House Rootbreaker Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 After reading through all the books I kinda summarized in my head these categories for the POV characters and I thought it would be fun to just throw out an award type summary and see what other people come up with. Mind you, these are a product of my own opinion, which many might see as highly suspect and borderline worthless, but I thought others might enjoy filling in their own names into the following categories. Or at least have fun trying to fit their opinions into my categories. Overall Best POV Character: Jamie Lannister Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Stark* Most Nauseating POV Character: Cersei Lannister Most Important POV Character: Eddard Stark** Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Catelyn Stark Easiest to Read POV Character: Davos Seaworth Most Engaging POV Character: Arianne Martell Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Most Boring POV Character: Brienne of Tarth * Sansa's later POV chapters weren't as annoying, but the earlier ones were bad enough for her to run away with this award ** I say Eddard is the most important as I kept going back to his chapters and earmarking pages for clues to the most significant plots in Westeros. Bonus: One award that bridges the books and TV show: TV character that is far better than the book version: Tywin Lannister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euron III Greyjoy Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 24 minutes ago, House Rootbreaker said: Overall Best POV Character: Jamie Lannister Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Stark* Most Nauseating POV Character: Cersei Lannister Most Important POV Character: Eddard Stark** Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Catelyn Stark Easiest to Read POV Character: Davos Seaworth Most Engaging POV Character: Arianne Martell Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Most Boring POV Character: Brienne of Tarth Overall Best POV Character: Jon Snow Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Stark Most Nauseating POV Character: Cersei Lannister Most Important POV Character: Jon Snow* Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Eddard Stark Easiest to Read POV Character: Davos Seaworth Most Engaging POV Character: Jaime Lannister Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Most Boring POV Character: Samwell Tarly** * I say Jon Snow for the most important because outside of Melisandre, he is the only POV character actually trying to combat the true threat to the world, instead of squabbling over who gets to sit on the big spiky chair. ** I think Sam's POV chapters are going to be really exciting in TWoW, now that he is finally at the Citadel, but overall for ASoS and AFfC they where pretty meh in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three-Fingered Pete Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Overall Best POV Character: Davos Seaworth Most Annoying POV Character: Catelyn Stark Most Nauseating POV Character: Theon Greyjoy* Most Important POV Character: Bran Stark Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Cersei Lannister Easiest to Read POV Character: Jamie Lannister Most Engaging POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Funniest POV Character: Samwell Tarly** Most Boring POV Character: Sansa Stark and with a special award to Quentyn Martell*** *Not entirely because of Theon, he just has a harsh arc all around. **Again, not entirely because of Sam, he just tends to hang around funny guys. ***Quentyn managed to bore for only one book, but at least he was tidy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugorfonics Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Overall best POV Character. Tyrion Lannister Most annoying POV Character. Aeron Greyjoy Most naueseating POV Character. Theon Greyjoy Most important POV Character. Sansa Stark* Most oblivious to their own Stupidity POV Characters. Quentyn Martell Easiest to Read POV Character. Tyrion Lannister Most Engaging POV Character. Tyrion Lannister Funniest POV Character. How about some Tyrion Lannister? Most Boring POV Character. Areo Hotah * I say Sansa because she is the main character of asoiaf and the nucleus of the carnage in Westeros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Rootbreaker Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 13 hours ago, Hugorfonics said: Most Boring POV Character. Areo Hotah Hotah getting his own POV chapter is a bit of a head scratcher, I mean his long axe has more personality than he does. I suppose GRRM just needed a warm body to witness the events in Dorne and transcribe it in a chapter, as opposed to someone who could bring life to the events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three-Fingered Pete Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 20 minutes ago, House Rootbreaker said: Hotah getting his own POV chapter is a bit of a head scratcher, I mean his long axe has more personality than he does. I suppose GRRM just needed a warm body to witness the events in Dorne and transcribe it in a chapter, as opposed to someone who could bring life to the events. It's my belief that those chapters were originally planned for Arys Oakheart, but somewhere in the rewrite they were dropped in favor of Areo. Once Arys is killed and Arianne is locked up, GRRM had no perspective for the Dornish court, which I believe was originally planned for Arianne. Arys was supposed to be our window into the Myrcella plot, but GRRM decided to keep that more under wraps and use Arianne to flesh out the consequences. This would explain why Arys only has one chapter that could have easily been written from Arianne's POV instead. Based on the copy and paste job GRRM did on the first Samwell chapter in AFfC to get it out the door, I would suspect that he either didn't have the time or he didn't have the energy to rewrite that Arys chapter from Arianne's POV. It worked as is and he left it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Rootbreaker Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 9:25 AM, Trefayne said: It's my belief that those chapters were originally planned for Arys Oakheart, but somewhere in the rewrite they were dropped in favor of Areo. Once Arys is killed and Arianne is locked up, GRRM had no perspective for the Dornish court, which I believe was originally planned for Arianne. Arys was supposed to be our window into the Myrcella plot, but GRRM decided to keep that more under wraps and use Arianne to flesh out the consequences. This would explain why Arys only has one chapter that could have easily been written from Arianne's POV instead. Based on the copy and paste job GRRM did on the first Samwell chapter in AFfC to get it out the door, I would suspect that he either didn't have the time or he didn't have the energy to rewrite that Arys chapter from Arianne's POV. It worked as is and he left it. What's interesting is I was watching a GRRM interview where he explained how he picked POV characters and he made a point to say he only picks characters that have an interesting story of their own, or some considerable effect on the main story. I can't honestly believe that after seeing some of the POV characters in the last two books. Some of them, like Hotah, are clearly just there as a set of eyes so I don't buy his explanation as 100% true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wadsworth Longfellow Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 3:49 PM, House Rootbreaker said: Overall Best POV Character: Daenerys Targaryen Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Stark Most Nauseating POV Character: Jon Snow Most Important POV Character: Daenerys Targaryen Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Jaime Lannister Easiest to Read POV Character: Brienne of Tarth Most Engaging POV Character: Barristan Selmy Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Most Boring POV Character:Samwell Tarly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Sidious Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 3:49 PM, House Rootbreaker said: After reading through all the books I kinda summarized in my head these categories for the POV characters and I thought it would be fun to just throw out an award type summary and see what other people come up with. Mind you, these are a product of my own opinion, which many might see as highly suspect and borderline worthless, but I thought others might enjoy filling in their own names into the following categories. Or at least have fun trying to fit their opinions into my categories. Overall Best POV Character: Jamie Lannister Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Stark* Most Nauseating POV Character: Cersei Lannister Most Important POV Character: Eddard Stark** Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Catelyn Stark Easiest to Read POV Character: Davos Seaworth Most Engaging POV Character: Arianne Martell Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Most Boring POV Character: Brienne of Tarth * Sansa's later POV chapters weren't as annoying, but the earlier ones were bad enough for her to run away with this award ** I say Eddard is the most important as I kept going back to his chapters and earmarking pages for clues to the most significant plots in Westeros. Bonus: One award that bridges the books and TV show: TV character that is far better than the book version: Tywin Lannister Overall Best POV Character: Daenerys Most Annoying POV Character: Arya Most Nauseating POV Character: Jon or Sansa Most Important POV Character: Daenerys Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Sansa Easiest to Read POV Character: Catelyn Most Engaging POV Character: Theon Funniest POV Character: Samwell Most Boring POV Character: Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyOlenna Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Wow, it is difficult to choose only one character for each category... I'll try: Overall Best POV Character: Jamie Lannister (but I also love Tyrion, Jon and Bran) Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Stark Most Nauseating POV Character: Theon Greyjoy Most Important POV Character: Bran Stark Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Catelyn Stark Easiest to Read POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Most Engaging POV Character: Jaime Lannister Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Lannister / Samwell Tarly Most Boring POV Character: Aeron Greyjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Gogh Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 3:49 PM, House Rootbreaker said: Overall Best POV Character: Dany Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Most Nauseating POV Character: Victarion Most Important POV Character: Bran Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Melisandre Easiest to Read POV Character: Ned Most Engaging POV Character: Dany Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Most Boring POV Character: Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three-Fingered Pete Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 On 9/25/2018 at 12:38 PM, House Rootbreaker said: What's interesting is I was watching a GRRM interview where he explained how he picked POV characters and he made a point to say he only picks characters that have an interesting story of their own, or some considerable effect on the main story. I can't honestly believe that after seeing some of the POV characters in the last two books. Some of them, like Hotah, are clearly just there as a set of eyes so I don't buy his explanation as 100% true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazenburn Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Bran for most boring. I skimmed most of his chapters after ACoK, because they are completely uninteresting. It's not like he hangs out with anybody fun, either (Hodor aside), or witnesses any events important to the rest of the storyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three-Fingered Pete Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 18 minutes ago, Brazenburn said: Bran for most boring. I skimmed most of his chapters after ACoK, because they are completely uninteresting. It's not like he hangs out with anybody fun, either (Hodor aside), or witnesses any events important to the rest of the storyline. I wouldn't call Bran the most boring, but he is the slowest plot of them all. In the stone anchor (ADwD), he has a total of three chapters (and they terminate mid book)! Some POVs have four times that many (and still manage to get less done somehow ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Martell's son Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 12:49 PM, House Rootbreaker said: After reading through all the books I kinda summarized in my head these categories for the POV characters and I thought it would be fun to just throw out an award type summary and see what other people come up with. Mind you, these are a product of my own opinion, which many might see as highly suspect and borderline worthless, but I thought others might enjoy filling in their own names into the following categories. Or at least have fun t On 8/1/2018 at 12:49 PM, House Rootbreaker said: After reading through all the books I kinda summarized in my head these categories for the POV characters and I thought it would be fun to just throw out an award type summary and see what other people come up with. Mind you, these are a product of my own opinion, which many might see as highly suspect and borderline worthless, but I thought others might enjoy filling in their own names into the following categories. Or at least have fun trying to fit their opinions into my categories. Overall Best POV Character: Jamie Lannister Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Stark* Most Nauseating POV Character: Cersei Lannister Most Important POV Character: Eddard Stark** Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Catelyn Stark Easiest to Read POV Character: Davos Seaworth Most Engaging POV Character: Arianne Martell Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Most Boring POV Character: Brienne of Tarth * Sansa's later POV chapters weren't as annoying, but the earlier ones were bad enough for her to run away with this award ** I say Eddard is the most important as I kept going back to his chapters and earmarking pages for clues to the most significant plots in Westeros. Bonus: One award that bridges the books and TV show: TV character that is far better than the book version: Tywin Lannister rying to fit their opinions into my categories. Overall Best POV Character: Jamie Lannister Most Annoying POV Character: Sansa Stark* Most Nauseating POV Character: Cersei Lannister Most Important POV Character: Eddard Stark** Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Catelyn Stark Easiest to Read POV Character: Davos Seaworth Most Engaging POV Character: Arianne Martell Funniest POV Character: Tyrion Lannister Most Boring POV Character: Brienne of Tarth * Sansa's later POV chapters weren't as annoying, but the earlier ones were bad enough for her to run away with this award ** I say Eddard is the most important as I kept going back to his chapters and earmarking pages for clues to the most significant plots in Westeros. Bonus: One award that bridges the books and TV show: TV character that is far better than the book version: Tywin Lannister What are your judging criteria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makk Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Overall Best POV Character: Jon Snow (followed by Jaime, Tyrion, and Daenerys) Most Annoying POV Character: No one really but if I had to pick one Bran (Don't like young kid point of view) Most Nauseating POV Character: Theon, but I'm not really nauseated by POV character. Most Important POV Character: Daenerys or Jon Snow Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Early Sansa although she clearly improves Easiest to Read POV Character: Tyrion Most Engaging POV Character: Ned or Arya (she becomes less engaging in Bravos) Funniest POV Character: Jaime (closely followed by his brother) Most Boring POV Character: Brienne (Bran is up there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissdbyfire Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Overall Best POV Character: Jamie Lannister On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Most Annoying POV Character: Tyrion On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Most Nauseating POV Character: Vic Greyjoy On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Most Important POV Character: Bran On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Cersei On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Easiest to Read POV Character: for me, all the ones I love: Jaime, Bran, Jon, Arya, Brienne, and Davos On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Most Engaging POV Character: Jaime On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Funniest POV Character: Jaime On 8/2/2018 at 3:49 AM, House Rootbreaker said: Most Boring POV Character: Damphair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf's Bane Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 On 10/2/2018 at 11:50 AM, Brazenburn said: Bran for most boring. I skimmed most of his chapters after ACoK, because they are completely uninteresting. It's not like he hangs out with anybody fun, either (Hodor aside), or witnesses any events important to the rest of the storyline. If you're the fan who prefer politics and trial scenes, yes. You will find Bran boring because his line is all about the supernatural. I'm not his big fan but some of his chapters are very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Barbrey Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Hard to say in some cases, because some, like Tyrion, begin as funniest and end with most annoying, or like Arya, begin with most engaging and end with most distasteful, or Bran, begin with sweetest and end with almost most boring. These three were my fave characters at first. Then there's Brienne who began as most boring but has become engaging. So I'm just giving out awards for consistent characters: Consistently engaging: Jaime and Jon Consistently boring: Quentyn Martell Consistently oblivious: Cersei Consistently annoying: Damphair, Victarian and all POV Martells (except Oberyn, but was he a POV?) Consistently most important: Dany, in her own estimation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finley McLeod Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Overall Best POV Character: Daenerys Targaryen Most Annoying POV Character: Perhaps a few. Examples are Arriane, Sansa, the Damphair, and Asha Most Nauseating POV Character: None. Most Important POV Character: Brandon Stark Most Oblivious to Their Own Stupidity POV Character: Theon Greyjoy Easiest to Read POV Character: Cersei Lannister because she's simple. Most Engaging POV Character: Barristan Selmy Funniest POV Character: Arya Stark Most Boring POV Character: Toss up between Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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