re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

Ok, not to change the topic, but I was posting about how great Tywin has been in the series in the other thread, and I really have to bring this here.

He truly is one of my favorite characters.

But there is one thing that has always bothered me. I understand why GRRM did it in order to push Tyrion, but WHY THE FUUUUCK IS TYWIN WITH SHAE???????????

Everything we're told about him is that he HATES whores and would never do anything to smear the Lannister name. Is it just to show that he's weak, hypocritical, lonely??

I kind of get that I guess, but not completely. I just truly do think that he is an ice blooded elitist who truly wouldn't lower himself to sleep with some dirty whore, especially one who was steady with his loathsome bastard of a son that he despised. I just truly don't get it. Especially since he seems to genuinely have loved his wife and holds on to her as his wife even all the years later. It's his main reason for resenting Tyrion so much, even beyond him being a dwarf.

Was Shae ALWAYS a spy for Tywin when she was with Tyrion?? I get that, but LF doesn't sleep with his whores that he uses as spies.

I just can't buy it.

Even if it is the lame device to push Tyrion to murder, I just don't think it was needed. Jamie's revelation about his father lying about Tysha should have been enough to do that IMO.

And it also makes Tyrion much less respectable IMO. Killing a woman just seems like a big jump for him, although him finding her with Tywin makes it believable at least.

But it's the fact that Tywin was with her that is unbelievable to me.

Someone convince me this isn't just a lame and contrived device to push Tyrion to murder his father when he would have done it anyway after learning about Tysha.