The beauty of A Song Of Ice And Fire is that *nobody* is the good guy, and also almost nobody is the bad guy. There are a very few truly bad guys, but almost all the bad guys have redemptive/explanatory elements if you watch long enough.
But it's an "epic fantasy" where the good guys do NOT have plot protection, and the end result is much like what would happen if Batman didn't have plot protection:
Batman: "I am the night!" Fanboys: "YAAAAAAAY!" Batman villains: "You're an unremarkable spoiled rich mook in a bat costume. BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM" Batman: "Urk, I am dead". Fanboys: "............ AUUUUUUUUGH"
That's not for everyone. Not everyone likes a world where someone who DESERVES to triumph doesn't get it, and where someone who acts like a typical fantasy hero gets their throat slit and dies because "typical fantasy hero" is not a world rule.
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Date: 2014-02-02 03:37 am (UTC)I bounced off the books because pretty much everyone was an asshole. (That may have been the whole point of the exercise, I don't know.)
Tyrion was the only character I had even the slightest bit of sympathy for. My guess is, GRRM killing him would be akin to biting his own arm off.
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Date: 2014-02-02 04:14 am (UTC)But it's an "epic fantasy" where the good guys do NOT have plot protection, and the end result is much like what would happen if Batman didn't have plot protection:
Batman: "I am the night!"
Fanboys: "YAAAAAAAY!"
Batman villains: "You're an unremarkable spoiled rich mook in a bat costume. BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM"
Batman: "Urk, I am dead".
Fanboys: "............ AUUUUUUUUGH"
That's not for everyone. Not everyone likes a world where someone who DESERVES to triumph doesn't get it, and where someone who acts like a typical fantasy hero gets their throat slit and dies because "typical fantasy hero" is not a world rule.