Next to the Starks (well, minus Sansa), the Dornishmen are my favorite in the book series, and Doran was such a different and stronger character there. He was a legit badass, hiding and playing the long game the way he was. To me, along with Littlefinger and Tyrion they seem to be the masters, and the best at playing this "Game of Thrones". And here they have a shell of himself getting stabbed out like that. Just sucked so bad ... *sigh*
There are other ways to go about things than to completely change his character from one of the strongest, best players of the game into a weakling softy who gets stabbed out prematurely.
Now, THAT'S some funny sh*t right there ...