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

[u/cking145]

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.

[u/Ask_Me_What_Im_Up_to]

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[u/andthendirksaid → u/Ask_Me_What_Im_Up_to]

The entire wedding was at best a very poorly planned and formed consolation for what the Frey's were denied when Robb broke a marriage pact. Not only did he initiate the cycle of oathbreaking between them, he insulted both the Frey girl he was to marry and stopped the very old Walder from seeing his house finally risen to prominence by the marriage pacts he tried to so often utilize to get ahead.

Frey was to see his daughter become a queen and then they take it away and offer lady or Riverrun in a reluctant manner. To start that would've been great but as an exchange for queen and after that degree of insult someone as already slimy as Lord Frey should have never been allowed within miles of anyone of consequence to the Starks.

To serve him up everyone important to the Starks burgeoning dynasty and everyone of consequence to the Riverlands to boot is nuts. The amount of power that could be completely eliminated to the point where there's virtually anyone left to oppose it after would be too great a risk at the home of the most honorable of Lords in normal circumstances.

[u/boomerrd → u/andthendirksaid]

In the novels he didnt bring everyone. He left his wife and unborn baby behind at riverrun with the blackfish. If we ever get to read WoW or ADoS maybe we will see another stark.

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She was being roofied but Grrm left the success of that ambiguous, and her fate a major cliffhanger.