Tywins Introduction Is Very Different In The Books

The first seasons actually had a lot of brilliant show-only stuff

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What I saw as obvious metaphors were that in the North, a Direwolf and a Stag killed each other. And elsewhere, the Lion was slowly stripping the Stag down for parts.

The scene in the books in which we meet Randall Tarly is similar to the show's introduction to Tywin.

I actually really liked the Tywin intro in the first season. It felt like a Jaime pov chapter in game of thrones book we never got

Also, the deer represents the Baratheon that the Lannisters will destroy soon A deleted scene shows Tywin fishing (and Pycelle showing its true face which is not senile at all, not in the books but also very nice scene) right before the red wedding that he helped organizing, which will destroy the Tullys, and their sigil is a fish Really clever writing it is unbelievable that the same guys will write season 6-8

Charles Dance’s performance is incredible and adds so much, but having him literally butchering a stag is pretty on the nose lol

The show has Tywin dissecting a stag… no comment? The only thing more obvious would have been a mounted stag head hung on the wall while Tywin was dissecting a wolf.

This kind of stuff is why I always get frustrated by people complaining when the smallest things are changed in adaptations. The different media formats fundamentally change how you convey information. A good adaptation isn't just turning book text into script 1:1. A good adaptation must rewrite its story to convey the same themes, arcs and events in a way that best suits the visual media.

It’s also symbolic foreshadowing of Lannister Lion butchering of Deer considering Baratheon sigil is a Stag

Normally, I'd prefer an adaptation be faithful to the original work. The exception to this is when the original work can be improved...which it usually "isn't" (not can't). This just demonstrates how phenomenal the show really was in the early seasons.

Wooo long content about the nicest of Dads. I loved the show introduction it was great. Thank you for the wonderful video.

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0:48 i thought he was giving Jaime the army to raid in and around Riverrun since i believe he says "We're going to take them to Catelyn Stark's childhood home and remind them that Lannisters pay their debts"

In the show he didn’t give Jaime half his army to go to the Vale, he was just splitting his forces, but they were still fighting in the Riverlands and preparing for the arrival of the Starks, just as in the books.

I kind of wish they had included the entirety of scene after Jaime was captured because Tywin is pissed that Cersei dismisses selmy, gave Janos harranhal and is more giving props to tyrions points.

the "Casterly rock with hair" line caught me off guard when I was reading it for the first time ngl Tyrion is pretty good at this

You've got a few key facts wrong here. 1. Tywin has no intention of attacking the Vale of Arryn, he is sending Jaime to raid the Riverlands to send a message to Catelyn Tully in particular and the rest of the Great Houses in general, that is you do not touch his family without repercussions. The Vale is a mountainous region with a large knightly army that he doesn't want to antagonise just yet with the Northmen heading south. 2. He isn't just butchering a deer, he is gutting a Stag, the House of Baratheon, literally preparing it for dinner in the same way his House is going to strip the Baratheon throne. 3. He calls Jaime a fool for multiple reasons. First his original plan was send to Gregor to raid the Riverlands as this would draw out Ned Stark so he could be captured in exchange for Tyrion, Ned being a man of honour would be compelled to come for Gregor himself. This was foiled however by Jaimes attack on him where Ned's leg is broken by his horse. This leaves him to send Beric Dondarrion instead. Secondly as he merely maimed him at this point Tywin just thinks Jaime should have just killed him outright. Ned is still influential at court so if in Tywin's mind if he couldn't be captured then he is better of dead instead of a thorn in future plans. Luckily for the Lannisters, Ned is a fool when it comes to court politics.

Great analysis,thanks for the video!

Let’s give credit where credit is due: the scene in the tent with Jaime is excellent. We all love to bash D&D for the abysmal writing of the last seasons, but they did an excellent job in the beginning, creating scenes and dialogues that weren’t in the books, but were very well written and contributed a lot to the story.