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I was surprized that no one notice a Dostoyevski reference. At Tywin's funeral when his body started to stink from decay was very similar to the scene in "The Brothers Karamazov" when the Zosima the elder that Aloyosha was mentored by smells at his funeral. Everyone tries to ignore the smell, but it eventually gets unbearable in Karamazov. Dostoyevski meant it a commentary on the beleif in Russia that holy men do not decay when they die, but the smell of Zosima's body calls into question amonst the masses all of the prior good that he had done for the people of the town. Tywin's simmilar decay at his funeral could be an indication that King's landing and the realm will soon forget any positive things that the Lannister's have done for them. But the way it was described in Feast was very similar to Dostoyevski's description.