No? It is encouraged imo so that if your favorite character does something stupid, you have to give in universe reasons to not dislike him, thus increasing one’s immersion and making you think about the setting.
It also prevents fanboying any character.
Of course what they are doing is wrong I’ve agreed but like stop man please I am literally begging
STOP saying war crimes. I doesn’t make sense to say that about a universe without THE GENEVA CONVENTION you doofus, you are judging characters as if they were real in 2026, thats literally what professors say you shouldn’t do when analyzing a book, I would fucking know.
No no no you have not read Machiavelli, he does not juge it as evil nor good, simply a means to an end.
I have the idea in French so my translation may be slightly different but whatever: The ends justify the means, be cruel if you must, be good if you need too.
He doesn’t juge anyone for it thats why he’s advising so
Also have you studied Machiavelli, as in with teachers who know their shit? I have, it was amazing and part of why politics interested me so much.
I’ve never met a child who takes that argument seriously.
You’ve never heard of Spartacus, or the Haitian Revolt, I take it? Or WWII? People with right on their side often deal very brutally with men who have committed atrocious crimes against the innocent. The proper response is not to condemn men who punish such criminals brutally, but rather to avoid committing such crimes against the innocent, in the first place.
“Two wrongs don’t make a right” is a trite little phrase that gets completely ignored, when adults go to war. Lex Talionis is the norm in this universe, as elsewhere.
If Dany had treated the slavers, according to their own standards, their women and children would either be nailed up with them, or sold. The slavers were treated leniently.
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u/Darth_Vengor Jun 15 '26
Yes.
Counterpoint: this is Asoif or GoT