who's worse: Joffrey or Ramsey?
I agree. Jeoffry was a whiney,spoiled, brat, coward, child that couldn’t stand on his own unless someone was there to protect him and his sadistic antics. If given more time he may have reached Ramsey’s level but cowardess is much harder to overcome.
Ramsey was a total psychopath and a masochist who enjoyed torturing people and had no problem tormenting people with no back up. Even in the face of his own death he didn’t wimp out.
One of the things I dislike the most in this show is that so many great characters were killed, but the characters coming later were mostly dull (Euron, ugh). Most characters in the first seasons were not 100% good or evil, but moved in a grey zone, which made them so likable. It was so great coming to appreciate the guy that pushed a boy through a window in the first episode, or hating Little Finger with time. Joffrey is a perfect example. He was a whiney coward, but once he gets the crown he becomes a terrible menace for everybody, unleashing the sadist inside him. Instead, Ramsey is just plain evil, and far less interesting to me.
One of the things I dislike the most in this show is that so many great characters were killed, but the characters coming later were mostly dull (Euron, ugh). Most characters in the first seasons were not 100% good or evil, but moved in a grey zone, which made them so likable. It was so great coming to appreciate the guy that pushed a boy through a window in the first episode, or hating Little Finger with time. Joffrey is a perfect example. He was a whiney coward, but once he gets the crown he becomes a terrible menace for everybody, unleashing the sadist inside him. Instead, Ramsey is just plain evil, and far less interesting to me.
I have a feeling her ego will get in the way for a bit when someone tells her who Jon is -- a rival for the throne.
But in the end, Jon will have given her a baby... so she may just bend the knee to him too.
Of course, I think Jon's a dead man, so that knee bending won't last long.
You think this goes behind the idea that as forces conspire for power they're forced to pick sides?
Could be, not sure. From my understanding it's not that they're forced to pick sides, but to take decissions. Sometimes those decissions align them with other sides, sometimes not. For example Arya doesn't conspire for power, but she's forced to take decissions. She hates the Hound, but she needs siding with him, and eventually she stops hating him. But at one point, she doesn't need him anymore, and she abandons him (to his death, supposedly). That's an example of a great character, to me. Her arc is character driven, her actions (both good and bad) do others react, and she grows learning from the others. She's far from being a hero, but she's better and better as the story progress. Obviously Arya is one of the best characters in the show. Ramsey, in the opposite side, it's just a plot device. He's evil for the sake of it, and he's as intelligent, strong or cruel as the story needs him to be in any moment. His goal is making other characters suffer (Sansa, Theon, etc.) Once he's not needed anymore, he loses and dies.
Could be, not sure. From my understanding it's not that they're forced to pick sides, but to take decissions. Sometimes those decissions align them with other sides, sometimes not. For example Arya doesn't conspire for power, but she's forced to take decissions. She hates the Hound, but she needs siding with him, and eventually she stops hating him. But at one point, she doesn't need him anymore, and she abandons him (to his death, supposedly). That's an example of a great character, to me. Her arc is character driven, her actions (both good and bad) do others react, and she grows learning from the others. She's far from being a hero, but she's better and better as the story progress. Obviously Arya is one of the best characters in the show. Ramsey, in the opposite side, it's just a plot device. He's evil for the sake of it, and he's as intelligent, strong or cruel as the story needs him to be in any moment. His goal is making other characters suffer (Sansa, Theon, etc.) Once he's not needed anymore, he loses and dies.
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