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Harry Potter was the main character his name is in the title of the books. Remember when you thought Ned was the main character? Now remember when you thought Robb was? Maybe you should adjust your perceptions?
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Harry Potter was the main character his name is in the title of the books. Remember when you thought Ned was the main character? Now remember when you thought Robb was? Maybe you should adjust your perceptions?
I can't believe people are separating characters in this show into good and bad categories though. They're so much more complex than that, it's not as simple as saying the Starks are good and the Lannisters are bad.
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He is Roose Bolton. He he was the one that had dinner with Jamie when he and Brienne were captured. He was one of Robb's bannermen.
Seriously. I was like fuck yea Cat! .. Little did I know. Fuck this show
If this had happened to Daenerys, I'd probably be reacting the same way.
A Serious Man
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Fair enough.
Victory Red
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soundscream
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Uh dont know about the books, but the way they have been portrayed on the show is just that.
Chie Satonaka
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Oh, no, I can say that House Lannister is fucking terrible without any distinction whatsoever.
I know it goes much, much deeper than that, but they're still fucking terrible.
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I almost tore my book in half when I read it lol
Omfg
Jaime and Tyrion have been great characters so far. Jaime especially has gone through so much redemption in my eyes this season.
The Starks were the focus of the show early on and they have been portrayed to be honorable and good. Fuck, they even have a heroic theme that plays whenever you see thei house sigil. There is a reason why people are attached to them. They are the most "good" of all the houses on the show. It's very obvious
Right, but the focus of the series so far has clearly been three dominant houses (Baratheon, Lannister, Stark) with all others orbiting about those. Baratheon is just Stannis, who seems in religious and moral turmoil, as well as disempowered after his failed attempt on King's Landing. Stark just got decimated. And Lannister ... well, I'm only caring about Tyrion, frankly.
So I think the current framing of the series kind of sets people up for this. Not sure how it works in the books, naturally.
Your comment does make a ton of sense, however, when you think that the Targaryens have to come back into this at some point. The series really has been global, but Dany's basically carrying an entire house by herself, and can't really hold up to the drama over in Westeros. (IMO, natch.)
Dude....the fuck bro
What the hell was lord bolton doing there? And did he kill rob for not marrying his daughters the first time? Thats stupid. What about his uncle that went pee? Or that guy with the bedding?
You could say anything you want about GOT, but at least they won't end a season with a cliffhanger *Cough* Breaking Bad *Cough*.
You could say anything you want about GOT, but at least they won't end a season with a cliffhanger *Cough* Breaking Bad *Cough*.
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Now I just want the whitewalkers to roll on through and destroy them all.
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that's why i named individuals, instead of house names. obviously every character has a certain personality, and many place much higher importance on values and ethics. tyrion is not walder frey, lol. i absolutely think there are many characters to "root for" here. i was just responding to the complaints that the starks are the heroes and they keep dying, which clearly isn't true and is a really shitty complaint.
Black-Wind
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That's the thing, I'm not even mad about it because it all makes sense.
You promise this man that one of his MANY girls is gonna tie him to the King, use him, go against your promise after using him and try to give him a shitty sub when you could pulled a Imp?!? Yeeeeaaaah ... he's not gonna be happy.
That's why I thought Rob was gonna pick a wife at the start, his marriage aint official from what I can tell.
Now the old man gets to have his revenge and get in good with the Crazy-Camp by saying "I killed Rob and fucked over your enemy! We good?".
But i still wanna know what that curse was all about. Could it be that the curse caused Rob to make this chucky-fuck move of not saying "Sorry, things gotta bit lonely out there but NOW I'm ready to own up to our arrangement! You get yo king so that we can move forward and stump some ass!"? Or was Rob fully decided on saying "Fuck you! I'm getting with THIS girl for LOVE!
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So I guess this pretty much cements that the Misfits kid who has Theon has gotta be Roose's bastard. Only he can father that psycho
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Not really man. Tyrion is a Lannister and he's a fan favourite. Jaime has gone through a redemption arc that was hinted at even in the first season, and for older characters even people like Drogo were assumed bad at the start until they showed more of him.
These are human characters with all kinds of reasons and motivations for what they're doing.
They just made mortal enemeis of the Tullys. The most definately killed Edmure as well.
Why the hell are some people giving some of us who took it hard a bad time? We all have different tastes and feelings you know. Maybe I was naive but I thought Robb would take up his father's burden and carry the Stark mantle further, get justice for his death, defeat Tywin and the Lannisters. I'm sorry if I don't pick up on the real life comparisons or intrigue. I'm sorry if I don't brush off major character deaths easily. I know the world is a fucked up place and this shit probably happens all the time, but I watch to escape sometimes. I don't need a reminder about how 'evil' most likely always wins.
Relevant example, Charles Dance in Last Action Hero, he comes into the real world and says to Arnolds character, in this world the bad guys can win.
That's how I feel right now.
Relevant example, Charles Dance in Last Action Hero, he comes into the real world and says to Arnolds character, in this world the bad guys can win.
That's how I feel right now.
yankeeforever2
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Rob Stark is a pretty terrible leader which lead to all this.
Grimm Fandango
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Not all stories are or should be the same.
I think most people understand this, but ever since the death of Ned people were holding out that Rob would avenge his father. So to see him bite the dust, just puts another heavy blow against the Starks. Things as of yet are seemingly lopsided in regards to major deaths.
Man, you're even more naive than Robb Stark was.
soundscream
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Hows Little Finger going to take this?
He is the leader of the northern house Bolton, Roose Bolton. He's supposed to be a follower of Starks, the northern ruling house.
LAUGHTREY
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It's called a red herring. When people have a strong reaction to a character dying it means they liked the character and it was written well.
It just ended.
Ahh yes, I remember now. Thanks.
SlowRevolution
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he's still got sansa
Freezasaurus
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I had to be more considerate, I was reading a copy from the library.
DR, please console me....
A pretty good episode, no? I liked when Walder Frey was all licking his lips over Talisa's smooth, tight body
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