4:03 pm - 11/26/2012
I've noticed a great many "power rankings" online for A Song of Ice and Fire. I don't know if it's because George R.R. Martin loves football, where such things are common, but plenty of people have tried to guess who is most likely to end up "winning" the game of thrones by the end of the series by how much power they wield. But that ignores a huge host of characters who will never "win" - in fact, most of them will be lucky just to be alive by the end of the next book, The Winds of Winter. Why shouldn't they get their due? So behold, the first ever ASoIaF Powerless Rankings!
A few things to note: Characters have to be alive to make it onto the Powerless Rankings, and they also have to have appeared in more than a single book. Characters also have to be memorable enough that I remember who they are, so the list doesn't fill up with nth-tier Freys and random peasants. Oh, and last but not least, SPOILER WARNING FOR ALL FIVE BOOKS.
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The 11 Game of Thrones characters least likely to win the Iron Throne
I've noticed a great many "power rankings" online for A Song of Ice and Fire. I don't know if it's because George R.R. Martin loves football, where such things are common, but plenty of people have tried to guess who is most likely to end up "winning" the game of thrones by the end of the series by how much power they wield. But that ignores a huge host of characters who will never "win" - in fact, most of them will be lucky just to be alive by the end of the next book, The Winds of Winter. Why shouldn't they get their due? So behold, the first ever ASoIaF Powerless Rankings!
A few things to note: Characters have to be alive to make it onto the Powerless Rankings, and they also have to have appeared in more than a single book. Characters also have to be memorable enough that I remember who they are, so the list doesn't fill up with nth-tier Freys and random peasants. Oh, and last but not least, SPOILER WARNING FOR ALL FIVE BOOKS.
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(Why yes, I did fall into tempation and read the TWOW sample chapter)
Exhibit A: http://gordon--bennett.tumblr.com/p
Given the events of the upcoming season, temperatures will be running very high
i honestly think the point ppl keep missing is that robb's story was told through his mother's point of view and THAT is what makes it interesting. robb's success comes just as much from his own effort as cat's. and then he gets too big for his breeches and practically set up his own demise. without cat his story is text book hero-avenges-death-of-father. and it's utterly B O R I N G as season 2 of GOT proves without even really trying.
i think this wank is stemming from growing frustrations with how cat has been adapted from book to screen. cat is a POV character but u would NEVER get that from the writing.
MY BABY BARATHEON WILL RISE UP, SMITE HER FOES, TAKE THE CROWN AND Y'ALL WILL ALL DEAL WITH HER TAKING LESSONS IN VIPERDOM FROM HER SAND SNAKE SISTERS
THAT CHUNK FROM HER FACE IS GOING TO RAISE HER BAD ASS SCORES I TELL YOU
SHE ISN'T JUST A PRETTY PIFFLE PRINCESS
i'm right there with you. that fair haired angel has it in her, i can feel it.
and i want a stark!kids reunion, but they should be happy back home in the north, leaving the politics behind.
(maybe asking for jaime to find his happiness with brienne is a bit much but for fuck's sake ... make it happen grrm! MAKE. IT. HAPPEN.)
Even Melisandre is scared of Patchface, that's saying something.
HOT PIE.
HOT PIE IS ON THIS LIST?!
SMH.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE FAB ON THE IRON THRONE, LBR. MYRCELLA IS A SMART KID. AND PATCHFACE WOULD JUST SCARE EVERYONE IN WESTEROS.
#teamcersei