Most Hated (Major) Character

[TK-421]

Well, since we are bored and I thought the last two polls were some way to let the time pass, I am adding this one. Now I know that not all will agree that this is a complete list and there will surely be some who will not see their most disliked character on this list but I tried to grab the broadest sample among the major characters as I could.

Enjoy.

 

[Koopa]

I'm first, die Cersei die!

 

[Rainswept]

You must be kidding. You include Jorah and Stannis, but leave out Littlefinger???

 

[viZion]

You must be kidding. You include Jorah and Stannis, but leave out Littlefinger???

I think there's a limit to how many choices you can include in the poll. I don't mind Littlefinger but I probably would have put him in the poll instead of Jorah. I bet there are a lot of Littlefinger haters out there. Personally, I gotta go with Walder Frey.

 

[TK-421]

Yes, the limit is 10. I had to be choosy but I do not recall too many saying they disliked or hated Littlefinger even though he is a prick.

And Stannis, well, if you like him, you are definetly in the very small minority.

I put Jorah because of his selfishneous and his betrayal. It was either him or Roose Bolton but I did not feel Roose was major enough.

 

[Rainswept]

Littlefinger would have been my vote if he were on the list. He's not just soulless, he's good at it. We know he was responsible for Jon Arryn's death, Tyrion's framing, Ned getting taken by Cersei, and is currently planning on getting Lolita with his dead obsession's daughter. I don't think we've scratched the surface of what all he's done, either.

I picked Joff, but it was a coin toss between him and his mother.

 

[Koopa]

Walder Fey did something terrible, his lot are terrible and there fickle, but i can relate to him, being cautious first (thus earning the name the Late Frey), at the time the dragons still ruled, so his decision then was more difficult then now, to me, it seems, to choose sides (they (dragons) had been ruling for many hundreds of years by then, whereas the Baratheons reign just began).

Moreover he has a reason to be angry at the Starks,add to that the consideration that the North was clearly on the losing side at the time, i find his actions somewhat understandable. I mean why drown with a sinking ship when a lifeline is given.

Dont get me wrong what he did was terrible, and it is understandable to hate him, but if i had to choose between him and the likes of Cersei Lannister, who in my eyes has done a lot worse (you can make a page-fulls lists with all she did wrong, and many in an as large if not larger scale then Walder frey.)

Jofrrey is hateful, but he is still just a idiotic kid as well, who owns his demeanor a lot to Cersei's upbringing. Therefore:

I remain at my standpoint cersei must die, wich is why GRRM might actually let her live. (though there is this funny volanqar prophecy though, not sure if that means she is actually gonna die, seeing that the words are formuled so strangely, that and i dont remember them exactly )

 

[Ghost of Harrenhal]

Littlefinger would have my vote too, the kuniving son of a bitch. EVERYTHING that has transpired has been his fault.

 

[Tansy]

Littlefinger - he makes my skin crawl

 

[Tansy]

Walder Fey did something terrible, his lot are terrible and there fickle, but i can relate to him, being cautious first (thus earning the name the Late Frey), at the time the dragons still ruled, so his decision then was more difficult then now, to me, it seems, to choose sides (they (dragons) had been ruling for many hundreds of years by then, whereas the Baratheons reign just began).

Moreover he has a reason to be angry at the Starks,add to that the consideration that the North was clearly on the losing side at the time, i find his actions somewhat understandable. I mean why drown with a sinking ship when a lifeline is given.

Dont get me wrong what he did was terrible, and it is understandable to hate him, but if i had to choose between him and the likes of Cersei Lannister, who in my eyes has done a lot worse (you can make a page-fulls lists with all she did wrong, and many in an as large if not larger scale then Walder frey.)

Jofrrey is hateful, but he is still just a idiotic kid as well, who owns his demeanor a lot to Cersei's upbringing. Therefore:

I remain at my standpoint cersei must die, wich is why GRRM might actually let her live. (though there is this funny volanqar prophecy though, not sure if that means she is actually gonna die, seeing that the words are formuled so strangely, that and i dont remember them exactly )

Isn't Cersei just a product of her upbringing too? she just isn't smart enough to realise it and stop her kids following her mistakes. Jaime seems to be growing into himself Cersei is still the same lost little girl who thinks good looks and limited intelligence makes her a player

 

[Koopa]

Its true that she probably had a hard dad, but other then that i dont really see how she can be a victim of her upbringing. She had nothing to complain about it think. The gold and power of house Lannister gave her an easy life yes, but with Tywin there, it seems that she got enough dicipline to make up for it. (At least from the very few flashbacks we got from her childhood).Especially since it seems to me that Cersei was the dominant twin. I do not see how her upbringing is to blame for her actions. Cersei her influence on Joffrey is clearly malevolent, whereas Tywin seems to me more the person who kept her misdemeanors in check. It is during the times that Tywin is not there that Cersei does, well, her thing. The death of her childhood friend, all the petty actions against people, ... are all made during Tywins absence, and later his death. When he is there he gives her discipline, a holdfast. Certainly there are times when you do not agree with his method, but he clearly always thought about what was best for his children (in coordinance with is house, granted Tyrion is an exception, but even for him there are such moments). Perhaps he could listen more to there needs and demands, but her upbringing does not seems so bad from first glance. And that so far is all we can do ,the rest is speculation.

I do not see how Cersei can be considered a little girl. yes she is power hungry, yes she uses her beauty, wich is most definitly a weapon, yes she overrates herself, and so on, but she is not a little child.
Joffrey clearly still is, and normally so at his age. unlike with Cersei, you CAN clearly see the malevolent effects of his upbringing, there is lots of proof for it. His cowardice for one, his tendency for cruelty, ... . To say Cersei had a bad upbringing is mere speculation.

To say that Cersei is just a trapped little girl is to me no more then an unjust understatement. To say that Joffrey at the moment of his death is still but a boy is undeniable. That does not make him innocent, but it lightens his wrongdoings.

 

[Boaz]

Joffrey hands down.

My hatred for Catelyn is well known, but she's a character that I love to hate. I enjoy the way the GRRM uses Catelyn to push my social, familial, political, and gender buttons. I may disagree with almost everything she did, but sometimes I wonder if mayhaps she was right on an issue or two. Joffrey never made me feel that way. I just hate him. He was a murdering, lying, abusive, vindictive psychopath.

Like Catelyn, I love to hate Tywin, Cersei, Walder, and Littlefinger. They are just too interesting to be ignored. Their actions are too critical to the ultimate plot resolution to dismiss. And they (sometimes) have justifiable reasons for their actions (crimes). Joffrey never had any justifiable reasons for any thing he did.

I used to hate Tyrion and Jaime the way I hate Catelyn. The hatred for Tyrion lasted only until he gave Luwin the plans for Bran's saddle. My hatred for Jaime died with his saving Brienne from being gang raped, his confession of murdering Aerys II to save the citizens of KL, and his rescuing of Brienne in the bear pit.

As for Stannis... he's petulant and in clear denial of reality. As for Theon... he's a classic small time hood that's in waaaay over his head. As for Jorah... for a guy that wise in most matters, he makes a lot of boneheaded decisions concerning himself. As for Gregor... he's just not a major player in my book... he's merely Tywin's flunky like Slynt was Littlefinger's flunky, Gregor's just better at his job.

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

Well, I had to go with Cersei, for me it was between her and Joffrey, but I chose Cersei in the end.

Catelyn was never my favorite character, but I certainly don't hate her.

Stannis I don't like, but again I don't hate him.

Walder Frey was another one at the top of my list, simply for the Red Wedding.

Jaime, I will admit when the series first began I didn't like him at all, but as it progressed he has turned into one of my favorite characters.

Gregor is an awful person, but just not around enough for me to develop a hatred for him, or at least one that rivals Cersei, Joffrey, or Walder Frey.

I also don't like Theon, and I may be close to hating him, but I would still put Cersei, Joffrey, and Walder Frey ahead of him.

Jorah, I have no reason at the moment to hate him. I am indifferent to his character really.

Tywin, I also didn't like, but I do like his character, he is quite interesting. Certainly do not hate him.

 

[lauren20062001]

As a reader I love to read Littlefinger, but I'd probably pick him as a person that I'd hate the most.

Out of the choices I have to pick the only character I can't feel sympathy for, Gregor. He seems like he went from a monster of a child to a monster of a man. Yes he was used by Tywin. But "the mountain that rides" would probably have been deadly and terrible without an overlord. Tywin might have actually given him more of an outlet.

The other characters on the list, we've been given some kind of reason for their personality and their misdeeds. The only tale from Gregor's past is of him scarring and terrorizing his little brother.

 

[TK-421]

Oh crap, I guess I should of put Littlefinger instead of Gregor or Tywin. Well, too late and live and learn.

Personally, I can't stand him but he's my male equivalent of Catelyn.

I had to go with Cersei.

 

[viZion]

The only tale from Gregor's past is of him scarring and terrorizing his little brother.

How about the one where he rapes the innkeeper's daughter right in front of him? And then asks for change back.

 

[Tysha]

I agree with most things that Lady of Winterfell said.
Most of that characters I love to hate, and I love them as a well writen characters.. And I kinda admire them too, for making interesting things
So I must pick a character that I don't like and he is just irritating and boring, like a bad date - like Stannis or even Jorah... I choose Stannis.

 

[Tysha]

How about the one where he rapes the innkeeper's daughter right in front of him? And then asks for change back.

And Elia and her(?) baby!

 

[Boaz]

So I must pick a character that I don't like and he is just irritating and boring, like a bad date... I choose Stannis.

I could not imagine a worse date than Stannis... I'd rather go out with Renly...

Wait, did I just say that out loud? Oops.

 

[Rainswept]

I could not imagine a worse date than Stannis...

Sure you could. Joff isn't exactly prince charming, what with having his guards strip and beat his date. Vargo Hoat is another charmer (Who also deserved to be on this list more than a couple who are on it!)

Now if you went out with Littlefinger he might kill you, but he'll find a way to profit from it, and after all, you deserve to die for not being Cat.

P.S. Isn't if funny that if you'd taken this poll after book one, Jaime would probably have a good shot at winning, but as it stands he has zero votes?