Re: Warning: possible spoilers as speculationjedsMay 23 2012, 01:09:18 UTC
Good point. In the book there's not only the position Robb is in but a lot of other stuff going on that motivate him into Jeyne's arms - he's wounded at the Crag and she's tending to him, he's taking milk of the poppy for the wound so he's all drugged, he receives word of Bran and Rickon's deaths at the hand of Theon, and his mother "betrays" him. So the show did a decent job of showing what you talk about, but while I'm no book purist I think they could have done it better.
Which gets me to Caetlyn letting the Kingslayer go. I get she wants to save Sansa and Arya and thinks the Lannisters will exchange them for Jaimie. And she thought Jaimie would not survive the night; if he was killed by Lord Karstark, there was little chance she would ever see Sansa and Arya alive again. However that says to me she would only be motivated to keep him safe, not send him home. Brienne could have taken him away from camp and kept him hidden until Robb returned.
However in the book, they also receive word from Winterfell that Bran and Rickon are dead. Suddenly, her children are dying. Cat's desperate: she takes the step of sending Jaimie (with Brienne) south to be exchanged for her daughters. She wants to gather all her remaining children up, take them home and keep them safe - like the honourable, strong mother she is.
I just don't think the show did a good enough explanation on why Cat let Jaimie go (sort of). Plus the whole Bran/Rickon death seems to be wasted, purely as a cliffhanger for the audience. News will reach Robb/Cat eventually but... what then?
Though I'm sure the writers were concerned at how they would justify Robb not turning his whole army around and marching on Winterfell, damn the consequences, when he got the news.
As I said, I'm no book purist. I've enjoyed the way the TV show has adapted the books, even improved on them at points. The Bran/Rickon death news is to me however an important motivation for Cat to release Jaimie, and for some reason they didn't use it.
Which gets me to Caetlyn letting the Kingslayer go. I get she wants to save Sansa and Arya and thinks the Lannisters will exchange them for Jaimie. And she thought Jaimie would not survive the night; if he was killed by Lord Karstark, there was little chance she would ever see Sansa and Arya alive again. However that says to me she would only be motivated to keep him safe, not send him home. Brienne could have taken him away from camp and kept him hidden until Robb returned.
However in the book, they also receive word from Winterfell that Bran and Rickon are dead. Suddenly, her children are dying. Cat's desperate: she takes the step of sending Jaimie (with Brienne) south to be exchanged for her daughters. She wants to gather all her remaining children up, take them home and keep them safe - like the honourable, strong mother she is.
I just don't think the show did a good enough explanation on why Cat let Jaimie go (sort of). Plus the whole Bran/Rickon death seems to be wasted, purely as a cliffhanger for the audience. News will reach Robb/Cat eventually but... what then?
Though I'm sure the writers were concerned at how they would justify Robb not turning his whole army around and marching on Winterfell, damn the consequences, when he got the news.
As I said, I'm no book purist. I've enjoyed the way the TV show has adapted the books, even improved on them at points. The Bran/Rickon death news is to me however an important motivation for Cat to release Jaimie, and for some reason they didn't use it.
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