The Kinkslayer Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 In occasion of the purple wedding I'm starting an appreciation thread for the runner-up of the war of the 5 kings: Joffrey of houses Baratheon and Lannister, Joff, child of three, the most notorious great bastard of the 7 kingdoms. The nicest things that are known of Joffrey is that he wasn't sickly and that he was tall for his age, but let's ponder this a little: Joff was a monster because of the way he was raised, or is really the nature of bastards product of incest wanton and treacherous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalais Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 It was the way he was raised. After all Tommen and Myrcella turned out ok... because their mother didn't put as much effort into them as she did Joffrey. :eek: Let that sink in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boarsbane Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 He showed mercy to Ned Stark, sort of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Targdust Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ummmm....he had nice hair.He may have become a decent swordsman.Ummmm..........he wasn't Ramsay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Woodland Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ummnn, the actor Jack Gleeson did a really nice job of bringing his character to life/death :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 showJoffrey is quite a creative guy. I'm sure the whole War of the Five Kings it was his idea and he did marvellous, he really captured all of the portrayed Kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kinkslayer Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Poor Joff, 3 (simultaneous) treasons did he know, once for blood (Sansa) and once for gold (Littlefinger) and once for love (Olenna),Poor boy king, child of storm, from the cup of ice did he drink, from the cup of fire did he drink, yet he was killed in the house with red keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosImprisonateMe Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 He definitely created much emotions and drama with the fans. Thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AryaNymeriaVisenya Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 He was Nymeria's favourite chew toy, I appreciated that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booknerd2 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 He was Nymeria's favourite chew toy, I appreciated that Ah…so true. Love this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajk Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 He never cheated on any woman. He lived and died a virgin. He was too kind-hearted to ever take direct part in serious combat. He was more economically judicious than Robert. He did not kill Tommen or Myrcella which is better than Ramsey. He dared to annoy Tywin. He was not always too easily manipulated by Cersei. He was still young and yet to reach his full potential. He recognized Sansa's masochistic tendencies and contrived a situation that allowed her to live out her fantasies while remaining innocent of anything. Poor boy meant well, he only erred in identifying what her actual fantasies were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salinda Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 In occasion of the purple wedding I'm starting an appreciation thread for the runner-up of the war of the 5 kings: Joffrey of houses Baratheon and Lannister, Joff, child of three, the most notorious great bastard of the 7 kingdoms. The nicest things that are known of Joffrey is that he wasn't sickly and that he was tall for his age, but let's ponder this a little: Joff was a monster because of the way he was raised, or is really the nature of bastards product of incest wanton and treacherous? Runner-up? By all means he won Stannis simply surviving doesn't make him the winner And how he was raised had much more to do with his problems than the genetic problems presented by incest, as we can see that Tommen and Myrcella are well-adjusted individuals. Cersei's poisonous nature is mostly the cause, followed by Robert's neglect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melisandros Megas Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 That event when he was on lit de parade, was probably the best written sex-scene in the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosImprisonateMe Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 He never cheated on any woman. He lived and died a virgin. He was too kind-hearted to ever take direct part in serious combat. He was more economically judicious than Robert. He did not kill Tommen or Myrcella which is better than Ramsey. He dared to annoy Tywin. He was not always too easily manipulated by Cersei. He was still young and yet to reach his full potential. He recognized Sansa's masochistic tendencies and contrived a situation that allowed her to live out her fantasies while remaining innocent of anything. Poor boy meant well, he only erred in identifying what her actual fantasies were. This would be an interesting PoV to look at. In a way GRRM could have made his actions just as justifiable as Dany's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuem Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Had worms for lipsCrows love him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlady B Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 He never cheated on any woman. He lived and died a virgin. He was too kind-hearted to ever take direct part in serious combat. He was more economically judicious than Robert. He did not kill Tommen or Myrcella which is better than Ramsey. He dared to annoy Tywin. He was not always too easily manipulated by Cersei. He was still young and yet to reach his full potential. He recognized Sansa's masochistic tendencies and contrived a situation that allowed her to live out her fantasies while remaining innocent of anything. Poor boy meant well, he only erred in identifying what her actual fantasies were. He had initiative. He had great sense of justice. He took his own wise decisions, like killing traitors instead of letting them live and keep plotting against him. I think we should compare Joff ordering to behead Ned to the "Ed, fetch me a block" of Jon. Two great moments of justice. He had a marvelous sense of humor. He actually was trying to avoid Tommen getting toxoplasmosis from those lousy cats. He had a deep sense of family. Even as Stannis and Renly were calling him nasty things, he kept thinking them as his dear uncles. He even had the idea to make sullen Uncle Stannis smile :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Sansa Stark Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 He keeps his word true. He promises Sansa to give Robb's head to her and he wanted to present Robb's head on his wedding feast just for Sansa. How honorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Targdust Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 He was really into discovering the mysteries of Biology. Remember him performing the science experiment on that cat? A regular Da Vinci that kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedwyck Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 only the good die young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Heath Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Joffery is essentially the Westerosi Gary Oak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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