Maybe it's because you're a lazy, whiny faggot, George.
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Martin's real writing flaw is his suffocating nihilism in the name of 'realism.' The man expresses such misanthropy through his writing it's really disgusting to read. It reminds me of Nite Owl's speech to Ozymandias:
https://youtu.be/xyJ4Nt3FN0Y?t=103
"You haven't idealized mankind but you've deformed it. Mutilated it. That's your legacy."
I don't think there's any level of in-story justification for a protagonist's villain turn that would be accepted by any audience, because that's just not how people and stories work. There aren't enough words in the universe to reverse 6,000 pages of sympathizing with Daenerys. Can't be done. The alternative is to accept that everyone in the story is shit, they all worthless, and always have been (which is how Martin feels) but then what is even the point of any of it?
I do completely agree with your spot on analysis of Martin. He’s kind of a one trick pony when it comes to that. Sometimes I think it works. It is fairly excessive to the extent he does it though. And hackish after a while since the series is so damn long and it’s the same shtick endlessly.
I think the Witcher series did fantasy storytelling better in some regards that Martin was trying to capture. Most of the stories and lore are complex and nuanced and it’s not complete nihilism. Some things are really bad and tragic. Others are victories. Some are just fanciful.
If Martin had written it, just pick any direction of growth any character had and then kill them off in a way that negates it or has them flip.