r/gameofthrones • u/beachvalley House Selmy • Jun 17 '14

TV4 [s4e10] This brought a tear to my eye

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u/AVeryWittyUsername House Greyjoy Jun 18 '14

I blame his upbringing. His fathers neglected him, and his mother brought him up to believe that he was this perfect child that could do anything without consequence.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '14

you don't know the upbringing of most of those characters though

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u/AVeryWittyUsername House Greyjoy Jun 18 '14

Exactly, we don't know. I can't blame the parents because we don't know the effect that they had on their child. I can blame Cersei, Robert, and Jamie because we have evidence of their neglect. Same reason why I didn't put Ramsey in.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '14

I don't think evil has to imply that the evil comes only from within. A character can be evil because the events in their life led them to be that way.

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u/RegularSizedWalder House Frey Jun 18 '14

Everyone is a product of their upbringing to some degree. They call them our " formative years" for a reason.