Quote:They should have drug that death out for years more. The anticipation I had for that is one of the main reasons I liked the show. To me he was the only true villain the show was going to have. It would have been great to see him grow up and become the feared tyrant Palpatine type of guy just because of the character weight it would develop.

 

This guy seems to think the only way to achieve suspense is to kill off a character. But he's killing off all the interesting people.

 

In my mind, Joffrey had to die for the same reason that Ned Stark did; they were too extreme. Ned was too good of a man, too honest and forthright  to fit into the story. The cast of characters would have - and did, I guess - torn him apart since he was so extreme to one end of the spectrum. Joffrey was the same way. He was too dirty, too mean, and too downright evil to stick around. For the story to unfold, you need characters that kind of "roam" the spectrum of personalities.

 

All of the characters are good some of the time, and all of them are bad some of the time. Ned and Joffrey were neither.

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