User blog comment:The Dragon Demands/Slapping Joffrey compilation (set to "Sweet Dreams are Made of These")/@comment-5014364-20120607163342/@comment-5060344-20120607233807

Tywin's peace often comes in the form of an iron fist crushing all who oppose him as a certain song describes. He is always willing to do ANYTHING to win but I agree he does not seem to enjoy the inflicting of pain upon others. I think the best way to describe him, is to say that he is Machiavellian to the last degree. However, as I have said, his scenes with Arya were very good at showing his human side.

I think that this is one of the great things about the writing in both the books and the TV series, is that none of the characters are one dimentional. Having characters who you can hate and like at the same time makes the story far more effective as you are constantly having tore-evaluate what you think about the various characters.

Except for Joffrey. Nothing can redeem Joffrey.