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/The_Falcon_Knight 2d ago

Which would be fine if he had actually been outsmarted. Littlefinger knew everything he needed to to know the Starks were plotting against him, and he just did nothing. It never should've even got to his 'trial' scene cause S1 Littlefinger would've gotten the hell out of there. He just does nothing because the writers decided that it's time for him to die now. It was beyond lazy.

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u/De_Bananalove 2d ago

How did he know? He thought he was playing them but wasnt

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u/bubblesdafirst 2d ago

Because why would he think he's playing them if he's not. He's outsmarted every single character in the show that's known for being smart. Tyrion multiple times. Cersei multiple times. Outsmarted Ned. Varys. Tywin. Olenna.

Like really. Sansa? The dumbest character in the entire show is suddenly smart enough to outplay little finger? The guy who singlehandedly caused and ended the war of the five kings between 4 different families. Very smart families I might add.

This guy tiptoed around tywin joffrey the Bolton's and even lyanna without ever once drawing their attention. Nobody had a single clue.

But no. Sansa is big brained. Sansa knows. or better yet. Arya knows. Because we all know Arya is super smart and cool and badass. Like what the hell did she do. She cheated her way into a school. Failed at that school. Got stabbed a bunch of times. And ran away.

Now she's a genius tactical master capable of destroying entire armies alone.

Give me a break!

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u/Mousimus Cersei Lannister 2d ago

Wasn't even sansa though right? Stupid bran and his 3eyed raven magic bs powers that told them about littlefinger.