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Old 06-17-2015, 11:56 PM   #136
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Originally Posted by jammies View Post
Those of you saying the characters are neither entirely good or evil are missing out on the characters that actually are entirely evil: Ramsay, the Mountain, Ser Trent and Ser Baros, Vargo Hoat and all of his "Brave Companions" and probably more I'm forgetting. Who is a truly good person? Ser Barristan Selmy, maybe, but even he served the Mad King in his youth, or so I seem to recall. Samwell Tarly is maybe another, although he is certainly a coward and an oathbreaker.

That's the one big complaint I have about the show, that the only absolutes that are shown are dark ones. Yes, people are generally flawed, but the same terrible events that produce monsters also produce heroes. There doesn't have to be a happy ending, but is it too much to ask for a few more random acts of happiness along the way?
Tough decisions are a running theme in the show. Daenarys is the best example. She tries to be totally good, but it's just not possible to do so and rule a fractured medieval style kingdom.
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