Characters you feel the need to defend or protect?

Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons

This, so hard.

When I use to participate in book discussions I spent at least 90% of my time having to defend Dany. It was exhausting to say the least. It was usually from Jon or Stannis fans who felt threaten by her.

She does get a lot of hate. I remember this one thread where JQC blamed her for everything bad that had happened to Jon.

Catelyn, Robb, Ned, Sansa...who am I kidding? All the Starks.

And Davos. Even though I have not seen a lot of Davos hate.

I've seen some nasty things directed to Brienne as well. That she is too ugly for Jaime, she's a cliche 'strong female character', is doing a very evil thing to Jaime atm (by bringing him to the BWB).

The show doesn't help at all. Her being mean to Pod and not talking to Sansa when the both of them were in King's Landing are simply inexcusable. But book Brienne? Yeah, I'll defend the hell out of her. She's a role model and one of the very few characters I could trust defending Arya and Sansa.

On a different scale, the Nights Watch. Yes, there are rapists and murderers. That should be remembered. But alot of people are in there because of the promise of food and shelter, may have committed a minor crime (such as theft) against nobility. I cringe whenever a character, who tends to be far more rich and wealthy (not from the North either) make dismissive comments against them. And they are literally all that is standing between beyond and the seven kingdoms. They deserve support, imo.

I watched the end of season 5 with my friend last night (homegirl somehow managed to not know what happens at the end) and I had to explain to her why Stannis doesn't suck. Also Theon and Sansa. I'm the only one of my friends who loves them with all my heart.

As a Catelyn fan I feel like I should say Cat, but tbh I don't care when people give her shit. The character is above all that, that's how great she is.

No, the character I feel most protective of is actually Sansa. She also gets a lot of shit, but she's essentially just a child and I hate it when people don't get how vulnerable and yet strong she is.

I also get angry when people call Jon boring or one-dimensional.

Basically, all of the female characters at one time or another. All were attacked so frequently and unfairly in the early years of the fandom. Now I feel the need to defend Starks (no, they're not simps), show Lannisters (no, they aren't white-washed...they're just more realistic than in the books), and Dany (no, she's not evil...she's just doing this all on intuition and dreams...girl deserves a break!)

Omg, I agree so much with all of this.