[ SECRET POST #2293 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2293 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Thing is, Cat has had a long time to be in the habit of being afraid of Jon as a threat to her own kids. IMO, that's probably been the easiest part of their messed-up situation for her to rationalise. And there're plenty of reasons for her to draw upon to stoke those fears. (Some of these you might find more convincing that onthers, ymmv)

*Bastards in Westeros have been Bad News in a number of high profile cases. Cat's own uncle fought against the Blackfyres (whose earlier rebellion had solidly fucked the kingdom).

*When Cat arrived in Winterfell to present Ned with his heir, and found another son already ensconced, could she ever be sure which son was actually the elder? Godric Borrell's version of events would put their conception very close together. And in DWD, Jon has a little moment where he observes how difficult it is to tell the age difference between Gilly's son and Mance Rayder's.

*In Westeros, kids die. After Robb, Catelyn had two daughters before finally having Bran to be 'the spare' (as it were). I wonder if her particular softness for Bran is part relief after worrying over Jon's place should anything happen to Robb.

*Ned (who won't explain what his plans for Jon or or make any move to build a life for him as anything other than one of the family) may not be able to legitimise Jon himself, but he's besties with the king, who can.

*From our point of view as readers, we might take time to note that Jon is offered Winterfell ahead of his surviving siblings twice. As it turns out, Jon is awesome. But Cat wasn't wrong about what could happen.