Anybody enjoying Game of Thrones? (HBO TV series)

[Centurion1]

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Imagine what an opinion we would have of Tyrion though if we only saw his actions through the eyes of the people around him, like we do Tywin. He would probably appear even more of a monster than his father. Jaime is a character most people probably hate, until we actually get to see thing from his point of view when he becomes likeable. I'm not saying Tywin would suddenly become a nice chap, just misunderstood, it's just frustrating that we never really get to know somebody so central to the events of the story. Probably the only person who becomes (slightly) less objectionable without have their own chapters is Sandor Clegane.

I have to say, the epilogue of book three was probably the biggest WTF moment yet. I can just imagine the author thinking "Okay, I've killed off a load of characters, who would people least like me to bring back? I'll show them..."

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No kidding i loath catelyn shes an imbecile. I want either robb back or brann + legs. Robb was an under discussed character i would have enjoyed reading from the pov though he seems a bit too pure. Then again he appeared to be a military genius and a formidable warrior. And bran with legs would create and interesting power dynamic up north.

[johnhughthom]

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No kidding i loath catelyn shes an imbecile. I want either robb back or brann + legs. Robb was an under discussed character i would have enjoyed reading from the pov though he seems a bit too pure. Then again he appeared to be a military genius and a formidable warrior. And bran with legs would create and interesting power dynamic up north.

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It always seemed obvious to me Robb and Joffrey would be killed off, otherwise why didn't the story focus on them more? Robb's another character I didn't feel we got to know at all, he comes across as the Richard the Lionheart of the tale, but he's treated like a secondary character while we get Sansa moping around court and Catelyn... you know I don't even remember what she was doing. I guess it's the boring chapters that make those involving the interesting characters that much better. I just wish he'd stop teasing us, making us think Arya's going to find her wolf again...

Anyway, it's nearly 3:30 am, I should go to bed as I start work in 3 1/2 hours, but I'm thinking that time would be better spent reading the start of Feast for Crows than sleeping...

[Centurion1]

john the things you say just make me lol and lol. Come talk to me when you have read all of it and we will have a nice little chuckle!

[The Stranger]

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No kidding i loath catelyn shes an imbecile. I want either robb back or brann + legs. Robb was an under discussed character i would have enjoyed reading from the pov though he seems a bit too pure. Then again he appeared to be a military genius and a formidable warrior. And bran with legs would create and interesting power dynamic up north.

i think that the author has to either A) kill off loads of POV characters or B) not introduce any new ones, because the style of his writing. A) he needs to do to keep the scale of the story down. B) would have the same effect but it would also mean nothing bad could happen to the POV characters or your story would end. There is also option C) and that is increase the size of the story, like Feist has done. he uses a similar POV style but for him its not so bad if in a book some of the characters dont get a prominent role because the size of the story is so big.

[johnhughthom]

There is only one thing I want from future series' of Game of Thrones.

"A bear there was, a bear, a bear!
All black and brown and covered with hair!
The bear, the bear!"

The entire song set to music.

Hopefully better than this.

[Hooahguy]

There is only one thing I want from future series' of Game of Thrones.

"A bear there was, a bear, a bear!
All black and brown and covered with hair!
The bear, the bear!"

The entire song set to music.

Hopefully better than this.

Agreed. I keep trying to think of a good tune for that song but I cant think of anything so far.

[johnhughthom]

Just finished book four. I can see where the differing opinions come from, I struggled to get into it for the first few hundred pages, after that it flowed as well as the first few books. I can imagine now how people who read it six years ago have been frustrated waiting for the next book, only five years overdue...

I'm off now to start again, if I time it right I should be finished in time for book five.