So, I just started a complete rewatch of the series and am planning to get re-caught up before Season 7 begins. I just finished with the first few episodes of Season 1, and I was thinking about the Valyrian steel dagger that was used in the assassination attempt against Bran.
So to recap... Littlefinger claims it used to belong to him, and that he lost it in a bet with Tyrion in a tournament a while prior. Baelish says that he bet on Jaime and Tyrion bet against him, winning the dagger when Loras unhorsed Jaime. Obviously this cannot be true because we know that Tyrion would never bet against Jaime.
But was that ever revealed in the show? As far as I can remember, I don't think the show ever tells us this is false. I didn't read the books but from reading around online, my understanding is that the dagger actually belonged to Robert Baratheon, and that Joffrey sent it with the assassin because he wanted Bran dead. I think - correct me if I'm wrong there please.
In Season 4 it comes out that Lysa Arryn poisoned Jon Arryn with Tears of Lys and wrote the letter to Catelyn telling her the Lannisters were involved... all at Littlefinger's instruction. So this must have happened soon before the show even begins on Season 1 Episode 1.
My question is this: How the fuck could Littlefinger have possibly been able to forecast that these things would bring him to a position of power? I know that "chaos is a ladder" and all that jazz, but Littlefinger couldn't possibly have known at that time that Bran would be pushed from the tower, or that someone would attempt to kill him, or really any of the other immediate incidents that weigh into Ned's decision to accept Robert's nomination as Hand of the King. Obv in the show it works out for him, but it seems like it could have so easily resulted in a lot of trouble caused for a lot of people that might not have brought him any gain whatsoever.
Submitted April 28, 2017 at 06:37PM by Exvaris http://ift.tt/2pqGbEm
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