(May 30, 2016 at 5:38 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: This would suggest that Tyrion is the hero, as anti war as they come, intelligent, empathic and not a slave to honour.
Yes, Tyrion seems to fit the bill in many respects. It has to be said, however, that book-Tyrion and his TV counterpart differ quite a bit. Book-Tyrion is somewhat darker, a more brooding character, dwelling on the past and motivated largely by feelings of resentment towards his family. He's obsessed with love, or rather - being unable to have it, which is his weakness and what seems to make him un-focused and self-destructive - you could maybe even describe him as an "anti-hero". This is also true on the show, although we haven't really seen much evidence of it lately - possibly because we don't have as much insight into his thoughts, as in the book.
Book-Tyrion hasn't reached Daenerys yet and he's mainly preoccupied with his own survival, for the time being. TV-Tyrion at the moment seems to have picked up some of the plot of Barristan Selmy from the book and he also has Varys with him, so it's hard to say how much his actions are representative of his own character and indicative of his future plot in the book, as well as on the show - I guess we'll find out when the next book comes out.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
