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I will not hide my identity nor pretend these words are not attached to me. There were men who thought I committed many wrongs before I came here. One man held me accountable and spared me nothing besides a lingering death, which leads me to my question: in your estimation, are there any crimes that are unforgivable?

What a common man or woman cannot - should not - do, a king or a queen can do for the good of their people, correct? Great sacrifices are expected in battle - in war - however do you think that a ruler's life should be forfeit for them? What good can they do if they are slain prematurely?

I can admit when I am wrong, but on this...

I don't understand.

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I'm obviously not the person who originally made this post, but this is a matter I'd wish to study more closely, being unfamiliar with such a world myself.

I've worried myself to death over the need for a worthy successor, you see.

Edited (punctuation) 2019-10-07 05:31 (UTC)

One person shouldn't decide what's best for everyone. Even if they think they have the right idea.

That being said, if that person were to see the flaw in that logic, there shouldn't be a reason for them to die.

I think it's possible for a leader, or even a group of leaders, to do something they think is good for the people but turns out to be a mistake or a misguided action in the end.

But no one is perfect and even leaders are failable. The problem becomes when the leaders are called out for their actions and refuse to listen and continue to insist they were the right all along.

I don't think anyone's life should be taken for a mistake, but there is a fine line between competent leadership and tyrany.

People will try to take what isn't theirs as often as they can manage.

That was thanks to the nobles. They betrayed their sovereign.

He wanted peace. He wanted to save the commoners from pain and death. I saw no other way to ensure all of my enemies were dead. I had to protect what and who I had left. I was willing to do anything and I felt trapped.

So I turned it all to ash. The city fell and thousands died.

Who holds those who commit them accountable?

I killed my enemies.

Along with thousands of commoners.

Really. So he should be blamed for his people betraying him? He should be blamed for their ambition? Their greed?

And were the deaths of the commoners unavoidable, or merely "necessary"?

[ Note the quotes around "necessary". ]

Thank you.

I am looking for the reason I died. I am looking for the reason a dagger put an end to all of my dreams.

I admit I killed thousands - maybe tens of thousands - but I eliminated my enemies too. They can no longer harm anyone and they have done more than enough of that.

The circumstances should be taken into account. I think owning slaves, abusing them and killing them are unforgivable crimes.

Westeros will never be without a king or queen.

But that is precisely what a monarch does. They have councils, of course, but, in the end, it is their decision that rules one kingdom or seven.

What flaw?

I was right in slaying my enemies. I was right in seeing to the incineration or cutting down of the forces that opposed me. My kingdom could never be safe if they lived.

Part of being a queen is being able to read your enemy. She would have never shown me mercy if I let her live. Yet she wanted me to spare her?

Since the knights that supported Queen Cersei were mixed in with the city's populace, no.

Yes. Get rid of dissenters and it won't be a problem. Nobody should dare to go against their beloved ruler, to do so means he is showing weakness.

...I feel as if I'm missing something here, so I'd like you to elaborate. I'd certainly like to think your murder of thousands of civilians was not a first resort, but judging by how others on this network have reacted, I'm not so sure.

Most of them killed each other before I arrived. I saw to the last of them.

Well, almost. There were several more following in their father's footsteps.

She thought to use the commoners as a shield. My armies easily overpowered hers - particularly since I had a Dragon and she didn't. She slaughtered one of my sons and I was not going to let that happen to my last.

Her soldiers threw down their swords and she tolled the bells, asking for mercy. After killing my son and beheading one of my dearest friends.

I had no mercy to give.

The problem with war is that every side has an enemy, but that enemy still consists of human lives. Unless your foes are souless, mindless creatures with only the desire to cause suffering to drive them, you're dealing in lives. Someone's son, daughter, mother, father...

Sometimes being a leader also means being the more compassionate person, doesn't it?

I suppose, though, I'm only speculating from my limited knowledge of the Great War in Remnant. I wasn't alive for it, but I've studied the history as much as any student can.

A power struggle, then? All that means is that the smartest one waits for everyone to finish themselves off. You wouldn't even have to get your hands dirty. I'm still not seeing the problem.

Tell me how they died. Or rather, don't; you did say you had a dragon with you and I am in possession of an imagination.

There's only two reasons you tread upon her capital, and it's either because you were an invading force come to usurp power, or things had really gotten out of hand.

And I've at least seen the first one done with far less slaughtering of innocents.

[ That would be the goblin kingdom not too far from hers, and she's gotta say: hobgoblins got their shit together. ]

There is a time and place for compassion. I didn't think it had any place on that battlefield. (For a variety of reasons which include lack of sleep, lack of food, grief, misery, loneliness and, yes, a touch of the family madness.)

You should be glad you didn't see it.

Tens of thousands died.

Tens of thousands of innocent people. Children... Their mothers and fathers...

Good. A Dragon the size of mine can easily set a whole city aflame. (Of course Drogon has been changed here. For his safety, she isn't too keen on attaching him to what was done.)

I'm the usurper? Don't be ridiculous. Her husband was the reason my father was slain on his throne. I merely returned to take what was mine.

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