But then you went and spoiled things by dragging Tywin and Tyrion Lannister into it. Tywin is a real SOB, of that there is no question, but there's also no question that he is utterly competent, serious to a fault, and would kill and be killed for his country.
The same has become true of his son, Tyrion. An embarrassment to Tywin, this cynical, corrupt, morally depraved little dwarf came to exhibit leadership, a bravery few men possess and the same love of country as his father. He would kill or be killed for it. The capital withstood a siege and was not sacked because of him. He suffered a very ignominious fate for embarrassing his narcissistic coward of a nephew, Joffrey.
Would that our own country have such men in power right now.
We don't.
Maybe I'm biased because both roles are being played extremely well by almost perfectly cast actors. Elegant, witty, very believable. And then there's Cersei, Queen Regent, King Joffrey's mother, Tyrion's sister and daughter of Tywin. Wow. I'm just about head over heels for her now. Lena Headley, the actress, is incredibly gifted.
I disliked her intensely at first as her character can be intensely dislikeable. Scheming, amoral, anything for her and hers to stay in power. But, Season 2, Episode 9 "Blackwater" was just about the coolest thing I've ever seen that was made for television.
Don't you go comparing her to Hillary, lol.
I was comparing from the books, not the series, which suffers from the defect common to all HBO productions, such as unconvincing, boring fake sex shoved in my face so many times it gives porn a bad name. In the books, Tywin is not dedicated to his country so much as his family, and even then he is utterly clueless to the degeneracy of his two eldest children, and the virtues of his youngest, the dwarf Tyrion. I compared him to George Soros in my post, simply because he’s rich and without any ethical restraints other than keeping up appearances. You should read what he and Walder Frey do to Robb and Catelyn Stark. Don’t know if the HBO series got that far yet. As for Tyrion, he’s just as dedicated to family, in the mistaken belief that thereby he’ll ultimately get his father’s approval. At the end of volume four, however, utterly fed up with their constant lies, manipulations and rejections, he shoots daddy Tywin dead with a crossbow while he sits on the commode, going on the warpath against the whole clan. This is right after he’s wrongfully convicted of killing Joffrey. I haven’t yet read Feast of Crows, but I imagine he brings them all down low, leaving a total power vacuum for the dragon chick to fill. Is there a Tyrion in the present administration? One can hope.