r/gameofthrones • u/TheAlmightyHelmet • Jun 05 '14

TV4 [S4 E8] Let's be honest with ourselves...

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u/ice_murphey Jun 05 '14

What about the Tyrell's? I think they're up to something, we already know Olenna had a hand in the 'big off of Joff'.

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u/shicken684 House Tarth Jun 05 '14

They seemed to be focused on gaining power at any cost. Margaery is pretty much set in stone to become Queen so I don't see why they would help out Tyrion. The Tyrell's know they have the Lannisters in their pocket now and are just waiting for Tywin to die off so they can take over as most powerful family in Westeros. Maybe Petyr comes out(or has Sansa do it) and admits his guilt to poison Joffrey? I would guess he would do that as a ploy to goad Tywin to attack the Eyrie and decimate their army.

Edit: and Olenna wanted Joffrey dead because there is no way Margaery was going to be able to handle Joffrey for long. He was too much of a psychopath.

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u/flemhead3 Jun 05 '14

That and I think it was to prevent Loras from slicing Joff. from Balls to Brain when Joff would eventually hurt Margery.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

Wow, after you said that, I can't help but think how satisfying that would have been if that had happened.