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[Lady Hodor]

Vargo Hoat. It is known. He pronounces "Sapphires" stupidly, the one eared weirdo.

[StannisandDaeny]

Mace Tyrell... He's such a pompous idiot windbag and seems to be the only one who isn't aware of that fact, he's a fat dullard or wobblebottom; a pompous ass with sweatly dewflaps.

[Apple Martini]

Lady Hodor, on 13 May 2012 - 04:48 PM, said:

Vargo Hoat. It is known. He pronounces "Sapphires" stupidly, the one eared weirdo.

He just has a lisp.

[Jolene Brown]

I'm sort of disappointed in the Martells generally (haven't read ADWD yet though).  They feel like more of a stereotype than the other families.  I see what he was going for, but it feels sort of on-the-nose to me at times, almost cutesy with all the silly nicknames.

[The Mother of Dragons]

I can't stand Cersei being a certifiable idiot. At all. Daario is a joke. Don't get me started on Stannis or Melisandre...or Illyrio.

[Jamie Lannister]

Rickon Stark.

I just... I don't know. Rickon Stark.

[Fragile Bird]

Jamie Lannister, on 13 May 2012 - 04:55 PM, said:

Rickon Stark.

I just... I don't know. Rickon Stark.

ROTFL - first you push his brother out the window, and then you complain about poor, crying orphan Rickon?  Heartless, I say, heartless!  

[The Wood of the Morning]

I love Stannis as much as the next guy, but honestly, go re-read the CoK scene where they burn the 7 and create "Lightbringer." It's seriously so embarrassing that anytime I hear him and AA in the same sentence I cringe. I sincerely can't believe Mel was able to do all that with a straight face.

[Jamie Lannister]

Fragile Bird, on 13 May 2012 - 05:06 PM, said:

ROTFL - first you push his brother out the window, and then you complain about poor, crying orphan Rickon?  Heartless, I say, heartless!  

I'm glad Bran didn't die, honestly. It could've been what pushed his creepy little brother to pagan wiccanism, or whatever else really unsettling kids dabble in these days.

[Darth Arya]

Stannis-his planning and ability to command are rubbish, he just isn't pragmatic enough to get anywhere near achiving his goals.

[LordofWinter]

Pycelle. How that man has served so many different kings is something I'll never understand.
Sam. Don't get me wrong I love the fat little coward. But his character (in the books) is so outrageously cowardly and almost proud of that it's upsetting.
Daario. This guy is a cartoon character.
The warlocks. Should have instead been called the mysterious meth-heads. Scrawny, drug addicted wastes of time who pose absolutely no threat

[Daena the Defiant]

I have a very hard time taking The Sand Snakes as a whole seriously - they are very contrived, especially for our dear author, this all-femme commando team with amazingly coincidentally specialized skills - this one is a sex-nympho seductress! that one is poison-expert assassin in nun's clothing.. wait, here is our burly woman-warrior sister and don't forget our little sister in training to be Batgirl a the Citadel!

I remain somewhat aghast that Gerold Dayne, the, uh, Darkstar was supposed to be badass cool. He just leaps off the page as 'poser.'

I also have a hard time cramming the esoteric, creepy Faceless Men story-line with peeled faces and shifting identities into the real hard realpolitik of the rest of the story.

And don't even get me started on ANYONE with a 'z' in his or her name that is supposed to be involved in Dany's plot-lines. Who? Why do I care again? Can we just go back to lighting these people on fire?

[Independent George]

Daena the Defiant, on 13 May 2012 - 05:27 PM, said:

I remain somewhat aghast that Gerold Dayne, the, uh, Darkstar was supposed to be badass cool. He just leaps off the page as 'poser.'

That's it exactly - Darkstar reminds me of an emo high school kids who wears all black to show how cool he is. He's the kind of person who thinks Spinal Tap was not only a real documentary, but they're the greatest band ever.

[Daena the Defiant]

Independent George, on 13 May 2012 - 05:33 PM, said:

That's it exactly - Darkstar reminds me of an emo high school kids who wears all black to show how cool he is. He's the kind of person who thinks Spinal Tap was not only a real documentary, but they're the greatest band ever.

Well, if I was being honest, a certain 15 year old Daena might have been impressed with him, but that's neither here nor there, He's actualy just the Jordan Catalano of Sunspear High. He wears leather! He's dreamy and brooding! He's handsome and surly! He probably can't hold down a job or fold his own laundry!

[SerMixalot]

damphair,

[Drogon's Personal Trainer]

Lady Hodor, on 13 May 2012 - 04:48 PM, said:

Vargo Hoat. It is known. He pronounces "Sapphires" stupidly, the one eared weirdo.

Thank you, Lady Hodor.  He is a gross caricature, and even his lisping is wrongly written in parts.  Absolutely loathe the character - sorry.  I really do hope he's left out of the series.

Add to this - all fools.  Patchface, Butterbumps etc.

But perhaps the biggest for me: Aeron Damphair - whom I nickname Aeron the Baptist.  I'm re-reading Feast and his chapters get more Pythonesque.  Sorry, George - can't help it.  He's crying out for satire and parody, and Michael Palin really should be recording his chapters on the audio books as a spoof.

[the Scorpion Knight]

as  a person tywin

[Drogon's Personal Trainer]

Daena the Defiant, on 13 May 2012 - 05:27 PM, said:

And don't even get me started on ANYONE with a 'z' in his or her name that is supposed to be involved in Dany's plot-lines. Who? Why do I care again? Can we just go back to lighting these people on fire?

Daena - I love you.  It's official!

[Independent George]

Daena the Defiant, on 13 May 2012 - 05:27 PM, said:

I have a very hard time taking The Sand Snakes as a whole seriously - they are very contrived, especially for our dear author, this all-femme commando team with amazingly coincidentally specialized skills - this one is a sex-nympho seductress! that one is poison-expert assassin in nun's clothing.. wait, here is our burly woman-warrior sister and don't forget our little sister in training to be Batgirl a the Citadel!

It shames me to admit that I rather enjoyed the Dornish version of Fox Force Five. I keep hoping that the next Sand Snake they introduce will be a knife specialist who tells a bunch of jokes.

[Thunderfist]

Samwell Tarly - the morbidly obese craven who pisses his pants all the time not only manages to score with the hot wildling girl but he also kills an other. Seriously, the greatest enemy of mankind, the most feared beings in the world and Sam the Craven manages to kill one. I can't take this seriously.

Tyrion Lannister - whenever he charges into battle and kills people right and left, I stop believing it

Daario, Darkstar, the Sand Snakes