Originally Posted by
remydat
No Cersei committing mass murder makes sense from a story perspective because of the narrative that came before. Dany doing so doesn't make sense because of the narrative that came before. Dany was never mad before. Her threats were in fact based on logic.
The people turned against Cersei when they rang the bells and surrendered. Dany could quite literally have told them to go in the Red Keep and drag Cersei out by the hair and they would have.
The writing is what is flawed to me. This is where you and I differ. You keep trying to make it about the characters but no the issue for me is the writing. I have no problem with Dany going mad. I have a problem with the way the writers executed it.