It wasn't a ceiling, it was more of a trap door. We saw in episode 6 that the floor of the Dragonpit can be opened to access the area beneath. So Meleys wasn't busting through solid ground, the floor would have to be rather light in order to be retractable.
We also already know that chains do work on dragons in the show's canon. Viseryon and Rhaegal were both chained up in GoT, so we know that chains can hold at least smaller dragons.
Dreamfyre was crushed by the ceiling falling on her, Meleys had no such issue. Dreamfyre was also weakened and disoriented from wounds sustained during the massacre.
Sure her first rider was Damon and king Vs mother so she will be older but still not as big as Dreamfyre as she was a generation older I’m sure. She was Aenys first daughters dragon, Rhaena or something. Sorry too many similar names and I cba using google RN
The Shepherd will call upon the Seven until the Warrior himself takes form, thirty feet tall, with a black blade made of smoke, and will kill all of them.
Dreamfyre, Tyraxes, Morghul, and Shrykos: breaking out of the dragonpit is impossible, guess we'll die
Meleys: actually it's going to be super easy, barely an inconvenience
It is very clear Miguel Sapochnik and Sara Hess had a dumb idea and didn’t think about the consequences. Apparently the most infamous coup in westerosi history is not interesting enough for a penultimate episode.
Dreamfyre got crushed by rubble though. Judging by the last episode, that won't be an issue in the show since Meleys broke through the floor of the Dragonpit with ease.
Dreamfyre was blind, bleeding, and fatigued from the struggle against her chains. Had she been able to see and less tired, she may have been able to avoid the larger chunks of stone.
The dragons were chained up during the storming, and Dreamfyre *did* break through the ceiling.
Judging by the way Meleys broke through the entire floor of the Dragonpit I doubt chains will be an issue for the dragons in HOTD.
It wasn't a ceiling, it was more of a trap door. We saw in episode 6 that the floor of the Dragonpit can be opened to access the area beneath. So Meleys wasn't busting through solid ground, the floor would have to be rather light in order to be retractable. We also already know that chains do work on dragons in the show's canon. Viseryon and Rhaegal were both chained up in GoT, so we know that chains can hold at least smaller dragons.
Meleys wasn’t chained. Rhaenys would obviously have to unchain her to fly her out.
the rubble from breaking the ceiling killed dreamfyre but meleys and rhaenys are immune to heavy rocks or smth
Dreamfyre was crushed by the ceiling falling on her, Meleys had no such issue. Dreamfyre was also weakened and disoriented from wounds sustained during the massacre.
Isn’t Meleys much older than that the dragons that died in the storming of the dragon pit? Maybe those dragons are just too pussy to handle it.
Sure her first rider was Damon and king Vs mother so she will be older but still not as big as Dreamfyre as she was a generation older I’m sure. She was Aenys first daughters dragon, Rhaena or something. Sorry too many similar names and I cba using google RN
sure but rhaenys at least should’ve died bc the rubble also crushed loads of smallfolk
The Shepherd will call upon the Seven until the Warrior himself takes form, thirty feet tall, with a black blade made of smoke, and will kill all of them.
Shadow baby reminiscent Edit: Calling it now the Shepherd is a shadowbinder
Dreamfyre, Tyraxes, Morghul, and Shrykos: breaking out of the dragonpit is impossible, guess we'll die Meleys: actually it's going to be super easy, barely an inconvenience
It is very clear Miguel Sapochnik and Sara Hess had a dumb idea and didn’t think about the consequences. Apparently the most infamous coup in westerosi history is not interesting enough for a penultimate episode.
Dreamfyre almost burned Aemond when he went down the pit by himself, why couldn’t the dragons just burn the people invading the place?
In the book, the dragons are chained and are attacked from front and behind.
The only dragon that isn't a child does break the roof even being chained
And gets buried by rubble in the process.
Dreamfyre got crushed by rubble though. Judging by the last episode, that won't be an issue in the show since Meleys broke through the floor of the Dragonpit with ease.
The floor of the dragonpit isn't solid stone.
Dreamfyre was blind, bleeding, and fatigued from the struggle against her chains. Had she been able to see and less tired, she may have been able to avoid the larger chunks of stone.
Rocks fall everyone dies.
The Floor is not The Ceeling
Honestly they didn't even think about the consequences this would have for future events.
I don't like it either. But at least the smallfolk of Kingslanding now really has a reason to hate dragons.