Current Events > I don't get it - why did everyone hate Ramsay Bolton so much

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He wasn't any worse than the other characters
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He was quite easily the most evil character
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He was a smug, annoying little nerd

mew4ever posted...

He was quite easily the most evil character

No, that would be Cersei
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Cause he kept winning.
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He reminded me of Peter Pan from Once Upon a Time, and I hate him more than anything, so that hate just carried over. ^^;
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Uh... he was a sociopath. People don't like that. You edgy TC?
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I loved to hate him. Thats what makes a good villain.
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GOATSLAYER posted...

He was a smug, annoying little nerd

mew4ever posted...

He was quite easily the most evil character

No, that would be Cersei

Cersei at least had a strong love of her children, that's a normal people trait.

Ramsay killed his father, stepmother and like 2 hour old half brother.
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He wasn't allowed to lose
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he killed a bunch of men while shirtless, while those men had armor.

courier_nv posted...

he killed a bunch of men while shirtless, while those men had armor.

Then was easily subdued by Jon Snow a few seasons later almost effortlessly
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au_gold posted...

I loved to hate him. Thats what makes a good villain.

What about Joffrey?
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Really my only issue with Ramsay is that he was given a groan-worthy amount of plot armor at certain moments. For example: the shirtless battle in the TV show, the entire GoT Telltale game, and more generally, otherwise intelligent/key characters behaving like total chumps when it suited Ramsay's progression in the story (e.g. Roose).

I guess I have no issues with the character himself... more the way that he was propelled forward sometimes. It didn't always feel earned, in a narrative sense.
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And more importantly, he killed Osha
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He was the token evil guy that existed solely to push the boundaries until they finally decided they were done with him and got rid of his plot armor

I hated the little attempted rescue scene they had to save Reek. They literally watched the guy walk away and open the gate to his dogs. Why didn't anyone pop an arrow or axe in his spine then?

I generally disliked the existence of his character, I didn't understand why the story needed to have such a sadistic and sociopathic character. His antics felt more for shock value not a necessity that he must have been feared as the plot demanded a character like that.

And it just annoyed me even more when S5 had Petyr marry Sansa off to him.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJptaHqta1Q

I kinda got a kick out of Ramsay, I think the actor knew how over-the-top evil the guy was and decided to have some fun with it, it added some charm to what could have been a very cheesy character. Also, :
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Ramsay: And you...are you Lord Ethan's older sister?
Talia: I'm his twin, my lord.
Ramsay: Ah, twins. Like the queen and her brother. Well, hopefully not JUST like the queen and her brother.

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Sad_Face posted...

I hated the little attempted rescue scene they had to save Reek. They literally watched the guy walk away and open the gate to his dogs. Why didn't anyone pop an arrow or axe in his spine then?

I generally disliked the existence of his character, I didn't understand why the story needed to have such a sadistic and sociopathic character. His antics felt more for shock value not a necessity that he must have been feared as the plot demanded a character like that.

And it just annoyed me even more when S5 had Petyr marry Sansa off to him.

I get they made that change to have less characters but yeah it was horrible.
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St0rmFury posted...

au_gold posted...

I loved to hate him. Thats what makes a good villain.

What about Joffrey?

He was even better.
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