Kit
Maester
I think the reaction was supposed to be viewed as overkill. It was a crime of passion brought on by a lifetime influence, stemming from the early period in Tyrion's life where his father used a whore against him.... Remember when he confided in Shae that he was tricked by his father, as a young man, into loving and marrying a whore?
Shae's knowledge of that event made her betrayal worse.
I remember all of that, and I really sympathize with Tyrion. He has had it bad; really really bad.
Yet the fact remains that we all know- and Tyrion did too- who was really behind his climactic downfall. He was *mostly* p***ed at Cercei and Pops, and took it out on Shae (and Pops). Again, Shae was just a pawn. A cheap backbiting b****, certainly- she really kicked him while he was down- but I'm not sure the scope of her role in the machinations deserved her fate.
I *love* Tyrion; seriously, I would have married the guy myself before he did that.... but that particular act made me recoil somewhat. Maybe I'm expecting too much of him to have expected him to handle that better... but I guess I did expect it. When I really like a character, I feel sorta personally betrayed when they fail to live up to what I expect of them.
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