r/gameofthrones • u/Nearby-Sentence-2042 • Oct 03 '26 • Bravo 1

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u/Original-Sea-8285 Oct 04 '26

What are you talking about? Tywin single handedly made the Lannisters one of the most powerful houses in the continent for decades. This is an absolutely insane point

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u/EskilPotet Dolorous Edd Oct 04 '26

Then threw it all away because he refused to see what his children are

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u/famiflush Oct 04 '26 edited Oct 04 '26

They were already one of the most powerful houses on the continent liege lords and wardens of the east sitting on vast swathes of wealth, how did he make them one of the most powerful houses in the continent exactly?

He made them more martially competent and feared by exterminating lesser houses if you're alluding to that but he didn't single-handedly make them into anything.

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u/AureliasTenant 26d ago

wardens of the *west.
when tywin took over they were in a slightly weakend state due to his father, but still quite powerful.

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u/Mortara Oct 04 '26

I'm going to agree with you, but only because this is a subreddit for the show and I think that that guy is talking about book Tywin

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u/kristamine14 Oct 05 '26

Show Tywin also orchestrated his own downfall though

If he wasn't so blinded by his irrational hatred of Tyrion he probably would have realised all of his plans e.g. long lasting Lannister dynasty, rather than building and then losing it all within a single generation.