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Aerys was mad because he was a Targaryen. All of them have latent insanity due to most of them being bred from incest. In his youth, he was apparently a top bloke and was good friends with Tywin.
Other Targaryen kings have been like this to a degree; Maegor the Cruel being a notable example. Viserys had the obvious signs of insanity brewing in him, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dany was to follow next considering everything's that happened/could happen.
I liked Dany originally, but ever since that scene where she burns all the khals in their tent, I just don't like her anymore. The show's writers have turned her and most of the other female characters into Mary Sues.
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Yeah, the properties of his powers aren't the same in the show. Like you said, the show he can freely project his perspective from anywhere, while in the books he's more bound.
I also don't think Bran is going to do anything to the Mad King in the books, his Madness is thoroughly explained in a realistic manner, that being Duskendale and Targ madness. But I do feel he'll interact with stuff via the weirwood trees.