A Roose Bolton Appreciation Thread

[Visen]

Oh Roose you magnificent bastard, you do make things more interesting. I cursed you aloud as I read of the Red Wedding. I look forward to your death.

[Ghey4Renly]

I hate him. I did like his "rue the day I raped your mother" line though.

[Groat]

In a different world a man like Roose would have an empire of health food shops. 'Do try these prunes' he'd say to every customer.

Ha, in another thread I said, in our world, Roose would be a successful couples counselor whose soft spoken words and calm demeanor kept his patience emotions in check, while being well know for his famous line "a quiet evening, a peaceful marriage".

[Blue Winter Roses]

Roose makes for great reading, but deep down I believe he is as evil as his bastard son. The only difference is Roose is better at keeping his evil under wraps. He's is totally ninja, but oh so despicable.

[Lummel]

Ha, in another thread I said, in our world, Roose would be a successful couples counselor whose soft spoken words and calm demeanor kept his patience emotions in check, while being well know for his famous line "a quiet evening, a peaceful marriage".

:laugh:

That and his sage advise that human skin doesn't make good boots :leaving: !

[Nuncle Kraken]

Awesome villain.

Hope he dies slowly.

[Whoresbane Umber]

I hate the man

[ChillinLikeSerIlyn]

Roose is definitely in my top 10 of characters. He dominates every scene he's in, especially the Jaime at Harrenhal chapter in SoS and the Theon chapter in DWD. The fact that he has seemingly no emotions is a great villain trait as well.

[The Marquis de Leech]

I've said it before, but anyone can be scary while dressed in black. It takes a true badass to be scary while wearing pink.

[RhaenysBee]

A man who has to say I am the King is no true king.

A Leech Lord who needs the appreciation of common leeches is no true Lord.

Roose Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort and all leeches, Warden of the North is beyond appreciation - he was born badass.

Westeros would be poorer without Roose Bolton and his shining existence.

[Rooseman]

I wish him all the best, the Roose is my favourite character from the books. If I was Catelyn I'd hate him, but thankfully I'm not restricted to the POVs of other characters I sympathize with.

[CrowsBeforeHoes]

Interesting character, to be sure. But I haven't seen anything yet in this thread about how Ramsay was conceived in the first place. Perhaps I haven't read far enough in the thread, but he is a rapist. He claimed the ancient right of the First Night (which is disputed to not even have existed among medieval scholars) and raped a common woman to create the creature that is Ramsay.

He maneuvered his House to survival and supremacy, which will likely be short-lived and he will soon have to pay the price for his treachery. But maybe the other posters are right. The Red Wedding, or something like it would've definitely happened without his involvement, even though it made things go a lot smoother (bled the Northern armies). So yes he got his forces safely out of the south, but at what cost in the long term? Even he realizes his northern 'allies' are not actually with him. So good job Roose, you got yourself out of the frying pan and into the fire. And you're a rapist.

[WingedMan]

Roose is definitely one of the more interesting characters. He clearly outshines Tywin by a far margin. I don't despise Roose the way I do Tywin, which is strange considering what he has done. Must be something to do with Roose's humor.

Definitely hated Roose on the first read (and still partly do) but I have grown to be oddly fond of him (the way he's portrayed in the show only adds his awesomeness).

I still want Starks to get some sweet payback but at the same time I'm really looking forward reading more about him than some of the main characters. More grown/educated Arya or Sansa having interaction with Roose in TWoW would simply be stunning (add Barbrey Ryswell/Dustin to the same scene and... wow).

[Steve Moss II]

Roose Bolton is cunning and treacherous. He will fail as he lacks even the semblance of honor, now that his part in the RW is known.

House Bolton and Frey will be made extinct. The North Remembers.

[Ramsay Gimp]

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Roose Bolton is cunning and treacherous. He will fail as he lacks even the semblance of honor, now that his part in the RW is known.

House Bolton and Frey will be made extinct. The North Remembers.

Booooo

[The Holy Goat]

Roose Bolton is an awful man, and I love him for it. Seriously, he's an awesome antagonist and a very interesting and well-written character. I'll be both happy and sad when he goes.

[blood of the dragoon]

I don't like Roose Bolton, I love him :D. There's no denying that he's an absolutely horrible human being, but damn is he fun to read about.

Also, relevant thread.

This. One of my favorite bad guys of all time.

[Jamie Lannister]

Take this appreciation, Roosey. You've earned it.

[Aeternum]

Roose Bolton is cunning and treacherous. He will fail as he lacks even the semblance of honor, now that his part in the RW is known.

House Stark - Ned is dead, Catelyn is a zombie, Robb is dead, Sansa is stuck in the Eyrie with a pedophile, Arya is a brainwashed assassin-in-training and losing her identity, Rickon is lost on the island of cannibals, and Bran has turned into a tree.

House Bolton - Roose is the Warden of the North, Ramsay is the Lord of Winterfell, Fat Walda is the Lady of the Dreadfort.

I mean, you may not like the skin-flaying sociopaths, but you can't argue against success. There's no substitute for victory. :cool4:

[Earth 1 Andrew]

I think that with Roose it's more of a "love to hate" relationship rather than a love relationship with the fans. Sure he's cool, but in a mysterious Bond villain sort of way. Please pardon the cheesy analogy. ;)