Thrones has been planting the seeds for a Mad Queen heel turn by Daenerys for years. A few moments from the series stand out in particular:
-In Season 1, she and Khal Drogo are excited to give birth to “The Stallion Who Mounts the World,” a near-messianic figure who Mirri Maz Duur says will burn cities to the ground.
-In Season 2, Dany repeats that idea, promising to “burn cities to the ground” once her dragons are fully grown, when she’s outside the gates of Qarth.
-In Season 6, she threatens to return the cities of Slaver’s Bay “to the dirt.”
-Throughout the show, Daenerys has burned people alive: first a master in Meereen, then the Tarlys, and then Varys in this latest episode.
https://www.theringer.com/game-of-thrones/2019/5/13/18617389/game-of-thrones-daenerys-targaryen-season-8-episode-5-mad-queen
I'm not saying it was done perfectly but those complaining that the heel turn came out of left field haven't been watching. She has always been walking the fine line of wanting to be the people's queen and the next minute having everyone and their brother "bend the knee" to show her the respect she deserves.
And now of course we have people bitching because "male writers" ruined a strong female character because they are males. (not you just twitter being twitter)
It was a solid episode, yes there were plenty of holes but I still enjoyed it and at this point second guessing everything just doesn't seem like it's worth it.