Needle of Ice Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Hi everyone! I hope you're all having a great day. I wanted to ask you all who your top 5 favorite ASOIAF characters are. I am very interested in how common it is for fans to favor more POV characters over non-POV characters and vice versa, so I thought it would be interesting to look at the ratios of POV characters to non-POV characters in the top 5 lists of fans. For a long time, I have had an interest in statistics, particularly as that subject relates to literature, so I thought this could be cool and informative, although not a perfect poll. So please list your top 5 favorite characters in order (if possible). If you don't have them ranked, that is totally fine, you can just list 5 characters in no particular order! Mine are 1.) Tyrion Lannister 2.) Jaime Lannister 3.) Brienne of Tarth 4.) Sandor Clegane 5.) Arya Stark These are just the characters whose arcs I find the most interesting, although there are many other characters that I also enjoy reading about. So the ratio is 4:1 POV to non-POV characters for me. Have a great day! Thank you for taking the time to read this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Xyn Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 That's a tough question. Favorite overall your list is pretty close, more than that is hard to decide. General badassery: Doran Martell Sarella Sand Wyman Manderly Oberyn Martell Olenna Tyrrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neddy's Girl Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Struggling with the order but: Ned Stark Arya Stark Jaime Lannister Brienne of Tarth Cat Stark Can you tell I love the Riverlands? I know these are all POV because I find it hard to put a character I don't know so well above those that I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle of Ice Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 34 minutes ago, Praetor Xyn said: Doran Martell Sarella Sand Wyman Manderly Oberyn Martell Olenna Tyrrell That's a really cool list! I am also a fan of Oberyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle of Ice Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, Neddy's Girl said: Struggling with the order but: Ned Stark Arya Stark Jaime Lannister Brienne of Tarth Cat Stark Can you tell I love the Riverlands? I know these are all POV because I find it hard to put a character I don't know so well above those that I do. That's a great list! Four of my five favorite characters are POV characters so I definitely understand what you mean. I think there are a lot of things we don't know about characters who don't have POV chapters so it can be harder to understand them at times. I also really like the Riverlands! The scenes there during ASOS are some of my favorites in the whole series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neddy's Girl Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I think it can work the other way round though. Even though I enjoy Tyrion chapters, I don't really like him because I've seen his inner workings. I think if I just observed him, he does some pretty good things, but knowing what is behind that makes me dislike him for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle of Ice Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 6 minutes ago, Neddy's Girl said: I think it can work the other way round though. Even though I enjoy Tyrion chapters, I don't really like him because I've seen his inner workings. I think if I just observed him, he does some pretty good things, but knowing what is behind that makes me dislike him for the most part. That's totally fair! I like Tyrion because I find his relationships with other characters to be really interesting and I enjoy reading about how he analyzes situations but he definitely does some questionable things that I don't like. Also, I thought I should add that like many other people, I didn't like Jaime until I read his POV chapters and got his perspective on everything rather than viewing him from the POV of other characters. And you're right that it can work the other way around too. I never liked Cersei, but she got worse for me after I read her POV chapters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Xyn Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 58 minutes ago, Needle of Ice said: That's a really cool list! I am also a fan of Oberyn. It's crazy how many people don't realize just how much Doran Martell has done in our story. Criminally underrated character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makk Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 1) Jaime 2) Jon 3) Tyrion 4) Wyman 5) Arya I like most of the characters though although my very favorites are the most clever. For a series with so many characters it is amazing how well developed they are while all feeling quite unique. In general I like POV characters more simply because you get to hear their thoughts and get to know them better. I like it when they one thing while thinking quite the opposite at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 H&H Magnum Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Top 5 Favorite Characters Daenerys Targaryen Barristan Selmy Missandei Doran Martell Jorah Mormont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle of Ice Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Praetor Xyn said: It's crazy how many people don't realize just how much Doran Martell has done in our story. Criminally underrated character. Absolutely! He's actually quite clever in the books, plotting the Targaryen restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle of Ice Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Makk said: 1) Jaime 2) Jon 3) Tyrion 4) Wyman 5) Arya I like most of the characters though although my very favorites are the most clever. For a series with so many characters it is amazing how well developed they are while all feeling quite unique. In general I like POV characters more simply because you get to hear their thoughts and get to know them better. I like it when they one thing while thinking quite the opposite at the same time. I like your list! I really like that you brought up how amazingly well-developed each character is despite that there are hundreds and hundreds of characters. That continues to amaze me and it's one of my favorite things about ASOIAF. To understand the scope of how many characters the story has, one only has to look at the lists in the back of the books. The fact that fans of the series like the people on these forums can give such a detailed account of all these characters' lives, the history of their house, etc really amazes me. GRRM has done such a great job developing interesting and complex characters and a country with very rich history. Also, I agree with you about the POV characters. I personally tend to like POV characters more, but I still like a lot of non-POV characters, like Sandor Clegane. I also take an interest in many of the characters who died before the story began, like Rhaegar. However, I really like hearing a character's thoughts and comparing that to their actions, like you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle of Ice Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 22 minutes ago, 300 H&H Mag said: Top 5 Favorite Characters Daenerys Targaryen Barristan Selmy Missandei Doran Martell Jorah Mormont That's a very interesting list! Just curious, but what is your favorite house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 H&H Magnum Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 10 minutes ago, Needle of Ice said: That's a very interesting list! Just curious, but what is your favorite house? House Targaryen. Followed by houses Dayne, Frey, and Martell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle of Ice Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 20 minutes ago, 300 H&H Mag said: House Targaryen. Followed by houses Dayne, Frey, and Martell. Cool! House Dayne is interesting and often underrated in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fresh PtwP Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 This is hard...it made me realize how much my opinions change over years and with rereads. 1.) Jaime Lannister 2.) Tyrion Lannister 3.) Bran Stark 4.) Barristan the Bold 5.) Aegon VI Targaryen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Storm Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 1) Arya Stark 2) Tormund 3) Ed Tollett 4) Brienne of Tarth 5) Davos Seaworth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Xyn Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 8 hours ago, Needle of Ice said: Absolutely! He's actually quite clever in the books, plotting the Targaryen restoration. Actually I think he's after Rhoynish (think Queen Nymeria) restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle of Ice Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 10 hours ago, The Fresh PtwP said: This is hard...it made me realize how much my opinions change over years and with rereads. 1.) Jaime Lannister 2.) Tyrion Lannister 3.) Bran Stark 4.) Barristan the Bold 5.) Aegon VI Targaryen That's a great list. I really like Jaime and Tyrion as well. When did Jaime become your favorite character? I think he became one of my favorites about midway through ASOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon's Queen Consort Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 1. Jon 2. Stannis 3. Val 4. Jaime 5. Davos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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