NardDogNation wrote:VDesai wrote:We should keep the spoilers in the other thread, but I'd say Roose is in some ways more menacing than Ramsay. Not as prone to whimsy, not as polarizing, and easily smarter, more calculating and just as ice cold. In a certain way, Ramsay is just Roose's pawn.
Yeah, you're right dude. This was my bad. This was the active thread for GOT at the time I was posting and I suppose that I got a little carried away/absent-minded.
As for Roose, I was under the same impression but that doesn't mean that Roose doesn't have his blind spots. Remember, he had no incentive for claiming Ramsay as his own, which is why I suspect that it took so long for him to do it. The question is, why would he do that now, with Ramsay an adult and more a threat now than ever? On the flip side, what is Ramsay's motivation for keeping his father alive? If he kills him now, he'll inherit the entire North. It's not like he is emotionally attached/dependent on his father and he clearly doesn't need his father's tutelage; having proven to be an excellent strategist. It's purely speculation on my part, I haven't read the books but I wouldn't be surprise if Baby Bolton makes his move to start running things.
Yeah, that could be a direction of the show maybe but Roose in the books is nothing the play with. He is every bit as twisted as Ramsey except he sees the bigger picture and is more calculating.
Also, Ramsey in the book is emotionally attached because he wants his fathers approval. Even in the show you see how he shrinks next to his father.