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Why is Baelish considered the "great architect" of the war?


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1 hour ago, Lord Varys said:

Oh, okay, when you phrase it like that you are correct. I was meaning he had no direct hand in it nor is there any indication he wanted it to happen, or could foresee it.

And there is no indication that he wanted Tywin and Jaime to crush the Riverlords or that Ned stupidly told Cersei what he had found out, resulting in Robert's murder.

The brilliance of Littlefinger is that he could work with pretty much anyone. That's his talent. What he couldn't do was to allow Ned to make Stannis king. That would have been the end of his career (and perhaps even the end of his life).

I agree. :thumbsup:

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2 hours ago, Light a wight tonight said:

LF is certainly the best plotter in the story, better than Varys in the way he can change plans quickly when the need arises. He seems not to have major long term goals, though, just gathering wealth and power and wreaking revenge on the Houses that he thinks have wronged him, especially the Tullys and Starks. 

He does roll well with the punches and he does want to literally screw the starks and tullys 

2 hours ago, Light a wight tonight said:

Recently Lords of Harrenhal seem to have the same survival rate as Margaery's husbands, and he's Protector of the Vale at the pleasure of the Vale lords, who don't support him unanimously .

and that is why he has not taken his seat and why he paid off key vale lords 

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On 12/04/2018 at 9:19 AM, Kandrax said:

He is a gambler.

This

Unlike varys he has no set path to his end goal and his end goal itself(Power)is also one thats got no set limits or specific  blueprints.....this gives him the freedom to use his considerable soft assets and intellegence to make quick decisions/gambles on the fly!

For exp his  story with the knife ......varys could prob have called him out right there and then but has no idea where LF was  going with it or how it could affect his own plans so is forced to say nothing and save that til hes sure what the angle  is 

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Petyr can't take all of the credit.  The hubris of the Starks, Lannisters, and Baratheons was the fuel for the fire.  Petyr just struck the match.  Arrogance, hate, and revenge fanned the flames and keeps it alive.

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On 4/12/2018 at 11:21 AM, The Sunland Lord said:

Petyr destroys, doesn't build, like @zandru perfectly explains.

He took actions which he knew would potentially lead to a war, such as the murder of Jon Arryn. After that, he pointed this way or that way to people who wanted to know what happened, knowing how they would react in the given position.

The Stark people such as Ned and Catelyn were predictable, and he took measure of them and destroyed them personally.

He destroyed three key Lannister people in a single stroke - Joffrey, Tywin and Tyrion.

He practically usurped the Arryn's seat after killing BOTH Jon Arryn and years after Lysa Arryn.

He destroyed the Tullys and the Riverlands via just feeding Catelyn with his stories and knowing Tywin's reaction to Tyrion's arrest.

Damn, when you look at it, this guy destroyed a whole continent.

 

The feudal system of Westeros is very stratified.  People are almost predestined.  So how a boy from a relatively poor and insignificant house rise to the top of the system?  Destabilize it and tear it down.  The system was working against Baelish.  He was only going as far as Jon Arryn would allow.  He had to take down the great houses in order to get rid of the Glass Ceiling that keeps him from reaching the top.

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