Hints That Dany Was Always Mad (spoilers)

I could make a more compelling case for every single character in game of Thrones. She was pretty much the most sane character in the entire series. Except for Tyrion Maybe.

Look:

Tyrion strangled the woman he loved as she lay in bed:clear sign of madness
Tryrion shot his father as he took a poo:very mad
Tyrion constantly gave bad advice to Danarys getting her troops and dragons killed: sign of subconscious desire to kill people and dragon, sign of madness


etc etc blah blah blah.

Ahem. Westeros represents medieval England (the center), Scandinavia (the north) and Spain (the south): accumulating titles was not a tradition there. For example, Richard I of England 'Lionheart' was simply King of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England

Dany rules over a mixture of Asian and Ancient Middle East-like cultures. The tradition there was to accumulate titles. Darius the Great, the father of the famous Xerxes, he was King of Kings, Great King, King of Persia, King of Babylon, Pharaoh of Egypt and King of Countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_the_Great

Dany is just following local traditions. Of course, you can consider non-Western traditions as madness or cruel sociopathy. I disagree with you, but any case, that would be another debate.

Nah. I don't buy she was always a sociopathic narcissist like her brother. Much like her father before her she began with good intentions but suffered from a genetic illness where she went mad. It's just the writers did a very poor rush job of turning her mad where her snapping this past episode was very unsatisfying and unbelievable.

I agree that Dany always had hints of being mad for power and of being capable of being quite ruthless. I think that's why I've never felt 100% behind her. She was just too narcissistic in her single minded drive for control and building armies. Regardless of the cost. It was always the most important thing and everything was about her being Queen..
The best came out of her when she was being worshiped and adored and she never took kindly to being less in anyone's eyes.
But I do think the showrunners rushed the whole process by having her snap to that degree.
Let's face it...they've rushed everything this season.

This entire season she's been like a totally different person...much more insecure than in previous seasons... which made her a candidate to suddenly snap after those major losses and her feeling all alone in the world. But I never saw her as capable of genocide to the likes of this episode..
I don't see her as mad anymore than Cersei was. She just isn't any better.

I think a lot of people are missing the fact that she won the iron throne but her own army is now very small, missendei who she could trust was executed, another of her children was killed, Jon Snow who she loved had rejected her and she is not even the rightful heir. What reason does she have to rule?

I don’t think she has gone mad, I think she wanted to burn all this to the ground because in the end it has destroyed her family and ruined her chance of happiness. I don’t even think she will ever come back to Westeros. She’s got her revenge and she no longer wants to be queen.

Agreed. Even in season 1 we see a glimpse of her madness. Many have mentioned it here, so why surprised?