@Soul_Bassist23:
You have no idea what you're talking about.
"… a horrible story for people who like for better men to prevail."... What in the fuck? For better men to prevail? I'd like for you to list the "better men". Please.
"Jaime and the Starks as well as the other characters are the favorite characters"...What? So how many characters are the "other characters"? That could be three characters to the hundreds mentioned in the books. You sound like you only like Jaime and the Starks, but because they're fucked at the moment the story all of a sudden has become horrible.
"If you know anything about GOT..." And you're proving you don't know shit about the series.
"...all of the favorite characters are going to be killed, sent into obscurity, or shit on in some other manner. Every good guy or good character in GOT is doomed. The Author loves killing off his best characters. I hate GOT for that."
Your favorite characters are not necessarily other people's favorite characters. And generally, if a character dies in the series, it has HUGE consequences that other characters have to take note of. For example: the beheading of Ned Stark due to "high treason", his death signaled the beginning of the series, the rise of the North, Stannis Baratheon's quest for the throne, Renly Baratheon's quest for the throne, Balon Greyjoy's rebellion, etc. Ned Stark's death should have warned you right then and there that this isn't some happy-go-lucky story where the seemingly good guys win. Hell, Ned's death was CLEARLY foreshadowed in Bran's FIRST chapter, which is the very first chapter of the entire series after the prologue.
Every good guy or character is not doomed. Arya is not doomed, Sansa is not doomed, Sandor Clegane is not doomed, Davos Seaworth is not doomed. Your point doesn't have any basis. At most you can say that the "good" characters have a much more difficult time than the "bad" characters since the War of the Five Kings. And Martin's best characters are still alive, which in my opinion is Arya Stark, who is one cold hearted young girl.
I think you're trying to find happy endings in this saga, when frankly this saga is very realistic in terms of consequences, hence happy endings are incredibly difficult to come by. Whenever something bad happens to the "good" characters, it is because someone else out-played them and they paid the ultimate price, which is very much in line with this type of story.
This story is grim, it's not friendly, it's dark with blood magic and human sacrifices, where good and evil are often flipped or intertwined and appear blended together at times. There is death everywhere in this series, and it touches all the characters in some way, not one character in Ice and Fire is living a completely care-free life…everything is on the line at all times. That's what makes it so interesting, nothing is guaranteed, anything within reason can happen. And if anything out of the blue happens (like the Red Wedding), just know that it didn't happen "for shock value", it's been well foreshadowed, and you most likely missed it.
I was trying to leave out spoilers. Every single character that is a main character is going to be killed, tortured, sent to the end of the earth, and written off. None of the main characters have good endings. Only the most vile and evil characters live happily ever after. Its never even a Game of Thrones because none of the main characters ever even get a shot at the throne. Jamie and Tyrion have sad endings. Everyone in the books have sad endings except the most evil and vile. Everyone's stories are headings towards doom. They all end up getting Fed over, meanwhile the same people sit happily on the throne the entire time.
One Piece is a much better story. People's favorite characters don't get shit on all of the time. Bon Clay and Ace were sad moments for me. But Bon Clay and Whitebeard had epic moments. Crocodile is one of my favorite characters, and I think he will end up helping Luffy later on down the road. Crocodile and Mr.1 bet their lives on Luffy and they both did more for Luffy than anyone else at the execution stand. I would rather have happy endings, redemptions, and epic moments than failures, broken dreams, horrible deaths, and characters being sent to the middle of nowhere to do nothing.
Hopefully the connections Luffy has made will help him advance in the New world. People like Shank's, Crocodile, Jinbei, and Tafalgar Law have bet their Lives on Luffy. I could see Crocodile and Jinbei helping Luffy in the near future. It would suck if they were put on the shelf until the final battle.
I agree with most of your post. I just prefer happy endings way more.