A song of Ice and fire discussion (spoilers incl A Dance with Dragons)

[Valarya]

Right, so the four characters that I was referring to in my original post were Dany , Viserys, Jaime and Cersei. Since I wrote it, Dany has changed her tune and impressed the heck out of me so she’s no longer on the list. If anything, I’m now a firm fan and I'm in her corner cheering loudly...amazing what a chapter or two can do!

Well, you're supposed to hate Viserys, Jaime and Cersei at this point in the game.. so that's no surprise. In fact, those should be some of the characters you love to hate. I'm glad you changed your mind about Dany, though. She becomes a very strong woman and an extremely important character.

Of course, it goes without saying that I also don’t like….well….maybe it’s quicker if I tell you who I DO like! I absolutely like Arya and Jon Snow the most and then Tyrion, Ned (though I want to smack him at times) and Dany. Yep, yep, that’s pretty much it.

And to go with the same theme, here: you're supposed to like those characters. Arya, Jon Snow and Tyrion are always the favorites. I hated Ned, but that's because I enjoy the darker side of things and he was just too much for me, lol. But I was supposed to like him.

Sansa…well, she’s just another Malta to me and I doubt I’ll change my mind about her even if she does redeem herself somewhat (sorry fool-ish but I will happily say so if I'm proven wrong!), and the same goes for Catelyn…I really don’t like either of them! No, no I don't.

You misunderstood fool-ish. She wanted you to hate Sansa exactly like a Malta situation. I've always hated Sansa and it was hers and Catelyn's chapters I wanted to skip, all the time. I'd say that's pretty normal.

Who else? Robert. Oh, boy, but I don't like that man/king! Or Joffrey, or Ser Alliser or...

People you're supposed to dislike. Especially Joffrey.

As for Bran…I don’t like him at the moment, and must admit that the last two times I've read his chapters I have fallen asleep I was so disinterested BUT I wonder if he is just not appealing to me because he’s not in a good place at the moment, having just lost his legs etc. It's possible that he may do something to shift my interest into a higher gear soon... ...but I have my doubts that it will be enough for me, despite the fact that he likely holds a major role in things.

This is actually majorly shocking to me. Bran is in my top 3 favorite characters. In fact it was his story that hooked me to this series right off the bat. He might be young, but a lot of really interesting/neat stuff happens to/around him.

Trust me. It isn't something he's going to do that will change your mind about him.. it's the magic. He might end up being your favorite character! Haha