User blog comment:Gcheung28/Fan vs. Critic: Game of Thrones - The Laws of Gods and Men/@comment-68.14.130.124-20140521161530

uhmm, the critic didn't even give him a chance to talk... and in any case, it makes sense how the trial played out... Tyrion knows everything is a farce, but when he realizes that his father has orchestrated events to benefit himself, and has destroyed everything that means anything to Tyrion, Tyrion takes away what he can from his father the only way he can, by going for a trial by combat. He knows he's screwed, but at least this way he can screw his father over too. Tyrions anger and resentment at his life occasionally leads him to self-destructive acts, such as this one, but he is lucid enough in his fury to know that he can ruin his fathers plans in this instance.