/lit/ - Literature

It's a tough read, and while most of /lit/ might call me a pleb, I actually preferred the audiobook version.
As a non-native english speaker the old english words and grammar were simply too distracting for me to take in what was actually written.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-yyEz_cRGb8#t=113s

I have started to read A Game of Thrones, only a few chapters in. The thing I like about Martin's characters, as opposed to Tolkien's, is that they are all human and mortal. I mean that they are all flawed characters and capable of dying. In LOTR, you knew characters like Frodo and Aragon have these high moral standards and won't be killed off.
Any thoughts or comments?
inb4 Théoden
but Tolkien is my favorite

Why didn't Illuvatar just treat his children nicely and not spend every moment forcing them to entertain him and telling them how much better their younger brothers and sisters would be, thus averting every bad thing that happened on Arda ever?

> Be a god
> Have a bunch of Children
> Spend every minute of everyday telling them that they aren't worth shit except to make sure their little brothers, who aren't even born yet, have nice lives.
> Act all suprised when the strongest and smartest says fuck your shit and kicks over your shitty sandcastle.
Iluvatar was a cunt.