I agree Aegon was reckless with Sunfyre and basically got his beloved dragon greviously wounded in a fight. He was irresponsible and poor Sunfyre paid the price.
But still, kind of a stretch for some to say that he never saw Sunfyre as more than an expendable tool? I mean, heaven forbid that even an objectively bad person can have a few nicer and more endearing traits even if they don't justify his actions. He's not some one-dimensional Saturday morning cartoon villain who gloats about how evil he is.
Completely agree. There's very few one-dimensional villains in Westeros, and so far Aegon II is not one of them.
Interestingly, all the more one-dimensional villains are in GOT (Joffrey, Ramsay, Ser Meryn, The Mountain, Craster, etc.)
HOTD in comparison has more morally gray characters. I can see why some GOT fans don't like HOTD.


















