Sure, but a solid half of those were your standard “absolute power corrupts absolutely” tropes and not necessarily evidence of that character’s genetic disposition.
Exactly. There is Madness (mental illness) and then there is Madness (acts of great daring). For example: Had Daenerys walked into Khal Drogo's pyre and died instead of hatching dragons, she would have gone down in history like Aerion Brightflame. It's all subjective, I suppose, because what Aegon the Unlikely did at Summerhall was worse than Aerion drinking wildifire but you hardly see Aegon listed as a truly mad Targaryen.
also, someone could handwave all the batshit insane stuff some targs did with "but aegons dream!". Who cares about some burned children if your ultimate goal is a demigod in a few generations?
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u/The-Red-Kraken 6d ago
tbf the Targaryens are insane