Even in a fake world, it's hard to miss the parallels between the atrocities of Game of Thrones and the decisions real humans are capable of in war.
Daenerys Targaryen lived up to the worst parts of her family's rage-filled past on Sunday's penultimate episode of "Game of Thrones." Atop her last remaining fire-breathing dragon, she lay waste to opposing forces, the women and children of King's Landing . After Drogon easily torched the Iron Fleet and the scorpion crossbows, Daenerys seemed intent on killing every last terrified resident of the doomed city.
She talks about using the dragon the same way real-life leaders have spoken about using nuclear weapons, as an evil offset only by the greater evil of letting the war drag on or letting the bad people in power stay there. Do we take her at her word that she lays waste to King’s Landing to stop the suffering of far greater numbers of people? Or was it just an act of rage and vengeance that can’t be forgiven?The show's visual effects producer, Steve Kullbeck, said in HBO's behind-the-scenes video "The Game Revealed," the attack was heavily inspired by the firebombing at Dresden near the end of World War II.
"As war goes on, one of the things that's very true is the norms of civility start to disappear," said Adrian Lewis, the David B. Pittaway professor of military history at the University of Kansas. "The longer and longer war goes on, the more inhumane humans become."
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