Tyrion Lannister becomming hand of the king

Yeah, that's the irony. He loves the son least that inherited the trait he is most proud of - his wit.

"Not you" "Me, my lord?" "No Kevan, goddammit you ruined the moment!"

Love the way Charles Dance says “You were right about Eddard Stark”. You can tell that Tywin hates telling Tyrion anything positive about him.

Someone mentioned this before but I feel the need to reiterate: if Tyrion and Tywin actually worked together, they could conquer everything.

Tywin: did i ever mention how much i love you, tyler? Tyrion: it's tyrion Tywin: same thing

Probably the closest I've ever seen Tywin actually care for Tyrion. Then again, maybe he selected him as Hand of the King because he needed everyone else in the war.

Upon hearing "Because you are my son," everyone, including Tryion thought or hoped it meant Tywin's fatherly love for Tyrion. However, after seeing how things ended, I think Tywin's statement rather meant that Tyrion's status as "Tywin's son" would give him the ability to control Jofferey and Cersei. Something no other Lannister could do.

its interesting in the book tyrion is bitter about his status change. he sees it as Tywin giving Jaime up for dead and settling begrudgingly on himself, who is his last boy and last possible heir.

I love the moment at 1:18 It looks like Tywin is being a dick to Tyrion to usual and Tyrion's weary-upset expression shows it, but then Tywin starts pouring Tyrion a generous serving of wine and the expression on his face turns to "What's going on..." confusion.

I don't know why, but it never occured to me how pissed off Tywin was about Ned getting killed. They had a perfect captive to pretty much demand from the Starks anything they wanted, and Joffrey fucked it all up.

It is so sad that Tyrion realized that his father selected him because he had actually given up on Jaime's life. He saw that his father called him "Son" only as a tool to be used, and discarded Jaime cause he thought he was going to die. Then after Jaime is saved we see the 180 shift he has on Tyrion. Tyrion's conflicting emotions on his family gave so much depth, but we clearly see his definite emotions towards his brother Jaime and Jaime was the only that treated him with love and respect even when he was furious against Tyrion for killing their dad.

Tywin played game of thrones better than anyone else. such a powerful character

This scene is actually super tragic in retrospect. Tywin's back is to a wall, his feet are to the fire, and only now with no other option is he forced to utilize the intelligence and quality of his smartest, most loyal child. But once he has some breathing room, he goes back to hating on him, and tries to have him killed. And everything he claims to hate Tyrion for? The whoring, the lying, the arrogance? Tywin is guilty of the exact same thing, only WORSE because he is under the delusion that he isn't. And ultimately, that's why Tywin hates Tyrion. He isn't beautiful. The ugliness of his house can't be covered up with aesthetics and platitudes, and it reminds Tywin that the "nobility" of house Lannister is all a smoke-screen. Lann the Clever was an underhanded bastard, Jamie and Cersei aren't very smart (cunning and capricious, but not intelligent) and are guilty of some Borgia-level perversion, and Tywin ran his family's gold dry and whores with the SAME WHORE he berates Tyrion for loving.

“And now madness… madness and stupidity”! I can’t think of line in the entire show that makes me chuckle more.

It's tragic to realize that Tywin isn't calling Tyrion "my son" because his heart has changed; he's saying it because given the situation, he has no choice but to place that value on him.

I really like how Tyrion immediately answers "heads, spikes, walls." to any hint of treason and Tywin gives that big nod as if that's the exact direction he was going in. Tyrion was Tywin's son.

The book did a great job explaining why Tywin did this. It wasn’t care for Tyrion, or doing what’s best for the kingdom. Jaime was captured, and Tywin assumed that his heir would soon be dead, which means he needed to elevate the next in line to a higher position.

madness and stupidity he just described Joffrey perfectly

"You're my son." Tyrion looked like he wanted to ask "Are you feeling all right?"

Imagen if tywinn and tyrion got along could've ruled the fucking planet lmao