Active Users:1634 Time:14/10/2025 11:25:56 AM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
Confusing likability with goodness Beqi Send a noteboard - 18/03/2010 08:59:40 PM
I think that may be the issue. Arya and Robert are likable. And we want the people we like, who seem good, to be good. There are villains like Jaime who are evil and we like him anyway, though more people are trying to make him good now that he is more likable. Cersei and Theon, in my opinion, were never likable so it is easy to put them in the evil category and leave them there. Robert was kind of a weenie evil guy.
*MySmiley*

Also known as kazetaran

"The Daleks on the bus say exter-min-ate" Taran 9-3-2012
This message last edited by Beqi on 18/03/2010 at 08:59:58 PM
Reply to message
ASoI&F Quickpoll: Evil characters Cannoli - 18/03/2010 02:04:24 PM 1450 Views
Re: ASoI&F Quickpoll: Evil characters lyringlas - 18/03/2010 02:32:48 PM 898 Views
Re: ASoI&F Quickpoll: Evil characters Macharius - 18/03/2010 06:34:29 PM 830 Views
Exactly. Werthead - 18/03/2010 09:07:56 PM 895 Views
I have never heard anyone defend Cersei. Tom - 18/03/2010 07:04:33 PM 892 Views
Confusing likability with goodness Beqi - 18/03/2010 08:59:40 PM 892 Views
Arya may not be "good"... ironclad - 18/03/2010 09:15:46 PM 944 Views
Do you think a child can be evil? *NM* Beqi - 18/03/2010 09:18:06 PM 383 Views
We sometimes hear about kids doing horrible things ironclad - 18/03/2010 09:41:30 PM 778 Views
Is that because they may not understand the consequences of their actions? Beqi - 18/03/2010 09:45:33 PM 854 Views
Most likely, yes. Plus their reasons for doing bad things lack deeper inferior motives. ironclad - 18/03/2010 10:09:25 PM 884 Views
Arya is old enough to understand cause and effect... Napoleon62 - 18/03/2010 11:04:31 PM 986 Views
Soldiers do the same thing. LadyLorraine - 19/03/2010 03:23:35 AM 809 Views
Just what I was about to say, yeah *NM* ironclad - 19/03/2010 07:55:47 AM 351 Views
Soldiers kill for the sake of their country, their cause, or their hope... Napoleon62 - 19/03/2010 11:24:16 PM 1209 Views
Re: Soldiers kill for the sake of their country, their cause, or their hope... LadyLorraine - 20/03/2010 12:29:55 AM 833 Views
Arya is not a soldier. Soldiers are not individually responsible for the results of war. Cannoli - 20/03/2010 11:22:43 PM 989 Views
Arya is legitimately the most evil... Napoleon62 - 18/03/2010 09:45:04 PM 1172 Views
No, she's not A Deathwatch Guard - 18/03/2010 11:45:23 PM 824 Views
Cersei doesn't have true justification Napoleon62 - 18/03/2010 11:47:44 PM 958 Views
what makes ambition better? LadyLorraine - 19/03/2010 03:30:04 AM 803 Views
*nods* ironclad - 19/03/2010 07:58:31 AM 925 Views
what he said! especially about Cersei being seriously mentally ill *NM* imlad - 19/03/2010 04:38:19 AM 314 Views
Re: Arya is legitimately the most evil... Cannoli - 19/03/2010 10:50:56 PM 823 Views
I was looking forward to his response as well. LadyLorraine - 19/03/2010 11:13:35 PM 946 Views
Nope Cannoli - 20/03/2010 10:23:19 PM 993 Views
to be accurate, the child was not yet disabled when he was pushed from the tower imlad - 20/03/2010 10:52:42 PM 930 Views
ah, thank you. it's been a while since I read that bit *NM* LadyLorraine - 21/03/2010 02:58:10 AM 335 Views
Evil is such a limiting term to use. Werthead - 20/03/2010 12:18:24 PM 798 Views
Try reading the books Cannoli - 20/03/2010 10:50:01 PM 1002 Views
just out of curiousity LadyLorraine - 21/03/2010 03:01:02 AM 887 Views
Sort of. Cannoli - 22/03/2010 11:37:04 PM 801 Views
I've read them a few times. Werthead - 21/03/2010 01:47:52 PM 888 Views
Just a "few" times? fionwe1987 - 21/03/2010 06:07:14 PM 931 Views
Only three times. Werthead - 21/03/2010 11:20:12 PM 840 Views
Who is Jon Connington? Napoleon62 - 22/03/2010 01:30:44 AM 987 Views
Jon Connington- Hand to Aerys. Lost to Hoster, Eddard and Robert. Exiled. *NM* fionwe1987 - 22/03/2010 04:09:59 AM 398 Views
people seem to be forgetting imlad - 21/03/2010 09:11:04 PM 948 Views
Some of that is BS... fionwe1987 - 22/03/2010 04:18:06 AM 870 Views
Thank you. Cannoli - 23/03/2010 01:59:38 AM 869 Views
*NM* fionwe1987 - 23/03/2010 03:58:24 AM 304 Views
ROFLMAO. Most people complain that my values are medieval & out of touch with the modern world! Cannoli - 23/03/2010 01:54:58 AM 1228 Views
It really shocks that I'm going to say this. LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 03:23:28 AM 802 Views
To clarify, "evil" means VERY, VERY BAD. Cannoli - 23/03/2010 01:12:39 AM 1048 Views
your problem is you seem equate legality with morality imlad - 24/03/2010 04:07:42 AM 792 Views
I was responding to someone ELSE making that error Cannoli - 24/03/2010 03:13:36 PM 1068 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes