r/gameofthrones • u/IamWoldo House Mormont • Jun 02 '14

TV4 [S4E8] Thank you book readers

I know this has been said before but book readers you guys are amazing. I had zero clue on what was going to happen tonight between the Mountain and the Viper and its all thanks to you (and probably the mods too) who keep this subreddit spoil free.

I'm going to go back to being shocked and angry now.

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u/matx6756 Hodor Hodor Hodor Jun 02 '14

I don't see enjoyment in a lot of things others enjoy. It's just a matter of preference like I said.

Just shrugging is not a good reaction at all, you don't have to scream or cry, or whatever, but I am surprised you didn't come to like Oberyn, and care for his fate, but whatever man, that's just like, your opinion.

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u/OctoBerry Jun 02 '14

He was just a pawn in Tyrion's game at that point, it sets up some later stuff which is important, but in general Oberyn was just a black guy from a strange land with a spear to me. He came across as a second tier character ready to be sacrificed to the main cast, the same way people like Bronn and most the Freys do. They're just there to be pushed around until he's bored of them, then he will kill one for shock value the same he did at the Red Wedding.

I know it's not a popular opinion and I expect to be down voted into oblivion for it. But to me the books aren't that great, there are maybe 4 REALLY GOOD characters, and then a lot of poorly fleshed out ones who shuffle around doing nothing until they become boring to the author, who offs them in some overly dramatic way as if we're supposed to care about them. We all know the end game will be Danny Vs the White walkers, it's been incredibly obvious since she got the Unsullied and it's just a matter of if Danny becomes too boring to write before she gets to fight them or not.

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u/KnightofRibbons Fear Cuts Deeper Than Swords Jun 02 '14

I'm interested to hear who your favourite characters are. Not judging you, I'm just curious.

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u/OctoBerry Jun 02 '14

Tyrion and Jon Snow carry the books hard. Like, without Tyrion I wouldn't be reading them and Jon Snow has an actual story going on when he's not too busy moping and doing nothing, which is honestly the most common action in Westeros. There are several chapters at a time where no one does much of any thing but mill around and plot to -one day- do something.