All my posts about Littlefinger, who I suspect is far more important and central a figure (in many senses, both in-world and dramatically) than is most commonly assumed.
Miscellaneous Posts
1. Littlefinger & The Floppy Fish: A Karmic Circle of Dick Jokes
Edmure dubs Petyr “Littlefinger”. Then Edmure gets dubbed a “Floppy Fish”. Hmm…
Stannis’s name means “tin”, and that makes him a “tin soldier”… which recalls the song Tin Soldiers by Stiff Little Fingers, which prompts the realization that “Littlefinger” may have been named as an homage to Stiff Little Fingers.
3. It’s Not “Seasickness”. It’s Not Psychosomatic. It’s…
This post argues that Petyr dosed Sansa with moon tea aboard the Merling King to ensure she wasn’t pregnant with Tyrion’s baby. This helps explain Sansa’s massively foregrounded illness, which she attributes to seasickness, “terror” and “fever”.
The (Original) Dragonfly Targaryen Posts
Part 1 of a series exploring the notion that Littlefinger is the grandson of Duncan the Small, the Prince of Dragonflies, and Jenny of Oldstone. THIS POST HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY TWO NEWER POSTS, CATALOGED BELOW. The newer posts which improve on this one are Anders Yronwood Is NOT “Criston Cole Reborn”. So Who Is? and The Little Prince of Dragonflies.
2. The Lineage of Littlefinger Part 2: Aemond & Alys & Daemon & Nettles
Part 2. Maybe he has more Targ blood than ‘just’ Duncan the small. (This gets into issues that the newer versions of Part 1 mostly skip over.)
3. The Lineage of Littlefinger Part 3: The Plumms & Aurane Waters
Part 3. This post looks at how certain ‘rhymes’ between Petyr and the Plumms and between Petyr and Aurane Water support the notion that Petyr is Duncan the Small’s grandson.
4. The Lineage of Littlefinger Part 4: Blackwood Blood
Part 4. If Petyr is Duncan’s grandson, he’s Betha Blackwood’s great-grandson. Does Petyr seem at all like a Blackwood? (Yes.)
The Hoare-ish Littlefinger Posts
1. The Littlefinger of the Hardhand: Is The Whoremonger A Hoare-Son?
This post begins to explore the hypothesis that Petyr Baelish a.k.a. Littlefinger may trace his lineage to the “black-blooded” [Hoares] of Orkmont and Harrenhal.
Part 1…
- lays out my method
- discusses the dramatic sensibility of Petyr as a Hoare
- discusses Petyr as the embodiment of Archmaester Haereg’s quintessential ‘hidden’ ironman
2. The Whoremongering Hoare Part 2: Ironborn Kings & Would-Be Kings
Part 2 of the series exploring my Hoare-ish Littlefinger hypothesis looks at…
- Petyr’s sharp-featured, sea-eyed appearance vis-a-vis the Greyjoys and the “would-be” ironborn king Gylbert Farwynd
- Petyr as a sauntering, bold, cat-like, mocking, insolent, hungry man vis-a-vis the Greyjoys
- Petyr counting sheep
- Petyr’s unsmiling eyes
- “Alayne”
- Petyr seeing the sea in Sansa’s eye
- Grey-green sentinels
- Rivulets of Moisture
- Candlelight dancing in Petyr’s eyes
- “Nothing Frightened Petyr Baelish”
3. Hoares Like Littlefinger: Grey Moths & Red Smiles. Harrens, Red & Black. “Smart” Halleck & More.
Part 3 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series begins to show how basically everything we’re told about the Hoares in TWOIAF seems to recursively rework (i.e. ‘rhyme’ with) Petyr’s story. It looks at:
- Qhored The Cruel
- Qhorwyn the Cunning
- Craghorn of the Red Smile (a Foghorn Leghorn joke!)
- the two Othgars (who pay off the gray moths Ned sees coming out of Petyr’s mouth in a fever dream)
- Fergon The Fierce
- Harren the Red
- Wulfgar the Widowmaker
- Horgan Priestkiller
- Harrag
- Ravos the Raper
- “Smart” Halleck
- Harren the Black
4. Hoares Like Littlefinger: The Three Harmunds & Hagon the Heartless
Part 4 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series looks at how the stories of the three Harmund Hoares — Harmund the Host, Harmund the Haggler, and Harmund the Handsome — and of Harmund the Handsome’s brother Hagon the Heartless continue the pattern of the Hoares’ stories pervasively ‘rhyming’ with Littlefinger’s story.
5. Hoares Like Littlefinger: The Little Finger of the Hardhand & Lysa’s Murder
Part 5 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series looks at some general ‘rhyming’ between the story of Harwyn Hoare a.k.a. Harwyn Hardhand and the story of Littlefinger, then discusses how Hardhand’s story specifically echoes the story of Littlefinger and Lysa Tully.
6. Hoares Like Littlefinger: The Little Finger of the Hardhand & A Certain Strangulation
Part 6 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series shows how the Hardhand’s story also echoes (a) the Littlefinger-orchestrated strangulation of Joffrey and (b) the throne room scene after the Battle of the Blackwater, which foreshadows Joffrey’s death.
7. Hoares Like Littlefinger: The Little Finger of the Hardhand “Conquers” the Riverlands
Part 7 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series discusses Hardhand Hoare’s defeat of the Storm King Arrec Durrandon (a proto-Baratheon) and concomitant conquest of the Riverlands as a contrived, ‘rhyming’ recursion of the Littlefinger-engineered defeat of Stannis on the Blackwater.
8. A Gold Ship & Silver Chains: Littlefinger & the Sigil of House Hoare
Part 8 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series changes track to discuss how House Hoare’s sigil foreshadows Littlefinger’s Hoare-ish-ness.
8½. Littlefinger & House Hoare’s Real-Life Ship of Gold
This post expands on a point made in “A Gold Ship & Silver Chains” by proffering a possible real-world inspiration for the gold ship in House Hoare’s sigil entailing a shady, real-life treasure-hunter named Tommy Thompson, whom I suspect was one inspiration for Littlefinger’s character.
9. Hoary, Hoarfrosted & Hoare-ish
Part 9 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series discusses how ASOIAF’s usage of uncommon words “hoary” and “hoarfrost” can be seen as foreshadowing the salience of House Hoare and the notion that Littlefinger is Hoare-ish.
10. The Curious Case of Dick Horpe & His Littlefingerian Moth
Part 10 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series argues that the character Ser Richard Horpe, the Knight of Moths (“Dick Hor”, for short) is in many ways a contrived signpost that reads “Littlefinger Is Hoare-ish”.
Part 11 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Parts 11-13 (once again) discuss Littlefinger’s ‘rhyme’ with the Plumms (Peter & Dennis, Brown Ben, “Maynard”, and Harwyn Hardstone), this time arguing that this ‘rhyme’ can be read as foreshadowing Littlefinger’s being ‘Hoare-ish’.
12. Petyr & The Plumms Part 2: “Maynard Plumm” & Harwyn Hardstone
Part 12 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Parts 11-13 (once again) discuss Littlefinger’s ‘rhyme’ with the Plumms (Peter & Dennis, Brown Ben, “Maynard”, and Harwyn Hardstone), this time arguing that this ‘rhyme’ can be read as foreshadowing Littlefinger’s being ‘Hoare-ish’.
Part 13 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Parts 11-13 (once again) discuss Littlefinger’s ‘rhyme’ with the Plumms (Peter & Dennis, Brown Ben, “Maynard”, and Harwyn Hardstone), this time arguing that this ‘rhyme’ can be read as foreshadowing Littlefinger’s being ‘Hoare-ish’.
14. Pirates of A Grey-Green Color: Petyr Baelish & Aurane Waters
Part 14 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Parts 14 and 15 (once again) discuss Littlefinger’s ‘rhyme’ with Aurane Waters, this time arguing that this ‘rhyme’ can be read as further foreshadowing Littlefinger’s being ‘Hoare-ish’.
15. Pirates of a Grey-Green Color: Petyr Baelish & Aurane Waters – Part 2
Part 15 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Parts 14 and 15 (once again) discuss Littlefinger’s ‘rhyme’ with Aurane Waters, this time arguing that this ‘rhyme’ can be read as further foreshadowing Littlefinger’s being ‘Hoare-ish’.
16. The Recursive Homecomings of Petyr & Theon Part 1: No Safe Anchorage
Part 16 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 1 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
Part 17 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 2 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
18. The Recursive Homecomings of Petyr & Theon Part 3: Theon’s Comet & Sansa’s Vomit
Part 18 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 3 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
Part 19 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 4 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
Part 20 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 5 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
21. The Recursive Homecomings of Petyr & Theon Part 6: The Myraham & Mia Hamm
Part 21 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 6 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
22. The Recursive Homecomings of Petyr & Theon Part 7: Sights Seen While Sight-Seeing
Part 22 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 7 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
Part 23 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 8 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
Part 24 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 9 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
24½. The Eminently Hoare-ish Lord Quellon Greyjoy
Part 24½ of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. This post sets up Part 10 in my 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
Part 25 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series. Part 10 of a 10-post sub-series addressing the rhyming between Theon’s homecoming chapter (ACOK Theon I) and Petyr’s homecoming chapter (ASOS Sansa VI). The idea is that the chapters rhyme as pervasively as they do because Petyr is ‘like’ Theon in that he, too, is the scion of ironborn kings.
The Big Pivot & The Finale To The Hoare-ish Littlefinger Posts and The Dragonfly Targaryen Posts
1. Quellon’s Bastard: Petyr Pyke
Part 26 of the Hoare-ish Littlefinger series… sort of. This post expands on the “Closing Twist” offered in the second half of “Part 10: Oswell & Aeron; Lothar & Dagmar; The Closing Twist”: the idea that Petyr was sired by Quellon Greyjoy, who cuckolded Petyr’s supposed father, Lord Baelish.
2. Anders Yronwood Is NOT “Criston Cole Reborn”. So Who Is?
This post restates and expands on a point I didn’t make very well in the post “The Lineage of Littlefinger Part 1: Criston Cole Reborn, Oswell “Kettleblack”, & the Little Dragonfly“, which I mentioned above as being superceded by this post and the post to follow.
3. The Little Prince of Dragonflies
This post restates and expands on the main thesis of the post “The Lineage of Littlefinger Part 1: Criston Cole Reborn, Oswell “Kettleblack”, & the Little Dragonfly“, which I mentioned above as being superceded by this post and the post to follow. Because I continually updated that “Lineage of Littlefinger” post, the information here is to a significant extent redundant of that post. If you haven’t read that one, skip it and read this one. The argument is simple: Littlefinger’s mother is the daughter of Jenny of Oldstones and Duncan Targaryen a.k.a. Duncan the Small, the Prince of Dragonflies.
4. The Lineage of Littlefinger Part 30 or so: The Hoary, Muddy, Fly-Ridden Finale
This post synthesizes my arguments about Littlefinger, positing that all the Hoare-coding around Littlefinger is probably mostly about his descent from Jenny of Oldstones, per Oldstones being next door to the Hoare capitol at Fairmarket.
Petyr & Ashford Theory
1. “Ashford Theory” Is Real, and Petyr Baelish Is Sansa’s Valarr Targaryen
This 2-part series explores all the ways in which Petyr ‘rhymes’ with Valarr Targaryen (because he’s a maternal Targaryen who is Sansa’s fifth suitor, as a Valarr was the Ashford Tourney’s Queen of Love and Beauty’s fifth champion.
2. “Ashford Theory” Is Real, and Petyr Baelish Is Sansa’s Valarr Targaryen PART 2
A straight continuation of Part 1, with this half spending a good chunk of time on Baelor Breakspear.
Appendices To The Littlefinger Series
A short post arguing that Littlefinger is ‘coded’ as a fool, which is consistent with the theory that he is behind his knife being used to attack Bran.
2. Littlefinger the Pretender King of the Riverlands?
A discussion of the curious litany of historical kings of the riverlandds and how they can be read as allusions to Littlefinger.
3. Littlefinger & Harrenhal: An Alternate Reading
Can the text be reconciled with the idea that Littlefinger always wanted Harrenhal, i.e. with the idea that it was not Tyrion’s offering Littlefinger Harrenhal that prompted Littlefinger’s interest in the castle/title? I think it can, and this posts explains how.
4. Littlefinger, The Graftons, & The Story of Osgood Shett
This post floats the idea that Littlefinger’s story ‘rhymes’ with the story of the Andal Lord Grafton and the First Man Lord Osgood Shett, such that Littlefinger is likely unleashing forces he cannot entirely control. Are these ‘just’ financial forces, or might he be behind the central Big Bad in ASOIAF, the White Walkers?
The Wolf Of Westeros
1. The Wolf Of Westeros: Jordan Belfort, Stratton Oakmont, & Littlefinger – Part 1 of 3
Three part series arguing that Littlefinger was inspired in part by Jordan Belfort, the same guy who later inspired the movie The Wolf of Westeros. One big writing, divided into three posts.
2. The Wolf Of Westeros: Jordan Belfort, Stratton Oakmont, & Littlefinger – Part 2 of 3
3. The Wolf Of Westeros: Jordan Belfort, Stratton Oakmont, & Littlefinger – Part 3 of 3
A Song of Ice and Tootles 