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Best and Worst Decisions in the Story


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BEST (at the time):



Jon Arryn being made Hand of the King


Robert marrying Cersei of House Lannister


Eddard being made Hand of the King


Lady Lysa staying out of the War of the Five Kings


Qhorin Halfhand telling Jon Snow to kill him and join the Wildlings


Jon and Stannis agreeing to bring The Wildlings into the realm


Sam rigging the Lord Commander vote to get Jon in charge.


Dany sacking Astapor and freeing the Unsullied and all slaves


Dany staying in Mereen rather than abandoning Slaver's Bay


The Vale Clans accepting Tyrion's offer (Shagga like Axes)


Doran sending Quentyn on a covert mission to meet and treat with Daenarys


Robert making Ser Grandfather head of his Kingsguard


Euron killing Balon and assuming leadership of the Ironborn


Robb's marriage pact with Walder Frey


Robb seeking an alliance with Renly


Dany hatching the dragons


Marriage pact between Tyrells and Lannisters



WORST:



Robb breaking his marriage pact to Walder Frey


Volantis not supporting Daenarys but supporting the Slavers


Dany NOT sacking Yunkai (huge mistake)


Dany NOT wiping out the leaders in Mereen


Dany NOT keeping an account of her dragons as they got bigger (little girl eaten, mass destruction)


Dany turning down Quentyn and marrying Hizdahr


Robb allowing himself to become, "King of the North and Riverlands" HUGE MISTAKE!!


Eddard telling Cersei


Sansa telling Cersei


Joffrey executing Eddard (Bing me his head!)


The Ships committing too early in the Battle of the Blackwater (TV show Davos made the error, in the books someone else).


Roose and Ramsay making a play for the North


The Red Wedding


Elia and her kids being slain


Victarion rejecting Asha's offer before the Kingsmoot


King Robert not killing all the Greyjoys and not permanently crippling the Iron Born (he left them too much strength)


All of Cersei's decisions in AFFC


Joffrey not marrying Sansa and not treating her right.

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Best: Jon Snow joining the Night's Watch (for everyone except Jon Snow).



Worst: Tywin humiliating Tyrion after the battle of blackwater (and every other time), and allowing him to be framed for killing Joffrey. Before that, the Lannisters had it in the bag. They had Casterly Rock, and the throne under firm control, and if Tyrion had gone with the family plan and knocked up Sansa they would have had a good claim on the North and potentially the Riverlands if they killed off Roslin and her child. Instead Twyin got killed and crazy-Cersei was left in charge and it all went down the creek.



I'm not counting any of the decisions made by Starks, 'cause that's just shooting fish in a barrel.


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Best:

The Red Wedding- Walder had to do this because Robb dishonored him and was going back home leaving him to the mercy of the gigantic armies of the Lannisters and Tyrells.

The Purple Wedding- The Tyrells didnt have a choice here they needed a King they could control, Joeffrey wasnt it.

Stannis making Davos his Hand

Stannis not bringing Mel along in his fight for the North

Victarion going to Mereen- I believe Euron wouldve eventually had him killed if he refused his orders

Worst:

Rhoyce not overthrowing Lysa during the war

Everything Robb did off the battlefield except making the alliance and marriage contract with the Freys

Stannis not sailing for KL when Robert died

Stannis not marching on Tywin at Harrenhal before attacking KL

I don't think that was a bad decision as Lysa was the regent to their liegelord and without the approval of House Arryn, the Knights of the Vale have no business fighting someone elses war.

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BEST



Daenerys becoming leader of her small khalasar and looking out for them



Bronn taking a chance to defend a convicted Tyrion



Tyrion's strategy at the Bay of Blackwater



Jon's defense of the Night's Watch



Arya fleeing King's Landing so that she wouldn't end up a hostage



Sansa being quiet and polite during her time at KL. Fly below the radar!



Tyrells offing Joff when they get the chance




WORST



Danenerys thinking that freeing all the slaves overnight won't create chaos.



Stannis and Renly NOT joining forces after Robert's death



Robb marrying another girl



Theon choosing his family over the Starks (I understand why he did it, it was just a bad decision in the long run)



Theon taking Winterfell


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Good

Lysa staying out of the war: I acknowledge it was smart for her and SR, but I still hate her with a passion for it and she betrayed her family. She deserved way worse than what she got

Jon going to the Wall: likely saved his life and could possibly have kept him alive so he can sit the throne

Bad

Father/Son naïveté- Ned and Robb

Renly rebelling against Stannis

Stannis not making his claim until he had almost no possible allies.

Stannis not marching to stop Tywin in the RL prior to the WOTFK. Had he done so he likely would have had their support.

Every plan a Greyjoy aside from Asha has had.

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I'm sorry but freeing slaves is just never a bad decision, regardless of how hard things are.

Not so much that she freed the slaves but rather she had absolutely no clue what was going to happen afterward and had she gone about it a different way (not saying that I have a better idea), she may have avoided some of the chaos, social and economic problems that followed.

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Catelyn taking Tyrion, kickstarting the war

Catelyn letting Jaime go, severely reducing Robb's chances to win said war

Oberyn letting his desire for retribution snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Jon's post-Pink Letter u-turn

To be fair, these occurred in contexts where 'decision making' was emotionally compromised

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Bad

Renly rebelling against Stannis

Renly rebelled against Joff, not Stannis.

And I'd put that in the "Best Decisions" too, if not for the shadow baby, he'd have the Throne and the Realm would be back in peace. (Until the Targs landing)

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Best: Dany buying all the Unsullied and then sacking Astapor. In one move she went from a beggar queen with baby dragons to a regional power.



Worst: Cat arresting Tyrion with no hard evidence. She started a war while most of her family was at KL and before Robb could call the banners. Remember, because of its size, it takes the North much longer to call the banners than any other region.


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