Posts tagged Robb Stark.
“If I could wish the Kingslayer back in chains I would. You freed him without my knowledge or consent … but what you did, I know you did for love. For Arya and Sansa, and out of grief for Bran and Rickon. Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts … wherever they take us. Don’t we, Mother?”
When he turned to Catelyn, his voice softened. “If I could wish the Kingslayer back in chains I would. You freed him without my knowledge or consent … but what you did, I know you did for love. For Arya and Sansa, and out of grief for Bran and Rickon. Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts … wherever they take us. Don’t we, Mother ?”
How am I? I’ve had to arrest my mother. The Lannisters have my sisters. The man I considered my closest friend has seized my home and my brothers. I’m fighting a war and I don’t know if I should march south or north.
Interviewer: Are there things that she (Cat) does as a character that you think “I would’ve never done that”
Michelle Fairley: Yes, there are, but I understand exactly why she did it. And it shows another side to Catelyn as well. She is not what people think she is, but a multi-faceted character, but the one thing, the one core, piece of strength, steel that runs through her is - her children are her whole reason for existing.
“Jaime Lannister has played you for a fool, you’ve weakened our position, you’ve brought discord into our camp, and you did it all behind my back.”
"Most girls are stupid" ›
In last week’s Game of Thrones, Arya told Tywin Lannister that “most girls are stupid.” When we heard that line, were we supposed to think, “This is why Arya is awesome”? After watching The Prince of Winterfell, I can’t help but think that the answer is “yes.” While the books series presents a huge range of dynamic and well-developed female characters, the show writers seem determined to edit the story so that all normal women seem weak and worthy of disdain. Girls, like Arya, who fight to throw off femininity and become “one of the boys,” are the only ones who are really strong or worthy of respect.
Although some of the show’s changes to the story have been positive and potentially even improve on the novel, many edits in the last few episodes have reduced the series’ selection of varied, challenging female characters into cliches and walking confirmation of the idea that “most women suck.”
Anonymous asked: did you read the westeros recap? they make a really good point that cat and robb's scene seemed to be written to be stacked against her. i haven't read the books but I think that makes sense. I think it's the same with Sansa scenes when she's on. idgi. sorry to be anon. on phone.
Hi Anon -no worries- love hearing what unspoiled viewers think!
I’m no purist but I think Elio made a lot of solid points (Arya in Harrenhal, Talisa and Robb…yep!) in his analysis of the episode -as he often does…I’ll leave it at that- and this was one of them.
…the brief Robb and Catelyn sceen seemed stack against the Lady of Winterfell, since at no time is her fear that Jaime was going to be murdered brought up yet it was clear in the last episode that that was first and foremost in her mind when she decided to act. Karstark can hardly accuse her of treason when he was on the verge of committing that treason himself before Robb was present to be able to stop him.
How meta of D & D to stack everything against Cat! Fate (GRRM) does it. Fandom does it. Reviewers do it. Ignorant asshats do it in 140 characters on Twitter. We still have a couple of episodes, though. Sansa will have a role to play in the hell inside the Red Keep during Blackwater and from a recent interview with Madden (check the GoT cast spam tag for a link) there is another Robb and Cat scene that may prove to provide a tentative re-balance to their relationship and give them more of the trope-defying edges that make the characters sing…
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