[ SECRET POST #2309 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2309 ⌋

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Comments

[sugar_spun]

I think that's obviously what the show runners were thinking and how they thought we'd feel, but I don't think that at all.

He has absolute power. If he says "go to war", his kingdom or demesne has to go to war with him. By accepting this power, and by wielding it, he should also be accepting the responsibility (thanks Uncle Ben!) that comes with it. His war has led to countless civilian deaths. Does it suck that he has to marry for duty, rather than love? Yes, but this is a sacrifice he makes in exchange for all the sacrifices he's requiring of basically everyone else.

And then he throws that away for Talisa. Not out of honor, but just because he likes her and thinks she's hot. Who in my opinion, is a bland and entirely forgettable as a love interest. Maybe as a character on her own I could have appreciated her, but being a love interest means I need to see what Robb sees in her, and I don't see anything.

I don't think this is a far-flung ideal that we can't associate with ourselves any more.

[visp]

This. If I was a lord in his army I'd be like "I'm getting my ass kicked in battle, sleeping in mud, risking and losing my own soldiers, and you can't even be bothered to not put your dick in the wrong place? Oh, you found marrying for political power too much of a burden? Well, that's no problem, I'll just go to my troops and tell them the man they're dying for wanted more of them to die so that he could marry his crush. They'll understand."

Although I have to disagree with not seeing what Rob sees in her. She's strong, brave, beautiful, caring, and kind. People have fallen in love over less.

[world_eater]

They definitely made a point of showing how horrified he was at the prospect of having to marry an ugly girl and then they introduce this new character and she's nice and pretty and -whoops, married. Really, the show fails spectacularly to make me stand behind them, because I never get to see anything that makes me believe in their relationship, anything that makes me believe that there is more to their choice than "don't want to marry icky girl from bumfuck nowhere, better get this hottie here fast".