Originally posted by Lestov16
Honestly Littlefinger is starting to annoy me. What is his purpose now? What could his goals possibly be? Back when the series started and Westeros was divided into numerous rivaling factions, it made sense for his "chaos is a ladder" manipulations. But now, with the Westeros war about to come to a ceasefire and the incoming White Walker invasion, there don't seem to be a lot of places where chaos can be sewn and power can be gained. His plot with Arya is a desperate last ditch effort to gain Sansa's trust back. Besides Sansa, he has no major Northern allies, Cersei wants him dead, and with Tyrion and Varys advising Damy, there's no way Little finger can manipulate her. So after 7 seasons of jumpstarting the plot and scheming to have it all, Littlefinger has ended up essentially trapped at the Wall as a notoriously untrustworthy advisor to Sansa. For all his ladder climbing, he seems to be nothing more than an obsolete cog.
I agree with most of what you're saying here, but if you look at it from a reality standpoint, Littlefinger's plan has been changed with the Walker invasion on the horizon, I mean, I'm not convinced that his plan(s) had taken all these factors coming in to play into account and perhaps now he's treading water a bit until he can get his head around a new plan. I knew he was playing Arya, it was obvious, but perhaps she's playing him too, if she wanted to break into his chambers without being caught she could have easily posed as somebody else, she could have wanted him to know for some reason. Anyway, ecstatic now that Gendry is back, get him on the Iron Throne and end it.