True. People denying Bannon's eficacy seem to overlook the fact that they are not his target audience. He's less interested in broad appeal than he is in communicating effectively to a very specific audience. He can afford to ignore all the left in his messaging and more in speaking directly to the fears of…

Varys going makes sense in order to give the character something to do. And here be Spoilers:

was going to answer to the OP, but may just answer to you instead, because it goes for both comments. Book Shae is much less sympathetic, and her relationship with Tyrion much less two sided. The Shae we saw in the trial is actually Shae from the books, and if the show seems to have us want to believe that she…

I feel that he was one of those characters whose main arc was solved with the third season. After him rehabbing and getting married and happily getting his life on track, it makes sense to have him around in the background, but no real need to devote much time to him anymore.