True, my three favorite characters are two generic male heroes and the most masculine female hero. Some might say Arya acquires an annoying BDE, and that Ned and Jon are so prototypical they're boring. Jon especially turns out too perfect: good-looking, strong, wise, courageous, compassionate, the product of Westeros' two most heroic dynasties. All he's missing is not murdering your lover/leader. Maybe the most interesting thing about him is his fate: oblivion at the Wall. Or maybe that just puts him even further into the deified martyr camp.
Jon is boring and too perfect, but I didn't find him boring at all. I found him exquisite. It took some time though. He wasn't perfect at first. Actually, the more perfect he got, the less boring he got. For the first several seasons, he acted out of insecurity, resentment, and piety. He actually became more interesting, far more wonderful to me, when he shed his flaws and ascended into heaven.
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