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Originally Posted by Silock
Well, that's kinda the point. Whenever something pivotal is about to happen, the person gets killed.
Killing people off for the sake of "shock value" isn't inherently exciting. For some characters, it works really well. For others, it just gets to the point where it's not worth investing in the character because you know they're just going to get killed. And because many of the characters are so one dimensional, there isn't a ton of character development overall. Out of all of the characters they introduce, there are only a few who ever grow and change, but because there are so many, we get far less of their interesting story lines than we should. That's one reason everyone wants more Tyrion. Not only is Dinklage doing an amazing job with the acting, his character has actually gotten to develop. It makes the story more interesting when that happens. I'm just going to assume he's going to die at some point, and I'll be more okay with that because we've gotten to see real character growth from him. A character that is nothing more than an unchanging archetype is tedious and it's just not exciting when they die.
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Mmmm.....imma have to heavily disagree with you on this. The character development in this show is top notch and rivaled by no one. If you haven't read the books then you don't know who is going to die.
Take Joffrey for example. His character development was outstanding. He starts the show as just a boy, eventual heir to the throne. Over time, he gets worse and worse and ends up being an uncontrolable murderous tyrant. Fans of the show unanimously developed an authentic hatred for his character and his death was shocking.
You don't get that kind of response out of a character unless it's development was good.