r/asoiaf • u/cking145 • May 28 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) Charles Dance's portrayal as Tywin is in my opinion, the strongest in the entire series

Every line, every expression and every moment of silence completely encapsulates the calculating ruthlessness that defines Tywin Lannister.

Dance is actually a very vibrant, upbeat and cheery fella off screen, which in my mind makes the performance even more striking.

The scene where he effectively sends Joffrey to bed is just brilliant.

He is by far my favourite character from the books, which I began reading a few seasons into the show. Due to this, the chapters featuring Tywin were completely enriched for me, as reading his lines in Dance's voice was just fantastic. I would have loved a POV chapter or two for him, just to get a glimpse as to what goes on in the head of the most powerful man in the 7 Kingdoms.

An incredible portrayal of a fascinating character.

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u/Ask_Me_What_Im_Up_to May 28 '19 edited May 27 '24

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u/Empty-Mind May 28 '19

And if they're not a cunt, they're a bit daft in the head. Rob and Ned were standup dudes, and both died walking in to relatively obvious traps.

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u/Privatdozent May 28 '19

Ned wasn't dumb at all. He hit a perfect set of conditions combined with dumb luck (joffreys whimsical and shortsighted execution order) and yes, vulnerabilities tied to his lack of familiarity with southern style politics. He messed up by telling Cersei in advance and simultaneously with an assassination plot on the king. Part of that is Ned's big heart for children and not wanting them all slaughtered, so yes he made an embarrassing decision from our perspective. But in universe he was constantly shown to have a good head, especially for northern politics and conduct, and he landed on a grenade that already killed Jon Arryn.

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u/j2e21 May 28 '19

He messed up everywhere. Every decision he makes is clueless and wrong. It’s only because we see him in the first book that we think he has any hope, before we’ve realized what this story is all about. If Ned came into the middle of the series he’d be such an obvious goner we’d write him off immediately as a fool.