Can you link to some of these fanfics? they sound great!

it was plutratch who said that, not Haymitch. Haymitch is to cynical to believe that. You should try reading the books, they are great! Marks reviews are fun, but i wouldnt have enjoyed them half as much if i hadnt been reading the book.

i have to say that even though the guys talk was alkward, i did laugh at gales comment about "we never have" XD

the seventh book. the chapter where the trio decide to go to the lovegood house.

If Saber herself couldnt think of anything to say back, that kind of proves Iskander right don't you think? All he basically said was the same thing shiro says to her in the Fate route (and what took Shiro a whole route, Rider said in one scene lol) if a bit blunter then Shiro does. I dont think he was being all that harsh, especially since he took her seriously and talked with her, as opposed to Gilgamesh who just laughed in her face.

lol besides, this bullying was planned and executed by the author. When Urobouchi asked nasu what they wanted in fate zero, the first thing Nasu instinctively said was "Saber being bullied by Gilgamesh and Alexander" :P

who is that book "Orcs" written by? it sounds like something worth a read.

You know who are two characters that i really want to meet up? Brienne and Jorah, because that would be awesome. Maybe if Jorah came back to Westeros after being kicked out by Danny? I think her and Jorah would get along great. Jorah comes from a family where the women fight alongside the men, so he wouldn't look down on her like so many others and actually give her the respect she needs. In fact, i just want Brienne to meet any of the Mormounts. can they just like take her away to Bear Island and give her all the love and respect she deserves? Please Martin? No? Okay. :(

Yeah, but being one of GRRM's favorites just means that you suffer more :P ;)
Personally i dont really agree with you lots of those things. The idea that he is the "best/only good" Lannister was shot down by Jaimie's surprising character development. As for being like Tywin, i agree that they have the same effective and pragmatic thought process but other then that i cant really see where you found some of those bad qualities. Backstabbing and self serving describes about 90% of all the people in Kings Landing, so that just tells me he's playing the Game of thrones right (i.e. not the way Ned played it). However even then he still cares about his family until Jaimie tells him the truth.

I really don't know how you can possibly see him as mysoginistic. Certainly he enjoys whores, but he treats them like real people and spoils Shae rotten, giving her anything she wants. He even threatens to hurt Tommen to Cersei in CoK for the sake of a whore girl who was took the fall for Shae. Above all else, after the first night with Sansa when she said No, he accepted that and never tried to force her. He could have her at any time and no one would have stopped him. Tywin kept encouraging him to force her into it. But he doesnt. If he was mysoginistic then he would simply have ignored Sansa's refusal.

"his motives seem to be limited to bitterness, vengeance or self-gain."
Really? i dont see this. To me it always seemed like his motive was to get respect and love, something he has always been denied by the world and his family(except for Jamie, and even then it seems more like he just pitys Tyrion). He is bitter about Tysha, but he doesnt really take it out on others, and only turns to vengance after he finds out the truth about her.

once again long comment to match yours, but i do enjoy a good debate ^_^

Just wondering, why do you hate Tyrion? He didnt ask to be married to Sansa, his dad practically forced him to. He also tried to consummate it because his dad was expecting that. I seem to remember that almost every scene after that Tywin kept telling him to hurry up and do it. Which he didnt, after she refused him the first time. Sorry to go on a bit, not meaning to tell you your wrong, but Tyrion is really one of my favorites. Just curious as to your reasons for hating him.

I was actually irritated by how they changed Shae's character for the Tv series. Let me make it clear first off that i dont mean to be offensive here, i love strong female characters. I dont want to insult anyone or make sexist remarks.

Shae in the tv show comes off as a powerful independent women, but since i read the books first, i never once thought she was some skilled actress who was acting and pretending around Tyrion. She always seemed to be what she was, a prostitute. She never had a single scene that indicated their was more going on with her character, she was always supposed to be a side character for Tyrions story like Bronn. In the end she betrays Tyrion when he is at his lowest, sleeps with his dad, and finally is murdered by Tyrion when he is at his lowest(emotionally). Knowing all that in advance about her character was what made me angry about the show's changes. I get that they were trying to show strong women, but i think its actually worse to make Shae seem so smart and independent when in the end her story will still end like that.Tv!Shae seems to smart to make the kind of mistakes book!Shae makes, and yet she has to for Tyrions story to work.

idk, maybe its that perfectionist in me raging against any changes from the original material, but i still dont see the point of making Shae a completly differnt person in the tv show. For one thing, it gives a lot of people the wrong impression about her character, as i can see from some of the comments people have made. If you want a strong, cunning women character look at Cersei, (though she isnt half as clever as she thinks she is but still) Shae is not that character, at least not in the books.