Obviously the wildlings are important, and I rather liked their role in ADWD, but I found Jon's earlier storyline with the wildlings (in, what was it, ASOS? or already ACOK?) rather boring. I didn't find Jon himself very interesting, Ygritte was just annoying as hell, and I couldn't care less about what happened to Jon. I understand how it was important character development for him, I just didn't care.
I used to love Tyrion, but as I said before, I think he should have died. But I'm repeating myself there. :)
I'm fairly sure that there will be some twist on the whole AA/PTWP prophecy, but there probably still will BE some sort of AA. :/ 'course it would be cool if the PTWP turns bad. Star Wars style. "No, Daenerys, you were the chosen one!" Darth Vader!Daenerys would be hilarious.
There will be some sort of bloodbath, no matter if Jon is dead, dying, resurrected, whatever. :/
Stannis and Roose ... I want Stannis to get out of this as the winner, obviously, but I just don't want Roose to die. ;) I really want Roose to be the one to kill Ramsay, or sell him out to Stannis.
Oh, I just read theories about the fact that the "valonquar" could be any little brother, not necessarily CERSEI's little brother. *shrug* I'm not sure I buy that, I'm still for Jaime killing her, it seems most likely, especially with her conviction that she and Jaime will "leave this world together". BUT if it's not Jaime (and most definitely not Tyrion), it could be any little brother, right? And Loras is the youngest brother of his family. But, again, I'm not sure I buy those theories.
Ned exercised his own judgement, for example when he refused to ally himself with Renly (even though that was probably the RIGHT thing to do, joining forces with Robert's brothers). His judgement was just absolutely horrible. I have no trouble with Barristan being flawed. I was just somewhat disappointed that the most honourable, awesome knight in the realm was so ... well, disappointing. I had my doubts about Barristan before (his behaviour was extremely questionable on numerous occasions), and somehow I had hoped that his POV chapters would clear things up, maybe restore the iffy feeling I got about him. I expected to get clear explanations for his past behaviour, the kind of moral justification for his actions that I would expect from a man who is always described as so incredibly honourable. Barristan, to me, seemed like the kind of man who would think his decisions through, or even if he makes spontaneous decisions, he really asks himself afterwards if it was right or not. Instead, I got, "yeah, I was kinda insulted that Joffrey dismissed me, so I did something totally dumb and explain it in one and a half sentence and then move on." I expected something profound on what he knwe about the Lannister incest, when he found out, why he bent the knee to Robert after the war, why he then decided to join Daenerys and not Stannis even though he apparently knew Stannis was Robert's heir, what he thought about the events back in Westeros ... and I got nothing. :/ Tbh, Barristan felt very hypocritical to me in his chapters.
Darth Daenerys. It would redeem her awful storyline. The heroine turns bad, while the guy who has been set up as potential bad guy from his first scene onwards turns out to be the hero. My wishful thinking almost hurts my brain. ;) Though, Stannis set aside, I'd love for Daenerys and Jon to fight each other. They've been set up as hero and heroine so much that their eventual alliance is expected by so many people, and it would just be epic if they ended up as enemies.
I think R'hllor is too much show for me, nightfires and dramatic speeches and all that bullshit. I really like the Northern gods: they don't really expect you to do anything, there are no priests, and occasionally you go into a forest and talk to a tree when you want to be alone with yourself. It's the only kind of religion that doesn't make me go like "lol, what?"
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Date: 2011-09-06 03:08 am (UTC)I used to love Tyrion, but as I said before, I think he should have died. But I'm repeating myself there. :)
I'm fairly sure that there will be some twist on the whole AA/PTWP prophecy, but there probably still will BE some sort of AA. :/ 'course it would be cool if the PTWP turns bad. Star Wars style. "No, Daenerys, you were the chosen one!" Darth Vader!Daenerys would be hilarious.
There will be some sort of bloodbath, no matter if Jon is dead, dying, resurrected, whatever. :/
Stannis and Roose ... I want Stannis to get out of this as the winner, obviously, but I just don't want Roose to die. ;) I really want Roose to be the one to kill Ramsay, or sell him out to Stannis.
Oh, I just read theories about the fact that the "valonquar" could be any little brother, not necessarily CERSEI's little brother. *shrug* I'm not sure I buy that, I'm still for Jaime killing her, it seems most likely, especially with her conviction that she and Jaime will "leave this world together". BUT if it's not Jaime (and most definitely not Tyrion), it could be any little brother, right? And Loras is the youngest brother of his family. But, again, I'm not sure I buy those theories.
Ned exercised his own judgement, for example when he refused to ally himself with Renly (even though that was probably the RIGHT thing to do, joining forces with Robert's brothers). His judgement was just absolutely horrible.
I have no trouble with Barristan being flawed. I was just somewhat disappointed that the most honourable, awesome knight in the realm was so ... well, disappointing. I had my doubts about Barristan before (his behaviour was extremely questionable on numerous occasions), and somehow I had hoped that his POV chapters would clear things up, maybe restore the iffy feeling I got about him. I expected to get clear explanations for his past behaviour, the kind of moral justification for his actions that I would expect from a man who is always described as so incredibly honourable. Barristan, to me, seemed like the kind of man who would think his decisions through, or even if he makes spontaneous decisions, he really asks himself afterwards if it was right or not. Instead, I got, "yeah, I was kinda insulted that Joffrey dismissed me, so I did something totally dumb and explain it in one and a half sentence and then move on." I expected something profound on what he knwe about the Lannister incest, when he found out, why he bent the knee to Robert after the war, why he then decided to join Daenerys and not Stannis even though he apparently knew Stannis was Robert's heir, what he thought about the events back in Westeros ... and I got nothing. :/ Tbh, Barristan felt very hypocritical to me in his chapters.
Darth Daenerys. It would redeem her awful storyline. The heroine turns bad, while the guy who has been set up as potential bad guy from his first scene onwards turns out to be the hero. My wishful thinking almost hurts my brain. ;) Though, Stannis set aside, I'd love for Daenerys and Jon to fight each other. They've been set up as hero and heroine so much that their eventual alliance is expected by so many people, and it would just be epic if they ended up as enemies.
I think R'hllor is too much show for me, nightfires and dramatic speeches and all that bullshit. I really like the Northern gods: they don't really expect you to do anything, there are no priests, and occasionally you go into a forest and talk to a tree when you want to be alone with yourself. It's the only kind of religion that doesn't make me go like "lol, what?"