Peryr is powerful but unles he has an hitherto unreveiled goal, in regards to the game of thrones he's doings are rather aimless.
Petyr wants to be powerful for the dream that was Catelyn, and is now foisting his everything up on her daughter.
For him, power is a necessity to gain his beloved. Power itself is in truth not important for him, what is important to him is what he believes (and not entirely wongfully) power will get him. Once powerful the greater houses can no longer just discard him. The way House Tully and Stark did when he offered his hand in marriage, and how the rest of the lords treated him in King's Landing.
As such he feels empty to me. Like a man hanging on the ledge that is Sansa, clinging on for dear life. Petyr his actions have had great consequences, but from now on, i feel more then what Petyr does, it will be more important what Sansa does/wants.
I agree with all of this. Littlefinger is conniving, adept and flexible....but what's his end game? He wants power for selfish reasons. Varys doesn't actually want power, he wants the right person IN power. There may be some gain for himself in that outcome, but it isn't the power itself he craves. And selfish motivations lead to increasingly desperate choices over time, which will be Littlefinger's ultimate undoing. Especially when Sansa discovers she has a mind of her own (she
is Arya's sister after all).
@Aegon: he def. feels temporary. Another pretender.
I thought this until I read the TWOW chapter that GRRM just released. Now I have my doubts.
@Jon: I think he's pivotal for the fight against the Others. The only one truly capable from what he has learned during his time on the Wall. But unless he feels duty-committed i don't see him sitting on a throne.
I'm no longer certain about the direction of Jon's story, but niggling doubts aside I more or less agree with this.
I believe Dany is set up as the dragon Queen to rule westeros once more. Mayhaps he goes the Tolkien way and have her be the last true Dragon to sit the iron Throne.
Of the options on the table, Jon and Dany are best suited to sit the Iron Throne. Jon has more obstacles to overcome (questions of his parentage) and he's needed where he is. Dany is the most experienced in leading an army and ruling a kingdom (even if she's done it poorly at times). Aegon....bless his heart...he's lived a life on the run and only read a lot about being a king. He's never lived it. He's never led anything so much as a drinking song. He feels more prepared than he really is, and I do think it's going to end badly for him.
Dany on the Iron Throne makes so much sense for so many reasons. She'd be the first legitimate female monarch of the Seven Kingdoms. It would be a real change in tradition, a sign of new times. And it seems the logical direction for the story to go, given how many times we've come up against this whole "But you can't ___________, you're a woman," discussion.
Arya: You have to learn to sew and stop playing with swords, you're a girl.
Brienne: You can't be a knight, you're a woman.
Asha: You can't rule Pyke, you're a woman.
Myrcella: The Dornish can't crown her, she's a girl.
Arianne: You're trying to give my birthright to my brother, I'm the heir to Dorne.
Cersei....need I say more?
Yet on the other hand, no one has even once questioned whether or not Dany could be a Queen all by her lonesome....even the Westerosi who travel with her.
Methinks the Reign of the Misogynists is coming to an end in Westeros, and its doom is riding on the wings of a dragon.