Game of Thrones Season 6 Discussion [SPOILERS WITHIN]

[Homeless Nutter]

I'm not sure I buy that Joffrey was behind the attack on Bran - it doesn't make sense to me.  He's a little shit, to be sure, but where would his motive have been?  At that point Bran was just an injured kid to him and he didn't know about his parentage so there's no reason for him to defend Cersei and Jaime from rumors or anything.[...]

What was Joffrey's motive, when he cut open a pregnant cat, to get the kittens out (in the book, anyway)?
What was Joffrey's motive for torturing prostitutes and killing at least one?
What was the motive for publicly torturing Sansa?
What was his motive for killing Ned Stark?

Joffrey was a spoiled, sadistic little psychopath. He was going to be the next king and he was trying to play king, while indulging his own fascination with violence. He also hated weakness, admired ruthlessness of people like Tywin and the Hound and had plenty of opportunities to hear adults - like Cersei - express the sentiment, that it would be better for Bran to die, rather than live as a "cripple" (theirs is a harsh medieval-like culture - handicapped people are something of a burden). Also - the fuss around Bran and the grieving process, prolonged by the boy's uncertain fate was clearly a nuisance to him, as it put a stop to most of his fun.

He probably hated Tyrion for similar reasons - for being a "half-man", a freak, who killed his grandmother and brought shame and ridicule on the house, by the sheer fact of being a dwarf, not to mention his drinking and whoring. Worse yet - Tyrion used his intellect (and sometimes his hand) to humiliate Joffrey seemingly at every opportunity.

Yeah - in his screwed up little mind - Joffrey had plenty of reasons to want Bran dead (as an act of ill-conceived "mercy" and a responsibility of a "strong ruler" to make difficult decisions for his subjects) and Tyrion blamed for it, then hopefully either executed, locked up, or sent to the Wall.

Cersei at that point didn't have any particular reasons to want Tyrion eliminated, beyond those Joffrey had. She started scheming against him, when he was made the acting hand of the king and started messing around - at least in her mind, although not entirely - with her power and most importantly - her kids. She definitely wanted Bran to die, but as I mentioned before - the risk of getting involved would be very high and it didn't look like the boy was going to make it anyway.

But, hey - you don't have to take it from me. In the books both Tyrion and Jamie come to similar conclusions.