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[Game of Thrones] Tyrion's character from Season 1-4 stays the same throughout Season 5-8. How does this change the story?
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It doesn't, Tyrion was *always* incompetent. During his time as acting hand, he achieved zero control over Joffrey, his chief task having been to "bring him to heel" following the madness of Ned's execution.


He sends Myrcella to Sunspear as an alliance offering, which predictably results in no alliance, another house gaining major leverage over the crown at no cost, and the eventual death of Myrcella.


He presides over a major riot in King's Landing, one which poses a serious risk to the King's life, and very nearly costs the crown its last Stark hostage, which would have in turn cost them the only realistic peace offering to the North that they had, and would have seen Jamie summarily executed.


He soundly lost the battle of the blackwater, loss of the city only having been averted by the timely arrival of a Lannister/Tyrell host, an event for which he can claim no credit. If that hadn't happened, Tyrion was well on his way to a rout, and Stannis would have taken the crown within the night.


His sole win as acting hand was uncovering the Grand Maester's informing to Cersei about boneheaded threats to her daughter's safety, which could hardly be colored as a betrayal at all - Lord Tywin certainly had no problem with Pycell remaining on the council. For this feat of guile and wit, Tyrion merely had to alienate half of his own council mid-wartime.


Tyrion's biggest accomplishment as acting hand was not finding some way to block Stannis from assassinating Renly, because if not for that, his ruinous reign would have ended in his own death, and the death of his family.


People want Tyrion to be smart, because he reads and tells them how smart he is, but the facts have never borne that out. A life of quips, whores, and wine goblets don't make a genius administrator, it turns out.