😢

I think they should have let her destroy the red keep only. It would have suited her better. But I don't think she destroyed kings landing because she had gone mad. They killed her child. They killed her best friend. Her most trusted advisor. And Missandeis last word was Dracarys. So this is what she did. Dany and Drogon have such a strong bond... I don't think they thought rationally. Drogon wasn't controllable because of Danys emotions. Caused by Cersei.

Drogon has shown multiple times as acting on Dany's feelings. There have been very few times he has reacted in anger if she wasn't feeling it as well. When Viserion is killed, both him and Rhaegal roared in what seemed like anguished rage, but neither went after the Night King. When Viserion - a smaller and zombie dragon - attacked Drogon; he fled to get Dany away safely because Dany was scared. Jon was angry and went after him, and Rhaegal didn't back down even though he was getting hurt because he was reacting to Jon's rage, not trying to protect him. Jon has shown a lot of aggression to the NK, where Dqny hasn't had many encounters. The only time Drogon had put himself before Dany was when he flew off to get rid of the wights. I think he showed anger not affected by Dany's emotions two times - when he rescued her in the fighting pit and had a bunch of spears thrown at him, and when he hit the scorpion with his tail. He came to rescue her because of her fear but got mad when he was hurt and roared in her face. Then he immediately backed down, recognizing it was mom. And he had already burned the scorpion. The kick was just a little extra f*ck off. After Dany died, I think he was so full of sorrow that he struck out and burned the iron throne, the most predominant thing in the room. I don't know if I believe he burned it as a symbol, but who knows? I think Jon was safe for 3 reasons, his Targaryen blood, Drogon knew he had been Dany's friend/lover, and it was clear to him Jon was mourning her as well I don't know that Drogon could tell Jon had killed her. Which is why his fire was directed at the throne. Jon wasn't in the way of the throne, and Dany's body wasn't either. In HotD, Aemond hated Luc. He may have commanded Vhagar not to do it, but his emotions were conflicting, plus Arrax blew fire at Vhagar. No little punk baby dragon is going to spit fire at Vhagar! She's the baddest bitch in the sky and has a reputation to uphold.... but #GoTeamBlack

Sounds like another Targeryon apologist. “No, it wasn’t MY khaleesi! It was the dragon’s fault, she was just a victim!” Your khaleesi was a monster. She started as a craven, mewling wretch and was then given three dragons that she hatched using blood magic. The atrocities just kept piling up after that.

No - She is the fruit of the Mad King and so is prone to madness herself. It was only her advisors that held her in check.

It might've been a mutual collaboration, but Daenerys definitely went batshit. She wasn't trying to stop Drogon, nor did she act like it wasn't intentional in the aftermath.

I suppose Cersei shouldn't have murdered Missandei.

She actually instructed the dragon to burn it all.

I would disagree. Before Missandei was out to death she was asked if she had any last words, to which she proclaimed "Dracarys." To me at least this was Danys way of fulfilling the final wish of her close friend.

The Mad Queen, like father like daughter. (Dad wasn’t crazy, Bran made him crazy)

i feel it was Brain because when he got his visions in season 4 we were seeing kinglanding from the sky from a dragon prospective

That’s just fans of her character who didn’t see her chaotic and megalomaniacal tendencies which while slow to build had always been there. Just look at how entitled she acted towards those in Essos who didn’t do who bidding when first asked…look at the carnage and brutality she unleashed on those who opposed her. She was driven mad by the killing of someone she cared for and acted 100% in line with her character. Also what happened in HotD was a quick action from the dragon but Danny did not say “oh no” or try to reel her dragon in but kept making passes…folks just over invested in aspects of her character while ignoring the warning signs that had been there from the beginning and built upon steadily over the seasons.

I think Drogon realized her ambition for the throne is what killed her and that's why he left Jon alone. And I also think Drogon destroyed King's Landing on his own volition.

this actually does make sense. Since HOTD, we have seen how dragons are easily affected by their riders emotions and despite Aemond not wanting to kill Luc, Vhagar must have assumed: "my rider is making me chase them, he seems angry, I must kill". When in reality, Aemond was angry because he wanted to take Lucerys's eye. We didn't really see Daenerys give the dracarys command, because her dragons are quite properly trained in a sense that they listen to her. But then again this ending would have been better and made more sense if the writers had foreshadowed the madness taking root much earlier (probably during the time she went to Winterfell)

Aemond wanted to kill Lucerys. His dragon knew.

If you think about it a mutually charged decision to destroying King's Landing between Dany and Drogon would make sense. As for some of the early seasons, most of the protagonists of the stark story line and most of the people causing Dany pain, grief, stress, etc came from Kings Landing. A temporary lapse in judgment and a moment of pure hatred and vengeance she made a decision and she didn't regret it afterward, we should just accept the (Fictional) Queen's decision.

It wasn’t what happened to Daenerys, she was in full control of drogon. She was the victim of *_BAD WRITING_* nothing more, nothing less

This is the Mother of 🐉s bro. Breaker of Chains. She's running things.

Saw a few theories about the Targaryens marrying the sisters/brothers/uncles/aunts/ etc. was to keep the blood of the dragon more pure thus increasing their bond and control with their dragons. Which is why Vhagar and Arrax didn’t listen to their rider because they are only half Targaryen. But this is also an inter theory!

I always got vibes that she was power mad, didn't really see this exact instance coming but didn't shock me

This in the end is just a twisted form of vengeance. The people you feel bad for, getting burned alive. They were the same people that cheered to see Lord Starks execution.

🎀No it was Daenerys. Her best friend was murdered, her children (dragons) apart from one was killed, her love and nephew Jon Snow didn’t want her anymore and was the true heir to the throne. After everything she had been through, why wouldn’t she go mad? Or want some type of revenge?🎀 🎀She freed slaves, and did everything by the book for what? Only to lose so much. This is one of my favourite scenes in the show.🎀

The people who think that happened must have been looking away lol she clearly asked for it to do so

She literally ordered the dragon to burn it. Wtf

Dude look at her face. She meant to do it. PLUS she defended her actions to Jon so yeah. Good theory but she knew what she was doing

The murderer didnt kill the victim the gun did

Dany had been sacking cities since the very beginning of her arc. The only difference between sacking say Meeren and KL. Was that the audiences modern sensibilities said one was ok because of slavers.

Complete power corrupts completely, no one is immune

She was literally smiling in the end when there was nothing left but ruin in kings landing and even defended her actions against Jon. Not a single emotion of regret or whatever "oh no my dragon did this" looks like. This is the farthest most stupid theory out there.

Nah y’all weren’t paying attention she set up to go crazy from season two I loved every minute of season eight I wish they would’ve extended it to maybe 10 episodes but still everything that happened was meant to happen. The only real complaint I have about that whole season is the Jon Snow didn’t fight the nights king

In my mind, she wanted to fight, kings landing surrendering wasn't enough. She came for a fucking fight, maybe went too far in pushing them into a fight she didn't realize they wouldn't.

If you watched every season of that show and didn't get so much as a whiff of danarys being power-hungry, egomaniacal, or ruthless than that's on you. People were just so in love with her that they didn't realize anything she did that bordered on crazy. This was absolutely not out of character.

It didn't go against her character arc, however it went from a 2 mph creep slightly in that general direction to a hard left 200 mph literal fiery crash in 1 rushed poorly written season

Don't you remember the Hitleresque speech she gave to her miraculously revived Screamer army!?

She was hooting and hollering. She wanted gbhxv

Nah, it was her. Unlike Vhagar, Drogon’s loyalty to her was absolute. Same was her control over him. He would never disobey Daenerys.

Did you even watch that episode? Daenerys made Drogon attack. She didn't try to stop him like Aemond was trying to do.

I can understand the ending because she is the daughter of Areys II the mad king and those loose screw tendency’s could have been hereditary. Look and the unburmt brother viserys, he was so delusional he thought drogo would hand him the 7 kingdoms with drogo’s khalasar. Princess Daenerys mad trait kicked in when she felt something wasn’t going her way when she invaded kings landing to claim the iron throne but instead massacred an entire city.

That makes no sense. Vhagar was a big stubborn elderly dragon went after a single person. Dany brought thousands of Unsullied and Dothraki to King's Landing. She wasn't there to become friends with Cersei. As far as we know, Drogon only burnt cities when his mother told him to do so.

A Dragon's mind is as complex or more than that of a human, the bond between dragon and rider goes as far as to linking emotionally and deeply almost physically as to feel the riders pain, the problem with this is, that as humans one can feel one thing, but want another, the dragon just acts as a reflection of those emotions that are being pent up inside, in the end, we humans might be thinking many things at once when having negative emotions, but when thinking straight, we could stop ourselves or let it blow out of proportions, to then regret it or not, depending on ones mental stability. Therefore negative emotions will give the dragon the right propulsion to kill and burn everything to the ground.

Pretty sure she said Dracarys or however it’s spelled. I’d have to look it up, but she visibly wanted to see it burn and had absolutely no remorse after the fact. So I’d say this theory would be cool if we didn’t have clear evidence that she wanted to burn KL to the ground. Also, clearly the show was tying her to her father with the whole “watching the city burn” thing, mad king -> mad queen

It did go against her character in the show. She spent all those years protecting the common people and freeing slaves...it doesn't make sense that she flips out and burns down an entire of innocents.

It was NEITHER, but Bran the Broken. Bran and/or Brendan Rivers/Three Eyed Raven was also responsible for The Mad King's "Burn them ALL".

She seemed fine with it afterwards so I’d say that’s BS

Nah, if it had been an accident, she wouldn't have given her dictators speech. She would have been devastated. It was simply bad writing by D and D.

Nothing made sense in this season: Since the dragons were a gift from the lord of light, Drogon purified nonbelievers. However, this quote from Kinvara referred to Daenerys, not Drogon. So there you go, nothing makes sense.

She did tell her Dragon to burn King's Landing

I believe this cause there was no scene where she said "Dracarys" when the dragonn burnt the people.

What a stupid argument. Aegon’s dragon was being yelled at, directly disobeying him. Dany was sitting, single minded, fury of a thousand suns in her eyes, resolute in her mission.

I just feel this is a bit of a stretch.

I like the theory that Bran controlled her more

Drogon didn't burn the Ironn Throne.... Drogon melted the Iron Throne into slag. He destroyed it.

We watched her become more vicious as she didn't care who she killed as she was on her quest for the throne. Right before she burns down Kings Landing she is shown going mad. This theory is ridiculous.

Nah, she pretty much admitted to her doing it bc Cersei tried to use the people and Dany's compassion against her.

Nah! She meant to do it-she had so much death and betrayal that she became much tougher and when Cersei beheaded Missandei in front of her it pushed her right over the edge. Her whole Hitler style speech at the end was an in your face-the sweet little girl at the beginning is dead and the Mother of Dragons is alive and kicking a**!

Ok let's say, sure this was the reasoning. It's said that the connection between Daenerys and Drogon was basically telepathic, so what if, the reason 'drogon was the one who wanted to burn down KL' maybe, Drogon felt the absolute hatred that engulfed Danys heart/which is the reason she burned down KL. And acted trough that, and Dany being yk MAD at literally the world did nothing to stop it and 'gave permission' to Drogon, but that's just my theory on why this would've happened

No, i don't think so. She was angry and blinded by her rage and basically admits to it when Jon confrots her. In regard to Ahemond he got his dragon reved up and when Lucerys's dragon attacks back Vhagar responds accordingly.

It would be neat if they introduced actual 4 legged winged dragons and not these wyverns.

This it's easily debunked when you consider that Missandei last words before she was killed right in front of Daenerys were "Dracarys", her closest advisor and one that kept her in check basically told her "burn it to the ground" as her dying wish with that Dracarys and Daenerys went rampage.

Her dragon felt her pain

Nah if anything it was Bran

No she wanted to burn KL. Her dragon didn’t even kill Jon after Dany’s death. He burnt the throne. She went mad and even praised her troops. She would of been just as bad if not worst than her father. Instead of forming an alliance with Sansa she wanted the North for herself. They bent the knee to two kings they weren’t going to bend the knee to some woman with a dragon who really didn’t know anything about politics or the land

No you see the smile on her face and she could have stopped the dragon if she wanted.

No, she burned them, she even admits to it after to John Snow when she explains to him that she released the people of Kings Landing from a tyrant