In the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, Dany (Emilia Clarke) snapped. She took Drogon and flew around King's Landing, igniting the Lannister army, the people of King's Landing, demolition buildings, becoming the mad queen everyone feared. Why such a sharp turn? According to co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss it's because she has nobody left. The man she loves betrayed her. Her advisor betrayed her. It's just her and a dragon, against the world.
"Dany is an incredibly strong person. She's also someone who has had really close friendships and close advisors for her entire run of the show. You look at those people who have been closest to her for such a long time, and almost all of them have either turned on her or died, and she's very much alone. And that's a dangerous thing for someone who's got so much power, to feel that isolated," Benioff said in the video below. "So, at the very time when she needs guidance and those kind of close friendships and advice the most, everyone's gone."
"Jon Snow is someone that she's fallen in love with, and as far as she's concerned by this point Jon has betrayed her by telling people about his true identity, and also the fact that he's unable to return her affections at this point," Benioff said.
"I think that when she says, ‘Let it be fear' she's resigning herself to the fact that she may have to get things done in a way that isn't pleasant, and she may have to get things done in a way that is horrible to lots of people," Weiss said.
"She chose violence. A Targaryen choosing violence is a pretty terrifying thing," Benioff said.
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