LogFAQs > #922468801

Yep, the dragons being Daenerys's expressions of agency makes things dissonant from a narrative standpoint. They ARE her sword.

And I'm totally down for that being a slow burn of her more impersonal method of execution leading to her becoming more detached but the show has no interest in doing that and tries to pivot way too fast. Theres some token scenes of the carnage in the Loot Train fight where Tyrion realizes War is Hell and Fire is Bad but it falls completely flat. The Tarly execution needed to be actually controversial and grotesque and not something any lord would have decided to do and then the absolutely laughable 3 seconds of fire and they fall down dead. Followed of course by Tyrion and Varys agonizing over it to explain to the audience how bad fire is.

If she had incinerated the Tarly soldiers that kneel to her after the execution because she decides she can't trust their loyalty or something, that would have gotten the point across.
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DPOblivion was far more determined than me.