Angel Eyes Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 So in ASOS Tyrion IV, Tywin, annoyed with the neutrality of the Night's Watch, suggests appointing Janos Slynt at Lord Commander as an ally to the Lannisters. Here, Tyrion thinks he should have Janos killed when he sent him up to the Watch like he did Allar Deem. To that point, why didn't Tyrion have Janos killed? At that point there wasn't anything stopping him from doing that and it wouldn't have been a stretch of the imagination if Slynt fell overboard in a storm, which is what indeed happened to Allar Deem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Plot reasons? EggBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rondo Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Sending Janos Slynt to the wall was wrong to start with. Janos was not a good man but neither is Bronn. Janos did as he was told by the Lannisters. Sending him to the wall is poor return for his services to his family. It's bad already. Tyrion had no grounds to have Janos killed. One of the principles of the game of thrones is rewarding those who are loyal, useful, and worthy of trust. Janos was all of that to the Lannisters. Corvo the Crow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Eyes Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rondo said: Sending Janos Slynt to the wall was wrong to start with. Janos was not a good man but neither is Bronn. Janos did as he was told by the Lannisters. Sending him to the wall is poor return for his services to his family. It's bad already. Tyrion had no grounds to have Janos killed. One of the principles of the game of thrones is rewarding those who are loyal, useful, and worthy of trust. Janos was all of that to the Lannisters. I wouldn't trust someone who turns at the drop of a dime and leads people on a child-killing massacre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvo the Crow Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Because he’s a good friend to Jon. He may as well have gift wrapped Janos with a tag on his neck saying “open here”. It’a not Tyrion’s fault Jon was part of a botched ranging and got the gift in an inappropriate time, although Tyrion could’ve sent a raven ahead saying “dear friend Jon, I’ll cut it short, here’s a gift for you, I expect you’ll cut it short as well wink wink” EggBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canon Claude Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Corvo the Crow said: Because he’s a good friend to Jon. He may as well have gift wrapped Janos with a tag on his neck saying “open here”. It’a not Tyrion’s fault Jon was part of a botched ranging and got the gift in an inappropriate time, although Tyrion could’ve sent a raven ahead saying “dear friend Jon, I’ll cut it short, here’s a gift for you, I expect you’ll cut it short as well wink wink” Gotta love the conspiracy theories which fans make… Corvo the Crow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingStoneheart Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 7 hours ago, Rondo said: One of the principles of the game of thrones is rewarding those who are loyal, useful, and worthy of trust. Janos was all of that to the Lannisters. Tyrion was never a fan of those loyal to the Lannisters. He knew that given the choice between choosing to serve him and betray Cersei or vice versa, he would serve Cersei and got rid of him, just like he did Pycelle. And besides it’s his way of keeping his promise to Mormont by sending a “Lord Commander” of their own to the Wall. It would be pointless to kill all seven of Janos’ group when you can at least let the Wall have some of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiedevushkikakzvezdy Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 22 hours ago, Angel Eyes said: So in ASOS Tyrion IV, Tywin, annoyed with the neutrality of the Night's Watch, suggests appointing Janos Slynt at Lord Commander as an ally to the Lannisters. I'm more curious as to why Janos Slynt would want to be an ally of the Lannisters after what Tyrion did to him. EggBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Eyes Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 On 12/24/2022 at 5:05 PM, Takiedevushkikakzvezdy said: I'm more curious as to why Janos Slynt would want to be an ally of the Lannisters after what Tyrion did to him. Any port in a storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Tristifer_IV_Mudd Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Cuz he isn’t as monstrous as that Stalin like character in the North Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiedevushkikakzvezdy Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 14 hours ago, Angel Eyes said: Any port in a storm. But Slynt would already be at the Wall and a member of the NW by that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astarkchoice Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 12/23/2022 at 11:16 PM, Angel Eyes said: So in ASOS Tyrion IV, Tywin, annoyed with the neutrality of the Night's Watch, suggests appointing Janos Slynt at Lord Commander as an ally to the Lannisters. Here, Tyrion thinks he should have Janos killed when he sent him up to the Watch like he did Allar Deem. To that point, why didn't Tyrion have Janos killed? At that point there wasn't anything stopping him from doing that and it wouldn't have been a stretch of the imagination if Slynt fell overboard in a storm, which is what indeed happened to Allar Deem. It could have been any number of things (more likely a mix) Slynt loves a bribe and lannister/lf gold..he clearly likes the finer things in life thus a one way trip to the bleak north for such a nasty pampered scumbag may have amused tyrion's sadistic streak He keeps saying he has friends in court..this may be true and affect any punishment..tyrion new to the hand role may have baulked at being too heavy handed to someone well connected For all intents being sent to the nights watch is pretty much a death sentence anyway..you swear an oath and never come back Finaly and the strongest one is tyrion genuinely wanted to help the watch , he got on well with some of its men. Slynt for all his flaws can read and write, will have basic arms training and most importanly handled the day to day running/logistics of a huge force himself...for all his flaws he could be an asset to the watch if he tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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