WatchingGame of Thrones every Sunday is an emotionally unstable experience. One minute you hate a character, and the next, you're practically sympathizing with them.

You don't have to be well-liked in Westeros to claim the Iron Throne. But that doesn't mean we can't rank the top 10. So who won the throne of popularity in Season 4?

Mashable worked withCanvs, a social tool tracking the emotions that drive conversation online, to rank this season's 10 most-loved characters. The company measured 386,364 tweets that expressed a reaction throughout the past nine episodes.

While it's unsurprising that Tyrion Lannister claimed the top spot in our hearts, as well as the largest increase in conversation, he was most loved when people feared his demise.

It seems a pattern developed with how death affects love. Shockingly, GoT fans were so happy with Joffrey for dying, he landed the third most-loved spot on the list. Littlefinger made the cut not because people love his character, but because they love that he killed Lysa Arryn.

Or maybe people really do just love a bad boy.

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