True, but I also think GRRM's characters are far more complex than good vs. evil. With maybe the exception of Ned Stark who is so wrapped up in honor and doing what is 'right', that it gets him killed because he can't make compromises that wouldn't necessarily paint him evil in the long run.
And perhaps with Joffery, Gregor Clegane and a few minor characters, none are completely evil.
His characters are human and I think that is why we are so drawn to them and why we are so willing to let ourselves become attached and vocal about them. Why will vociferously defend one while condemning another, even when you take a step back and look at the one you are condemning, in all honesty, they aren't all that different than the one you defend.
Back to Cersei and Arya- I feel that Arya and the girl that Cersei used to be aren't all that different and if Arya doesn't find a way to make peace with what has happened to her, she isn't going to turn out much different that what Cersei has become.
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Date: 2011-10-09 11:16 pm (UTC)And perhaps with Joffery, Gregor Clegane and a few minor characters, none are completely evil.
His characters are human and I think that is why we are so drawn to them and why we are so willing to let ourselves become attached and vocal about them. Why will vociferously defend one while condemning another, even when you take a step back and look at the one you are condemning, in all honesty, they aren't all that different than the one you defend.
Back to Cersei and Arya- I feel that Arya and the girl that Cersei used to be aren't all that different and if Arya doesn't find a way to make peace with what has happened to her, she isn't going to turn out much different that what Cersei has become.