Lysa Arryn: A Lady's Scorn | Character Analysis | ASOIAF

Not all lives can be filled with endless comforts. While that certainly rang true for the smallfolk of the Seven Kingdoms, even some lords and ladies learned it applied to themselves, too. The latter especially had to remain dutiful to the wishes of their fathers and liegelords, often adopting lives far from their dreams or desires. Such was the fate of Lysa Arryn. Hello everyone, and welcome back to Exploring Fiction. Lady Lysa grew up the middle of three children of House Tully, and she was offered in marriage to a frail Lord of the Vale merely as a strategic alliance. Already lacking valor and fortitude, Lysa became even more embittered. In the shadows, she plotted with the man she truly loved, growing ever colder and more paranoid of those around her. By the end, Lysa was a shrewd woman who held distrust for all, and was a product of love lost in the politics of a feudal society. So, who exactly is Lysa Arryn, and why is she such an interesting character? Let’s explore…
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0:00 Introduction
1:34 Early Years (Background)
6:40 Brittle Marriage (Background)
9:04 No Love Lost & Breakthrough (Background)
14:46 Foul Plot & Eastern Politics
16:12 Trouble on the Road & Sisters Reunite
17:30 First Trial of the Dwarf
18:06 Safe in the High Seat
20:01 Regrets and Destruction
21:10 Return of the Schemer
21:51 What She Always Wanted
23:12 Paradise Collapses & A Harsh Secret
24:53 Fallout of the Fall
25:55 Analysis
30:43 Conclusion
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  • @7thmizukage
    @7thmizukage3 ай бұрын

    Poor Lysa, I feel bad for her especially because Cat never found out about the tansy tea and Petyr

  • @sanitizerwilson1599

    @sanitizerwilson1599

    3 ай бұрын

    In the books she found out, she figure out on her own.

  • @notdeadjustyet8136
    @notdeadjustyet81363 ай бұрын

    I firmly believe Sweetrobin is Petyr's. Jon had 3 wives, and yet had his first kid at 75.

  • @ExploringFiction

    @ExploringFiction

    3 ай бұрын

    Interesting...

  • @user-ob4sq6fi3s

    @user-ob4sq6fi3s

    3 ай бұрын

    I think so too

  • @MrVictor1227

    @MrVictor1227

    2 ай бұрын

    Jon Arryn was also blonde in his youth. But sweetrobin is neither blonde or redhead

  • @notdeadjustyet8136

    @notdeadjustyet8136

    4 күн бұрын

    ​@@MrVictor1227not to mention that both Littlefinger and Sweetrobin are described as small, slim, pale, with dark brown hair and grey-green eyes. Both Lysa and Jon were tall people.

  • @londonarbuckle8601
    @londonarbuckle86013 ай бұрын

    Jon wanted Robyn to be sent to foster with Stannis and Robert wanted him to go to Tywin. It’s very obvious with their intentions were lol They wanted him to toughen up

  • @gabbyp4221
    @gabbyp42213 ай бұрын

    Im not sure if its silly, but i always thought the fact that the poison Jon Arryn died of, the Tears of Lys, is just one letter away from the Tears of Lysa. As in, the tears she shed when he told her she was taking sweetrobyn away, which was her deciding moment for killing her husband. His death was caused directly from his wifes grief, the Tears of Lys(a).

  • @sanitizerwilson1599

    @sanitizerwilson1599

    3 ай бұрын

    I think she wanted be with Petrya (Little Finger) only him.

  • @trout440a

    @trout440a

    Ай бұрын

    I think there's a good chance George did it intentionally, as foreshadowing/a hint of sorts.

  • @thornskiss8186
    @thornskiss81863 ай бұрын

    I feel like Lysa would have been different if she married a younger lord probably closer to home or somewhere with a more social atmosphere

  • @ExploringFiction

    @ExploringFiction

    3 ай бұрын

    I would definitely agree

  • @johansmallberries9874
    @johansmallberries98743 ай бұрын

    People give Ned a hard time about being a bit slow on picking up the incest clues, but it took Jon years as hand and Roberts de facto father to figure it out.

  • @ExploringFiction

    @ExploringFiction

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I never felt like Ned was too slow to figure it out in the grand scheme of things, especially with Jon Arryn in mind

  • @johansmallberries9874

    @johansmallberries9874

    3 ай бұрын

    I don’t know how I feel about Jon, he’s like a successful dad that let his star quarterback son do whatever he wanted. He’s not much better than Tywin, content to let the king be a decadent screw up as long as he got to be the real power behind the throne.

  • @linzianna
    @linzianna3 ай бұрын

    Its quite symbolic really. The Tears of Lys-a Tully killed Jon Arryn

  • @billberndtson
    @billberndtson3 ай бұрын

    I want your illustrations animated in a death battle vs Fantasy Haven's. 😵

  • @ExploringFiction

    @ExploringFiction

    3 ай бұрын

    As cool as it would be to claim them, the drawings in this video aren't actually mine!

  • @billberndtson

    @billberndtson

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ExploringFiction I thought I'd seen them here and there before. I should say " the ones you use" then.

  • @izaacpaez5533

    @izaacpaez5533

    3 ай бұрын

    @@billberndtsonthe original artist is amok and if I’m correct he was commissioned and or guided by G.R.R.M.

  • @carastone3473
    @carastone34732 ай бұрын

    I’m always skeptical of content creators who consistently mispronounce the names of the characters they’re talking about. Her name is not LIZA, it’s Lysa (the ‘s’ is not pronounced like a ‘z’). Her father’s name is Hoster and is pronounced with a short ‘o,’ not a long ‘o.’ Other than that, interesting video.

  • @trout440a

    @trout440a

    Ай бұрын

    They're books, pronouncing names different than most doesn't really mean anything.

  • @WhitneyAllisonGG
    @WhitneyAllisonGG3 ай бұрын

    I believe that Robyn needed to be fostered out but both Stannis and Tywin is not right person. If it was me I would send the boy to someone less likely use the child as a political pawn. Lysa was right about Jon Arryn and someone wanted to kill her.

  • @davisiotta489

    @davisiotta489

    2 ай бұрын

    I think the best possible option was Winterfell, he would be raised by an honorable man with no ambitions for power as well as his aunt who would take care of the boy with affection in addition to the fact that he would be on the side of his cousins

  • @sanitizerwilson1599
    @sanitizerwilson15993 ай бұрын

    One of worst character basically she says hell with sister and brother and nephews and nieces.

  • @disasterdisaster581

    @disasterdisaster581

    3 ай бұрын

    Eh, they'd already abandoned her. She had no reason to be loyal to any of them.