Wait, you want a straight answer from a -Martell-? *shifty-eyes* Nah, just kidding, I'll elaborate. *grins*
One of the things that struck me was your utter condemnation of Theon while wanting Sandor, of all people, to get together with Sansa, yeah. I mean, don't get me wrong- Theon isn't one of my favourite characters or anything (neither is Sandor), but neither of them are my -least- favourite characters either. On the other hand, I do like Jaime a lot, but I'll be the first to admit he's done some really awful things and is -still- threatening to do awful things (with a trebuchet!). In all their cases, I can see why things in their past and present have had an influence on them, while not feeling it excuses their behaviour at all.
As to why this would lean me towards Stark... well. We see Eddard doing it- he pretty much ignores and forgives all of Robert's flaws, up to and including the fact that he stepped over the dead bodies of children to take his throne. (Don't even get me started on how his rebellion was more likely pride and testosterone-fueled than any real desire to free the land from the rule of a mad king.) He also makes the mistake of trusting Littlefinger even after being told by that man himself, several times, to trust no one. Yet Eddard also pretty much universally despises all of House Lannister, something that Lysa Arryn easily feeds with the note she sends at the beginning of AGoT. Sansa does the same thing- she is completely blind to Joffrey's flaws until she almost literally has her nose rubbed in them, and she isn't a lot better where Sandor is concerned, either. (Although at least she has enough sense to be afraid of him.) At the same time, I don't think Sansa has -yet- wondered about Arya (though she's shown concern for her brothers) and was pretty much universally hard on her sister during the entire time they were in each other's presence.
I mean, don't get me wrong. The Starks are hardly the only House that does this (Lysa has a blind spot for Littlefinger in that she sees only good, while Catelyn has one for Jon in that she sees only her rival for Ned instead of the boy), but they're certainly the House that have stood out as the most consistent for this sort of tendency for me. All the same, to base a vote on that would be silly, because as someone else said, most people have a tendency to forgive the wrongs of their favourite characters in books, and what we'll forgive in a -character- isn't necessarily anything we would tolerate in a living, breathing person.
So, since my original impression had been slightly more on the Tully side, that's where I put you.
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Re: Martell
Date: 2009-11-18 11:05 am (UTC)One of the things that struck me was your utter condemnation of Theon while wanting Sandor, of all people, to get together with Sansa, yeah. I mean, don't get me wrong- Theon isn't one of my favourite characters or anything (neither is Sandor), but neither of them are my -least- favourite characters either. On the other hand, I do like Jaime a lot, but I'll be the first to admit he's done some really awful things and is -still- threatening to do awful things (with a trebuchet!). In all their cases, I can see why things in their past and present have had an influence on them, while not feeling it excuses their behaviour at all.
As to why this would lean me towards Stark... well. We see Eddard doing it- he pretty much ignores and forgives all of Robert's flaws, up to and including the fact that he stepped over the dead bodies of children to take his throne. (Don't even get me started on how his rebellion was more likely pride and testosterone-fueled than any real desire to free the land from the rule of a mad king.) He also makes the mistake of trusting Littlefinger even after being told by that man himself, several times, to trust no one. Yet Eddard also pretty much universally despises all of House Lannister, something that Lysa Arryn easily feeds with the note she sends at the beginning of AGoT. Sansa does the same thing- she is completely blind to Joffrey's flaws until she almost literally has her nose rubbed in them, and she isn't a lot better where Sandor is concerned, either. (Although at least she has enough sense to be afraid of him.) At the same time, I don't think Sansa has -yet- wondered about Arya (though she's shown concern for her brothers) and was pretty much universally hard on her sister during the entire time they were in each other's presence.
I mean, don't get me wrong. The Starks are hardly the only House that does this (Lysa has a blind spot for Littlefinger in that she sees only good, while Catelyn has one for Jon in that she sees only her rival for Ned instead of the boy), but they're certainly the House that have stood out as the most consistent for this sort of tendency for me. All the same, to base a vote on that would be silly, because as someone else said, most people have a tendency to forgive the wrongs of their favourite characters in books, and what we'll forgive in a -character- isn't necessarily anything we would tolerate in a living, breathing person.
So, since my original impression had been slightly more on the Tully side, that's where I put you.