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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Which is a point I've been making this whole season because you could see it becoming a problem. I keep saying that this is going to be a struggle because you can't do inner monologue in a visual medium without hammering forward hours of tedious exposition. Which was, BTW, one of the criticisms of early-season GOTs which are now called perfection.
It was always going to be difficult to show her slowly coming apart (or even show the frayed edges early on). But I don't think B&W did nearly as much to hide the ball here as people are claiming. I think too many people were just a little too sold on "Dany, benevolent queen" than they should have been based on the events unfolding before us.
The Scorpions argument I think you can just try to say "hey, she got caught flat-footed and ****ed up". I mean how many of us said at the time "wait a minute - she's a hell of a lot more agile than a scorpion - why not circle and attack?" She did exactly what we said she could've/should've done the week prior. The only difference is she was ready for it this time - which history tells us can mean everything.
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That's fine. Don't show Varys and friends going over their little board of toys explaining who has what forces left, including
explicitly mentioning Euron and his fleet. Don't have her forces get blindsided by the same fleet twice beforehand. I know you don't think much of Daenerys, but thats just ridiculous plot induced stupidity.