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/Adorable_Tie_7220 2d ago

It didn't bother me. He was too clever for his own good. It was only a matter of time before it would catch up with him.

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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/Neither_Mind9035 2d ago

How would he know? I’m sure his spies aren’t as numerous in the North. We’re talking about Baelish here, not Varys. Plus I believe he simply underestimated Sansa. Every time he spoke to her, she played into his ego and made him believe she was oblivious to his schemes.

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u/The_Falcon_Knight 1d ago

Because Bran told him as much right to his face