Good idea!
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WARNING: This post is huge spoilers right off the bat.
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Let me start off: Some people have complained in the other thread that the series just gets darker and darker with too many sympathetic characters killed off and not enough comeuppance for the villains. I disagree but couldn't really argue without spoilers . If any of you guys are reading this thread, could you go into a little more detail about what events you were thinking of?
The Red Wedding is brutal, but even that features only one POV character, and she was hardly a fan favorite. It's disappointing that the Lannister downfall doesn't come out of a Stark military victory (but I do like that it's Joffrey's cruelty to Sansa in particular that gets him killed!), but all things considered:
- The Stark kids minus Robb are alive and well and even thriving at the end of Book 4, as are fan favorites Dany+Tyrion.
- Only Jaime is doing all right out of the nasty Lannister quartet of Jaime+Cersei+Tywin+Joffrey, and he is (a) out of politics now, (b) seriously remorseful, (c) nowhere near as evil as GoT implied in the first place, and (d) punished pretty badly nonetheless.
Just curious what people objected to. Renly? Bran+Rickon shenanigans? Winterfell?