In my GoT re-read I just finished the Catelyn chapter in the Eyrie where Tyrion's fate was decided by trial by combat. Man, Lysa is such a terrible person -- all of her comments ring especially bad knowing she was the one who poisoned Jon Arryn in the first place.
Of course, Catelyn's reminiscing during the battle got me thinking about how so much conflict and suffering has unrequited love at its heart. Lysa is completely used by Littlefinger because he knows she's completely smitten with him. Littlefinger is a power hungry manipulative bitter POS because of how Brandon Stark beat him down with Catelyn being relatively indifferent compared to how invested he was in winning her favor. And then, of course, there's the entirety of Robert's Rebellion and how out of touch he may have been with regards to Lyanna Stark and her feelings for him.
It's a lot of death and mayhem because of people who just couldn't get over their baggage or face the truth.
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