Least Favorite Characters

[KiwiBird]

maybe in AFFC dont know, but in A game of Thrones she seems to concur Ned words of how he looked every bit a king, up until the moment he called her lyanna

[TK-421]

Whoa, whoa there MacMoney, you just brought up 4 characters that are much beloved by most fans on these boards (maybe Brienne less than the other three).

I will let someone more articulate than I am right now express shock at the inclusion of our dear feisty and soon-to-be assassin Arya; the true heir to Horn Hill, seducer of Wildling women and slayer of the Others, Sam Tarly; wielder of Oathkeeper Brienne; and last but not least the Mother of Dragons and Freer of Slaves and rightful heir to the Iron Throne Dany.

Them fighting words...

[the smiling weirwood]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, no matter how wrong it is.

[AryaUnderfoot]

Originally Posted by MacMoney

Arya Stark - A tomboy in a time and place where such things were unheard of. Unrealistic, seems to get away with much due to plot devices. Bland as a character and never does anything really interesting.

I guess I'm wondering just how exciting one should expect a girl of that age to be... I also feel that what Arya witnesses and thusly, what we see through her eyes lends much to the story. She's damn cool, and you know it.

Originally Posted by MacMoney

Brienne Tarth - Another tomboy though somewhat more believable. Another bland character who isn't involved in anything that's worth mentioning. Her chapters in AFFC were just dull and didn't have much bearing on anything that's happening in the series.

I'm not sure how Arya is unrealistic and Brienne is less so? Arya is a tomboy, and Brienne is pretty much a full-fledged knight. I'd say that's taking "tomboy" several steps further. I'd like to know what you think of Asha- is she unrealistic? Because in my opinion, Asha is pretending harder than either Arya or Brienne.

Originally Posted by MacMoney

Samwell Tarly - Yet another bland character who doesn't do much.

I think Sam will be crucial in the battle against the Others. He's a great source of information for Jon. And... what's all this about "not doing much," anyway? What exactly do you expect these characters to do? Realistically, they're each only one person, and they all do more in each chapter than I fit into a regular week.

Originally Posted by MacMoney

Daenerys Targaryen - She seems to get her way too easily and the dragons seem too much like plain plot devices for her to get her way. Also, things have gone on for four books already and her doings haven't had much to do with the actual interesting stuff going on in the Seven Kingdoms. Still, I like her much more than the three first mentioned just because she is a Targaryen and very pivotal to the big plot.

Hmmm.... Okay, Dany's definitely NOT my favorite character. She really doesn't "do much" either, though- not on her own, anyway. As you said, the dragons lend quite a bit to what happens in her chapters. So... if Sam/Arya/Brienne each had a dragon of their own, would what they do in each chapter seem more significant? (I'm really just teasing you here.)

Brienne, Arya, and Sam are just as much victims of circumstance as Cersei or Tywin. They've just dealt with it differently.

[Queen Cersei]

But Dany has the best bits!!!! In AGOT she provided a break from the monotony of the Seven Kingdoms, and did so with cool domestic plots, lots of sex, death, fighting, babies, witchcraft and, yes dragons. Then came crazy free cities and all their customs and the Unsullied were just 'wow'.

Praise Dany

[KiwiBird]

20000 of eunuchs in one place, thats just mind-blowing, where else would you read about such a place

[the smiling weirwood]

Originally Posted by Queen Cersei

Praise Dany

Hail Mother of Dragons!

[Queen Cersei]

wahey!!!! people agree with me. Dany Dtormborn, forever our queen

[genisis2]

Originally Posted by KiwiBird

20000 of eunuchs in one place, thats just mind-blowing, where else would you read about such a place

In Belgium! It is Known I kid.

[Wil]

All Hail the Queen with violet eyes (and 3 dragons).

And death to Sansa, Cersei and StoneHeart.

[KiwiBird]

All know the Canadian Mounted Police consists out of Gays

[Wil]

If I were Canadian I might take that as an insult, but I'm American so I'll take it as Gospel.

[the smiling weirwood]

My, this thread is starting to sound positively evangelical.

[murphy]

Originally Posted by KiwiBird

All know the Canadian Mounted Police consists out of Gays

What's that got to do with GRRM's least favorite characters?

[KiwiBird]

His least favoured characters where moddelled after Canadians didn't you know