I would like more Stannis scenes because that means more Davos scenes, and Davos has always been one of my favorites. I am relatively alone in that standpoint, I think.
Though exactly one of those things is actually a contradiction (the thing about his faith, which has not been explained on the show). The son thing is kind of a big deal as he's the King. No son + gay younger brother = no heirs, and that's no good at all. It's his duty as a king to get on that. Meanwhile, his brother is a traitor in his moral system. So he's dead.
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
We were introduced to a guy who writes nasty letters and has just tossed aside the entire religion of his people. Then we hear how duty-bound he is while we see him immediately cheat on his wife with a witch who promises him a son. Which, you know, would have been nice to see; a scene where he laments having no male heir woulda been kinda character expanding. Then we see him face off with his brother, talk about a dude's finger bones and send a witch off to have a demon baby and then play "Lalala! I can't hear you!" when Davos says he oughta think twice about this chica. That shit is contradictory: duty bound and tossing out your entire belief system and cheating on your wife don't go together; neither does being a competant leader and basically going, "Lalala! I will brook no argument or even counterpoint possiby meant to save me from myself!"
But before this goes further and gets more muddled. All I said was I wish Stannis had gotten a few more scenes this season to flesh him out. Period. That's my point. If your point is anything other than, "Yes, a few more scene with Stannis would have been nice," then you're saying "I disagree: the writers wrote Stannis as best he could have ever been written and did not in any way need to give him more scenes. End of story."
And if you feel that way, great. I'm not going to get into another knock down dragout over something this asinine.
Well, I completely agree that Stannis needs more screentime, so we're basically in agreement.
We were introduced to a guy who writes nasty letters and has just tossed aside the entire religion of his people. Then we hear how duty-bound he is while we see him immediately cheat on his wife with a witch who promises him a son. Which, you know, would have been nice to see; a scene where he laments having no male heir woulda been kinda character expanding. Then we see him face off with his brother, talk about a dude's finger bones and send a witch off to have a demon baby and then play "Lalala! I can't hear you!" when Davos says he oughta think twice about this chica. That shit is contradictory: duty bound and tossing out your entire belief system and cheating on your wife don't go together; neither does being a competant leader and basically going, "Lalala! I will brook no argument or even counterpoint possiby meant to save me from myself!"
But before this goes further and gets more muddled. All I said was I wish Stannis had gotten a few more scenes this season to flesh him out. Period. That's my point. If your point is anything other than, "Yes, a few more scene with Stannis would have been nice," then you're saying "I disagree: the writers wrote Stannis as best he could have ever been written and did not in any way need to give him more scenes. End of story."
And if you feel that way, great. I'm not going to get into another knock down dragout over something this asinine.
Well, I completely agree that Stannis needs more screentime, so we're basically in agreement.
And they could've done it. For the this last couple weeks we see Robb get two scenes a show where he and nursy flirt (and now consummate it), an entire Jon storyline where he walks a wildling and gets insulted by her, and this week we again get Dany talking about getting her dragons back, as if the past couple of shows where Jora returned and she faced the thirteen didn't make that the entire point of her story at this very moment.
Yet again we only get (one!) more scene with Stannis where we at all get to see him be a real human being and not just a dude doing only plot-pushing things. We've had more people talk about Stannis and what he's up to than we've actually been shown Stannis at this point. It's like the writers only want him to be the "boat boogeyman." It's weird.
This perception is why I wish Stannis had more screentime, because I wish we saw how tormented he has to be by the conflicts between his worldview and his actions.
I would like more Stannis scenes because that means more Davos scenes, and Davos has always been one of my favorites. I am relatively alone in that standpoint, I think.
I haven't read the books, but from what I've seen of Davos - I like him quite a bit. Which leads me to believe he is doomed.
This perception is why I wish Stannis had more screentime, because I wish we saw how tormented he has to be by the conflicts between his worldview and his actions.
That's what I'm wanting, too. This guy shoulda been written as the pragmatic version of Ned Stark and we shoulda got more time with him where we can see how he operates.
Does my post actually qualify as "book talk"? I just said that I've read the books and Stannis is given more depth in them, which should kind of be a no brainer.
It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
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Does my post actually qualify as "book talk"? I just said that I've read the books and Stannis is given more depth in them, which should kind of be a no brainer.
For all I know, Stannis could die next week. Calling him one of the greatest characters in the series implies we'll be seeing a lot more of him
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It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
She made a mother's decision. While it may be contrived and cliche it still applies well in this situation. Releasing one in hopes of saving two of her own in a world that is being torn apart by war.
Does my post actually qualify as "book talk"? I just said that I've read the books and Stannis is given more depth in them, which should kind of be a no brainer.
Does my post actually qualify as "book talk"? I just said that I've read the books and Stannis is given more depth in them, which should kind of be a no brainer.
For all I know, Stannis could die next week. Calling him one of the greatest characters in the series implies we'll be seeing a lot more of him
Game of Thrones is a series in which Stannis is a character in, just like Ned Stark. Ned Stark was also a great character in the series.
It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
If Jaime dies, so does Sansa, and as far as Cat knows, Arya too.
It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
She made a mother's decision. While it may be contrived and cliche it still applies well in this situation. Releasing one in hopes of saving two of her own in a world that is being torn apart by war.
Oh, I totally sympathize. But whether she's sympathetic or not has no bearing on whether her decision was shit. And her decision was shit.
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It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
If Jaime dies, so does Sansa, and as far as Cat knows, Arya too.
If Jaime lives, it almost certainly harms the war effort and jeopardizes the lives of the entire northern army, and for what? A longshot chance at saving the lives of Cat's own two daughters. How is that not selfish?
It's foolish, too: just hoping the Lannisters honor the terms of their prisoner exchange is naive. And not just because we, the audience, already know Cersei doesn't even have Ayra, but because Cat has plenty of evidence of her own at this point that Littlefinger and the Lannisters are treacherous (see: Ned).
Why do people say that Cat set Jaime free? Seems to me he's still shackled and still a prisoner. Just because Brienne is now his jailer rather than some Karstark last week doesn't mean he's been set free.
It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
If Jaime dies, so does Sansa, and as far as Cat knows, Arya too.
If Jaime lives, it almost certainly harms the war effort and jeopardizes the lives of the entire northern army, and for what? A longshot chance at saving the lives of Cat's own two daughters. It's selfish. And foolish, also: just hoping the Lannisters honor the terms of their prisoner exchange is misguided naivete. And not just because we, the audience, already know Cersei doesn't even have Ayra, but because Cat has plenty of evidence at this point that the Lannisters are treacherous (see: Ned).
She's an emotional mother. Of course she's going to do what she feels is best for her daughters above anything else. It was a well-intentioned mistake.
Why do people say that Cat set Jaime free? Seems to me he's still shackled and still a prisoner. Just because Brienne is now her jailer rather than some Karstark last week doesn't mean he's been set free.
I think its the part that he is no longer in Rob's camp and is being sent back to King's Landing that makes people say he has been set free. While I agree partially with you that the escort in chains is not particularly free but you cant just release Jaime from the camp with pappy being so close can you?
It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
If Jaime dies, so does Sansa, and as far as Cat knows, Arya too.
If Jaime lives, it almost certainly harms the war effort and jeopardizes the lives of the entire northern army, and for what? A longshot chance at saving the lives of Cat's own two daughters. It's selfish. And foolish, also: just hoping the Lannisters honor the terms of their prisoner exchange is misguided naivete. And not just because we, the audience, already know Cersei doesn't even have Ayra, but because Cat has plenty of evidence at this point that the Lannisters are treacherous (see: Ned).
She's an emotional mother. Of course she's going to do what she feels is best for her daughters above anything else. It was a well-intentioned mistake.
It was selfish. Emotions and motherhood do not excuse bad decisions.
I'm being deliberately inflammatory here. I just hate these sorts of moments in shows, where character who were previously strong and intelligent suddenly turn into idiots, just to artificially introduce some tension into the narrative.
It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
If Jaime dies, so does Sansa, and as far as Cat knows, Arya too.
If Jaime lives, it almost certainly harms the war effort and jeopardizes the lives of the entire northern army, and for what? A longshot chance at saving the lives of Cat's own two daughters. It's selfish. And foolish, also: just hoping the Lannisters honor the terms of their prisoner exchange is misguided naivete. And not just because we, the audience, already know Cersei doesn't even have Ayra, but because Cat has plenty of evidence at this point that the Lannisters are treacherous (see: Ned).
She's an emotional mother. Of course she's going to do what she feels is best for her daughters above anything else. It was a well-intentioned mistake.
It was selfish. Emotions and motherhood do not excuse bad decisions.
I'm being deliberately inflammatory here. I just hate these sorts of moments in shows, where character who were previously strong and intelligent suddenly turn into idiots, just to artificially introduce some tension into the narrative.
There is that. But there is also the part where her whole world is crashing around her as she lost her husband already. One could state it shows humanity in a character
It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
If Jaime dies, so does Sansa, and as far as Cat knows, Arya too.
If Jaime lives, it almost certainly harms the war effort and jeopardizes the lives of the entire northern army, and for what? A longshot chance at saving the lives of Cat's own two daughters. It's selfish. And foolish, also: just hoping the Lannisters honor the terms of their prisoner exchange is misguided naivete. And not just because we, the audience, already know Cersei doesn't even have Ayra, but because Cat has plenty of evidence at this point that the Lannisters are treacherous (see: Ned).
She's an emotional mother. Of course she's going to do what she feels is best for her daughters above anything else. It was a well-intentioned mistake.
It was selfish. Emotions and motherhood do not excuse bad decisions.
I'm being deliberately inflammatory here. I just hate these sorts of moments in shows, where character who were previously strong and intelligent suddenly turn into idiots, just to artificially introduce some tension into the narrative.
I despise artificial moments too, but this was not that. Jubal is right, it was real and human. Cat had already shown herself to be overly emotional leading into foolish mistakes, like capturing Tyrion in S1.
And besides, Cat was responding to the very real fear that Jamie would be killed by factions within the camp seeking vengeance, in which case she'd lose him as a bargaining chip anyway.
It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
If Jaime dies, so does Sansa, and as far as Cat knows, Arya too.
If Jaime lives, it almost certainly harms the war effort and jeopardizes the lives of the entire northern army, and for what? A longshot chance at saving the lives of Cat's own two daughters. It's selfish. And foolish, also: just hoping the Lannisters honor the terms of their prisoner exchange is misguided naivete. And not just because we, the audience, already know Cersei doesn't even have Ayra, but because Cat has plenty of evidence at this point that the Lannisters are treacherous (see: Ned).
She's an emotional mother. Of course she's going to do what she feels is best for her daughters above anything else. It was a well-intentioned mistake.
It was selfish. Emotions and motherhood do not excuse bad decisions.
I'm being deliberately inflammatory here. I just hate these sorts of moments in shows, where character who were previously strong and intelligent suddenly turn into idiots, just to artificially introduce some tension into the narrative.
I despise artificial moments too, but this was not that. Jubal is right, it was real and human. Cat had already shown herself to be overly emotional leading into foolish mistakes, like capturing Tyrion in S1.
Also that she's very much someone who's family first. If her daughters were safe she'd happily bash Jaime's head in with a rock herself, but if Jaime's killed by the Karstarks the Lannisters basically have to murder the girls in response. Well, just Sansa, but Catelyn doesn't know that.
And while she tried to talk the Karstarks down, she can't be standing in front of Jaime's cage 24/7. Especially if some drunk fighters show up ready to kill him, she can yell at them all day long but she can hardly physically force them to stop. She was pretty much exerting all the influence she had just to stop them from killing him while they're sober in the middle of the day.
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I was totaly expecting Jaime to rock the boat so the mangirl in heavy armour would drown.
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I was totaly expecting Jaime to rock the boat so the mangirl in heavy armour would drown.
On the other hand his arms are tied together, so it might be a race to the bottom of the river
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It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
She made a mother's decision. While it may be contrived and cliche it still applies well in this situation. Releasing one in hopes of saving two of her own in a world that is being torn apart by war.
Shouldn't she have thought of that before she set it off by grabbing Tyrion?
I took it as Robb and Talisa stopping for a second and going "Are we really doing this? Hell yeah, we're really doing this!" The lack of bump and grind was probably the same reason we didn't see any frontal shots of Talisa, probably something in her contract.
But Robb deploying the troops early would be hilarious.
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It's not like Cat was choosing between letting Jaime out vs. keeping him a prisoner. It was either let him out and hope a trade will happen somehow, or let Jaime get killed and then her daughters will probably get killed in response. Hell even if there's not a trade at least Sansa won't be getting her head chopped off as retribution.
I don't buy this for a second. If the queen mother of the north can't prevent her own men from murdering a prisoner, then she's not a very good queen mother.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
She made a mother's decision. While it may be contrived and cliche it still applies well in this situation. Releasing one in hopes of saving two of her own in a world that is being torn apart by war.
Shouldn't she have thought of that before she set it off by grabbing Tyrion?
Cat releasing Jaime is entirely in character for the woman who refused to leave Bran's bedside, who hated Jon Snow on princible as a threat to her family, who captured Tyrion on minimal evidence and got the snowball to war rolling, etc. She's a prime example of the worst parts of feudalism and the belief of the nobility that thy're the important ones, that their followers are means to an end. She's a nice person for the most part, and that disguises some hideous character flaws.
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Though exactly one of those things is actually a contradiction (the thing about his faith, which has not been explained on the show). The son thing is kind of a big deal as he's the King. No son + gay younger brother = no heirs, and that's no good at all. It's his duty as a king to get on that. Meanwhile, his brother is a traitor in his moral system. So he's dead.
Well, I completely agree that Stannis needs more screentime, so we're basically in agreement.
And they could've done it. For the this last couple weeks we see Robb get two scenes a show where he and nursy flirt (and now consummate it), an entire Jon storyline where he walks a wildling and gets insulted by her, and this week we again get Dany talking about getting her dragons back, as if the past couple of shows where Jora returned and she faced the thirteen didn't make that the entire point of her story at this very moment.
Yet again we only get (one!) more scene with Stannis where we at all get to see him be a real human being and not just a dude doing only plot-pushing things. We've had more people talk about Stannis and what he's up to than we've actually been shown Stannis at this point. It's like the writers only want him to be the "boat boogeyman." It's weird.
This perception is why I wish Stannis had more screentime, because I wish we saw how tormented he has to be by the conflicts between his worldview and his actions.
I haven't read the books, but from what I've seen of Davos - I like him quite a bit. Which leads me to believe he is doomed.
That's what I'm wanting, too. This guy shoulda been written as the pragmatic version of Ned Stark and we shoulda got more time with him where we can see how he operates.
Just finished watching. Cat sucks.
Just... stand in front of the gate. Nobody will touch her, because she's the queen mother, and harming her would be punishable by death. Remember how she stood down the Rorstack (sp?) father earlier? Just keep doing that.
And even if we accept that Cat's only choice was letting Jaime die or freeing him in the hope of negotiating a prisoner exchange? She still made a shit choice.
Cat is awful.
For all I know, Stannis could die next week. Calling him one of the greatest characters in the series implies we'll be seeing a lot more of him
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We have explained why you shouldn't talk about the books ad nauseum.
Just discussing why what you've said is spoilery is itself spoilery. So I can't do that. But if you have a brain you can work it out.
It really does. Please, no books.
Game of Thrones is a series in which Stannis is a character in, just like Ned Stark. Ned Stark was also a great character in the series.
If Jaime dies, so does Sansa, and as far as Cat knows, Arya too.
Do what the big lad says.
If Jaime lives, it almost certainly harms the war effort and jeopardizes the lives of the entire northern army, and for what? A longshot chance at saving the lives of Cat's own two daughters. How is that not selfish?
It's foolish, too: just hoping the Lannisters honor the terms of their prisoner exchange is naive. And not just because we, the audience, already know Cersei doesn't even have Ayra, but because Cat has plenty of evidence of her own at this point that Littlefinger and the Lannisters are treacherous (see: Ned).
She's an emotional mother. Of course she's going to do what she feels is best for her daughters above anything else. It was a well-intentioned mistake.
I think its the part that he is no longer in Rob's camp and is being sent back to King's Landing that makes people say he has been set free. While I agree partially with you that the escort in chains is not particularly free but you cant just release Jaime from the camp with pappy being so close can you?
It was selfish. Emotions and motherhood do not excuse bad decisions.
There is that. But there is also the part where her whole world is crashing around her as she lost her husband already. One could state it shows humanity in a character
I despise artificial moments too, but this was not that. Jubal is right, it was real and human. Cat had already shown herself to be overly emotional leading into foolish mistakes, like capturing Tyrion in S1.
Also that she's very much someone who's family first. If her daughters were safe she'd happily bash Jaime's head in with a rock herself, but if Jaime's killed by the Karstarks the Lannisters basically have to murder the girls in response. Well, just Sansa, but Catelyn doesn't know that.
And while she tried to talk the Karstarks down, she can't be standing in front of Jaime's cage 24/7. Especially if some drunk fighters show up ready to kill him, she can yell at them all day long but she can hardly physically force them to stop. She was pretty much exerting all the influence she had just to stop them from killing him while they're sober in the middle of the day.
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On the other hand his arms are tied together, so it might be a race to the bottom of the river
Shouldn't she have thought of that before she set it off by grabbing Tyrion?
I'm not ready yet! I wanted more slaps!
Seriously though, someone major is bound to die in that siege and I can totally see it being him.
Haha, yeah, I was wondering that too. It could definitely be interpreted as such, don't know if it was intended.
I'm gonna roll with it because I think it's sweet. You hear that ladies? It's sweet! It can happen to anybody, even a king!
But Robb deploying the troops early would be hilarious.
Well, to be fair, he probably was a virgin, right? And when your first time is with someone looking like this..
You are forgiven, Robb.
Also, I don't think it needs to be said anymore, but Tyrion you goddamn magnificient bastard. Has he ever been outwitted?
Cat releasing Jaime is entirely in character for the woman who refused to leave Bran's bedside, who hated Jon Snow on princible as a threat to her family, who captured Tyrion on minimal evidence and got the snowball to war rolling, etc. She's a prime example of the worst parts of feudalism and the belief of the nobility that thy're the important ones, that their followers are means to an end. She's a nice person for the most part, and that disguises some hideous character flaws.
There was this one time he married a whore. . .
Although to be fair with a body like hers I wouldnt fault any man for it.