#seriouslycersei

GRRM is such a brilliant and genius writer that absolutely no character death is useless/can be overlooked regarding the point built up for ADWD and later. Let’s think about this.

Ned: If Joffrey wasn’t a major douchebag and allowed Ned to take the Black, Winterfell and Riverrun wouldn’t go to war, and all the CRAP that happened to the Stark’s wouldn’t happen, including the RW, The Sack of Winterfell etc etc…

Robb: If the RW hadn’t happened, the whole "Stannis at the Wall - trying to retake Winterfell and convince the Northerners to declare for him" plot would be gone. Which is like… the half of ADWD and probably TWOW.

Cat: Some people may claim this is a good example, but I don’t think so. Cat’s death, resurrection and joining with the Brotherhood IS useful to the plot, as I believe we will keep track of Riverlands situation via those characters. (Oh and excuse me… but killing Lannisters, Freys and Boltons is NEVER useless okay? Okay xD)

Renly: Robb sees the path of wisdom and allies himself with him, they kill their enemies, everyone lives happily ever after.

Lysa: She had to go too, for Littlefucker to gain complete control over Robert (Robin). And Sansa too, now that I think of it.

So basically… every single character death had a purpose. Whether it is to fulfill a purpose ot symbolism… or for major plot twists, like the one’s I mentione above. None of them are unnecessary.