User blog comment:Etindel/That did NOT just happen!/@comment-15843945-20130606194856/@comment-10385544-20130610152710

I think having Tywin Lannister as the mastermind behind the Red Wedding just might expose a plot fault. Either that or Lord Tywin has the ability to see the future. Here's why I say this.

The wedding was not agreed to until a meeting between Freys and Tullys at Riverrun, and they left the very next day for The Twins. The trip to the The Twin was delayed by heavy rains and took about two weeks. It would seem to appear that the wedding took place at the Twins, either the day of their arrival or the next day. If that is not correct, please tell me.

The above timetable would not leave enough time for Lord Tywin to learn about the wedding and then do something about it. The distance between Riverrun and The Twins must be roughly one third the distance from Riverrun to King's Landing. For argument's sake, I declare Riverrun to The Twins to be the double as Riverrun to Harrenhall. Lord Bolton was informed of the wedding, presumably by the Tully's at Riverrun.

There would not be enough time for riders on horseback to make the trip from Harrenhall to King's Landing and back to The Twins. There would not be enough time for a rider to make the trip between any combination of the three castles that includes a detour to King's Landing and back to The Twins.

That leaves ravens to carry messages. It is my understanding that a raven can carry a message twice as fast as the average traveler, but not as fast as a courier messenger on horseback picking up fresh horses along the way. But, let's assume that a raven can travel twice as fast as the mounted courier. Work out any path between Riverrun, Harrenhall, The Twins and there is still not enough time to include a detour out to King's Landing and back.

I've also considered that the possibility that a Lannister at Casterly Rock may have financed the plot, but Casterly Rock is much further from either Harranhall or The Twins. And, then there is the assumption that Lord Tywin would have to be in the loop for all of this to happen, which he apparently was. Including Casterly Rock in the exchange of messages actually increases the distances involved. Scratch Casterly Rock.

If I've made any incorrect conclusions based on some false assumptions, would someone please tell me? I'm convinced that there was simply not enough elapsed time for a Lord Tywin sitting in King's Landing to have been involved in a plot behind the Red Wedding.