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Originally Posted by ham on rye
i start from the assumption that tywin is rigging the trial, not that he's in on the original murder. the show makes it pretty clear he is rigging the trial - he's chosen two judges who he believes will rule his way, and his people are marginalizing bronn and trying to get pod to say tyrion bought the poison.
it could be possible that he doesn't know who did it but he's still rigging the jury to buy himself time / make it look like he bought the tyrion theory. or he could be rigging the jury because the queen already accused him so he's got to stand trial, but he knows he didn't do it so he wants him to get off. in short, there are lots of reasons to rig the jury even if he isn't in on the murder. however, it does seem clear that he is rigging the jury.
but my take is that he is trying to pin it on tyrion and that therefore he is in on the original plot. if you accept that he's trying to pin it on tyrion - already, without really investigating it - and you look at the other foreshadowing plus the speech to tommen, etc, it just reads to me as tywin being in on it.
I also kind of feel like Tywin is in on it but I'm not really trusting my feel reads at this point. Some points for Tywin being involved:
1) He seems certain Oberyn isn't involved. The only way Tywin recruits Oberyn for the jury, whether it's to rig the trial or just a political move, is if he's certain Oberyn didn't kill Joffrey. The only way that's the case is if Tywin is involved.
2) The fact that he seems to be rigging the trial without even speaking to Tyrion makes me feel like he's not rigging it in his favor. I'm a little hesitant making this read though because of all the red herrings in the last episode, not removing Tywin from the list of suspects creates a lot of suspense.
3) The fact that he's grooming Tommen. My problem with this is he would 100% groom Tommen regardless of whether he killed Joffrey, the read is based solely on the fact that it's shown on the show which means it might be of greater importance.
4) The bribing? Is there any evidence Tywin is doing the bribing? It could be LF pulling the strings. One thing I found interesting is how LF tossed the necklace into the the fool's boat rather than into the ocean. Unless he wants the necklace to be found that's pretty goddamn stupid. What I'm getting at is maybe he wants it to be found, which would implicate Sansa and Tyrion by association.
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Originally Posted by ham on rye
interesting point about tywin potentially not wanting olenna in on the murder. it could be that she convinced him it needed to be done and he went along. also if he does want to get rid of joffrey he still needs the tyrells for their money and support, so it makes sense to ensure olenna is on board.
LF initiating the plot with olenna is another interesting idea. what if LF brings it to olenna, complete with the lannister double-cross element, and then olenna brings it to tyrion?
Yeah, letting Olenna in could be a gesture to gain their trust and get them on board with the Tommon plan, it just doesn't strike me as a very Tywinny thing to do and him killing Joffrey seems like something he'd want to keep a secret to outside parties. I kind of doubt Olenna would have the balls to approach Tywin with a plan to kill his grandson and king. She needs to be sure Tywin would be in or it would blow up in her face in a spectacular way.
Not sure if I follow the second part, are you saying Olenna would want Tyrion in on the Lannister double-cross?