Monday, December 21, 2020

[Spoilers] Endgame for Tywin

What if, after Joffrey's death, Tywin accepted that Tyrion and not Jaime was his true heir, and avoided setting up that farce of a process in order to force Jaime to give up his Kingsguard position and become Lord of Casterly Rock?

We would have, for a moment, Tommen as King and Margaery as Queen (the kingdom could do worse). Jaime as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and secret lover of the Queen Mother Cersei. Tyrion would be heir to Casterly Rock and husband to Sansa, set to become Lady of Casterly Rock. Myrcella would be bethroted to Trystane Martell, and Ellaria would have no reason to murder her because, you know, Oberyn would still be alive. Most importantly, Tywin would be alive and working with Olenna Tyrell to prevent everyone from losing their shit (i.e. Cersei putting the kingdom in the hands of the Sparrows). His worst concern at this stage would be to find a way to convince Tyrion to break his vow of not sleeping with Sansa.

After the arranged marriages bore children, House Lannister would be solidly tied to all Great Houses (the Starks with Sansa, the Tyrell with Margaery, the Martell with Myrcella, and they would have a claim on house Baratheon through Tommen which was only challenged by Stannis, pretty much irrelevant at this point).

Westeros would be unified and under the firm grip of two strong leaders, Tywin and Olenna, and in an excellent position to repel Daenerys' invasion. Assuming they find a way to fight dragons which is doubtful. Also, later on the Night King would slaughter all.

What do you think? Could Tywin have it all, if he wasn't incapable of accepting Tyrion?



Submitted December 21, 2020 at 03:53AM by BidetTheorist https://ift.tt/2WF3JXn

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