Which Game of Thrones character(s) do you like/dislike the most?

[azzaman333]

The Sansa storyline in the series is now pretty much where it's in the books. If the next two episodes feature her at all there's a good chance he has already overtaken her book counterpart. Daenerys' plot won't quite get there during this season, but is also dangerously close. If you take into account that Martin's publisher has said the next part definnitely won't be published before 2015 it is almost certain that season five will be in large parts new for the readers.

Good, I'm sick of the book readers being smug arseholes dripping spoilers all over the place.

 

[TheLastOne36]

Good, I'm sick of the book readers being smug arseholes dripping spoilers all over the place.

Yah, thanks for applying a label to a massive ton of people.

I think as shown by last night, book readers can be quiet respectful in maintaining spoilers.

 

[azzaman333]

Yah, thanks for applying a label to a massive ton of people.

I think as shown by last night, book readers can be quiet respectful in maintaining spoilers.

I haven't had a chance to see the most recent episode yet, but I'm pretty sure I was spoiled for that at the start of the season.

 

[Zack]

Good, I'm sick of the book readers being smug arseholes dripping spoilers all over the place.

Show watchers are actually worse about spoilers, I think. The books have been out for years, and most book readers stay quiet, but the second the episode's over spoilers are all over the place.

 

[azzaman333]

Show watchers are actually worse about spoilers, I think. The books have been out for years, and most book readers stay quiet, but the second the episode's over spoilers are all over the place.

Every major event I've been spoiled about has been before its been on TV.

 

[TheLastOne36]

Show watchers are actually worse about spoilers, I think. The books have been out for years, and most book readers stay quiet, but the second the episode's over spoilers are all over the place.

This. I had Facebook spoiling the contents of the second episode this season the night it aired.

Social media and tabloids are to blame more than anything.

 

[madviking]

all of this spoilering is giving me a migraine.

 

[Visorslash]

Like:
Hound
Stannis "The Mannis" Baratheon (probably tied for first with the hound)
Davos
Jorah

Spoiler :

Skahaz mo Kandaq

Dislike:
Joffrey
Cersei
Dany - sorta
Harzoo

I could include more, but this will do.

 

[Grisu]

I don't understand how so many people here like Stannis. He seems to be such an uptight prick and short of the all-out evil guys he's one of the characters I like least. Always whining about his brothers stealing the fame, not getting his dues for that one siege. And he's shown that he's capable of doing pretty much any despicable act to get/keep his crown (at least if the red lady tells him to)

 

[Zack]

I don't understand how so many people here like Stannis. He seems to be such an uptight prick and short of the all-out evil guys he's one of the characters I like least. Always whining about his brothers stealing the fame, not getting his dues for that one siege. And he's shown that he's capable of doing pretty much any despicable act to get/keep his crown (at least if the red lady tells him to)

There have been a LOT of complaints from book-readers about Stannis' portrayal in the show. Many book readers love Stannis, but some of the reasons would be spoilers to show-watchers. For example, here's a quote from a popular r/asoiaf thread (I won't link to it because there are spoilers for people who haven't read the books):

Is the show trying to take Stannis in another direction?

I've noticed in the comments on /r/gameofthrones this season that when book-readers make posts on how they support Stannis, show-watchers often reply that Stannis seems like an incompetent jerk who isn't accomplishing anything and that he only does whatever Melisandre says. Having read the books, I usually respond to them saying something like "you'll kind of just have to wait and see why we like him so much." I'm starting to suspect, though, that this moment is either never going to come, or it's going to come in a different way.

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Spoiler season 3 spoilers :

But in the show, we get Stannis sentencing Davos to death, and only changing his mind because Melisandre tells him to. Instead of getting the king who cared, we get someone who comes off like he doesn't actually know what he's doing and in the end only does whatever Melisandre wants him to do.

Some comments from the same thread:

It seems the writers don't understand Stannis at all, just a butchering of his character.

Every Stannis scene this season has been almost a complete 180 from the books. I don't understand how can they fail to comprehend his character and motivations.

They're literally ruining everything good about Stannis.

The worst part about it is that Stephen Dillane would actually be so good as the "real" Stannis.

It's just an incompetent lack of understanding that leads to character assassination.

 

[Kyriakos]

At least during the siege of King's Landing, show-Stannis acted like a soldier, fighting with the rest of the troops, and (in the show, don't know about the books) he even was the first to climb to the walls and fight the guards there.
Also he seemed quite sad about how many of his men died there.

Moreover, he does seem to be thinking other things all the time, and going along with Mellisandre for un-mentioned reasons.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

I don't know if you read the books so (light) spoiler:

Nope so I am not gonna read it

For what it is worth I am very happy how I was literally never spoiled by book readers. And to avoid spoilers by tv watchers is for me easy. I just don't look at anything got-themed before I have watched the episode. For instance I would not look into this thread if I was not up-to-date. Though I also have no fb feeds which could spoiler me.
A good rule of thumb is probably also to just all-out avoid youtube comments which are got-related. You never know with those youtubers.

 

[Kyriakos]

I think that by now it is very much showing that Martin started the series with a different story in mind, and by now it has expanded to pretty much a soap-opera form. The wiki info on the plan for a trilogy, and then four (and then 6) books, tells the same story anyway.

It was also ridiculously over-hyped. For all the noise, this is only a more bleak/graphic look on some quite lowly fantasy themes (dragons, uh... zombies? ), and pretty much a sex/gore fest other than that. No depth anywhere (as in the depth found in 'serious' lit such as Kafka, Maupassant, even to some degree horror writers like Lovecraft - some degree).

 

[Zack]

I think that by now it is very much showing that Martin started the series with a different story in mind, and by now it has expanded to pretty much a soap-opera form. The wiki info on the plan for a trilogy, and then four (and then 6) books, tells the same story anyway.

It was also ridiculously over-hyped. For all the noise, this is only a more bleak/graphic look on some quite lowly fantasy themes (dragons, uh... zombies? ), and pretty much a sex/gore fest other than that. No depth anywhere (as in the depth found in 'serious' lit such as Kafka, Maupassant, even to some degree horror writers like Lovecraft - some degree).

Good God, that was pretentious. Maybe you should actually read the books before you trash them.

 

[Kyriakos]

Good God, that was pretentious. Maybe you should actually read the books before you trash them.

Makes sense, i will go to read 5 books printed already, in total of some thousands of pages, after having a negative view of the tv series set on them with Martin co-producing.

An even better idea would be to read everything else i already have loads of reasons to dislike. Zackian posts getting better by the day

 

[Zack]

My bad. Clearly reading a wiki page and watching a few episodes of the TV adaptation is more than enough to adequately critique a book series spanning thousands of pages.

 

[Visorslash]

I don't understand how so many people here like Stannis. He seems to be such an uptight prick and short of the all-out evil guys he's one of the characters I like least. Always whining about his brothers stealing the fame, not getting his dues for that one siege. And he's shown that he's capable of doing pretty much any despicable act to get/keep his crown (at least if the red lady tells him to)

I'm afraid the best answer if you are going to get is: "well, in the books..."

I agree with what Zack quoted, and must admit that I am disappointed in what they have done with some of his parts, Stannis is definitely one of the more interesting characters in the book, and not as one dimensional as he first seems.

Spoilers below:

Spoiler :

Examples: In the book, he is very reluctant to burn Edric (gendry), only doing so when he sees no other way. He is also unaware of how Melisandre plans to kill Renly. He does not let Melisandre walk over him in the books, and he is actually one of the funnier characters, in terms of dry wit style humour.

 

[NovaKart]

I think the books are quite good but I wouldn't hold them up to be classic literature. Most people are not judging it by that standard.

 

[Josu]

Like
Tyrion
Littlefinger

Dislike
Cercei
Joffrey

 

[Josu]

Lord of the Rings is a much better read (Tolkien just does write better)

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