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The issue with Dany is that she wants to be a queen, and inherently unjust and cruel position thats only real path to being 'heroic' and seem good is through proving your own self worth and earning the admiration of your people. This is ultimately what Stannis goes through when he realizes that he can insist the law says he is king all day, but if he wants his claim to be recognized he has to prove he deserves to be king by doing his duty to save the realm from the white walkers. Dany earns admiration and power in Essos...Dany has wanted to be queen of WESTEROS, and grown up being told stories of how she and her brother are the last dragons, and when they come to Westeros they will be greeted as heroes. She finds out not only is she not the last dragon, but there is one with a better claim, and the people actually love him and do not care for her. When she ultimately realizes that she cannot earn the right to being Queen through admiration, and ALSO does not even have the legal birthright claim, she decides that the power and her dream of reclaiming the throne is more important and chooses to rule through fear and show of power. Much like how I said earlier that Jaime DOES actually care about people besides Cersei, Dany cared about being a good person too. She just cares about being Queen more than any of that, those values come second. The characters keep being faced with choices that force them to decide what is most important to them, and I don't think anyone has made a choice that was out of character so far.