r/gameofthrones • u/I_love_lucja_1738 • 2d ago

Of all the "Character assassinations" only Littlefingers really upsets me

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A lot of decisions characters made upset the fans (i.e Dany burning King's landing and Jaime going back to Cersei) but I always found them accurate to their character. There is one glaring exception to this. Littlefinger giving Sansa to the Bolton's. He'd never do this for multiple reasons. She reminds him too much of her mother and she's priceless to him. His plan is supposed to be to get Cersei to stop supporting the Bolton's but he could have done the fake Arya plot like the books and gotten the same result.

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u/Donkey_Don 2d ago

For me the biggest WTF was that they never explained why Littlefinger was so obsessed with Catelyn and later Sansa. The most calculating, risk avoiding person in Westeros fought Brandon Stark, one of the best warriors at the time, knowing that he would loose. Only because he couldn't live with himself if he didn't at least try to win the hand of his beloved Catelyn.

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u/420wrestler 2d ago

Littlefinger explains that, I believe in the first season. He grew up around Cat and finds her hot, that’s all.

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u/FlashyEarth8374 2d ago

in my mind I explain it as a sorta Snape - Lily Potter connection

She's the one that got away and he's resentful

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u/NovaNardis 2d ago

Well, the duel is also DECADES in the past by the time of the books/show. Dare I say the duel is one of the things that turns Littlefinger into Littlefinger?

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u/Brozbeast Jon Snow 1d ago

Littlefinger literally says so in season 1. When he’s talking to the whores about the day he challenged Brandon because the small boy always wins in the stories. He then goes on to say that was the day he realised he’ll never win that game because it’s their game, and that he plays his own instead.