House Lannister and Its Need For Family
Despite the ending of Game of Thrones occurring in May 2019 (and being lackluster at best), something that has always stood out to me is the way characters interact with one another. For the purposes of this post, we will be limiting our scope of characters to the immediate Lannister family (Tywin, Jaime, Cersei, and Tyrion), as well as some of their interactions with other characters important to their arcs, namely to reinforce the ideas of how they communicate and how therapy could’ve served them. Anyone who has watched the show will surely tell you that this family needed the most amount of care possible. We’ll start with the head of House Lannister, Tywin. Tywin is a hard man, forced from a young age to be cunning after his father made the house appear weak. Moments of tenderness are not his forte and Tywin excels at military strategy due to the impersonal nature of it. Tywin tends to have the best relationship with Jaime, his eldest son and heir. Despite being the best relat...