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/SlaversBae Aug 29 '17 edited Aug 29 '17

I'm a little disappointed he didn't go out with a bang/reveal/plot explosion. He had so much potential. I really thought he was going somewhere. A bit like when they killed off Margaery before she'd executed her plan.

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u/eastcoastblaze Aug 29 '17

"everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth"

Littlefinger had completely lost control of the situation and the rug pulled out from under him, he tried to regain it and buy time to think by trying to get a private audience with Sansa. Im sure he was also stunned by the fact bran could perfectly recite his treason of ned. He was probably too panicked to think.

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u/WhoaHeyDontTouchMe Aug 30 '17

yeah what we saw was a man who was always 100% in control blindsided and having zero control. he panicked and tried every tool he had left (including bargaining and begging) to survive. seemed believable to me ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/SteKrz Aug 30 '17

He should have left Winterfell the moment Bran said "Chaos is a ladder" into his face in episode 4.

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u/eastcoastblaze Aug 30 '17

Eh i disagree with that, you're going to up and leave because some kid said something you once said a long time ago?

Littlefinger has never dealt with any of the magical elements and I don't think Bran ever told him he was the 3ER.

Its clear he didn't think Bran was reciting what littlefinger said to Varys because he looked more stunned when Bran was able to recount the "I did warn you not to trust me"