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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rykion" data-source="post: 2724269" data-attributes="member: 33035">I find that character death tends to work better in single volume books and movies than in TV, book, or movie series.  A single book or movie is enough to make someone care enough about a character to be emotional about his or her death.  That way, no one has the years of emotional attachment that series bring.  Character death in a series is more likely to leave fans disappointed and annoyed.  The old serials and episodic TV are built on the comforting idea that main characters will escape death and always win out in the end.  I believe many people enjoy ASoIaF because it turns the normal series paradigms on their heads.  Main characters die, and the reader doesn't know who will come out the victor.  It reads more like historical fiction than a typical fantasy novel.  I agree that the Red Wedding needed more of a set up than it received.  I think one of the main weaknesses of ASoIaF as a series was that it introduced too many main characters and Martin needed to remove some to keep the story going.</blockquote>