The TV show Game of Thrones and the book series A Song of Ice and Fire
GoT: Who's the bad guy?
Reading some predictions for Ep8, a lot of people think Dany's going to rally her Khalasar, collect her dragons and the Unsullied and lay waste to the slave cities that Tyrion just brokered a peace with. Why? Because she's power mad like her dad.
Has everyone decided that Daenerys is the real villain of the story?




As long as Dany has Tyrion, Varys, and Jorah as advisors, she won't be all bad.
Most Game of Thrones characters are neither all good nor all bad.
Arya is mostly good yet a vicious killer.
Jaime is mostly bad yet he can be surprisingly sweet.
Well I guess the easier question would be: who isn't the bad guy? It really comes down to a handful of characters. Even the main "heroes" are at times ruthless killers, self centered maniacs or simply immoral schemers and manipulators.
The more powerful people get, the more it corrupts them.
I think the whole idea behind GoT is that there is no "bad guy." When we started with the first season/the first book, we got fed the idea that the Targaryens were the "villains." However, as we've progressed into the series, we find that maybe that original war between the Baratheons and the Targaryens wasn't as black and white as Robert and Ned were making it out to be. Suddenly, characters we perceived as not good people (such as the Lannisters) suddenly became more sympathetic. And then you realize everyone is just doing what they think they need to to survive.
Similar to what other people have said, the bad guy and the good guy really comes down to point of view. Someone is bad based on who you support. Really, unless you support them, the White Walkers are the bad guys.
The main thing is that most main characters in Martin are a subversion of something - except for Jon, who is shaping up to be the absolute protagonist of the series and is a classic reluctant hero (Martin loves the Frodo/Sam dynamic, after all). Daenerys is a subversion of a morally pure character, and she behaves according to her upbringing and experiences. She's vicious, vengeful, rash.
One could argue that she never strikes first, and she retaliates in full force because everything she has seen of the world is injustice and violence. She has a noble heart, but her actions are often misguided (crucifying the former Masters without trial was a big misstep, for instance).
When has she accepted compromise? This is Tyrion's expertise, and those who think Dany will strike in this case assume that she and Tyrion won't come to an agreement over his decision. The point stays: she's leaving Essos soon, and something has to push her to do so.
I agree with what you have to say about Dany and Jon's natures.
If R+L=J is true and Jon is eventually revealed to be a Targaryen, then he could be the one pricking his butt-cheeks on the Iron Throne. I see Dany as his consort-aunt in keepig with Targaryen tradition. And, I see Tyrion, another unrevealed Targaryen, and Sansa as the parents of the heirs.
I really, really, really hope this doesn't turn out to be a Targaryen festival. Two is enough.
Fan theory from Imzy - Targaryen Reunion!
I've heard this theory recently...
Or, she is welcomed back by allies when they realise there is no clear heir to the throne other than her
Nah, she's not evil. She's learning that she needs to be ruthless to rule, otherwise she can't defend her people. That's been her whole big arc since conquering Mereen.
I think Dany's fated to learn by experience, again and again, until she's a good enough ruler to repel the white walkers. That prophecy from season 2 has largely panned out now, and the jist of it has always been that Dany needs the experiences of the east before she can conquer Westeros.
With that in mind, I think she's done with Slaver's Bay. It's taught her everything she can learn, so it's time to move on. She might return, but I think Mereen is meant to be Tyrion's proving ground, not her's.
The next part of the prophecy is, "To reach the light you must pass under The Shadow" (paraphrased). The Shadow is this weird, blighted region that makes up the farthest eastern portion of the eastern continent. It's supposed to be lousy with magic, and a few people theorize that it may even connect the eastern continent to Westeros.
Hasn't Tyrion already proven himself as Hand of the King in King's Landing?
I don't recall reading about The Shadow but that sounds promising. Essos has dried up its growth possibilities. It'd be good to see a new region, though I doubt that's going to show up in the show.
Different kind of proving ground, I think. Tyrion is further down the road than Dany in terms of ruling people, so he learned a lot of the lessons Dany has just learned back in season 2.
Tyrion's story is more of an internal journey. It's less about where he is and what he's doing than it is about his struggle to find self worth. A lot of his behaviors are fueled by the inadequacies he feels because he's a dwarf, so he's constantly seeking legitimacy, appreciation, and acceptance. He couldn't get any of those in King's Landing, no matter what he did, but he's an unknown quantity in Mereen. There's room for him to be an independent person.