“I don’t want people to like her anymore, almost, that sounds really, really bad.I want people to realize that actually she’s not the same anymore. You can’t root for her forever, because she’s not there to be your favorite character. That’s not what she’s there for. She’s real. People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it’s always justified in their head. I want the audience to differentiate that and not just be like, ‘Oh, it’s Arya, we love her.’ Because actually look at what Arya’s doing. She’s being eaten away from the inside out, and she’s not stopping it.” – about Arya
#A GAME OF CHILD ACTORS WHO REALLY KNOW THEIR FUCKING CHARACTERS
I stopped reading the books and never even started with the show, because this is basically everybody in them and it felt less like an enjoyable read than like drowning myself in how bad decisions and the world’s suckiness destroys people.
But I respect the hell out GRRM for writing characters who are that real and difficult, and it’s amazing to watch, even from the sidelines, the show’s actors and actresses bring them to life so honestly.