04-18-2012, 01:19 PM
You guys are judging the characters all wrong.
You can't judge good and evil of medieval moral decisions on current western morality. You can only judge them based on the setting that Martin put them in.
Basically they have to be considered evil by the morality in Martin's world and they have to be sane.
That pretty much leaves only a few characters that are actually evil.
Major Characters,
Cersei, Joffrey, Reek, The Mountain, The Walkers/Wights, The Red Sorceress,
Their are other minor's like the Bolton Bastard, Ilyne Payne etc.
Based on the above you could certainly put Theon in that class but because Martin and HBO pulled a George Lucas on that character it is certainly debateable. Theon was written so poorly that you can argue things just got away from him. I chose to assume he always coveted and hated Starks and therefore was evil. The way HBO took will just make him seem crazy.
Other then the few above no one is "evil" in the Martin books. HBO may change that.
Vllad
You can't judge good and evil of medieval moral decisions on current western morality. You can only judge them based on the setting that Martin put them in.
Basically they have to be considered evil by the morality in Martin's world and they have to be sane.
That pretty much leaves only a few characters that are actually evil.
Major Characters,
Cersei, Joffrey, Reek, The Mountain, The Walkers/Wights, The Red Sorceress,
Their are other minor's like the Bolton Bastard, Ilyne Payne etc.
Based on the above you could certainly put Theon in that class but because Martin and HBO pulled a George Lucas on that character it is certainly debateable. Theon was written so poorly that you can argue things just got away from him. I chose to assume he always coveted and hated Starks and therefore was evil. The way HBO took will just make him seem crazy.
Other then the few above no one is "evil" in the Martin books. HBO may change that.
Vllad