I’ve waited many years to talk about one of my favorites from the Game of Thrones series. In the book, we know, he is very different from what Peter Dinklage brought to the screen. Tyrion, like everyone else in Westeros, is not a transparent character, but it was precisely his empathy that contributed to the destruction of his family, friends, and much of the population of King’s Landing. Yes, the king of paradox. A poll on who would have been the Best King/Queen Hand saw me voting to leave him at the bottom, which breaks my heart. Tyrion’s imperfection was part of his appeal: roguish, loudmouthed, drunk, but tactful and tactful. How did he get so bad at the end of the story? Yes, we will talk about Tyrion from the series, the king of catchphrases and who was left speechless in the face of the total destruction of Westeros.

If it depended on Tyrion’s first scene in Game of Thrones, we would never think that we would root for him and that he would be the first to make us redeem the Lannsiters. Sardonic, immoral, and irresponsible, we soon realize that there is more to Tyrion than the negative image can support.

Tyrion is the brother of the Queen, Cersei Baratheon, and the Chief of the Kingsguard, Jaime. Youngest son of Twyin and Joanna Lannister, he has a double rejection in his family because his mother died in childbirth and he is a dwarf, the opposite of the athletic beauty of his House. He, therefore, grew up in constant pain and humiliation, relying only on his brother for support. Lacking the physique to fight, he is extremely cultured and intelligent, and empathetic. Other people’s pain always bothers him, as well as injustice. He teaches a timid Jon Snow the trick of survival: use your weakness as a shield. Jon is constantly reminded that he is a bastard, and Tyrion that he is a dwarf. It relies on the knowledge that this attack will always be one of the first to cunningly dribble past your opponents. Tyrion also sympathizes with Bran’s pain when he becomes a paraplegic. He knows that the Starks despise him for being a Lannister, but he demands education and posture from his nephews. Right off the bat, a different and interesting man.

Tyrion, like everyone else, knows that his brothers are lovers. and that his nephews are bastard offspring and incest, but he does not judge or expose them. Although he is rejected by his relatives, he always protects them without being fooled by their faults. All these incongruous characteristics will be important in the tragic trajectory of Tyrion Lannister, whose award-winning portrayal of Peter Dinklage made him one of the most popular in the saga. Tyrion was, from beginning to end, unwittingly in the determining position of saving Westeros. His failures, even if well-intentioned, were fatal.

No love, no rancor. Revenge was never his forte

Tyrion takes advantage of not being around to observe people and relationships. While everyone ridicules and mistreats Jon Snow, he speaks frankly with the boy, creating an unlikely bond between them. They only meet again six seasons later, but the understanding is there. Jon and Tyrion have a lot in common, including an almost unwarranted hope that people will be better. They don’t want to respond in kind and although they go through betrayals and armed trials, they don’t necessarily act out of hate. More on the subject.

Tyrion is accused – unfairly, only we know – of having Bran killed, prompting the vengeful Catelyn Stark to seek justice, even if to do so she kidnaps and puts Tyrion in a forum where he will clearly be condemned to death. It doesn’t matter how much he claims innocence, nor the fact that he saves Catelyn from an attack when her death would have given him freedom. He gets away with it thanks to his partnership with the mercenary Bronn and his intelligence.

This kidnapping is the trigger for all misfortunes in history, with irreversible consequences. Ned Stark is executed, Robb Stark declares war on the Lannisters, and Tyrion is caught in the middle of the conflict between the most powerful houses in Westeros, including House Baratheon, as Stannis considers himself the rightful heir after Robert’s death. That is, not knowing that he wants him dead (the list is long), Tyrion has to survive and help his family, not forgetting the Kingdom.

Tyrion’s relationship with his father is at its worst, but Twyin uses him when it suits him. Leading the defense against the Starks, he places the youngest in the temporary position of Hand of the King and it is relevant to evaluate his management.

Unprepared in the military, and aware that diplomacy is no alternative, Tyrion sets out to save his family and King’s Landing. He tries to rebalance and control Joffrey, first delivering justice to Ned: by sending traitors to the Wall and removing Maester Pycelle from the council. He devises a defense strategy that is effective but suffers a new assassination attempt and loses all credit for what he did to his father, who reached the end of every battle against Stannis as the savior of the homeland.

At this point, another vulnerability becomes clear: Tyrion wants to fall in love, but he has such a sad history that he is afraid to give in. When he was just 16, he fell in love with a poor girl, Tysha, whom he secretly married. When Tywin found out, he did. the unimaginable. He revealed that Tysha was a prostitute, paid to seduce Tyrion and take her virginity, and as proof, hands her over to each of her guards while Tyrion is forced to look on. That’s why when he teams up with Shae, he’s so scared. In political manipulations, Tyrion is forced to marry Sansa, but worthy, not forcibly consummate the marriage. He ends up creating a friendship with her as well, confirming the duality of being a Lannister, but being a good person.

One of the correct measures he takes, to Cersei’s displeasure, is to marry her niece and send her to Dorne, where she will be safe, but away from her mother. Unfortunately, he is always the scapegoat. When Joffrey is murdered in front of everyone, Tyrion is the last to have served his nephew a drink so he is immediately arrested as a suspect. The trial that follows is a farce. Cersei and Twyin’s relationship is unsustainable with both plotting to kill and/or exile him, but Jaime steps in (twice) to help him. It is Shae’s betrayal that for the first time dashes Tyrion’s hopes. He kills her, kills Twyin, and vows to kill Cersei. He is the missing piece in any Lannister opponent’s game. And now?

A new continent, a new Tyrion?

Despite the bravado of wanting to kill his enemies, Tyrion is actually trying to kill HIMSELF – with alcohol. Varys prompts him to help Daenerys Targaryen retake the Iron Throne. There are more risks on this journey, more kidnappings, but eventually, Tyrion is “delivered” to the Mother of Dragons. It is not said, but it is clear: he falls in love as soon as he sees her. A Tyrion in love far from Westeros is one we haven’t met yet, and sadly, it’s not what we’re hoping for.

In Essos, Tyrion sees the dragons and finds himself in the midst of raids, Danny’s campaign to abolish slavery. She listens to him, he is cherished, and he achieves all that was denied in his land. He is happy and inspired. He silently drives away all the men who could take his proximity to Daenerys out of the loop, even Jorah.

This was a moment among fans where conspiracy theories were growing on all social networks. It has long been said that since the Dragon has three heads, and we knew that Danny and Jon had two, therefore everyone argued that Tyrion would be the third.

His father, Tywin, was one of Danny’s father’s best friends and served as Hand until Aerys, the Mad King, took a fancy to Joanna Lannister out of the blue. Some allege that there was rape, others romance, but something made Tywin leave Kings’Landing suddenly. Not long after, he was widowed at Tyrion’s birth. The fact that the dragons Viserion and Rhaegal did not attack him would also have been a clear sign that Tyrion could be a Targaryen.

Certainly to simplify an already intricate plot, given the worldwide popularity of the series, the showrunners did not follow this line. Jon would be a Targaryen and that was enough. I considered it a pity.

In Danny’s temporary absence, it is Tyrion who runs Essos and we already see him make atrocious errors in judgment and strategy. His views on slavery and how to abolish it are horrifying, but consistent with a misogynistic, rich man. Unsurprisingly, Daenerys returns to the installed chaos and even under attack he still convinces her to avoid violence. Or rather, to use “less” than she could use. Daenerys regains control and as much as she has been listening to Tyrion that it would be better to postpone the plan to invade Westeros, they embark. finally to the war between the Queens.

Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes: Serving Two Houses, Two Queens

We have, in the final stage, a Tyrion “on the right side of history”, officially the Hand of the Queen and responsible for the Targaryen restoration and overthrow of his family, the Lannisters. Daenerys’ problems are many: she comes from an unpopular family in Westeros, whose father was insane and sadistic, she never lived there – she grew up in exile – so she has no cultural connection or attachment to the land or anyone, she is increasingly intoxicated. with the Power that their dragons bring, among many others. But, the worst thing is having a Council stitched up of enemies among themselves and whose priority is revenge, not necessarily having a Targaryen on the throne. Nor. she, much less Tyrion, has the command or respect of these unlikely allies. It was the announced recipe for disaster.

Tyrion has something consistent: he continues to advise Daenerys to avoid using her dragons and try diplomacy. Conquering would be easy, but ruling the ashes, not so much. And to our surprise, after having announced that he wants to kill Cersei, we see that all Tyrion does is buy time to save his sister. Why?

Perhaps it was because Tyrion loved Jaime, who loved Cersei. Maybe because he didn’t count on Daenerys would drop to all fours when she met Jon Snow. Or because Daenerys knew and was certain that no absolutist government would relinquish the Throne if the request was polite. Either way, nothing – but NOTHING – Tyrion plans or suggests ever works out. And Daenerys is slow to react. The lack of preparation is very clear, the invasion was premature.

Tyrion’s principle is that he cares about the innocent, but it’s only Cersei who drinks from his punches. When Daenerys vents “she’s done with clever plans” she’s already in a losing war. To make matters worse, she is again right to deny Jon help in fighting the Night King. She should have attacked King’s Landing first, then flown north to deal with the dead. But Game of Thrones has always warned: Love is the death of Duty. Danny was in love, Jon was in love, Jorah was still in love, and Tyrion was too. Of course, it could only end in disgrace.

At the time it was leaked that Tyrion would betray Daenerys and be put to death. I still believe that the idiotic plan to send Jorah and Jon beyond the Wall to capture an undead was just to get the competition out of the way. So much so that when the two asked for help, he asked her not to go. Tyrion’s brilliant idea cost Viserion, nearly killed Jon, and only made Daenerys fall even more in love with him.

Even so, Tyrion insisted that Cersei would be moved, that they would all fight together and then resume the stalemate. WHERE he got that conviction, we don’t know. We laughed with Sansa as she retorted that she had thought him a smart man up until then.

By this time, Tyrion should have given up his position for obvious incompetence. He was never in the military, he was wrong in battles, he was wrong in judging people, and he was wrong in gossiping with Sansa about Jon, then with Varys. He was wrong, wrong, wrong. And he ended his story with Daenerys as he started it: a traitor.

Back to the beginning

In the end, Tyrion made no progress. He knows that if Jon took the Crown as Aegon Targaryen he would be even better off than Daenerys, whom he isolated and undermined any chance of winning. The women didn’t listen to him – neither did Cersei, Dany, or Sansa, but Jon respected him and the problem would be how to betray the two Queens without paying for it?

Of all Tyrion’s mistakes, helping Jaime try to help Cersei is not on my list. Tyrion was right, they were his brothers and their chances were so slim it was worth a try. He would sacrifice himself for both of them. But remember Tyrion who didn’t seek revenge? He wasn’t in that cell when he convinced the vulnerable Jon Snow to save the world by killing Daenerys. The dagger was Jon’s, but the blow came from Tyrion. The same Tyrion who escaped the gallows and returned to the position of Hand of the King and an absentee King. His trajectory did not come without pain, but he was a winner anyway.

As one of the protagonists and one of the rare cynical but sympathetic minds in the Game of Thrones universe, Tyrion was for many years one of the most popular in the franchise. Deservedly. As I see it, and I’ve written about it here before, he and Jon Snow ‘suffered’ the #metoo cultural adjustment. Instead of ‘getting better’ and ‘redeeming’ themselves for repeating macho patterns (Jon had to ‘save’ his sisters but wouldn’t listen; Tyrion was abusive towards Cersei and other women), as they were already written as sensitive alpha males, it was not done. adaptation. Jon and Tyrion became ‘dumb’, ‘lost’, and almost irrelevant. They were overcome by Sansa and Cersei, disturbing Daenerys who still wanted to take them into account. Nor is it just the fault of the showrunners, both men and the author, George R.R. Martin. The female perspective was lacking to address this adjustment, which differed from what was promised at the beginning. Maybe if both had associated with women instead of protecting them, they would have been less ‘dated’. This is no less controversial since the story portrayed a medieval and brutally patriarchal period, when trying to reformulate itself in mid-flight, it had its turbulences. Tyrion was one of them.

I hoped for a better story for him. I longed for long months for what would lead him to be a traitor – as it had leaked out – not least because it was inconceivable that after all, he would associate with the bad sister. The alternative was fitting: Tyrion was more for what Jaime felt for her, for their child than the “Queen Lannister”. The seed of jealousy (his unrequited passion for Daenerys) would make sense with a Tyrion-book, who is a less ‘nice’ man like the one in the series, but he wouldn’t have time to develop in a few episodes either.

Therefore, just like Jon who did not return the same after death, Tyrion “died” in the arrow he gave his father. While his strategic mistakes had been heralded in previous mistakes and made sense given his military inexperience, in recent seasons Tyrion has fallen short. I hope you were better Hand of the King with Bran, even if you sent us off with another mistake: saying that Bran’s story was the most interesting of all? Never! That was Tyrion being a suck-up and thinking about the future. Winner! Which makes us wonder if Snow gets off the ground, how will his participation be?

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