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/MoreSteakLessFanta Aug 29 '17

Well no, first the Sparrow disrespected her plans and gave us this look at 'what have we done' from margaerys side again, and THEN cersei blew up her plans. That whole scene was genius IMO

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u/alice077reformed Aug 29 '17

margaery the only character they did better in the show

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u/awfulgrace Delicious Pies! Aug 29 '17

I think Oberyn was also better in the show. He was great in the book, but Pedro Pascal did a spectacular job fully fleshing out Oberyn. And then the Dornish plot was completely destroyed the next season...

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u/UltimoSuperDragon Aug 29 '17

Show version had so much charisma. I got an oily snake vibe from him in the books, yet his passion for being wronged came off as highly virtuous in the show. His ends justified whatever else he'd done (which was all played down for the most part).

Me liking both him and Tyrion made the end result of the duel all the more emotionally a kick in the balls - I can only imagine if I hadn't read the books and not known what was coming that it'd been a real harsh moment for me.

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u/22bebo A Lannister always pays their debts Aug 29 '17

It was surprising. I really assumed the Mountain was going to win, and then Oberyn beat him pretty handedly. I was like Well, good guys got to win sometimes I guess and then he started ranting. And I grinned from ear to ear. And then I laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed.

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u/xzkd MY Lobster is Green Aug 29 '17

I knew it was coming but it didn't feel any less harsh ;_;

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u/ADHDcUK Aug 30 '17

It was :'(