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* TheAce: Invoked and deconstructed by the end. He is undeniably the most powerful man in Westeros during his time and he certainly projects an image of being a noble paragon, and indeed buys into his own press about it. He is a successful businessman and general, though decidedly of middling ability in the grander scheme of things; actual prodigies Petyr Baelish and Robb Stark certainly shatter the illusion of his greatness in those areas as they run circles around him despite Tywin's greater age and experience. He is best as a politician, using overwhelming might to resurrect House Lannister from the brink back to its place as richest and most powerful house after his father's misrule, and he was known as the real power behind Aerys's crown during his first Handship (and note he is the only known character in the main books to serve as King's Hand twice in his lifetime). Even this is ultimately deconstructed, as overwhelming might created unforgiving enemies in Dorne, King's Landing, the Riverlands, and the North, ot mention any Targaryen loyalists; all enemies that his malprepared children are in no way equipped to handle. Indeed, the biggest indictment of Tywin's career as Lannister patriarch is through his children: he disowns Jaime after he refuses to be the ideal Lannister heir, he disowns Tyrion with his dying breath having just instigated him into patricide, and the one child he does not disown is Cersei, who he so utterly failed to educate and train for rule that she is doing the most damage to destroying his legacy.
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* TheAce: Invoked and deconstructed by the end. He is undeniably the most powerful man in Westeros during his time and he certainly projects an image of being a noble paragon, and indeed buys into his own press about it. He is a successful businessman and general, though decidedly of middling ability in the grander scheme of things; actual prodigies Petyr Baelish and Robb Stark certainly shatter the illusion of his greatness in those areas as they run circles around him despite Tywin's greater age and experience. He is best as a politician, using overwhelming might to resurrect House Lannister from the brink back to its place as richest and most powerful house after his father's misrule, and he was known as the real power behind Aerys's crown during his first Handship (and note he is the only known character in the main books to serve as King's Hand twice in his lifetime). Even this is ultimately deconstructed, as overwhelming might created unforgiving enemies in Dorne, King's Landing, the Riverlands, and the North, ot not mention any Targaryen loyalists; all enemies that his malprepared children are in no way equipped to handle. Indeed, the biggest indictment of Tywin's career as Lannister patriarch is through his children: he disowns Jaime after he refuses to be the ideal Lannister heir, he disowns Tyrion with his dying breath having just instigated him into patricide, and the one child he does not disown is Cersei, who he so utterly failed to educate and train for rule that she is doing the most damage to destroying his legacy.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As brutal, cruel and spiteful as Tywin is, he's still far from the level of cruelty, violence and sadism of Joffrey or Aerys. Tywin at least has some pragmatism and does try to bring stability.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As brutal, cruel and spiteful Examined in series, as this is how he seems to conceive of himself. While Tywin is, he's still far from the level of cruelty, violence and sadism of is not uncontrolled like Joffrey or Aerys. Aerys, he will back any number of monsters to advance his cause, from Gregor Clegane to Vargo Hoat (and indeed, Joffrey and Aerys, Roose Bolton and Walder Frey). Given that Tywin at least has some pragmatism isn't aimlessly destructive, he appears a step above the rest, but his harms reach further into the realm and does try future than the others. The sum total of misery invited on Tywin's orders very likely dwarfs what the rest of them cause individually. So, he is a more stable form of evil, less overt but longer lasting. If anyone were to bring stability.rule in hell, it would not be any of the lower villains, but the sceptre would go to Tywin with only Euron potentially rivalling him going forward. Though, moving beyond Westeros reveals institutions devoted to slave production and mutilation. At the very least, Tywin's riches do not rest on factories of human atrocity.
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* TheAce: He is the most powerful man in Westeros during his time and with good reason. He's a great businessman and general, and an even better politician. He singlehandedly brought back House Lannister from the brink, restored its reputation and made it into the most powerful family in Westeros.
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* TheAce: Invoked and deconstructed by the end. He is undeniably the most powerful man in Westeros during his time and with good reason. He's he certainly projects an image of being a great noble paragon, and indeed buys into his own press about it. He is a successful businessman and general, though decidedly of middling ability in the grander scheme of things; actual prodigies Petyr Baelish and an even better politician. Robb Stark certainly shatter the illusion of his greatness in those areas as they run circles around him despite Tywin's greater age and experience. He singlehandedly brought back is best as a politician, using overwhelming might to resurrect House Lannister from the brink, restored brink back to its reputation place as richest and made it into the most powerful family house after his father's misrule, and he was known as the real power behind Aerys's crown during his first Handship (and note he is the only known character in Westeros.the main books to serve as King's Hand twice in his lifetime). Even this is ultimately deconstructed, as overwhelming might created unforgiving enemies in Dorne, King's Landing, the Riverlands, and the North, ot mention any Targaryen loyalists; all enemies that his malprepared children are in no way equipped to handle. Indeed, the biggest indictment of Tywin's career as Lannister patriarch is through his children: he disowns Jaime after he refuses to be the ideal Lannister heir, he disowns Tyrion with his dying breath having just instigated him into patricide, and the one child he does not disown is Cersei, who he so utterly failed to educate and train for rule that she is doing the most damage to destroying his legacy.
** Further proving the hollowness of Tywin's legacy is the Lannister king Joffrey himself: for all that Joffrey is TheCaligula, Jaime and Kevan observe that Cersei's parenting is a root cause. Leaving aside the fact Joffrey also had the abusive, neglectful, hedonistic King Robert as father, Cersei herself was also maleducated by Tywin on account of her sex. Though Tywin derides Cersei for failing to teach Joffrey, she really could not do anything but make a mess of him as a cascading effect of Tywin's own failure to train his daughter due to focusing only on Jaime.
** Further proving the hollowness of Tywin's legacy is the Lannister king Joffrey himself: for all that Joffrey is TheCaligula, Jaime and Kevan observe that Cersei's parenting is a root cause. Leaving aside the fact Joffrey also had the abusive, neglectful, hedonistic King Robert as father, Cersei herself was also maleducated by Tywin on account of her sex. Though Tywin derides Cersei for failing to teach Joffrey, she really could not do anything but make a mess of him as a cascading effect of Tywin's own failure to train his daughter due to focusing only on Jaime.
** This serves to underline what Tywin does best: image politics. Scratch the gilded surface though and Tywin's legacy is shown to be full of holes, as much of his own actions in truth set up his legacy to fail.
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* BattleOfWits: Tywin is known to be a great strategist both on and off the field of battle. For all the victories he won with the strength of arms, he actually prefers the pen or any other "softer" option ("soft" is, of course, relative -- there's nothing at all soft about the political, social, financial or legal binds he can effectively bully other people into using ink-backed-up-with-blood): it's usually cheaper and more effective.
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* BattleOfWits: Tywin is known to be a great strategist both on and off the field of battle.battle; however, when he isn't stacking the odds in his favour he tends to struggle. For all the victories he won with the strength of arms, he actually prefers the pen or any other "softer" option ("soft" is, of course, relative -- there's nothing at all soft about the political, social, financial or legal binds he can effectively bully other people into using ink-backed-up-with-blood): it's usually cheaper and more effective.
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The Red Wedding. Between the Freys, the Spicers and the Boltons,]] Tywin has capitalized on a single mistake by [[spoiler: Robb Stark]] and turned it into a victory. Throughout the entire book he is just sitting there waiting for his plan to come together because ''he has already won'' and nobody else knows it. Holy. Shit.
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The Red Wedding. Between the Freys, the Spicers and the Boltons,]] Tywin has capitalized on a single mistake by [[spoiler: Robb Stark]] Stark and turned it into a victory. Throughout the entire book he is just sitting there waiting for his plan to come together because ''he has already won'' and nobody else knows it. Holy. Shit. Though note, his hand was forced into such a contemptible scheme after being on the losing end of Robb Stark all war. And, though he tries to exploit plausible deniability, all of Westeros knows he was behind it, and the utter depravity in breaking such a sacred norm as guest right is starting to have long lasting and far reaching negative consequences.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted his son to be a great warrior and his daughter to be a queen -- it came true, but the son became a warrior so great that he got accepted into the Kingsguard, meaning that ''all'' he would ever be would be a warrior (Kingsguards cannot marry or inherit lands), and the daughter's queenship [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen caused a string of disasters.]] He desired to see a king with Lannister blood on the Iron Throne -- and he did, with the king (unknowingly to Tywin) having even more Lannister blood than Grandpa would have wished, being the child of the two "model" Lannister children to boot... and TheCaligula, undermining every sensible thing his more competent relatives tried to do. And lastly, Tywin longed for a son who would be a suitable heir and a man as competent as politician as Tywin himself -- and stubbornly tried to push Jaime into this role, refusing to notice how well his other, hated son, Tyrion, fit in it. It resulted in Tyrion performing the ultimate act of Tywin's "true" son: shooting his father with a crossbow.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted his son to be a great warrior and his daughter to be a queen -- it came true, but the son became a warrior so great that he got accepted into the Kingsguard, meaning that ''all'' he would ever be would be a warrior (Kingsguards cannot marry or inherit lands), and the daughter's queenship [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen caused a string of disasters.]] disasters]] after a lifetime of Tywin shunting her from politics and military. He desired to see a king with Lannister blood on the Iron Throne -- and he did, with the king (unknowingly to Tywin) having even more Lannister blood than Grandpa would have wished, being the child of the two "model" Lannister children to boot... and TheCaligula, undermining every sensible thing his more competent relatives tried to do. And lastly, Tywin longed for a son who would be a suitable heir and a man as competent as politician as Tywin himself -- and stubbornly tried to push Jaime into this role, refusing to notice how well his other, hated son, Tyrion, fit in it. It resulted in Tyrion performing the ultimate act of Tywin's "true" son: shooting his father with a crossbow.
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* TheChessmaster: One of many, skilled at playing his opponents both in the battlefield and politics.
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* TheChessmaster: One of many, skilled at playing his opponents both in the battlefield and politics. Though he is nowhere near the likes of Varys and Petyr Baelish, his career is marked by success (though how long his legacy will last after his abusive parenting warped his children, well...)
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** The savage murders of Elia Martell and her children have earned the mortal hatred of House Martell, who has been plottting the Lannisters' downfall ever since.since, not too mention any other Targaryen loyalists in hiding.
** His abandonment of the North to the invading Greyjoys served up a perfect opportunity for Stannis to earn loyalty from the suffering Northmen, further bolstering his army and power base where Tywin could have benefitted from it instead.
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* FatalFlaw: Tywin's biggest flaw is that he was unable to see past first impressions and basically being blind to CharacterDevelopment. [[spoiler:In his mind, Tyrion was still just a hedonistic dwarf whose birth lead to his wife's death, rather than the brilliant politician who saved a city.]] He also FailedASpotCheck when he underestimated how [[AxCrazy horrible]] [[RapePillageAndBurn Gregor]] [[TheBrute Clegane]] was, such as during the Sack of King's Landing. The flip-side of this is that he's also unable to see the faults in his favorite son, Jaime. He's got a few more in there, too:
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* FatalFlaw: Tywin's biggest flaw is that he was unable incomparably overinflated ego. This makes him blind to see anyhing past first impressions and basically being blind to CharacterDevelopment. [[spoiler:In his mind, Tyrion was still just a hedonistic dwarf whose birth lead to his wife's death, rather than the brilliant politician who saved a city.]] He also FailedASpotCheck when he underestimated how [[AxCrazy horrible]] [[RapePillageAndBurn Gregor]] [[TheBrute Clegane]] was, such as during the Sack of King's Landing.Landing; though, this interpretation requires taking Tywin at his word, conveniently absolving him of direct malice in the eyes of other nobles. The flip-side of this is that he's also unable to see the faults in his favorite son, Jaime. He's got a few more in there, too:too, all of which he passed on to his msot devoted believer, Cersei:
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** '''Greed''': Hilariously, Tywin refuses to forgive the Crown's debt to House Lannister, ''despite the fact the two entities were increasing becoming the same thing'', essentially forcing his family into being indebted to themselves. Truly, the payments of this debt actually hobbles his own cause, as the monies could have been spent productively in politics or military, as Tyrion himself laments during his tenure as Master of Coin. Something about keeping the cake and eating it too...
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** Both Tyrion and Tywin are intelligent, capable men with a keen sense of strategy and a tight grasp on how to properly play the game of thrones. But Tywin's refusal to openly show any kind of perceived weakness stands in stark contrast to Tyrion's willingness to bear his flaws on his sleeve. Tywin's ruthlessness and unpleasant personality is also often juxtaposed with that of the more nobleTyrion.Tyrion.
** Both Eddard and Tywin start the series as the patriarchs on opposing sides of the civil war. While Eddard dies early, his legacy is shown to be immensely durable, with almost all of the North openly or secretly plotting a Stark restoration, preparing to rise for the beloved Eddard's children. Contrast Tywin, who survives the first stage of the civil war but is murdered by his own son Tyrion, with his legacy imploding after the hash he made of Cersei and Jaime's upringing. Jaime is hated and his efforts to subdue rebellion are primed to backfire on him in no small part to Tywin's brutality, and Cersei has no supporters when imprisoned by a separate rebellion in the sparrows, also rooted in Tywin's brutality. Eddard's honour, though criticised as a weakness by opportunists like Petyr and Varys, fosters love in his vassals; meanwhile, Tywin's excessive narcissism and violation of social norms only serves to collect contempt under his name, both feared ''and'' hated, thus leaving him no supporters when better options present themselves to his vassals.
--> "My brother is undoubtedly arrogant," Tyrion Lannister replied. "''My father is the soul of avarice'', and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath."
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** Both Tyrion and Tywin are intelligent, capable men with a keen sense of strategy and a tight grasp on how to properly play the game of thrones. But Tywin's refusal to openly show any kind of perceived weakness stands in stark contrast to Tyrion's willingness to bear his flaws on his sleeve. Tywin's ruthlessness and unpleasant personality is also often juxtaposed with that of the more noble
** Both Eddard and Tywin start the series as the patriarchs on opposing sides of the civil war. While Eddard dies early, his legacy is shown to be immensely durable, with almost all of the North openly or secretly plotting a Stark restoration, preparing to rise for the beloved Eddard's children. Contrast Tywin, who survives the first stage of the civil war but is murdered by his own son Tyrion, with his legacy imploding after the hash he made of Cersei and Jaime's upringing. Jaime is hated and his efforts to subdue rebellion are primed to backfire on him in no small part to Tywin's brutality, and Cersei has no supporters when imprisoned by a separate rebellion in the sparrows, also rooted in Tywin's brutality. Eddard's honour, though criticised as a weakness by opportunists like Petyr and Varys, fosters love in his vassals; meanwhile, Tywin's excessive narcissism and violation of social norms only serves to collect contempt under his name, both feared ''and'' hated, thus leaving him no supporters when better options present themselves to his vassals.
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* BadassBureaucrat: There's a ''reason'' he's considered the BigBad by the Starks and not Joffrey. Tywin is one of the most powerful lords in Westeros, a master strategist and despite being in his fifties, still a capable warrior.
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* DirtyCoward: Downplayed in that whilst he was a FrontlineGeneral when putting down the Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion, his decision to sit out Robert's rebellion only to sack king's landing when the war was all but decided is this. He pulled a Walder Frey.
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** He also acts offended when Tyrion questions and call him out about the Red Wedding, asking him how it is more honorable to kill ten thousands men in battle than a dozen men at dinner, ignoring that thousands were slaughtered at the Red Wedding and that this extreme violation of guest right, considered to be a sacred right everywhere on Westeros, can only backfire on House Lannister.
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*** This is downplayed, however, in that Aegon V's son, Jaehaerys II, also reversed these reforms even before Tywin became Hand to Aerys II (son of Jaehaerys II). Jaehaerys saw how these reforms angered the nobles and thus tried to appease them, so Tywin was likely doing what he thought was necessary to maintain peace among the highborn.
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* TheAce: He is the most powerful man in Westeros during his time and with good reason. He's a great business man and an even better politician. Singlehandedly brought back House Lannister from the brink, restored its reputation and made it into the most powerful family in Westeros.
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* TheAce: He is the most powerful man in Westeros during his time and with good reason. He's a great business man businessman and general, and an even better politician. Singlehandedly He singlehandedly brought back House Lannister from the brink, restored its reputation and made it into the most powerful family in Westeros.
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** That said, Tywin may commit a number of unforgivably cruel and brutal acts, but there's always at least ''some'' practical reason for it- he's not a high-functioning sociopath like Roose Bolton and doesn't hurt people for the sheer enjoyment of it. For example, while having Elia and her children murdered can be perceived as vengeance for Aerys refusing to marry Rhaegar to Cersei, he defended it to Tyrion by pointing out that, as latecomers to the rebel cause, the Lannisters needed a surefire way to prove their loyalty to the new regime, and while Rhaegar's children would have to die to secure Robert's throne, [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork Robert would prefer not to have to do it himself]]. Even his most unforgivable act, his ordering the [[spoiler:gang-rape of Tysha]] was intended to teach Tyrion what Tywin saw as an important ideological lesson about the smallfolk needing to know their place, not solely to make Tyrion suffer because Tywin hates him.
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* BadassInCharge: There's a ''reason'' he's considered the BigBad by the Starks and not Joffrey. Tywin is one of the most powerful lords in Westeros, a master strategist and despite being in his fifties, still a capable warrior.
** Not content with being a FourStarBadass, he's also a BadassBureaucrat with enough speed chess ability to make an opponent worried!
** Not content with being a FourStarBadass, he's also a BadassBureaucrat with enough speed chess ability to make an opponent worried!
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** While Tyrion is especially abusive to Tyrion, he doesn't have a stellar relationship with Jaime or Cersei either. He keeps trying to pressure Jaime into quitting the Kingsguard (ignoring that Jaime doesn't ''want'' to leave) and doesn't really trust Cersei, nor does he think highly of her parenting ([[JerkassHasAPoint not without reason]]). It's rather telling that his ParentalFavoritism shifts from Jaime to Cersei and back again depending on who is most obedient, rather than who is most effective.
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** While Tyrion Tywin is especially abusive to Tyrion, he doesn't have a stellar relationship with Jaime or Cersei either. He keeps trying to pressure Jaime into quitting the Kingsguard (ignoring that Jaime doesn't ''want'' to leave) and doesn't really trust Cersei, nor does he think highly of her parenting ([[JerkassHasAPoint not without reason]]). It's rather telling that his ParentalFavoritism shifts from Jaime to Cersei and back again depending on who is most obedient, rather than who is most effective.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Tywin's cruel personality and use of violence have created many enemies for him and House Lannister:
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** The savage murders of Elia Martell and her children have earned the mortal hatred of House Martell, who has been plottting the Lannisters' downfall ever since.
** His many atrocities against the smallfolk in King's Landing and the Riverlands have sparked the movement of the Sparrows, and made the common people only too willing to join or side with them, which will become a large threat to his family later on.
** He abuses his own son Tyrion, until Tyrion finally snaps and [[spoiler: murder Tywin and swears revenge on his family as a result.]]
** The savage murders of Elia Martell and her children have earned the mortal hatred of House Martell, who has been plottting the Lannisters' downfall ever since.
** His many atrocities against the smallfolk in King's Landing and the Riverlands have sparked the movement of the Sparrows, and made the common people only too willing to join or side with them, which will become a large threat to his family later on.
** He abuses his own son Tyrion, until Tyrion finally snaps and [[spoiler: murder Tywin and swears revenge on his family as a result.]]
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As brutal, cruel and spiteful as Tywin is, he's still far from the level of cruelty, violence and sadism of Joffrey or Aerys. Tywin at least has some pragmatism and does try to bring stability, and he did continue to serve Aerys for a long time despite all the humiliations and slights Aerys inflicted on him and Joanna, until Aerys pushed him to a point where no one would have continue to serve.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As brutal, cruel and spiteful as Tywin is, he's still far from the level of cruelty, violence and sadism of Joffrey or Aerys. Tywin at least has some pragmatism and does try to bring stability, and he did continue to serve Aerys for a long time despite all the humiliations and slights Aerys inflicted on him and Joanna, until Aerys pushed him to a point where no one would have continue to serve.stability.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As brutal, cruel and spiteful as Tywin is, he's still far from the level of cruelty, violence and sadism of Joffrey or Aerys. Tywin at least has some pragmatism and does try to bring stability, and he did continue to serve Aerys for a long time despite all the humiliations and slights Aerys inflicted on him and Joanna, until Aerys pushed him to a point where no one would have continue to serve.
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* TheDreaded: Everyone in the Seven Kingdoms fears him for his power and prodigious mind. [[spoiler:So much so that his death starts a number of conspirators thinking they can now take on the Lannisters, even though they'd just won the War of the Five Kings.]]
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* TheDreaded: Everyone in the Seven Kingdoms fears him for his power and prodigious mind. [[spoiler:So much so A single verse of ''The Rains of Castamere'' is often enough to quell any resistance. [[spoiler:His reputation is such that his death starts a number of conspirators thinking they can now take on the Lannisters, even though they'd just won the War of the Five Kings.]]
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* MemeticBadass: His destruction of the Reynes and the Tarbecks grants him this status in-universe. A single verse of ''The Rains of Castamere'' is often enough to quell any resistance. Even ''Roose Bolton'' respects his villainy and agrees to become a middle manager in Tywin's schemes.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He was already the lord of Casterly Rock in all but name before his father died. Notably, during the Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion, Tytos ordered Tywin to stand down, but Tywin was such an accomplished warrior that all the vassal Houses of the Westerlands disobeyed Tytos's order and followed Tywin to war.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He was already the lord of Casterly Rock in all but name before his father died. Notably, during the Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion, Tytos ordered Tywin to stand down, but Tywin was such an accomplished warrior that all the vassal Houses of the Westerlands disobeyed Tytos's order and followed Tywin to war.
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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In A Clash of Kings, in another demonstration of his lack of care for the customs and taboos of Westeros and his disregard for common people, Tywin had his men capture and enslave thousands of Riverlands smallfolks and refugees, forcing them to work on the rehabilitation of Harrenhal.
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-->'''[[spoiler:Myles Toyne]]:''' Lord Tywin would not have bothered with a search. He would have burned that town and every living creature in it. Men and boys, babes at the breast, noble knights and holy septons, pigs and whores, rats and rebels, he would have burned them all.
-->'''[[spoiler:Myles Toyne]]:''' Lord Tywin would not have bothered with a search. He would have burned that town and every living creature in it. Men and boys, babes at the breast, noble knights and holy septons, pigs and whores, rats and rebels, he would have burned them all.
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* KillEmAll: His usual method of eliminating his enemies, accurately summarized by Tyrion as, "''Heads. Spikes. Walls''." He's so famous for this that in ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'' [[spoiler:Lord Jon Connington, still haunted by the defeat of the Battle of Stoney Sept where he had moved from house-to-house to search for Robert Baratheon, remembers what his friend Myles Toyne told him, vis-a-vis "What Would Tywin Do?" in that situation]]:
-->'''[[spoiler:Myles Toyne]]:''' Lord Tywin would not have bothered with a search. He would have burned that town and every living creature in it. Men and boys, babes at the breast, noble knights and holy septons, pigs and whores, rats and rebels, he would have burned them all.
-->'''[[spoiler:Myles Toyne]]:''' Lord Tywin would not have bothered with a search. He would have burned that town and every living creature in it. Men and boys, babes at the breast, noble knights and holy septons, pigs and whores, rats and rebels, he would have burned them all.
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* MoneyDumb: Downplayed. Tywin isn't completely incompetent with finances and isn't one to waste money away, aside for war and political displays, as he had some successful economic policies while as Hand under Aerys, but he has a conservative and entirely political view of economy and doesn't understand the more complex aspects of finance, being dumbfounded when Tyrion tells him about the poor state of the crown treasury and refusing Tyrion's advices and propositions to mend it and pay for Joffrey and Margaery Tyrell's royal wedding. This leaves him blind to Littlefinger's manipulations of finances and swindling, as well as to the danger Littlefinger can poses with all the wealth he has accumulated despite his low birth.
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** [[spoiler: Tywin's undignified death is reminiscent of William the Conquerer's death, who died of a ruptured intestine and was abandoned by his sons and followers, who did little to mourn him. At his funeral, the body was so bloated that he could not fit in his tomb and when the attendants tried to force the body in, his swollen bowels burst and filled the church with a disgusting odor.]]
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* WorthyOpponent: A villain from the Starks perspective especially, but a very impressive and competent one. He, on the other hand, has a surprisingly high level of begrudging respect for Robb Stark, acknowledging Robb's tactical prowess and cautiousness on the battlefield and choosing to avoid facing him again after Robb outsmarted him several times, and to use dirtier means to get rid of him instead,despite having the support of House Tyrell and [[spoiler: of houses Bolton and Frey]] after the Blackwater. He also appears to respect Stannis Baratheon, knowing Stannis' quality as a commander, and acknowledging Stannis' stubborn determination and resilience.
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* WorthyOpponent: A villain from the Starks perspective especially, but a very impressive and competent one. He, on the other hand, has a surprisingly high level of begrudging respect for Robb Stark, acknowledging Robb's tactical prowess and cautiousness on the battlefield and choosing to avoid facing him again after Robb outsmarted him several times, and to use dirtier means to get rid of him instead,despite instead, despite having the support of House Tyrell and [[spoiler: of houses Bolton and Frey]] after the Blackwater. He also appears to respect Stannis Baratheon, knowing Stannis' quality as a commander, and acknowledging Stannis' stubborn determination and resilience.
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* WorthyOpponent: A villain from the Starks perspective especially, but a very impressive and competent one.
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* WorthyOpponent: A villain from the Starks perspective especially, but a very impressive and competent one. He, on the other hand, has a surprisingly high level of begrudging respect for Robb Stark, acknowledging Robb's tactical prowess and cautiousness on the battlefield and choosing to avoid facing him again after Robb outsmarted him several times, and to use dirtier means to get rid of him instead,despite having the support of House Tyrell and [[spoiler: of houses Bolton and Frey]] after the Blackwater. He also appears to respect Stannis Baratheon, knowing Stannis' quality as a commander, and acknowledging Stannis' stubborn determination and resilience.
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* It's Personnal: Tywin takes very personally any slight toward him or House Lannister, and is perfectly willing to do extreme actions to respond to them:
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* It's Personnal: ItsPersonal: Tywin takes very personally any slight toward him or House Lannister, and is perfectly willing to do extreme actions to respond to them:
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** He berates Joffrey for wanting to slaughter the Riverlands houses that supported Robb Stark and to destroy their seats, telling him that when an enemy bend the knees he must help him back to its feet, otherwise no one would ever bend the knee again. Nevermind that Tywin himself ignored attempts to surrender or submit from the Reynes and the Tarbecks when he had them on their knees, slaughtering them and razing their seats instead.
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* It's Personnal: Tywin takes very personally any slight toward him or House Lannister, and is perfectly willing to do extreme actions to respond to them:
** His handling of the Reynes and Tarbecks. After everything they had done to mock and defy House Lannister, Tywin was completely unwilling to give any mercy to these houses, completely exterminating them and razing their seats without giving them any chance for surrender.
** After his father's mistress dared to wear his mother's clothes and jewels, Tywin had her stripped and forced to walk Lannisport naked for the slight.
** From the way he ignored Aerys' messages for help during most of Robert's Rebellion and the brutality with which he turned on Aerys during the Sack of King's Landing, it's clear that for Tywin had developped a very deep grudge against Aerys and his actions at King's were largely to get revenge on Aerys for all the slights the Mad King inflicted on him and his house.
** While he claims that he didn't tell anything about Elia Martell, Oberyn Martell suspects that he lies and ordered her death for having been the one to marry Rhaegar Targaryen instead of Cersei. Knowing Tywin, it isn't implausible.
** His handling of the Reynes and Tarbecks. After everything they had done to mock and defy House Lannister, Tywin was completely unwilling to give any mercy to these houses, completely exterminating them and razing their seats without giving them any chance for surrender.
** After his father's mistress dared to wear his mother's clothes and jewels, Tywin had her stripped and forced to walk Lannisport naked for the slight.
** From the way he ignored Aerys' messages for help during most of Robert's Rebellion and the brutality with which he turned on Aerys during the Sack of King's Landing, it's clear that for Tywin had developped a very deep grudge against Aerys and his actions at King's were largely to get revenge on Aerys for all the slights the Mad King inflicted on him and his house.
** While he claims that he didn't tell anything about Elia Martell, Oberyn Martell suspects that he lies and ordered her death for having been the one to marry Rhaegar Targaryen instead of Cersei. Knowing Tywin, it isn't implausible.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:With the revelation that he was not above cavorting with whores himself, there is a possibility that Tywin might have sired bastards of his own, with the prostitute Marei possibly being one of them. When asked of this, GRR Martin said that "[Tywin] would have you flogged for the mere suggestion."]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:With the revelation that he was not above cavorting with whores himself, there is a possibility that Tywin might have sired bastards of his own, with the prostitute Marei possibly being one of them. them, on account of her blond hair and solemn character. When asked of this, GRR Martin GRRM merely said that "[Tywin] would have you flogged for the mere suggestion."]]
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** His sister was able to make her brother angry enough that he refused to speak to her for six months. What did she do to make him so angry? She told him to his face that Tyrion was like him, while Jaime was not.
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** His sister Genna was able to make her brother him angry enough that he refused to speak to her for six months. What did she do to make him so angry? do? She told him to his face that Tyrion was like him, while Jaime was not.
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* ShoutOut: His backstory of becoming a great leader to rise above the reputation of his weak and ineffectual father, hating laughter and levity because it reminds him of said father, and becoming an abusive parent in an attempt to not repeat his mistakes is reminiscent of Okonkwo in ''Literature/ThingsFallApart''.
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* TheStarscream: He was the Mad King's Hand, but after their relationship became strained due to multiple slights Tywin resigned from his post and finally betrayed him during Robert's Rebellion (then again, the Mad King at this point had made his life a living hell, from making incrediblly inappropriate advances towards Tywin's wife ''during their wedding day'' to refusing to have Cersei marry Rhaegar out of spite). The Lannisters remained neutral until the Battle of the Trident, when Tywin's troops marched to King's Landing and Grand Maester Pycelle convinced Aerys that the Lannisters had answered his call to arms and were there to help. After the Mad King opened the gates, Lannister forces began sacking the city.
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* TheStarscream: He was the Mad King's Hand, but after their relationship became strained due to multiple slights Tywin resigned from his post and finally betrayed him during Robert's Rebellion (then again, the Mad King at this point had made his life a living hell, from making incrediblly incredibly inappropriate advances towards Tywin's wife ''during their wedding day'' to refusing to have Tywin's daughter Cersei marry his own son Rhaegar out of spite). The Lannisters remained neutral until the Battle of the Trident, when Tywin's troops marched to King's Landing and Grand Maester Pycelle convinced Aerys that the Lannisters had answered his call to arms and were there to help. After the Mad King opened the gates, Lannister forces began sacking the city.
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* TheStarscream: He was the Mad King's Hand, but after their relationship became strained due to multiple slights Tywin resigned from his post and finally betrayed him during Robert's Rebellion. The Lannisters remained neutral until the Battle of the Trident, when Tywin's troops marched to King's Landing and Grand Maester Pycelle convinced Aerys that the Lannisters had answered his call to arms and were there to help. After the Mad King opened the gates, Lannister forces began sacking the city.
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* TheStarscream: He was the Mad King's Hand, but after their relationship became strained due to multiple slights Tywin resigned from his post and finally betrayed him during Robert's Rebellion.Rebellion (then again, the Mad King at this point had made his life a living hell, from making incrediblly inappropriate advances towards Tywin's wife ''during their wedding day'' to refusing to have Cersei marry Rhaegar out of spite). The Lannisters remained neutral until the Battle of the Trident, when Tywin's troops marched to King's Landing and Grand Maester Pycelle convinced Aerys that the Lannisters had answered his call to arms and were there to help. After the Mad King opened the gates, Lannister forces began sacking the city.
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* AllegianceAffirmation: This, combined with a helping of BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork, is how he justified carrying out ThePurge of [[RoyalBlood House Targaryen]] in the backstory of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Tywin and his considerable forces had stayed neutral all throughout a CivilWar, until he saw that RebelLeader Robert Baratheon not only won a key battle but also killed Prince Rhaegar. Tywin knew he had to act swiftly both to endear himself to the new regime and also to save his son Jaime, who was an implicit hostage in the King's PraetorianGuard. So Tywin rushed his army to the capital (which was also the last major Targaryen stronghold), convinced them that the Lannisters had come to join them, then promptly sacked the city and killed every member of House Targaryen they could get their hands on, most notably Rhaegar's young children, who would have otherwise been potential rivals for the throne that diehard Targaryen loyalists (or ambitious lords looking to use them in a PuppetKing fashion) might have rallied behind.
-->We had come late to Robert's cause. It was necessary to demonstrate our loyalty. When I laid those bodies before the throne, no man could doubt that we had forsaken House Targaryen forever. And Robert's relief was palpable. [[BoisterousBruiser As stupid as he was]], even ''he'' knew Rhaegar's children had to die if his throne was ever to be secure. Yet he saw himself as a hero, and heroes do not kill children.
-->We had come late to Robert's cause. It was necessary to demonstrate our loyalty. When I laid those bodies before the throne, no man could doubt that we had forsaken House Targaryen forever. And Robert's relief was palpable. [[BoisterousBruiser As stupid as he was]], even ''he'' knew Rhaegar's children had to die if his throne was ever to be secure. Yet he saw himself as a hero, and heroes do not kill children.
