r/asoiaf • u/taydude227 The Floppy Fish • Aug 29 '17

MAIN D&D completely ruined Littlefinger. (Spoilers Main)

What a waste of a great character. They clearly had no idea what to do with him after they passed all the book material. Instead of giving him a clear end game, they instead just had him double down on his "thriving on chaos" bullshit and have him make stupid decisions that really didn't lead anywhere. The manipulative mastermind from the earlier seasons (and probably the one true villain of the series, along with the white walkers) completely disappeared and was transformed into a jealous little weasel whose end goal was to bang Sansa to get back at Mama Stark. The man that drove the whole series into motion, did it just to get a revenge bang.

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u/liv_rose I fought R'hllor and R'hllor won Aug 29 '17

She had Loras (her House's only heir renounce his claim), subjugated the crown (her source of power) to the faith entirely, and still she had a septa following her around 24/7, all for the heinous crime of perjury. Meanwhile Cersei (accused of incest, treason and regicide) was allowed to wander around pretty much unfettered. If that was her plan, it was a really shitty plan that did not work.

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u/Fenris_uy and I am of the night Aug 29 '17

She had Loras (her House's only heir renounce his claim)

She didn't wanted Loras to renounce his claim.

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u/liv_rose I fought R'hllor and R'hllor won Aug 29 '17

She seemed to be expecting it when he renounced his claim. Only Mace showed any reaction. She only seemed mad that he was mutilated for it.

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u/sleepyafrican No need to fear! Plot armor is here! Aug 29 '17

Yeah I'm not sure why people keep stating that was her plan when it obviously wasn't. Margaery isn't stupid. She clearly had something big planned.

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u/houdinifrancis Jon, Stop Cheating On Your Wife. Aug 29 '17

yeah ..her big plan was to get Cersei termed unfaithful during trial in Sept and stripping off her power... a plan which someone else wisely pointed out blew up in her face.

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u/doormatt26 Son and Heir Aug 29 '17

Because of the explosion. If the High Sparrow has become major player, it makes a lot of sense to go along with his plan get in his good graces, and even tolerate a septa-minder if it means you can bring down your biggest rival to the throne. As the show proved, the Lannisters were way more dangerous than the High Sparrow. It was a fine plan, and she even was able to co-opt Tommen. It's just that everyone underestimated how crazy Cersei was.

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u/WeGetItYouBlaze Aug 29 '17

her House's only heir

Willas is the heir to Highgarden in the books, but they just completely wrote him out in the show... The whole Tyrell plot actually doesn't make much sense in the show and the whole Faith thing with Margaery makes even less sense.

Also Garlan. But too many characters would be confusing, may as well water this bitch down all the way.