[No spoilers] Mid-season report card

[House Snow]

Hey, since we are at the midway point I was hoping we could get a feeling for how every one would rate the performances of their favorite ensemble cast, so far. Lets divide it up into 3 categories. Guys, Gals, and Creatures. Give your top 3 or 4.

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Jaquen Hagar

3. Tywin

4. Bronn

Gals:

1. Arya

2. Catelyn

3. Brienne

4. Cersei

Creatures

1. Ghost

2. Summer

3. Joffrey

4. Drogon

[True Northerner]

I'll do top 3. Didn't think too hard, just went with gut feeling (and this is based on 5 episodes of Season 2, not any of my feelings about characters in the books)

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Joffrey

3. Bronn

Gals:

1. Cersei

2. Arya

3. Dany (all based on hotness.. I could just watch a series called Daenery's)

Creatures:

1. Drogon

2. Grey Wind

3. Summer

[BabyMeraxes]

Guys:

1. Joffrey

2. Davos

3. Jorah

4. Balon

Girls:

1. Catalyn

2. Sansa

3. Brienne

4. Melisandre

Creatures:

1. Drogon

2. Greywind

3. Shadowbaby

4. Ghost

One-Shots/Minors:

1. Pyat Pree

2. Gilly

3. Quiathe

4. Yoren

[The Monkey]

Guys:

1. Tywin

2. Joffrey

3. Theon

Girls:

1. Arya

2. Cersei

3. Dany (not to take anything away from her acting talents, but last episode she looked so damn beautiful I could hardly concentrate on what she was saying)

[My Little Kraken]

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Balon

3. Tywin

4. Sam

Girls:

1. Arya

2. Brienne

3. Cersei

4. Gilly

Creatures:

1. Ghost

2. The red dragon

3. The Shadow Baby

4. Pyat Pree (seriously, he has to count)

[Ferrum Aeternum]

Guys:

Tyrion

Theon

Balon

Tywin

Girls:

Brienne

Catelyn

Melisandre

Arya

Creatures:

Drogon

Shadowbaby

Grey Wind

Ghost

Honorable Mention:

Yoren

Pyat Pree

[dreamcatcher]

Guys:

1. Joffrey

2. Tywin

3. Theon

4. Tyrion

Girls:

1. Arya

2. Sansa

3. Margaery

4. Jeyne or whatever her name is

Creatures:

1. Ghost

2. Drogon

3. Summer

Honourable mention:

1. Pyat Pree

2. Gendry

3. Hot Pie

4. Cersei

[Dragon greyscale]

Guys:

1. Tywin/Balon/Tyrion

2. Bronn

3. Theon

Ladies:

1. Margaery

2. Arya

3. Brienne

Critters:

1. Greywind

2. Smoke quefe

3. Pyat pree

Overall, a solid 7 for the first half of the season. Less consistent than S1 but some cool stuff nonetheless. An overview of storylines:

Excellent: Arya's travels & Tyrion's schemes (or plots?)

Good: Renly's love triangle, Robb's war campaign.

Average: Bran's path to treedom & Dany's pointless desert wandering (Quarth redeemed it IMO)

Poor: The Dragonstone characters & the night's watch pointless antarctic wandering.

BTW, the latter categories are not necesarily of a lesser quality because they don't follow the books. I don't judge the series on its faithfulness. Some stuff just doesn't work on screen.

[sennahoj]

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Yoren

3. Davos

Gals:

1. Dany

2. Arya

3. Melisandre

Creatures

1. Greywind

2. Drogon

3. Craster

[Arkash]

Guys:

- Varys.

- Joffrey.

- Roose.

Gals:

- Arya.

- Cersei.

- Dany.

Creatures:

- Ghost.

- Drogon.

- ...

Mentions to:

- Yara.

- Yoren.

- Saladhor Saan.

- Tywin.

- Balon.

- Davos.

[PrinceRhaegar]

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Varys

3. Theon

4. Bran

Gals:

1. Catelyn

2. Melissandre

3. Cersei

4. Brienne

Creatures:

1. Drogon

2. Shadowbaby

3. Joffrey

4. Grey Wind

Honourable mention: Everyone else :D

[David Selig]

Guys:

1. Theon

2. Tywin

3. Varys

Gals:

1. Catelyn

2. Arya

3. Margaery

Creatures:

1. Drogon

2. Shadowbaby

[Davos55]

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Davos

3. Tywin

4. Varys/Theon

Ladies:

1. Arya

2. Cat

3. Mel

4. Dany

Creatures:

1. Ghost

2. Summer

3. Drogon

4. Grey Wind (where are Shaggydog and Nymeria?!?)

Side Characters: (sorry for excess here)

1. Bronn

2. Yoren

3. Roose Bolton

4. Balon

5. Hallyne

6. Hot Pie

7. Maester Luwin

8. Irri

[Meg Stark]

Guys:

-Tyrion

-Davos

-Jorah

Girls:

-Arya

-Brienne

-Margery

Creatures:

-Grey Wind

-Drogon

-Summer

[Pellaeon]

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Tywin

3. Bronn

4.Jaquen Hagar

Gals:

1. Arya

2. Brienne

3. Sansa

4. Cersei

Creatures

1. Ghost

2. Drogon

[Dragon of Valyria]

Guys

I. Dinklage (need I explain?)

II. Gleeson (he's got awful to an artform)

III. Allen (hate the character, but he's good at showing turmoil)

Girls

I. Turner (very good at acting with just expressions. very subtle performance)

II. Williams (another one that doesn't need much explanation)

III. Clarke (good change in character... a little more stilted, but I think that fits the situation)

Creatures:

Really?

Honorable mentions:

Dance (sublime contempt played perfectly)

uh, person who plays Stannis. Don't know his name, sorry. (really didn't like the casting at first, but he's grown on me)

Dormer (different from what I expected, but perfect for the character as reimagined)

[The Lord Commander's Raven]

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Jaqen H'ghar

3. Tie: Bronn / Jorah Mormont

Girls:

1. Arya

2. Irri

3. Dany

Unfortunately, I have been rather disappointed at the casting as I feel many cast actors do no resemble the characters as written or displayed remarkably poor acting performances. I think Lena Headly is a poor Cersei, though I love her in other roles and the Tully sisters were miscast. I suppose the financial incentives provided dictacted as certain number of local actors to be cast, but I feel that many of the castings were off base.

[akajea]

1. Joffrey

2. Davos

3. Tywin

1. Arya

2. Cersei

3. Catelyn

1. Grey Wind

2. Ghost

3. Drogon

[TheEvilKing]

Guys:

1. Tyrion

2. Joffrey

3. Tywin

4. Yoren

Girls:

1. Margaery

2. Cersei

3. Cat

4. Yara

Creatures:

1. Hodor

2. Brienne

[Thorny Issues]

Guys (sorry, can't have only 4):

1. Varys

2. Tyrion

3. Tywin

4. Bronn

5. Samwell

6. Davos

Gals:

1. Arya

..........[then miles below, yet still good]...........

2. Sansa

3. Osha

4. Cat

Creatures:

1. Ghost

2. Drogon

3. Grey wind

Honourable mentions:

1. Stannis

2. Saladhor Saan

3. Yoren

4. Mel

5. Pyat Pree

6. Hot pie

7. Theon

8. Balon

9. Joffrey