Really the chapter that gets to me is why they had a chapter from Aerys Oakheart's point of view when they kill him off in the next chapter he appears in. Arranne was present throughout, and it just seemed like a dumb decision for it not to be her POV, as well as in ADWD when she's also present the entire chapter, but we don't get her POV.

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Posted by weaglebeagle

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Posted on 11/20/12 at 6:07 am to OMLandshark

I too question the decision to give POV's to throw away characters at times. I try to find justification for it. For example with Aerys, it seems throughout the series GRRM has touched on the oath of the kingsguard and the night's watch and shown how many who have taken those oaths have broken it. Maybe he was just trying to show the conflict that some face when doing so. I feel like I'm reaching here but it's really the only reason I can see for not doing this from Arianne's persepctive, but honestly you could have accomplished this from her pov also.

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Posted by CottonWasKing

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Posted on 11/20/12 at 7:11 pm to OMLandshark

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Really the chapter that gets to me is why they had a chapter from Aerys Oakheart's point of view when they kill him off in the next chapter he appears in. Arranne was present throughout, and it just seemed like a dumb decision for it not to be her POV, as well as in ADWD when she's also present the entire chapter, but we don't get her POV.

GRRM thrives on showing every character through a different characters eyes. The reason they weren't all through Ariannes pov is because that would only be one side of the story. GRRM wants to tell the story through every set of eyes he can. That's why you have characters like Jaime who are pieces of shite in the worlds eye but we know better.

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