[drjimmy]

Dany did not at all intentionally sacrifice her child. At first she thought she was the one who had to be the blood sacrifice, then it seemed obvious that it was the horse whose throat Mirri Maz Duur slit. Dany did all she could to save The Stallion Who Mounts the World.

Cersei is another story. I think you are correct in that, by the time she was blowing up half of King's Landing, she knew Tommen was going to die anyway because of the prophecy. She just did what was necessary to sit on the Iron Throne.

[Salamander]

With her husband dead, her kids were her only means of remaining “in power”.

With that end in mind, she “loved” them.

She let Bran be thrown off the castle and then tried to finish him off, to protect her claim to the throne.

She fried the Sept after being told to go stand with the other riff raff, instead of by the boy king’s side, as was her usual place of status.

She is bloodless and loves/serves only herself.

[Darnright]

>I think you are correct in that, by the time she was blowing up half of King’s Landing, she knew Tommen was going to die anyway because of the prophecy.<

Tommen is the one who cut off Cersei’s ability to have a trial by combat. Who is to say she made a calculated decision to sacrifice him in order to keep him from betraying her in the future. He could have ordered her executed for the murder of his wife and the rest of the casualties.

[Read Write Repeat]

Dany absolutely makes piss poor decisions no matter what the situation.

She went into a tent to seek aid from a woman of a people the Dothraki pillaged, raped, and enslaved instead of seeking aid from the women traveling with her. The mage/”healer” most likely performed an abortion, as abortion is alluded or outright mentioned for other female characters, i.e. tansy tea.

This “girl power” thing is a false premise. There’s a huge difference between a strong female lead and advancing an agenda.