The show has bungled both Stannis and Melisandre quite badly. Both are coming off very odd compared to their book counterparts.Stryc9 said:Pretty much this. I'm most of the way through Storm of Swords right now and the bit where she does the leeches in the fire thing are two totally different events in the book and the show.
In the show she acts all too willing to do it and in the book she warns Stannis that it won't have the desired effect. In the books she has her limits as to what she's willing to do and genuinely believes that what she is doing is right. When I'm reading the books I'm also more aware that she and Thoros are essentially trying to accomplish the same thing and Thoros isn't exactly that bad of a guy.
Yeahhhhhh wait for ADWD then revisit this position. =\Stryc9 said:Going strictly on the events in the show and what he does to Theon, he's kind of my hero. I've hated Theon since I started watching the show, the books don't improve him any either.
Ramsay Bolton is one of the more unsettling/upsetting characters in fantasy fiction.