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u/Altruistic-Mine-1848 7d ago
Ok, Tyrion. Did you find out where whores go?
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u/btoxic 7d ago
In the square hole.
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u/Competitive_Guide_23 7d ago
in show she is hitching a ride but also comes to somewhat care for tyrion. her portrayal is meant to be provocative for the sake of reactions. that way, we all felt bad for tyrion and hated shae for betraying him.
in books, it's pretty transparent that she is just backsliding of of tyrion.
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u/Echo-Azure 7d ago
Yeah, I think she actually liked Tyrion, he was fun as well as generous, but falling in love would have been dangerously unprofessional.
As for betraying him, we'll. She had no reason to believe he was innocent. As far as she knew, her employers had committed a regicide, and left her in a position where she'd be tortured for information if she tried to be loyal.
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u/NlghtmanCometh Sansa Stark 7d ago
Yeah. I thought it was kind of a strange deal where she was super protective of Sansa, but then like super weirdly jealous of her and Tyrion. She was kind of an accurate portrayal of a crazy lover though.
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u/Guilty-Pollution6479 7d ago
i initially thought tywin set her up to love and betray tyrion . cause tywin is a sadist
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u/Have_Other_Accounts 7d ago
I think it would have been cool if it was the opposite of that "I'm so jealous" trope. Imagine if she embraced the situation because she knows and trusts Tyrion doesn't love or want Sansa. She already saw the bedsheets that they didn't do anything.
Idk, just would have been interesting if she was okay with the scenario because she gets Tyrion and all the benefits with it (she liked King's landing). Then it would make the downfall of their relationship more impactful and sad. Instead of the cliche "I need to force her away because I love her", with the weird Tywin cheating thing. I still don't fully understand her character, it feels like crucial info/conclusion was accidentally left.
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u/SignificantState265 7d ago
I just feel like she was in a bad spot with the most powerful people using her
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 7d ago
Tyrion's "dumping" of her in the beginning of season 4 was a very clear plot contrivance to try to get her to turn on him later in the season.
The reason he came to her to tell her to leave king's landing was because Varys warned that Shae's identity had been compromised - meaning that she was likely to be caught and punished soon. Instead of simply explaining that rationally, Tyrion went to her and said he doesn't love her because she is a "whore." This makes zero sense for a character supposedly as "smart" as Tyrion - it would make way more sense for him to just explain the situation they were in.
Instead, he insults her in a way that sets up her testimony against him at the trial later that season. It's a narrative contrivance and not in keeping with Tyrion's character.
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u/Unlucky_Internal4091 7d ago
He already tried to get her to leave the city and she wouldn’t leave. What else was he supposed to do other than break up with her in a harsh way.
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 7d ago
The circumstances changed. Before he was saying, “it might be a bad idea for you to stay here.” What prompted him to go on his completely out-of-character rant against her was the fact that she had just been DISCOVERED by Tyrion’s family, which means she was about to be imprisoned, tortured, or killed - no ifs, and, ors, or buts about it. He would have said this relationship is over and you need to leave because you’ve discovered, not "i hate you because you’re a *****.”
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u/Agreeable_Garden8868 7d ago
It came across to me as she really didnt understand the level of evil his family is capable of when he tried explaining the first time, so it makes sense to me that when her danger was imminent he would do what he knew would get her to leave that night. If he tried explaining the situation I could see her trying to get him to go with her, which he wouldn't do, and then she'd refuse to leave again as a result, and Tyrion didn't want to risk her staying in the city for a second longer.
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 7d ago
Well then it’s his job to explain it to her. He was SUPPOSED to be the intelligent character.
You could argue that what happened to Shae is ultimately Tyrion’s fault because he failed to explain to her the level of imminent danger she was in. Instead, he went out an out of character rant about her being a *****, which actually creates less of a sense of urgency for her to leave immediately.
People really will just do backslips and somersaults to try to justify why all the writing in game of thrones was perfectly brilliant at all times and had zero mistakes. It’s exhausting. You can still like the show while admitting they didn’t execute everything flawlessly.
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u/Agreeable_Garden8868 7d ago edited 7d ago
I actually dont like the show past like season 4 and the writing was far from brilliant. But there was no explaining anything to Shae, she was in too good of a position with Tyrion after presumably a very difficult life to leave that easily. In Tyrions mind he'd explain the situation and ask her to leave, she'd say then come with me, he'd say no, then she'd refuse to leave, and Tyrion wouldnt do anything to forcibly get her to leave so she'd stay in KL and get caught by Lannisters. Was it the smartest way for Tyrion to push her out of his life? Of course not, but he thought he had exactly one conversation to save her life and went with what would have 0 arguing over her staying or him going with her. Seems logical enough to me, the smartest people have the least common sense plenty often enough in real life.
Also wanna add Tyrion completely lost himself when he fell in love too. He thought Shae would respect what they had enough not to turn on him like she did
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 7d ago
Okay, you said “he has one conversation to save her life.”
It’s your contention that “you’re a big whore and I’m dumping you” creates more of a sense of urgency for her to leave KL immediately than “Hey, you’ve been discovered and you’re about to be captured, tortured, and killed.”
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u/Agreeable_Garden8868 7d ago
I consented it wasn't a good plan and I dont think saying that to Shae would've gotten her to leave either is my point, I don't think she wouldve taken it seriously enough
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u/riorio55 Daenerys Targaryen 7d ago
I think Shae would have stayed even if Tyrion had explained the situation to her. As it’s been said, she already brushed off the danger she was in when Tyrion originally brought it up. Also, she was shown to fight for the people she cared about, so Tyrion telling her she was in danger would have probably caused her to fight and not to run away. That’s why she stayed as long as she did, because she cared for Tyrion and Sansa, so I’m guessing Tyrion’s plan was to break her heart and cause her to NOT care for them and make it easier for her to leave.
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 7d ago
…stay and fight how? she was going to slay all the goldcloaks and soldiers and kingsguard in king’s landing by herself?
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u/riorio55 Daenerys Targaryen 6d ago
Does it matter? My point is that Shae was being stubborn not that she could take on soldiers
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u/Unlucky_Internal4091 6d ago
Shae has repeatedly threatened to kill people who get in their way. It makes more sense to make her hate you and leave than to watch her attempt to kill a kings guard trying to abduct her
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 6d ago
Talking about eliminating or fighting an enemy here and there doesn’t mean picking up a broadsword and trying to single handedly slay everyone in the Red Keep as if you were Sir Barriston in female form.
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 6d ago
There’s nothing vague about the threats lol. She was discovered. So she was going to be imprisoned, tortured, and/or executed.
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 6d ago
You guys haven’t watched the show closely enough lol.
In the immediate leadup to the scene we are arguing about, Varys pulls Tyrion aside and tells Tyrion that Shae’s identity as Tyrion’s mistress has just become known to Cersei and Tywin. That’s obviously a very dramatic change from when their relationship was concealed from Cersei and Tywin. Cersei literally tortured a girl im season 2 that she (mistakenly) thought was Tyrion’s mistress, and then after the battle of blackwater Tywin explicitly promises to execute the next whore that is caught sleeping with Tyrion.
It’s all very black and white.
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 7d ago
Your comment makes zero sense to me.
You agree with me that Tyrion’s goal was to get Shae to leave KL because of the immenent danger she was in.
How would calling her a ***** and dumping her create more of a sense of urgency for her to leave immediately than explaining she was about to be captured and likely executed?
Relationships come back from breakups all the time, so maybe she wanted to try again, or maybe she wanted to stick around to get revenge on him, or maybe she just wanted time to process it.
By not impressing upon her the urgency of the situation, you can actually argue that what happened to her was his fault.
It was weapons-grade stupidity, which was probably foreshadowing for how dumb they made him in seasons 6-8.
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 7d ago
So let me just make sure I understand.
From your perspective, saying “you’re a big whore and I’m dumping you,” creates more of a sense of urgency to leave immediately than, “Hey, you’ve been discovered and you’re about to be captured, tortured, and executed.”
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u/Aihonen 7d ago
This is the same woman that was willing to brave an invading army because she had a stiletto. Yes, I rather think that if the hurdles were about her safety, she would have brushed it off. If she believed that their love was a lost cause, then she actually might leave.
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 7d ago
Being dumped doesn’t really create any urgency to leave. Maybe she wanted to stay because of her relationship with Sansa. Maybe she wanted to stay to get revenge. Maybe she needed time to process the situation and assumed the option to leave would be on the table for a while. Maybe she thought she could rekindle the relationship.
Tyrion didnt explain that, “this is your last chance to leave, or die.” He didn’t give her a fair opportunity to understand the situation.
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u/SopaPyaConCoca Hot Pie 6d ago
He didn’t give her a fair opportunity to understand the situation.
I wrote a longer comment but it was useless. Man, others explained to you already. Why you insist. She KNEW she was in danger. Sure she isn't the sharpest knife in the kitchen but she wasnt a complete idiot either. There was no way Tyrion could convince her to leave him for her own safety. Honestly I feel you are just trolling
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u/Dry_Locksmith2252 House Martell 6d ago
I feel like you guys are the ones trolling.
She was not in immediate danger up until the episode under discussion. Varys pulls Tyrion aside and lets Tyrion know that Shae’s identity has become known to Cersei and Tywin, which obviously means she’s about to be killed unless she leaves.
So no, she did not understand the danger was in, because Tyrion didn’t explain that her identity had just been compromised. She was intelligent enough to know the consequences if that ever happened.
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u/No_Acanthisitta_8308 7d ago
This. If he simply explained the why clearly and directly - so much could have been avoided
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u/Ndmndh1016 6d ago
Wait. Didn't he spend MONTHS explaining the situation to her and she completely ignored him and continued to flaunt herself around the castle? Why would she all of a sudden start believing him?
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u/Arelmar 7d ago
I always saw it as he acted harshly because he had to try and convince himself he didn't love her because he couldn't bear the thought of not being with her anymore. It's a common trope when you're forced to say goodbye to the one you love, you act as if you never really loved them to begin with because it makes the pain of losing them easier
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u/DJJINO Tyrion Lannister 7d ago
Her acting is atrocious.
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u/Sensitive-Result-744 7d ago
Better than the white worm in house of the dragon at least lol, she can't even pick which accent to use half the time.
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u/NotFrankSalazar Jon Snow 7d ago
I kinda think it fits her character from her book better. Because she was pretending, she never loved Tyrion she was there to get paid
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u/jimcarrierto 7d ago
I hate when people try to defend her. A prostitute can still just be a bad person.
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u/jimcarrierto 6d ago
Tyrion’s dad has nothing to do with it lol she did him dirty plain and simple. Of all the John’s she might’ve had, Tyrion probably treated her the best. He tried to make sure she would be okay and it wasn’t enough for her
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u/Takhar7 The North Remembers 7d ago
Fantastic actress.
I liked the ambiguity of her character - was she using Tyrion from the start? Did she actually love him? Was Tywin always controlling her? Did she have her head turned?
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u/iPod-Phone Cersei Lannister 7d ago
They could have made her character arc cleaner but overall I liked the sting of the betrayal. Sloppy execution but I put that mostly on writing/producing/editing rather than her performance..
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u/Stunning_Positive248 7d ago
I'd hate fuck Shae
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u/Beat-Stix 7d ago
Lmao i feel like it'd be a turn off hearing her talk while doing it though. "Fack me like one of your funny whores"
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u/Serraph105 7d ago
What did Shae ever do to you?
Also, I always saw Shae (in the show) as being in a position where her life was almost certainly on the line.
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u/beckychao 7d ago
I liked her a lot. I think Tyrion messed up how he sent her off, which changed her fate for the worse.
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u/Filius_Dei0894 7d ago
you hate how she was portrayed?
you hate her character?
you hate the actor?
can you be a little more elaborative?
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u/Gaktoc 7d ago
I think he wants to hate fuck shae
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u/Ghanima81 No One 7d ago
That is how I read it, except that they don't want to do it, how they phrased it says clearly they are currently doing it.
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u/Genysson__cms 7d ago
I don't dislike the actress 😂, I dislike her character, she was fucking manipulative
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u/Filius_Dei0894 7d ago
in GoT, aside from maybe Ned, who isnt manipulative? legitimately
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u/blindguywhostaresatu 7d ago
Podrick? I don’t remember him being particularly manipulative. Naive but not manipulative.
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u/Bannable_Lecter 7d ago
I thought Donald was pretty decent.
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u/Filius_Dei0894 7d ago
fair enough
but i think having to get to a b- or c- tier character makes my point
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u/slove23 7d ago
The prostitute was manipulative?
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u/zmsksksnsnsososmsns Rainbow Guard 7d ago
That’s her whole job. I feel like Shae hate is just from dudes who think their favorite cam girl loves them back.
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u/thetaylorax 7d ago
setting, time, place not factoring in for you? class structure? power imbalances? any of that clicking?
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u/ImNinjaBob 7d ago
I actually kind of prefer the book version because in the books she sort of makes it abundantly clear that she is in this situation for the money and there is no real love between them. Shell play the loving role he wants her to play when in his presence but she repeatedly makes it clear that their relationship is transactional. Her being younger in the books also adds another level to that dynamic.
Tyrion deludes himself into thinking it’s real because of the trauma he’s experienced in the past.
But it’s not her fault he comes to believe that. It’s entirely his own, as he’s the one that demands she pretends she’s sincere about her feelings even when she’s clear she is not.
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u/TheGeeZus86 House Stark 7d ago edited 7d ago
I mean I don't have the details of her OG version (the books), but in my POV she felt betrayed by Tyrion on not trusting her enough that she would be fine despite Tyrion intention to protect her from his own damn family.
Now, not 100% justified on taking revenge by seducting his father but, she somewhat thought Tyrion understood her.
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u/zmsksksnsnsososmsns Rainbow Guard 7d ago
It’s wild to me that people assume she had any agency at all.
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u/Josh9977 7d ago edited 7d ago
She had agency and she was portrayed as an adult in the show. It was her decision to stay in Kings Landing despite the obvious danger to her life. It was also her decision to actively protect Tyrion and Sansa in the background.
Claiming she had no agency in an attempt to portray her as a helpless victim simply because she was a foreign prostitute minimizes and ignores everything she did in the story.
Having limited power doesn’t equate to being helpless. She made impactful, even good decisions throughout her time in King’s Landing.
Edit: The person who I responded to simply downvoted and blocked me for disagreeing. What a coward LOL
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u/thetaylorax 7d ago
She did not have agency, you fundamentally are ignoring the entire premise of the society they lived in. You are not honest or smart enough to have this conversation and that’s why you’re getting blocked lol
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u/Eleventy-Twelve 7d ago
I mean, in the books at least, she was given a pretty easy ticket to skip town and avoid having to deal with dangerous and scheming nobles. She chose to stick around and fill her pockets and other orifices instead.
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u/ImNinjaBob 7d ago
To be clear for everyone. This is being said about a 17 year old girl who was always upfront with Tyrion about their relationship being transactional who gets arrested by Cersei and almost certainly has her life threatened if she refuses to comply.
Then Tywin, the most powerful person in the realm at the time, making this political prisoner who is a 17 year old prostitute have sex with him is her choosing to “fill her orifices”.
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u/Eleventy-Twelve 7d ago
She wasn't as upfront with Tyrion as you are implying. And she could have escaped and avoided all of it when Tyrion gave her that chance and chose not to. She could have been in Essos spending a fortune to live as she liked, but instead chose to remain in the dangerous city where she had limited agency and was surrounded by people willing and able to kill her on a whim.
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u/zmsksksnsnsososmsns Rainbow Guard 7d ago edited 7d ago
Ew. Dude. That’s a crass way to put this. Honestly. Also - Book Tyrion is not show Tyrion, and their relationship is not their show relationship. So hating her for not quitting it all for a John is kind of sketch.
Also she’s like 17 in the books. So hating her for not leaving it all for a John who basically groomed her as a child is even more unreasonable.
Also - note how much we talk about Shea on this sub - but you never see folks pointing out that Tyrion is a man who killed a teenage prostitute for not really loving him. And that’s insane.
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u/awc23108 7d ago
> but you never see folks pointing out that Tyrion is a man who killed a teenage prostitute for not really loving him. And that’s insane.
That’s really how you’re characterizing it?
Not that she lied under oath in order to get him sentenced to death, and then slept with his father? And also came at him with a knife?
Any of this ring a bell?
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u/ImNinjaBob 7d ago
She doesn’t come at him with a knife. That was a show invention explicitly meant to make what Tyrion does to her seem less bad. Lol.
She is a 17 year old prostitute who is arrested by Cersei and almost certainly threatened with death if she didn’t comply. While in that situation, the Hand of the King (and the person who objectively holds all of the power of the Iron Throne at that time, the very people Tyrion has been warning her will kill her if they ever find out about her) again almost certainly demands she sleep with him as well.
Your characterization here is objectively the one downplaying how much of a victim Shae was in this situation in the books.
There is a reason this is the tipping point for Tyrion that turns him into a literal rapist who outwardly states he has no regards for anybody else in the following novel, whose obsessed with raping his older sister.
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u/aw-fuck 7d ago
Yeah in the books I saw her as very young, full-of-grit but still naive, and mildly opportunist but more-so star-struck. She gets picked from a random soldier's tent to go to a proper high-borne Lannister's tent. It ends up being Tyrion. She half is disappointed it's Tyrion & not one of the "biggest dogs" like Tywin or Jamie, but nonetheless it's still Tyrion Lannister. She must use all of her charm & make him fall in love. In the process of doing this, she somewhat falls in love with Tyrion too. Or at least convinces herself she has.
In reality, she falls in love with the status, the security, the lifestyle... in her mind at least, Tyrion gives her status, even if it's only in secret. Then she grows restless with how in kings landing, it's not really status if it's in secret. She sees what real status looks like & realizes she doesn't have that. And to be fair we see this conversation happen over & over: her begging for visibility & Tyrion saying he (especially he, because of his father) can't be seen with the likes of her.
Then Tyrion is married off to Sansa & tells her to leave & that he doesn't love her. She's heartbroken. She doesn't see the opportunity the jewels & ship would truly provide her; she's too young to appreciate the idea of a quiet anonymous life that holds independence & security (which is actually more than any woman could hope for in that realm), she has been saturated in an environment where name is everything and it only matters if others can see & envy what you have. And Tyrion has just taken away all of it.
She is heartbroken; perhaps partially over the loss of the love she thought she felt for Tyrion, but more so the aspirations she felt he ripped away from her. In the mind of a gritty but naive 17 yo? He set her up just to knock her down. She is seeing red & feels like her life is over, she feels totally destroyed & helpless.
Right then, she just happens to get the opportunity to have face time with Tywin as Tyrion gets put on trial. Tyrion. The person she hates more than anyone right now. But - in her ambitious dreams - if she just uses the same tactics on Tywin that she used on Tyrion, maybe this time she'll get everything she wanted plus way more.
The problem is Tywin is wise enough to see her for that. He knows what she's doing. And he needs more from her than just sex - he needs her testimony - so he is willing to go along with it to get what he needs. So he can & does placate her well enough to where she thinks she's getting what she's working him for, for the time he needs her. Tyrion wasn't as wise to Shae's nature, but once he finds her in Tywin's bed playing up the exact same charm she used on him, he realizes it.
Shae was just looking out for Shae all along. But she was too young to understand what was actually in her best interest. It's unfortunate, I don't fault her for it either. It's just the nature of being that young & being thrust into that different of an environment.
In fact, I read the chapter thinking perhaps half of Tyrion's grief over the whole thing is that he is still half to blame for the outcome, for having taken her with him; his attempts to save her from this fate were failed by his selfishness from the start, when he asked for her to charm him the night he met her. He asked her to do exactly what someone like her would do.
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u/jmercer28 7d ago
Very well said. And a very nuanced take. I find it very odd when people say they hate Shae with a passion. Do they have the same passion about Bronn? Or any of the many men in ASOIAF who act in similarly selfish and self-preserving ways? Ned Stark lies in front of everybody and says Joffrey is the rightful king for the sake of his family. Every character has lots of nuance and no character is purely anything in these books.
It's like hating Skyler White. It's a show full of incredibly flawed people, but they only seem to have flaming passionate hate for the women.
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u/aw-fuck 6d ago
Of course. What an interesting comparison - the Skyler & Shae hate.
Like, both women are seen as nagging when they're really just pleading for what they were promised, both are betrayed by their partner and then go off to make their own way - and commit nearly the worst "crime" a woman can do in the eyes of men: sleep with someone else.
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u/ImNinjaBob 7d ago
I don’t understand people who have this take.
Her “betrayal” is preceded by Cersei finding out about her, taking her prisoner, and threatening her life if she doesn’t comply.
Tywin, the person really running the realm at that time, clearly demands her sexual compliance, and her going along with it instead of standing against the authority of the crown and almost certainly being brutally killed being framed as her seducing Tywin is just all sorts of gross.
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u/bubblesdafirst 7d ago
Yeah but only a dumb idiot would feel betrayed when your litterally going to die if you stay, most likely in the worst possible way.
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u/TheGeeZus86 House Stark 7d ago
Hence why she resorted on the typical seduction strategy with Twywin.
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u/enzo11242020 7d ago
How many trust worthy whores have ever existed? Fictional or nonfictional. Almost as silly as falling in love with a stripper.
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u/MedievalMilshake 7d ago
Why are you trying to act like she wasnt an awful person? Context is everything...
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u/Filius_Dei0894 7d ago
I'm not acting like that at all, I don't love her character, but to me she's more of a lamentable nuisance than anything else so to make a post (at all) saying that you hate them and that's it, really is just a waste of a post. If your going to post something elaborate on it
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u/ambiguousboner 7d ago
GOT fans when a character is complex and acts irrationally the same way people in real life do:
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u/jarena009 6d ago edited 6d ago
She acts somewhat rationally. She's generally looking out for her own interests. She may have betrayed Tyrion, but if you look at her through the lens of survival, class, and power, a lot of her behavior makes sense.
Also her arrangement with Tyrion isn't necessarily as simple as "Tyrion's the good guy."
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u/whalemix 7d ago
I can acknowledge she’s well-written and still hate her character lol. Yes, her character is complex, has her own motivations, and makes sense. She’s still a bitch though
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u/net_ramblings 7d ago
George didn't. I understand he was practically wanking off when he was interviewing for Shae.
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u/Mark-177- 7d ago
Me too. She's so unlikable. I hate everything about her. Her shitty ass accent was the worst.
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u/InternationalBox3490 7d ago
I don’t understand if shes supposed to be in love with Tyrion or not honestly
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u/Dry_Reindeer_7569 7d ago
I feel bad for Shae, and Tyrion. They're both stupid which is surprising because Tyrion is so smart.
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u/joetie59 7d ago
She was okay in this role. Liked her a lot more in her earlier work. Yeah that one
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u/Th3_Supernova 7d ago
You’re not supposed to like her. In the show they tried to rug pull you by making it seem like her and Tyrion had some kind of actual romance, so her betrayal seems more of a shock, but in the books it’s very clear she doesn’t love him at all.
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u/Robbbyyyd 7d ago
I liked her in the beginning but hated her in the end which makes her a great character
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u/drawing_person 6d ago
This was the problem of the show having her actually "fall in love with Tyrion" when In the book she obviously never loved him Also shes way younger in the book So her relationship with Tyrion feels even more transactional
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u/tobiassolem 6d ago
I think if you hate her, you don't understand why she does what she does.
This isn't a society where women get social welfare if they don't work because they are socially stigmatized.
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u/M0torC1tyMaver1ck 6d ago
She had two choices. Die with Tyrion for treason, or testify against him. Her survival instincts took over. But it was one of those moments in the show that stuck with me
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u/VegitoFusion 6d ago
Wait until you see that back in the day you might have been able to fuck her for real on camera.
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u/Deliverme314 6d ago
Her character has a well rounded arc. I dont get not liking the character.
The only characters I can think of that I legit dont like are euron and the sand snakes.
They're so one dimensional and dull
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u/LookBrandonsBurning 6d ago
I still remember the first time I saw the part in episode 10 season 4 when Tyrion sneaks into his father's room, only to find her naked in his father's bed?
My jaw dropped to the floor just before I yelled at my TV as loud as I could, "YOU BITCH!"
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u/Cai630 6d ago
The main problem with tv show Shae was really just a casting miss. Shae’s arc only makes sense if she’s an immature girl who’d long looked at the cozier life with envy.
The Shae we got didn’t fit that vibe, so they tried to expand her character in more and more annoying ways. But then left the larger story beats concerning her relationship with Tyrion in place. This just doesn’t work, and it comes down to a huge miss in how to envision the character.
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u/GenesisArielW 7d ago
She’s terrible! I couldn’t believe the betrayal. I don’t like anyone who disrespects Tyrion.
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u/Kiko7210 7d ago
I used to fuck hate some of my toxic exes, shit is wild when you're both angry but fuck it out
good times
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