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In the books and in the mini series

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I find Arya, Denny, and Tyrion the most compelling and the ones I want to see what happens next the most.

 

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He is exactly like I imagined. I dont imagine Jon quite like that. Jon seems too strong and not very boyish and insecure like I imagined from the books

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in the books, Tyrion is hideously ugly and has eyes that are different colors

 

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Yes but his character is what I like. He is the most complex and interesting character in the book I think.

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Most of the casting has been superb but I can't fathom Arya being done better.

Tyrion Lannister is one of the finest charracters of modern fiction in any genre, notable well beyond the series itself.

Finding Theon a much more fascinating charracter as the series progresses.

 

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Theon is pretty fascinating in book 5

and the casting for the show is superb. the dude they got to play Joffrey is perfect, because you take one look at him and you hate him

 

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I didn't read the books but Tyrion is my favorite character in the show.

 

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Ned Stark is the best! grin

 

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I dont like how Ned or Jon was done. Jon seems too tough and Ned doesnt seem tough enough

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Jaime Lannister

 

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Does the young stark girls sword teacher end up dying? He seems really cool and I hope he comes back later.

 

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Yep I think he dies. He is an epic swordsman though!

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In the book he died protecting her after Ned is killed.

 

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Been a while since I read the first book. I thought it cut away before he actually died like in the series. So you don't know for sure.

 

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He at first took a few enemies with a wooden sword. He wasnt even at his peak. Years ago he couldven taken them I bet

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I think he died, but I am not sure. I think it was eluded to in the book.

 

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He at first took a few enemies with a wooden sword. He wasnt even at his peak. Years ago he couldven taken them I bet

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Yeah but that was before the "arrow incident".*

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* I've never read or seen GoT, but consider it a qualified guess.

 

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Sux. He seemed to epic to be slayn. After season 2 I'm just going to read all the books.

 

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All the great movies and tv shows are character driven not special effects or action driven. This is what HBO focuses on in their mini series I think.

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Was the Blackfish in the first book?

 

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Yes, Catelyn met him at the gate on the way to the Eyrie. Didn't really have a part, just introduced.

 

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They missed a chance to humanize the Hound. I believe the Hound told the story of how he got his scar from his brother not Little Finger.

Two thumbs up!

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The best character is Lord Mormont's raven! grin

 

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STFU SKONK!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Arya is my favorite character of the series. In the last book, I flipped through the pages before I read the book, to see how many times she would show up. I think she is going to play a very big part in the series before its all over.

Tyrion is a solid 2nd place.

As for Arya's "water dancing" instructor, the book never really said for sure that he died. It would certianly seem so, but I am hoping to be proven wrong.

 

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Multiple armored soldiers taken out with a wooden sword. But it was broken, and he was facing even more of them when Arya ran.

 

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I'm afraid to name a favorite character, if I do it will be killed off next book.

 

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Martin has released a chapter from Winds of Winter. It's on his website, you should check it out. Makes me happy to know he's writing the next book already.

 

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Tych2 posted:
I think he died, but I am not sure. I think it was eluded to in the book.



He died.

Later in the series the man who he squared off against had a role in the foreground of the story. Sword vs broken stick. Not good. I was impressed by an author who could kill off such an engaging character so early on. Made me confident that there would be more interesting character concepts later on.

 

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Is there only two more books?

 

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afaik there are to be 7 total, but that may have been before book 4 was made into 2 books

 

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Elocism posted:
afaik there are to be 7 total, but that may have been before book 4 was made into 2 books


Yeah, supposedly there are to be two more, but I have a hard time seeing Martin (who has diarrhea of the pen) finishing it up in two more, or at all.

 

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illmyrin posted:
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I think he died, but I am not sure. I think it was eluded to in the book.



He died.

Later in the series the man who he squared off against had a role in the foreground of the story. Sword vs broken stick. Not good. I was impressed by an author who could kill off such an engaging character so early on. Made me confident that there would be more interesting character concepts later on.


He still could have survived. Just because your opponent lives does not mean you die.

 

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You all want to say



but are too afraid what others would say!

 

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The only characters I liked immediately and managed to continue to like are Arya, Jamie and Petyr.

I like Sansa character on an intellectual level for what she adds to the story.

I used to like Tyrion but he was so meh in the last book and the 500 pages worth of his boring travel log soured me to him and his chapters.

I didn't like Cersei at first but I like her more now.

I always liked Joffrey, I laughed out loud whenever he did something horrible.

I didn't mind Daenerys in the beginning but she is easily the worst character in the series now. An entire book of her sitting there doing nothing just to have some insipid deus ex machina revelation in the last chapter was enough to alienate me forever. That last book soured me to a lot of things.

 

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You all want to say



but are too afraid what others would say!






i was just about to say: "the hot, nekkid blond" is by far my favorite character

 

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Arya is my favorite character of the series. In the last book, I flipped through the pages before I read the book, to see how many times she would show up. I think she is going to play a very big part in the series before its all over.

Tyrion is a solid 2nd place.

As for Arya's "water dancing" instructor, the book never really said for sure that he died. It would certianly seem so, but I am hoping to be proven wrong.


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The only characters I liked immediately and managed to continue to like are Arya, Jamie and Petyr.



Littlefinger is by far the most interesting character. Not really sure what hes doing. Im not sure if hes a genius or a psychopath.

 

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Kordirn posted:
Mag-Galahad posted:
Arya is my favorite character of the series. In the last book, I flipped through the pages before I read the book, to see how many times she would show up. I think she is going to play a very big part in the series before its all over.

Tyrion is a solid 2nd place.

As for Arya's "water dancing" instructor, the book never really said for sure that he died. It would certianly seem so, but I am hoping to be proven wrong.


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uhhh, wut?

 

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just started reading book 3...so far Arya is my fav. followed by a close second in Tyrion.

im surprised no one said Samwell Tarly?!

 

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