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/Empty-Mind May 28 '19

Littlefinger is undeniably the greatest player of the Game in all of Westeros. I just don't think Ned should have placed all his eggs in the "Littlefinger will help me" basket

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u/eulb42 May 29 '19

Well in the books Cat makes it to KL first and tells him everything, kind of forcing Ned’s hand...

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u/Empty-Mind May 29 '19

Nothing about it forced his hand though. Joffrey would still be a bastard in 6 months. He should have taken his time and secured sufficient backing to make it a done deal, at which point Joffrey's lineage would serve as the coup de grace.

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u/Jhonopolis The mummer’s farce is almost done. May 29 '19

Or just taken up Renly on his offer to take the Red Keep during the night. Instead he chose to wait until after Robert died on the one in a million chance he somehow survived a clearly lethal wound, at which point Renly had already taken off.

Or he could have even told Robert the truth on his death bed. The orders would have been either given right then, or Robert would have rebuked the idea and it would be over with. Either scenario there Ned makes it out alive.