Who do you root for? (aSoIaF thread)

[Lorizael]

That is why I don't understand people being in feeling for Cersei. Yes she was abused, but that doesn't really excuse destroying the lives of so many others.

JM

I don't know if this is aimed at me or not, but I definitely don't root for Cersei at all. She's very clearly a villain in my eyes. I just don't think her villainous actions erase the wrongs done to her. I can feel sorry for some of what has happened to her without feeling that she's justified in doing what she does.

[Guynemer]

I don't know if this is aimed at me or not, but I definitely don't root for Cersei at all. She's very clearly a villain in my eyes. I just don't think her villainous actions erase the wrongs done to her. I can feel sorry for some of what has happened to her without feeling that she's justified in doing what she does.

Exactly. She's a repulsive person, but some of the things that were done to her in the past, as well as a certain scene in the books, engenders some compassion.

Very, very few characters in the books are saints--there's approximately three point-of-view characters who are morally near-spotless.
Even some characters who have done incredibly horrific things can be, and occasionally are, people to root for.

[Hauldren Collider]

All the sad **** that happened to her pales in comparison to the sad **** that happened to virtually everyone else in that fantasy world, yet she's the one who ****s everything up. No, I don't feel super sorry for her.

[Hauldren Collider]

Guy, I'm a little disappointed you didn't take any issues with my comparison of the Detroit Lions to the peasants in game of thrones

[DaShi]

It is best ignored.

[ColdWizard]

I root for Cersei (among others). She's a good villain.

[DaShi]

Real men root for Stannis.

[ColdWizard]

Stannis is boring. Robert is the only good Baratheon.

[Nikolai]

I root for:
Jon Snow
Bran
Sam
Dany
Tyrion

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Inigo Montoya, although he was only in it for mere minutes before coming down with Squishy Head Syndrome.

And Varys, for being the most interesting character in the whole series.

[Dauphin]

Blonde princess perkytits, because ..... Tits!

A different kind of root methinks.

[Dinner]

Who in seven hells are "the Lancasters" supposed to be? This is like reading the westeros.org forums, or worse, like reading some related question on Quora.

Lannister not Lancasters.

[Nikolai]

Inigo Montoya, although he was only in it for mere minutes before coming down with Squishy Head Syndrome.

And Varys, for being the most interesting character in the whole series.

Varys is a fascinating character, true.

[kentonio]

the peasants

Oh the sweet dripping irony..

[Nikolai]

I still think your avatar needs changing, ken. That glance is unnerving...