[SPOILERS] Most “Evil” Character - Discussion

With GoT being on a long break, and most of us probably rewatching the show to get our fill, I decided to answer a frequently asked question:

Who is the most “evil” character on GoT?

Before I start, this is likely going to be a lengthy post.

And before I get into the characters, I am going to define “evil”. An evil action is an action that is meant to harm, torture, manipulate, or even kill another person. Essentially, an evil action is an action that is intended to cause someone else misery or harm. Therefore an evil person is someone who wishes to do bad, and cause others harm, or anything that will impact them in a negative way.

A couple other differences that I am going to clear up:

There are very few pure evil characters in GoT, many characters are evil. To be considered pure evil (by me at least), a character must have NO redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Pure evil characters therefore are: Euron, Ramsay, Gregor

Evil characters include: Joffrey, Cersei, Littlefinger... etc.

And the last thing before I get into the characters:

Psychopaths/Sociopaths.

The way I (and most leading experts in the field) differentiate them is that a psychopath is a person born without a conscience, or the ability to truly emotionally connect with anyone. They are cold blooded, essentially predators. They also have reduced fear, and are easily bored. Psychopaths can not empathize with others, or feel remorse for their actions.

Sociopathy, on the other hand, stems from bad environment, neglect, or abuse. These people can still empathize, but to a much small degree than most people. They also have a conscience, but as mentioned, it is to a MUCH smaller degree.

Now, to get into the actual characters:

I think it fair to say that the characters who are obviously in this debate are:

Ramsay, Euron, Joffrey, Roose, Gregor, Littlefinger, Cersei, Night King.

Now, I am going to claim that Joffrey, Cersei, Night King are absolutely not the most evil, despite the fact that they have all committed horrible crimes, they all have, even if they are very minor, redeeming qualities.

Cersei loved her children, Joffrey loved Margaery, and was a bit of a coward, Night King we don’t know enough about, and may even be a character we know.

In my opinion, the 3 most evil characters are, Euron, Ramsay and Gregor.

Roose was more of a sociopath, someone who was willing to do anything to survive, and would betray anyone on a dime. Kind of... maybe... cared for his son/sons...?

Littlefinger was similar to Roose, an incredible manipulator, albeit a coward in the face of real danger. Definitely a sociopath, and not even the worst.

Gregor, despite having no real intelligence to speak of, is a psychopath who didn’t hesitate to burn his own brothers face, for the smallest inconvenience. He also frequently rapes, and murders people. However, it is worth noting that he does work for Cersei, but this is after being brought back, and I’m still iffy on whether or not he’s being mind controlled/just working for money... etc. Regardless, he’s still a horrible person.

Ramsay is a sexually sadistic psychopath who takes great pleasure in physically, or mentally harming others. Ramsay is without question the most sadistic human to ever set foot in Westeros.

Euron is a sadistic (not sexually sadistic) psychopath, and a malignant narcissist (an extreme force of narcissism often coupled with sadism). Euron rapes and murders his own family, and is an incredible manipulator. Euron is likely the most psychopathic person to set foot in Westeros.

Euron and Ramsay are undoubtably the two most evil characters in the show, and possibly in the history of TV. However, I believe that Euron is likely the worse of the two, despite not showing us as much as Ramsay has.

Euron isn’t a sexual sadist, so not every scene with him is going to be torture porn and him skinning people alive. However, this doesn’t mean that Euron won’t torture/rape someone, he just won’t get off while doing it. Euron is incredibly callous with his torture, and will even torture his own family without batting an eye. Euron tortures his own men, family and more, and enjoys it, but is also callous towards others suffering. Euron is also an incredible manipulator who can change his personality on a dime. But his true personality is likely the darkest one in Westeros’ history.

Ramsay, despite being horrible, is a one trick pony. Yes he tortures people in the worst ways imaginable, but so does Euron, and unlike Ramsay, Euron will also do other things that are just as horrific, if not worse, and even revels in murdering his own kin.

So in my opinion, the top 5 most evil characters in GoT go:

Euron, Ramsay, Gregor, Cersei, Roose.

That’s just my thoughts, any feedback is appreciated, feel free to let me know who you think the worst is. I can’t wait to see how the show ends, and I’m definitely interested to see what they do with Euron. I hope they didn’t introduce him too late, Pilou Asbæk is rocking it as Euron!

Submitted March 27, 2018 at 08:35AM by Vacanus https://ift.tt/2GvRq9I