It's nitpicking for nitpicking sake.
not exactly, but close enough.
Same thing as the "Dany would've seen Euron's fleet!" or "Why didn't she fly above the clouds again?!"
#whiteknight. sorry - you're not close on this. these are 2 very fair questions since euron's ability to take down a dragon is dependent on 2 extremely stupid and improbable writing choices. this, folks, is what they call (and say it with me) plot armor. worn by euron. to ensure that he lives and the dragon dies. they did not write a reasonable way to kill dragons. hiding behind a rock and hoping that the wind bends your arrows like i hit golf balls is clown town. it was completely a "we don't know how to stage this. so here's this stupid thing instead" moment.
I'll disgree.
They established last year that the balista bolts could at least injure dragons, as Drogon was injured by one in the battle over the Highgarden loot train. I'd also have to double-check because it's a deeper dive into book lore but I think in the World of Fire & Ice, it was shown in Westerosi/Targaryen history that similar weapons brought down dragons.
If your issue is with the execution of it, I guess I can kind of see the complaint, though what would you have preferred to see? I suppose they could have set something up in advance actually showing Euron planting the ships there to spring the ambush (think Return of the Jedi when we see Palpatine tell Vader to take their fleet to the other side of the sanctuary moon), but you still get the same end with tension build-up rather than the shock of the bolt coming out of nowhere.
i think the balista is a completely legitimate weapon against dragons, and actually highlights a flaw in the source material. so it's a win for the show, IMO. "bigger arrows" should have been a tactic employed during the old days - it doesn't seem like this would be new technology or anything.
the issue at hand is that Dany and the generals already knew about balista bolts, and would have been careful to avoid them. so rightfully, the show orchestrated a sneak attack instead. but the entire fleet was hidden behind a rock. you have to pick one or the other here:
a) hide behind large obstacle
b) make direct contact, killing a dragon
you can't have both. so go back to the drawing board and find a better way to play this out. because they literally bent that arrow at something like a 100 degree angle.
