The Official Song of Ice and Fire Thread [UNMARKED SPOILERS FOR ALL BOOKS]

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Trunkin said:

noname2200 said:

Trunkin said:

 I've always found it strange that in a series such as ASOIF where there is supposedly no black and white...

There's plenty of black and white in the series. Especially black. What makes you think otherwise?

I phrased that pretty poorly. What I meant was that no character or family in the series is purely black or purely white, just different shades of gray. Although, now that I think about it, Joffrey and Ramsay kind of poke a hole in that assumption.

Some shades of grey are light or dark enough though, just as much as in other series. It becomes really hard to generate reader empathy and grip them to the story otherwise. Most POVs are essentially good characters, for instance; I think the difference relies on it being a cynical rather than idealistic instance by sheer necessity for most people in the series.