#Rich as a lannister full#

Just as Tyrion kidnapped and held Tommen hostage, Richard III did the same to his own nephews. Even the otherwise ruthless Tywin Lannister is appalled by what he perceives as the callousness of TyrionвЂ™s threat against Tommen, demanding of Tyrion, вЂњTo save a whoreвЂ™s virtue, you threatened your House, your own kin?вЂќ The depths Tyrion has sunken to are underscored even further by the fact that it is not even his whore, Shae, but Alayaya, whom he knows but has never slept with, that he threatens his own nephew, whom he claims to love, to protect. This is particularly noticeable after the Battle of the Blackwater when almost all of his nose is sliced off, and before this battle, Tyrion had his nephew Tommen (whom he says he likes) kidnapped and held hostage, even going so far as to threaten Cerise that any injury done to Alayaya will be done to Tommen. MartinвЂ™s portrayal of Tyrion, for as Tyrion takes on more villainous qualities and less sympathetic ones, his appearance, like RichardвЂ™s scoliosis, worsens. This belief may have influenced George R.R. Essentially, a deformity was a physical manifestation of some inward evil. RichardвЂ™s deformity was relevant to the medieval mindset, because the medieval belief was that, since imperfection had its roots in sin, an external deformity was indicative of some sort of internal warping of the soul. In other words, Richard III wasnвЂ™t a hunchback, but ShakespeareвЂ™s depiction of him as вЂњrudely stampвЂ™dвЂќ and вЂњdeformedвЂќ was not without merit. Richard IIIвЂ™s bones suggest that he probably had scoliosis, which, in the medieval era, would have essentially gone untreated, worsening as he aged and giving him a twisted spine and unbalanced shoulders that he could have attempted to hide with specially cut armor. Debate has long reigned between historians about the extent of RichardвЂ™s deformity: was he a hunchback as in ShakespeareвЂ™s famous play or was he not afflicted with any curvature of the spine at all and the myth that he was a deliberate lie to smear his reputation after his death in order to consolidate the Tudor claim to the English throne? The truth, as the remains of Richard III that were uncovered in the twenty-first century seem to attest, was somewhere between the two extremes. Just as Tyrion is (to use Westerosi terminology) a dwarf, Richard suffered from a curvature of the spine. While the accusations are meant for Tyrion, they would be just as applicable to Richard III.

#Rich as a lannister full#

вЂњYou are an ill-made, devious, disobedient, spiteful little creature full of envy, lust, and low cunning.вЂќ In Storm of Swords, Tywin Lannister hurls this barrage of insults at his son Tyrion.