Midnight wrote:Also, Eddard Stark was and still is my favorite character.
He is definitely my favorite as well.
My biggest problem with AFfC was that it essentially took the stories of everyone I don't give two shits about, and put them all in one book. While leaving out the characters I found most intriguing out.
Lucky for Martin, his first books were so strong. Because, to me, and to the majority of people who I know who've read it, AFfC is filler. Had the series started with a book of its poor quality, there probably wouldn't have been any more written, because it's simply not that good of a book.
Blah. Where are you DWD?