Off with her head: Cersei Lannister

Are you feeling a little sympathetic towards Queen Cersei after the season five premiere Sunday? It may be a little difficult to look at her with the same amount of malice ever since she lost her eldest son (the vile Joffrey) and her father (the dreaded and all-powerful Tywin) all in one season, but let's take a look at why Cersei is still one of the most hated characters in all of Game of Thrones history.

Although Cersei Lannister cannot seem to catch a break and her house members are starting to drop like flies, she really did bring most of these deaths on herself. She is the one who decided it would be a great idea to fall in romantic love with her twin, Jaime Lannister, and secretly procreate with him. While Tommen and Myrcella may have turned out perfectly fine, Joffrey was quite literally the devil's spawn. Cersei brought him into the world and enabled him, allowing him to terrorize everyone as he pleased. She once told him "Everyone who isn't us is an enemy," and Joff really seemed to take that to heart as he went around killing all those who even dared to look at him the wrong way.

Though Joffrey was incredibly selfish, Queen Cersei is arguably even more selfish. Cersei always wanted to be queen, as we saw in the flashback scene at the beginning of the fifth season premiere. Being in charge is all she has really ever cared about. She has done her best to make miserable the lives of all who oppose her. She even threw her own brother, Tyrion, in jail and put him on trial for the murder of Joffrey without any true evidence due to her hatred of him. Now, due to her jealousy, she is targeting Margaery Tyrell. Margaery is set to marry Tommen when he is of age, which means that she will be the new queen. Queen Cersei is none too pleased about this arrangement, so she is going to try to find a way to have Margaery thrown off the royal train via treacherous accusations of treason. In case you are wondering where this is in the tv series, it isn't quite there yet; however, the books have outlined that plot and the tv series seems to be leading to that direction (proven by the flashback in the beginning of the season five premiere).

Although we may be feeling a little bit (but not a whole lot) of pity for Cersei at the moment, the Lannisters are still getting targets painted on their backs, and we hope that they paint hers next.

The biggest brat there ever was: Joffrey "Baratheon"

Since the premiere of the fifth season of the best show in history is coming up in less than a week (I'm so excited I can hardly stand it), I thought it would be best to reflect back on the worst, most evil character to ever grace Game of Thrones: Joffrey of the house "Baratheon."

Now, we all know why I keep putting the quotation marks around Baratheon, but in case someone forgot, let us recap. Cersei Lannister (to be featured on next week's installment of the top evil characters of Game of Thrones) was married to King Robert Baratheon (may he rest in drunken peace) during the first season. We find out in the very first episode of the series that Cersei and her twin Jamie share more than just a "sibling affection" for one another. Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella are all golden-haired products of that sick, little twist, although everyone mistakenly thinks that the children are Robert's. Even Robert thinks that the children are his, poor guy. So really Joffrey is of the house Lannister.

Joffrey has earned the top spot on the list of most evil characters for more reasons than anyone can count. It doesn't take long for newcomers to the show to develop a hatred for the little snot. In the first season, you see Joff assume the role of king after the untimely death of King Robert. What is his first order of business? He throws Ned Stark in the dungeon, and then proceeds to cut off Ned's head in front of Ned's daughters, Sansa and Arya, moments after he promised Sansa (his betrothed) that he would be merciful to Ned. Who does that??

Then, not only does he cut off Ned Stark's head, he mounts it on a spike about the Red Keep and makes Sansa stare at it. When Sansa made it clear that she did not want to look at her father's head mounted on a spike, Joffrey had Ser Meryn Trant slap her twice. At another point in the second season, Joffrey had Ser Meryn beat Sansa with his hands and sword, and tear her clothes in front of the whole court for his own amusement. He ought to have been thrown out of the top of the Red Keep for that one.

As if that wasn't enough, Joff absolutely torments his amazing uncle, Tyrion Lannister, all throughout the series. Tyrion is an incredibly intelligent and witty dwarf, which is why he is subjected to prejudice and discrimination by his family all throughout the series. Joffrey is no exception; in fact, he is the worst culprit. One of the biggest displays of Joffrey's torment of Tyrion was in the last episode Joffrey was alive. Joffrey insisted that Tyrion fight another dwarf at Joffrey's wedding. When Tyrion respectfully declined, Joffrey poured wine on his head and then demanded that Tyrion be his cupbearer for the rest of the wedding, which ended five minutes later with Joff's glorious death.

The world celebrated Joffrey's rather messy death, and was certainly no exception. As they say in Braavos: Valar Morghulis. All men must die.

The terrible lies of Walder Frey

With the brand-new fifth season premiere of the award-winning television series Game of Thrones set to air in less than two weeks (insert excited dancing here), I feel that I should recap the worst, most evil characters in the show's history for the fans of the show, starting with the deceitful Walder of the house Frey.
Everyone knows Walder to be an extremely fertile old man throughout the first and second seasons of Game of Thrones. Lord Frey has been married seven times by the age of 94 and has over (brace yourself) 100 descendants. He also is very widely known for his selfish, self-centered behavior. Lord Frey did not even come to the aid of one of his biggest allies, Robb Stark, in the War of the Five Kings until he was absolutely sure that Stark would win the Iron Throne, earning him the nickname "Late Lord Frey". Remember the terms of his negotiation with the King in the North? He tried to shove off as many of his offspring as possible on the Starks, insisting that Robb marry one of his daughters, Arya marry one of his sons, and another Frey be taken by Robb as a squire. You would think that if Lord Frey was so eager to give away so many of his descendants that he would stop having children by the dozens; however, he makes it quite clear when he marries a 15-year-old girl that he did so to have more children (seriously? Gross.).
However, none of these attributes have earned Lord Frey the title of one of the worst characters ever to grace the beloved series. That title is earned in the ninth episode in the third season in the most gruesome and shocking episodes of any television show ever: The Red Wedding. Now, if you are a true and avid fan of the show, that phrase is the source of your nightmares. The sight of a Frey guard stabbing pregnant Talisa Stark in the belly over and over again haunts your thoughts, causing major shuddering and perhaps a little gagging. "The Lannisters send their regards" echoes in your ears, and you wonder if you can ever trust the director of the show with your emotions again. The Red Wedding reveals to us Walder Frey's secret correspondence with the Lannisters to kill the Starks and end the war. Lord Frey is one of the worst characters in the show's history because he slaughtered hundreds of his own house guests just because Robb Stark did not marry one of his daughters, and for that, he will "burn in the seventh Hell."