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Re:Mathematicians mapped “Game of Thrones” relationship to f... by jsmith0295 on Thursday April 14, 2016 @08:37AM (#11496103)
spoiler alert I wouldn't say this necessarily points to the "main" character, as its just one measure of a character's significance. Littlefinger (Petyr on this diagram) is rather small and on the edge - but he's ultimately responsible for a huge amount of what goes on.
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Re:Mathematicians mapped “Game of Thrones” relationship to f... by kyriakos on Thursday April 14, 2016 @08:44AM (#11496140)
you are right but the aim is to find who the writers consider the "main" character and not who had the most impact on the GoT universe. If we take it in that sense the white walkers are probably the most significant.
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Re:Mathematicians mapped “Game of Thrones” relationship to f... by lizardking on Thursday April 14, 2016 @10:50AM (#11497159)
Some of the characters who have had the most effect on the events as they are taking place in the books are dead before they start and get very little page time.
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Re:Mathematicians mapped “Game of Thrones” relationship to f... by wheat7420 on Thursday April 14, 2016 @10:13AM (#11496861)
This is an analysis of the books, who have just one author.
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Re:Mathematicians mapped “Game of Thrones” relationship to f... by talmand on Thursday April 14, 2016 @10:11AM (#11496837)
I would say there is no single main character to the story.
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Re:Mathematicians mapped “Game of Thrones” relationship to f... by kyriakos on Friday April 15, 2016 @07:06AM (#11503402)
that's also the most likely reason the story (book or TV) is so popular. the fact that there is no distinct good or evil, no main character, no main villain etc. everyone is grey, everyone can die etc
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Re:Mathematicians mapped “Game of Thrones” relationship to f... by possibility on Friday April 15, 2016 @07:26AM (#11503464)
There are obviously evil characters, obviously good characters, and ambiguous characters. Mostly ambiguous.
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