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Actually, I think that is one of the show's main failings, which tends to make it boring: there are plenty of evil characters, but not really any good ones, so you never really get emotionally involved with the story. You're just watching a bunch of a**holes battling for supremacy. I know the show is designed to have the audience root for the Stark family, but they aren't particularly endearing either. I think a really engaging show has to give the audience someone to root for, and ideally, someone to root against.

That's pretty true to the medieval background, isn't it? You can sympathize with someone as a victim, but after getting a taste of power, he or she may well misuse it. If a person can behave well both in good and bad circumstances that's a sign of true character, but maybe it's less common than one might think.

I recognize that it can be a problem for viewers, but it's pretty realistic to find characters corrupted by jockeying for power in whatever era (okay, I know that it's not actually medieval, but it has that feel) or on whatever planet.

No argument here on that point. However, accurate history doesn't always translate to good storytelling. If it did, we'd all be studying history instead of watching TV, heh. I just think the show would be better if we had a solid person or persons to root for. I recognize that some people don't need that, though.