User blog:Bluedeadredemption/Pathetic Pinhead Proposal - Joffrey Baratheon

This is one I have though about ever since I have heard of pathetic pinheads.

What's the work?
Game of Thrones is an HBO television series based on the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin.

Who's Joffrey and what does he do?
This should give you a good idea.

Immorality
He is a tyrannical ruler in Westeros. He does all sorts of terrible things like having a little boy killed for waving a sword at him, and having a dog killed who didn't even attack him, then he beheaded Ned Stark for no other reason then because he could, starting war in the seven kingdoms, abuses Sansa constantly, ordered the mass execution of Robert's bastards, abuses women, allows his people to starve, I could go on and on.

Cowardice.
In season 1 he BEGS Arya Stark to spare him and doesn't put up anything resembling a fight against her, he makes other people do his bidding, he flees in terror when King's Landing is almost sacked by Stannis Baratheon and his men.

Incompetence
In the TV show he couldn't fight to save his life, (in the books supposedly he is an okay fighter, I haven't read the books yet though I have started the first one and I hope to read them all eventually) he beheads Ned Stark not caring that it would start a major war and would damage his reputation, and constantly makes stupid decisions for his own amusement even when they put him in danger, even Tyrion calls him out for how stupid he is, and even though he did defeat Robb Stark, he only did it because he had assistance from more competent villains like Cersei, Tywin, and Littlefinger, and he is easily manipulated by the latter two.

Lack of Charisma
The only person in universe who has any positive feelings for him is Cersei, his mother.

Hateability
Lets compare him to some other villains, some might say that Ramsay is worse, but at least he is fairly competent and can fight if he needs to, is an excellent archer, and is decent at hiding his true nature, Gregor Clegane might be just as stupid as Joffrey if not more so, but he is a one-man army, Walder Frey wasn't particularly unintelligent, Craster might rival Joffrey in a lot of ways but I don't remember him showing any cowardice, Rorge might be somewhat competent, same with Karl Tanner, And I haven't read the books yet so I couldn't say anything about Euron Greyjoy. As far as other villains go, Viserys matches Joffrey in many ways, but at least he has something of a tragic backstory, Cersei has plenty of sympathetic moments even besides her love for Jaime and her children, and is not incompetent in the slightest, Tywin is extremely competent and has a few slight redeeming qualities, (namely his seemingly genuine love for his wife and his affability towards Arya Stark), and Littlefinger may very well be the smartest baddie in the show.

Final Verdict
Yes all the way through.