Fans end up hating characters for all sorts of reasons. Their actions might be detestable, their writing diabolical or their acting simply dreadful. Thankfully, there wasn’t too much of the third one there in Game Of Thrones, but the first and second definitely made for huge factors.
This list deals with general unpopularity amongst fans, whether that be a villain we love to hate, or a character who became more irritating as the show went on.
There’s also the complication of characters like Tywin Lannister: clearly a villain of the show but so brilliantly played by Charles Dance he never really strayed into ‘hated’ territory.
This is a bit of a hodgepodge of unpopularity, with the reasons for each character making the cut explained within their own entry. One connection between all of them though is that the fans have a deep dislike for these characters, even if sometimes that resentment is what makes them so great in the first place.
Importantly, it’s only the significant characters getting a look in here, so Ed Sheeran’s singing soldier doesn’t get a mention, despite being hated by pretty much every fan.
