Honestly. Just a little bit of good parenting, and aging. And a little bit of Tyrion actually shaping him up to be a better man instead of always mocking him. I believe Joffrey would've been a great king.
I actually see some potential in Joffrey. I believe he'd actually could be a prudent decision making and a good leader if he had a proper adult to guide him but it seems like all the male figures of his life that are involved in the political decision of the crown (Tywin, Tyrion, Jaime, Robert) seems to ignore him or chalk him up to being an imbecile when I reality the kid's cruelty and impetuousness is a symptom of his insecurities, as he mistakes cruelty for hardline decision making and machismo. And his behavior is further exacerbated by his mother's doting and ingratiating. What Joffrey needs is for ego to be grounded into reality, and that can come from a strong father figure who is involved in the Game to guide him through such difficult decisions. I also believe that Tommen had also been befallen of the same unfortunate fate as he too was also put in the difficult position of being a leader with little experience and no guidance, though unlike Joffrey who externalizes his insecurities through cruelty it seems that Tommen internalizes his insecurities which in the end led to his ultimate fate. 😢
Joff shoulda married dany. Joff is hot. And dany got dragons. Dany could let joff burn them betchs down. And still svkk his big white veiny blonde dyjk at night. That woulda been gloriouz. #duh
its funny how in the current setting of GoT it took a mere 300 years for the denizens of the realm to see Aegon and Balerion as nothing but legends and myths. When in reality it couldn't be more true
The way Joffrey looks around completely incredulous when Tywin admits that Daenerys *does in fact* have 3 dragons. It's like he's saying; "Is this dude fucking serious? You guys see this shit? Is he seriously "unconcerned" about *3 FUCKING DRAGONS?"*
Joffrey if he made it to Season 8 Joffrey: See? You see!? Dragons! I told you grandfather! Tywin: What do you want, a knighthood? *scoff* Joffrey: Men, seize him. I want his head on a spike! *guards hesitate and remain steadfast* Tywin : You are dismissed, men *guards leave* Tywin: As for you, you little shit. I suggest you go cower with your mother someplace dark while me and your Uncle Jamie try and figure a way out of this mess.
I guess you're so focused on how much of a little bastard he is you kind of miss the moments when he actually has the right instinct and everyone kind of just steps around him.
The reason the other lords have their own armies is for two reasons. The first being for kings like Joffrey and Aerys II who both mistreat the people the other lords armies are meant to deter the kings from becoming tyrants under threat of rebellion. The second is so the lords can defend their lands and people they lord over themselves instead of waiting for their possibly tyrannical king to maybe send them soldiers to help.
(In the afterlife after watching Daenerys and Drogon burn King’s Landing to the ground) Joffrey: “Curiosities on the far side of the world are no threats” you said. “Skulls no bigger than an apple” you said. I told you we should have done something you old fart! Tywin:……..
I do wish the universe was more consistent with the universe it created. Specifically Baelish counting the swords. Isn’t it documented that they changed the throne from Viserys time?
If joffery wasn’t a psychopath I think he would have been quite a good king, he was smart and cunning, just applied it to being a total cunt rather than ruling effectively.
If Joffrey was just sent to Casterly Rock the moment they caught him mutilating that cat, I genuinely believe Tywin would have straightened him out and turned him into a phenomenal ruler.
It was a rare scene of Joffrey acting wise in the face of and against the position of Tywin. Of course, it could just be that Tywin was downplaying the threat so as not to set off the loose cannon that is his grandsons. That wasn't a typo, it was an incest joke. Now Cersei remained a fool to the end. Foolish here in doubting the girthy threat of a dragon, like Balerion's skull that outsizes you isn't under the freaking Red Keep. He grew that large, hence they can grow that large, YOU have no idea how long it takes them to grow that large, and still the misplaced bravado. Foolish in the end when she believed elephants would save the day. Although I don't 100% fault her character for that, everyone became stupid in those last seasons.
Viserys had nothing but hate and jealousy for Dany. He wanted to be considered "The Dragon", when deep down he knew wasn't a dragon of any kind. Viserys was too stupid to understand that these people were only returning the love and respect that his sister had shown them from day 1. No one would want him to be king after seeing how treats his own sister!
Tywin said that dragons haven't won the war in 300 years and first I was like... yeah? But then I realized they did not win in Dorne and also in the Dance it really was armies at the end, not the dragons. Even the small Stepstones thing was at the end not won by dragons.
For them? Because that would have to span over a course of centuries in order to get to a point where they have the equivalent of the 1800's, which is considered the beginning of the modern era since that's when technology took off.
