11-21-2016, 06:30 PM
Tyrion isn't exempt from subpar writing either. I think he's become overrated as well. I guess it's time for me to let loose on him too.
Tyrion annoys me because he continuously escapes dangerous situations unscathed. Tyrion being such a fan favorite is the worst thing to ever happen to his character because the writers let this influence their writing. I'll just talk about the last two seasons alone.
Tyrion is a dwarf in a foreign continent and he doesn't even have his family name to protect him anymore. He was able to walk into a brothel and get an offer from a prostitute for sex when she correctly deduced that he couldn't pay for it. He was able to avoid skin contact with the stonemen when he was on a small boat with only Jorah to fight them off. That's just ridiculous! He then gets captured by pirates and is made a slave. The audience knew Tyrion was in no danger because being sold into slavery as a dwarf in a foreign nation only provides him another opportunity to show his wit, talk about how big his dick is, and talk the pirates into doing exactly what he wants them to do because he knows how to do their job in their territory better than they do. He even gets to beat one of them with his chains while they laugh it off. One of the others who were caught cuts his chains off at the right moment so he can go out and meet Daenerys who just so happened to go to the same arena he was scheduled to fight in so he doesn't get beat to death like he should.
Tyrion manages to get Dany to take him into her service after a brief meeting by convincing her she was worthy of his service. He's so intelligent that he had better ideas on how to govern Meereen than Dany and anyone who's actually been in Meereen for the few seasons they've been there.
Season 6 rolls along and Tyrion tells Missandei he knows what it's like to be a slave until Missandei tells him how stupid and offensive that notion is. This isn't surprising because this is the same guy who told Sansa that he knew how she felt without considering that she was a young girl who was being forced into the family that killed her father, planned to kill her brother, and take her family's inheritance away from her while still being forced to be around them and remain at their mercy. This is painted as Tyrion being a compassionate guy and not the asshole other characters would be called if they had said something similar.
Of course, Tyrion causes Meereen to come under heavy attack and is helpless to stop it until Dany arrives with her dragons and the Dothraki. I feel obligated to say that Dany isn't exempt from being annoying in this situation either but this is about Tyrion. He gets a semi-stern talking to from Dany for this minor faux pas and is named Hand of the Queen in the next episode despite the tiny faux pas. It was interesting to see that Tyrion and Dany had a similar relationship to Stannis and Davos despite barely knowing each other since she flew off on Drogon shortly after they had met.
I almost forgot Tyrion's greatest moment of the season. He gives a short exposition on how dragons may be smarter than humans right before he goes to unchain them. Great timing! He manages not to get roasted alive by these gigantic chained beasts because he's so wonderful and they knew he was a friend of Dany despite never seeing him with her.
The show gets praised for its "realism" and it gets used as a defense whenever some less than pleasant things happen to other characters not named Tyrion. The same things could happen to him but the rules don't apply to him so I guess it can't be helped. He's just too great of a guy to abide by them.
Tyrion annoys me because he continuously escapes dangerous situations unscathed. Tyrion being such a fan favorite is the worst thing to ever happen to his character because the writers let this influence their writing. I'll just talk about the last two seasons alone.
Tyrion is a dwarf in a foreign continent and he doesn't even have his family name to protect him anymore. He was able to walk into a brothel and get an offer from a prostitute for sex when she correctly deduced that he couldn't pay for it. He was able to avoid skin contact with the stonemen when he was on a small boat with only Jorah to fight them off. That's just ridiculous! He then gets captured by pirates and is made a slave. The audience knew Tyrion was in no danger because being sold into slavery as a dwarf in a foreign nation only provides him another opportunity to show his wit, talk about how big his dick is, and talk the pirates into doing exactly what he wants them to do because he knows how to do their job in their territory better than they do. He even gets to beat one of them with his chains while they laugh it off. One of the others who were caught cuts his chains off at the right moment so he can go out and meet Daenerys who just so happened to go to the same arena he was scheduled to fight in so he doesn't get beat to death like he should.
Tyrion manages to get Dany to take him into her service after a brief meeting by convincing her she was worthy of his service. He's so intelligent that he had better ideas on how to govern Meereen than Dany and anyone who's actually been in Meereen for the few seasons they've been there.
Season 6 rolls along and Tyrion tells Missandei he knows what it's like to be a slave until Missandei tells him how stupid and offensive that notion is. This isn't surprising because this is the same guy who told Sansa that he knew how she felt without considering that she was a young girl who was being forced into the family that killed her father, planned to kill her brother, and take her family's inheritance away from her while still being forced to be around them and remain at their mercy. This is painted as Tyrion being a compassionate guy and not the asshole other characters would be called if they had said something similar.
Of course, Tyrion causes Meereen to come under heavy attack and is helpless to stop it until Dany arrives with her dragons and the Dothraki. I feel obligated to say that Dany isn't exempt from being annoying in this situation either but this is about Tyrion. He gets a semi-stern talking to from Dany for this minor faux pas and is named Hand of the Queen in the next episode despite the tiny faux pas. It was interesting to see that Tyrion and Dany had a similar relationship to Stannis and Davos despite barely knowing each other since she flew off on Drogon shortly after they had met.
I almost forgot Tyrion's greatest moment of the season. He gives a short exposition on how dragons may be smarter than humans right before he goes to unchain them. Great timing! He manages not to get roasted alive by these gigantic chained beasts because he's so wonderful and they knew he was a friend of Dany despite never seeing him with her.
The show gets praised for its "realism" and it gets used as a defense whenever some less than pleasant things happen to other characters not named Tyrion. The same things could happen to him but the rules don't apply to him so I guess it can't be helped. He's just too great of a guy to abide by them.