Examination of a scene: Cersei and Littlefinger

[jeds]

In the Game of Thrones season opening episode “The North Remembers” there is a scene that is not from the book. That is not to say it did not happen; the Point of View writing of A Song of Ice and Fire leaves plenty of room for such scenes to occur, just we the readers do not witness them. This is going to happen more in Season 2 as the show’s

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[delvene]

Interesting pov on Baelish as I haven't read the books, I think I'll wait til the TV series has ended as I'm enjoying being surprised. Unless they want to start having characters with internal monologues then the writers won't be able to have Baelish be so subtle, though I thought he was pretty subtle and clever.

I'm loving Arya, I think she was one of my faves from the start, along with Tyrion. End of ep 3 was a bit freaky :/

[jeds]

Baelish in the books is the consummate game player, on par with Varys. I wont say too much but it's not hard to understand that both of them are playing the long game.

However I enjoy this scene more because you can tell he forgets himself when Cersei pushes his Caetlyn button, and I love how Cersei's face goes all blank and wooden as he speaks - you just know she's burning with rage inside. After being called the "disappointing child" by Tyrion (a huge insult given how she views her younger brother) she really wants to vent on somebody and Littlefinger throws himself in her path. I could have done with a little more subtlety, but as you say without the internal monologues it's hard to have it.

After the first season and the shock at the end I immediately went out and got the books. I had to keep reading. Now that I've finished up to where Martin has written, I kind of regret it now - I like being surprised by the TV show which I think is why I like this scene now as it's not in the book but could have been