Originally posted by NemeBro
That said... I don't think Ser Gregor will really win most of the "most hated" competitions, despite his horrible and monstrous behavior, for a couple reasons.1. Exposure. He simply doesn't show up as much as guys like Roose, Reek's Master, Joffrey, or Tywin. He's an antagonist, but no big bad.
2. Joffrey from my experience tends to top most hated polls, in lieu of funny guys like the Mountain. I think the reason for that is because, as horrible and depraved as Ser Gregor is, he is not pathetic, weak, or cowardly. He doesn't have the subtlety for backstabbing or going against his word (Indeed, he'd never give you it), so he doesn't get the same hate Theon and Joffrey do for that. He is completely fearless, one thing you certainly can not call the Mountain is a coward, entirely unlike Joffrey. He isn't smug, he barely speaks and never actually talks about how cool and smart and awesome he is, his reputation speaks for itself, unlike characters like Cersei or Joffrey who think they are way better than they are.
I can't hate Ser Gregor Clegane. He's my favorite character, lol.
I ****ing despise Joffrey though, he's such a spineless little shit. I acknowledge that he isn't really as horrible a person as the Mountain or the Boltons, but he's such a ****ing douchebag. Also he killed mah nigga Ned.
They also made Joffrey much worse on the show--an appropriate change since he is only about 13 in the books.
He's a bit more overt in the show, but only a little worse maybe. In the books theres a great scene where people are starving outside the red keep, so he shoots them with his stupid crossbow and yells that they can eat their dead. Kids messed up.
The show really plays him up as a budding serial killer though.
Originally posted by asdf83
They also made Joffrey much worse on the show--an appropriate change since he is only about 13 in the books.
No they didn't.
People like to forget this part, but there is a small, but notable difference between show and book Joffrey: Show Joffrey cried like a little girl when daddy died, and book Joffrey didn't give a shit.
Joffrey in the show seems to have legitimately loved his father, which is more than the little psychopath in the novels can say.
Originally posted by NemeBro
No they didn't.
In the books, his mother is actually responsible for his worst atrocities, like slaughtering all of Robert's bastards.
As I've said, he's just a kid in the books so despite being king he simply doesn't have the authority to pull off some of the things he's done on the show. His mother has power over him in the books, and she definitely doesn't fear him as she does on the show.