On one hand it makes sense that medieval european social relations imply, well, medieval european social relations and it makes sense to use your novel (or your show) to examine those.
On the other I can relate to many people wanting to see women in medieval fantasy to be represented in some other way than constant misery porn.
it's so weird because the show (haven't read the books) seemed to look at her actions positively throughout the first seasons and then in the couple of last ones she starts acting more and more unhinged until become a war criminal and a despot. so fucking bizarre that all the show lead up to was a cringe cautionary tale of "populism". i'm not sure if it was supposed to be more about her being a relative of the mad king or what but it was so awful either way.