History YMMV / AFeastForCrows

* ReplacementScrappy: Darkstar was an admitted attempt to replace [[spoiler: Oberyn Martell]] with a {{Badass}} [[PrivateMilitaryContractors mercenary]]. However, his big talk about being dark and awesome combined with his ineffectual attack on Myrcella make him come across more as a SmallNameBigEgo HarmlessVillain.

* ContestedSequel: ''A Feast for Crows'' features only half the usual characters and places a lot of emphasis on new characters, giving the reader more of a commoner's perspective of Westeros than before. Many readers rejected the shift in emphasis, preferring the focus stay on the main plotlines and characters. The frustration because of the long wait between ''A Storm of Swords'' and ''A Dance With Dragons'' did it little credit. It's far better liked after ''A Dance with Dragons'' came out however.

** TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: Its real purpose was to demonstrate that the intricate plots of [[spoiler:her father Doran]] are also quite fragile. Also, it demonstrates that Arianne isn't as smart as she thinks she is.
*** As well as giving her some hopes for CharacterDevelopment, as she quite clearly understands the consequences of her rashness and ''may'' learn from it.

* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: Its real purpose was to demonstrate that the intricate plots of [[spoiler: her father Doran]] are also quite fragile. Also, it demonstrates that Arianne isn't as smart as she thinks she is.

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Balon Greyjoy declares himself King of the Iron Islands and has set up a major campaign to raid the North, but dies off-page before he ever does anything. His brothers, however, take up the cause.]]

* ItWasHisSled: AFFC: [[spoiler: Doran Martell is plotting to restore House Targaryen to the Iron Throne]].

** TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: Its real purpose was to demonstrate that the intricate plots of [[spoiler: her father Doran]] are also quite fragile. Also, it demonstrates that Arianne isn't as smart as she thinks she is.

* GeniusBonus: Lady Genna tells Jaime that Lord Tywin referred to his successor as Hand of the King as "The Chuckler" because the only thing he was good for was chuckling at King Aerys' witticisms. A similar derogatory nickname was given to [[Characters/NaziGermany Wilhelm Keitel]], the formal leader of the German Army in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, as his main qualification for the job was his ability to chuckle at the wit of [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler another insane dictator]].

** Also counts as a [[{{Headscratchers}} Headscratcher]], since medieval science doesn't know what sperm is.

** Also counts as a {{Headscratcher}}, since medieval science doesn't know what sperm is.

* GeniusBonus: Lady Genna tells Jaime that Lord Tywinn referred to his successor as Hand of the King as "The Chuckler" because the only thing he was good for was chuckling at King Aerys' witticisms. A similar derogatory nickname was given to [[Characters/NaziGermany Wilhelm Keitel]], the formal leader of the German Army in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, as his main qualification for the job was his abillity to chuckle at the wit of [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler another insane dictator]].

* {{Squick}}:
** Cersei describes how she got a kick out of eating Robert's semen as a figurative consumption of tens of thousands of his potential children out of spite. Weird.

* OneSceneWonder: Archmaester Marwyn, called "The Mage" by the other archmaesters for his interest in the occult and [[JumpedAtTheCall jumping at the call]] to put his knowledge to work.

* ContestedSequel: ''A Feast for Crows'' features only half the usual characters and places a lot of emphasis on new characters, giving the reader more of a commoner's perspective of Westeros than before. Many readers rejected the shift in emphasis, preferring the focus stay on the main plotlines and characters. The frustration because of the long wait between ''A Storm of Swords'' and ''A Dance With Dragons'' did it little credit. Its far better liked after ''A Dance with Dragons'' came out than before however.

* SeasonalRot: ''A Feast for Crows'' features only half the usual characters and places a lot of emphasis on new characters, giving the reader more of a commoner's perspective of Westeros than before. Many readers rejected the shift in emphasis, preferring the focus stay on the main plotlines and characters.

* {{Squick}}
** Jaime and Cersei Lannister [[spoiler:have rough sex next to their son Joffrey's tomb. While Cersei bleeds from her period.]]

* ItWasHisSled: AFFC: [[spoiler: Doran Martell is plotting to restore House Targaryen to the Iron Throne.]].

*** As well as giving her some hopes for CharacterDevelopment, as she quite clearly understands the concequences of her rashness and ''may'' learn from it.

* ItWasHisSled: AFFC: [[spoiler: The Martell's are plotting against the Iron Throne]].

* TrappedByMountainLions: Brienne's storyline battling against the Brave Companions provides some awesome moments for her and Pod, but ultimately it doesn't add to the plot that much, at least until [[spoiler:Lady Stoneheart]] and the Brotherhood show up.

** TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: Its real purpose was to demonstrate that the intricate plots of [[spoiler: her father Doran]] are also quite fragile. Also, it demonstrates that Arianne isn't as smart as she thinks she is.

** TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: It's real purpose was to demonstrate that the intricate plots of [[spoiler: her father Doran]] are also quite fragile. Also, it demonstrates that Arianne isn't as smart as she thinks she is.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Arianne's "Queenmaker" story would have been an interesting arc [[spoiler:if it wasn't foiled so abruptly.]]

* GeniusBonus: Lady Genna tells Jaime that Lord Tywinn referred to his successor as Hand of the King as "The Chuckler" because the only thing he was good for was chuckling at King Aerys' witticisms. A similar derogatory nickname was given to [[Characters/NaziGermany Wilhelm Keitel]], the formal leader of the German Army in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, as his main qualification for the job was his abillity to chuckle at the wit of [[AdolfHitler another insane dictator]].

* GeniusBonus: Lady Genna tells Jaime that Lord Tywinn referred to his successor as Hand of the King as "The Chuckler" because the only thing he was good for was chuckling at King Aerys' witticisms. A similar derogatory nickname was given to [[Characters/NaziGermany Wilhelm Keitel]], the formal leader of the German Army in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, as his main qualification for the job was his abillity to chuckle at the wit of [[AdolfHitler another insane dictator]].

* GeniusBonus: Lady Genna tells Jaime that Lord Tywinn referred to his successor as Hand of the King as "The Chuckler" because the only thing he was good for was chuckling at King Aerys' witticisms. A similar derogatory nickname was given to [[Characters/NaziGermany Wilhelm Keitel]], the formal leader of the German Army in WorldWarTwo, as his main qualification for the job was his abillity to chuckle at the wit of [[AdolfHitler another insane dictator]].