Quote Originally Posted by remydat View Post
Yes my whole point was that they had fears related to what she would do to defeat Cersei.

However she didnt burn children to defeat Cersei. She burned children for fun. Nothing in the show sets up anyone thinking she is that sadistic. This is out of character because it had nothing to do with her attaining power or the throne or punishing evil.

If she had burned the city in order to defeat Cersei that would be consistent with her previous characterizarion. Instead she burning children for fun after the city had already surrendered. That is what makes it out of character.
It wasn't for fun... it was about power. She couldn't rule with love, so she needed to rule through fear. She basically told that to Jon before the battle. Again, her reasoning was flawed as it was coming from the mind of a crazy person at that point, but she wasn't killing them just for kicks. She was trying to build a new world, and if they weren't win her then they were against her. And bells or no bells, she dam well knew these people weren't going to embrace her as their queen.