Game of Thrones - The Purple King

You know I figured The Purple Wedding would give me a rush of satisfaction but I could only sit with this severe degree of distaste in how Joffrey treated Tyrion before someone poisoned his goblet as Uncle and Master of Coin was humiliated and embarrassed over and over with dwarves used to depict “the five kings” in a performance farce mocking them. Imagine how Sansa had to feel, sitting there seeing them depict her brother in such a way. She doesn’t get to truly grieve without Joffrey rubbing her brother and parents’ death in her face. Despicable in every way during his short life, Joffrey reveled in tormenting not just those he disliked but even his own grandfather, mother, and “uncle” Jaime. Tyrion was Joffrey’s main target because he knew he wasn’t on the front lines of Blackwater during the battle when he ordered for his uncle to be killed…and Tyrion often could cleverly and wittily poke fun at him. Joffrey didn’t get to wield the second sword born from the melted Valyrian steel from Ned’s much larger sword very long. He got to cut up a book gift from Tyrion before dumping wine on his head, insisting he kneel before him. Tywin and Cersei couldn’t help but be amused while many others at the after-wedding ceremony weren’t so. The goblet rolled under a table and was handed to him by Sansa, so that offered the idea that she might have done it…a nice red herring considering she’d have every reason to do it. But the goblet was on the table and Olenna eyed it intensely. The camera wasn’t always on the goblet so a number of folks could have poisoned the wine in the cup. But it was a dying Joffrey pointing at Tyrion, who lifted the goblet to observe it for poison, and Cersei considering him the most obvious suspect in her rage and grief that just further compounded an escalating tragedy. Tragic not because Joffrey was dead—he was a disease who sat on the Iron Throne way too long—but Tyrion is accused and arrested for the crime after enduring non-stop, discomforting mockery and disregard. Joffrey choking, coughing up spit, blood, and poison, as his face turns a different color, as his breathing eventually halts, the eyes going dark; there was a camera held on him as he faded into oblivion. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving recipient. Too bad Tyrion will be the fingered suspect due to his antagonistic relationship with Joffrey. The King is Dead. Long Die the King.

From The Lion and the Rose