I'd say my favorite characters are: Dany, Tyrion, Arya, Jon, Sam, and pretty much everyone in House Tyrell.

The lack of shipping wars in this fandom is refreshing, especially compared to the shipping wars in the Harry Potter fandom. Don't even get me started on the horror that is Harry/Ginny... Here, it's like, "You like Jaime/Brienne? Cool. I prefer Jaime/Cersei." "You do? That's cool, too." Which is awesome.