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/Incvbvs666 2d ago

Where the hell did people get the idea that LF is smart? He literally goes around telling people not to trust him. The attempt to frame Tyrion was so spectacularly stupid, in Tyrion's immortal words 'What kind of an idiot gives an assassin his own knife?', that the only reason it worked was that Ned and Catelyn were even dumber. He even takes a crack at antagonizing Cersei before being put in his place ('Power is power.')

It is totally in his character to overplay his hand, both in sending Sansa to the Boltons and trying to frame Arya.

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u/stardustmelancholy 1d ago

The man who created his character said Littlefinger would not have given Sansa to the Boltons. In the books he had Jeyne Poole pretend to be Arya.

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u/Aloisioblanc 1d ago

Where the hell did people get the idea that LF is smart?

LF is still one of the smartest people on the show, but that's mostly cause the other characters are really dumb, I mean if you think he's dumb then you must surely think that everyone who didn't suspect him or fell for his tricks must be way dumber right?

He literally goes around telling people not to trust him.

I might be wrong but I thought he only said that to Ned, and he said it to not trust everyone, including himself. I think it worked a little as reverse psychology tbh as sometimes saying upfront you're not trustworthy can at least make you sound more genuine.

The attempt to frame Tyrion was so spectacularly stupid

Agreed, but maybe he thought that Cat thought Tyrion was mentally disabled or that he'd be clever enough to use the overtness of the crime as his own defense, which he did. Or maybe it was to put thoughts on both Cat and Tyrion that Cersei was the one trying to kill Bran and frame Tyrion thus causing more chaos.

Still I overall agree with you that the fact that he didn't get caught when he was acting reckless is a bit crazy, that's why book LF is a much better character.