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Theon		7.7%	[ 4 ]
Asha/Yara		44.2%	[ 23 ]
Balon		1.9%	[ 1 ]
Euron Crow's Eye		5.8%	[ 3 ]
Aeron aka Damphair		3.8%	[ 2 ]
Victarion		28.8%	[ 15 ]
Other?		7.7%	[ 4 ]
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Post: 86121747_1 created on Wed, 29 May 2013 18:23:20 +0000
Posted: Wed, 29 May 2013 18:23:20 +0000

The question is pretty simple! We haven't really met the Greyjoys in the show yet with the exception of Theon, a little bit of Asha/Yara, and their father Balon.

However, with the kingsmoot we are properly introduced to many of the big names in the Greyjoy family, like the three very different brothers named above.

My question to you is: who is your favourite Greyjoy? Ideally explain why as well!

My personal favourite is Victarion:

In my eyes, Victarion is everything a Greyjoy ought to be: strong, stern, commanding, and a true man of the sea. His dual-religious beliefs in both the Drowned God of his ancestors and the Lord of Light makes him a very interesting character, not to mention incredibly dangerous should he indeed meet up with Dany at some point down the road like he intends to. What's going to happen to Dany at this point is very much up in the air, but I'd love to see the interactions between her and the captain of the Iron Fleet!

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Post: 86121747_2 created on Wed, 29 May 2013 18:40:41 +0000
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Oh my

I love Asha-Yara

simply because she goes total badass at the Kingsmoot and afterwards

I also really really like Victarion

because he's like a Theon that didn't fail. He dosen't go all jerk around he dosen't simply slaughter everyone without a thought. The bromance he shares with Serry is epic, but the one he shares with Moqorro is even more epic with all that "Hey what's up?" "Your God sucks." "I'm gonna freaking kill you if you say that again." "Lol come at me bro". Plus he is a great leader.

Euron:

We don't really hear a lot about him, and the little things I know about him is that he's a freaking c**t, but I would really like it if we could read his story too.

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Post: 86121747_3 created on Wed, 29 May 2013 19:13:43 +0000
Posted: Wed, 29 May 2013 19:13:43 +0000

Hidden Gnomes

Oh my

I love Asha-Yara

simply because she goes total badass at the Kingsmoot and afterwards

I also really really like Victarion

Euron:

We don't really hear a lot about him, and the little things I know about him is that he's a freaking c**t, but I would really like it if we could read his story too.

For me, it always feels as though Asha deserves better than what she gets, and it's frustrating.

I agree with what you say about Euron too. The thing about Euron though is:

Everything we know about him we know from the point of view of people who hate him. It's like how a lot of what we're told about Margaery we're told from the viewpoint of the slightly insane Cersei, so we really know very little. We don't really know what his deal is, because the only people who've talked about him hate his guts. I think one of my favourite things about A Song of Ice and Fire is how it's told like that; we never really know what a person is like unless they're a POV character.

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Post: 86121747_4 created on Wed, 29 May 2013 19:17:11 +0000
Posted: Wed, 29 May 2013 19:17:11 +0000

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Oh my

I love Asha-Yara

simply because she goes total badass at the Kingsmoot and afterwards

I also really really like Victarion

Euron:

We don't really hear a lot about him, and the little things I know about him is that he's a freaking c**t, but I would really like it if we could read his story too.

For me, it always feels as though Asha deserves better than what she gets, and it's frustrating.

I agree with what you say about Euron too. The thing about Euron though is:

Yush. If only Martin could be immortal.....

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Post: 86121747_5 created on Wed, 29 May 2013 19:22:00 +0000
Posted: Wed, 29 May 2013 19:22:00 +0000

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Oh my

I love Asha-Yara

simply because she goes total badass at the Kingsmoot and afterwards

I also really really like Victarion

Euron:

We don't really hear a lot about him, and the little things I know about him is that he's a freaking c**t, but I would really like it if we could read his story too.

For me, it always feels as though Asha deserves better than what she gets, and it's frustrating.

I agree with what you say about Euron too. The thing about Euron though is:

Yush. If only Martin could be immortal.....

He writes so well, but I definitely want A Song of Ice and Fire to have a definitive conclusion. I mean, all good stories have to have an ending! I just think that inevitably everyone will be either dead or settled, at which point the story ends, and I'll be fine with that.

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Post: 86121747_6 created on Wed, 29 May 2013 19:49:37 +0000
Posted: Wed, 29 May 2013 19:49:37 +0000

Victarion is great. The Greyjoys get a tough break. sweatdrop

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Post: 86121747_7 created on Wed, 29 May 2013 19:51:26 +0000
Posted: Wed, 29 May 2013 19:51:26 +0000

maggie iratus

Victarion is great. The Greyjoys get a tough break. sweatdrop

I one hundred percent agree with you on that bold text there! I'm hoping that we get to see a lot more of them both in the show and in the coming books, there're a lot of great characters in the family that haven't been explored nearly as deeply as I'd like them to be.

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Post: 86121747_8 created on Thu, 30 May 2013 04:00:42 +0000
Posted: Thu, 30 May 2013 04:00:42 +0000

VICTARION.
Except I adooore Theon

as Reek

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The only Greyjoy I don't like is Damphair. He's impossible to relate to, for me.

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Post: 86121747_9 created on Thu, 30 May 2013 04:42:42 +0000
Posted: Thu, 30 May 2013 04:42:42 +0000

I like AAAALLLL the Greyjoys! -Throws confetti and rides a kraken off into the sunset-

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Post: 86121747_10 created on Thu, 30 May 2013 05:30:52 +0000
Posted: Thu, 30 May 2013 05:30:52 +0000

It's definitely a toss up between Asha and Victarion for me!

But I would hold Asha first because she is fierce as hell and the Queensmoot scene is seriously the best. Her and her beautiful pinecones. I really enjoy Victarion but find him to be kind of creepy at the same time...

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Post: 86121747_11 created on Thu, 30 May 2013 06:53:57 +0000
Posted: Thu, 30 May 2013 06:53:57 +0000

No contest...

http://i.imgur.com/xteXGDf.jpg

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Post: 86121747_12 created on Thu, 30 May 2013 08:26:25 +0000
Posted: Thu, 30 May 2013 08:26:25 +0000

Waiting for the Drowned God to just create a huge wave and just rid us of all the Greyjoys honestly.

Theon is still an awful person. I feel sympathy. But nope.
Asha isn't too bad.

But besides them two, I wish we didn't have to suffer so much in AFFC through those incredibly boring chapters.

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Post: 86121747_13 created on Thu, 30 May 2013 08:31:08 +0000
Posted: Thu, 30 May 2013 08:31:08 +0000

I like Asha so far pretty damn well. I just finished reading her section in the second book when he meets her and I like it alot better then her presentation in the show. I think she has alot of respect for herself but at the same times isn't as constrained as some.