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Anyone else think Dany is worse than Cersei?


Full disclosure, I have never liked Dany. Nothing to do with her being a woman as I'm one myself and I love other strong female characters like Arya, Sansa or Brienne. It was always the arrogance, the 1000 titles she chose to use, the self-importance and the way she only seemed to care for those who agreed to support her in her quest to take the throne. I actually think that the fact that she has so many fans says a lot about the state of our current society where people see nothing wrong with an egotistical "me, me, me!" mentality - but that's a very simplistic way to look at it and I don't want to go there.
The point is, Cersei never really hid who she truly was. Even though she was manipulative and cunning in her political game, she was also pretty transparent about what her core values were and about the way she intended to rule - maybe unintentionally, but still.
Dany, on the other hand, hid behind good intentions when all she was following was her own personal power-hungry agenda. I'm not going by how many horrible things each of them has done, just by a "better to have a declared enemy than a fake friend" kind of logic. And in that regard I think Dany is probably worse.

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Both were selfish, but the TV series writers didn't do either one much justice so they both come across as 2 dimensional. Cersei's obsession with that old prophecy seemed to be the only driving force and the writers didn't give her much else.

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They both choose violence

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She is now.

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