I sometimes wonder if the entire GoT Eddard story, ending included, was established to show how unyielding and inflexible he is, and thus explains later on why he didn't reveal the truth to anyone.
I wonder if Howland Reed also feels himself bound by this promise?
I wonder if Howland Reed also feels himself bound by this promise?
I think that's exactly why Eddard's story played out the way it did. I'm telling you, this had better pay off big
I've been wondering about Howland. I suspect he's bound by his own promise to Lyanna - I think he loved her very much (after the whole tourney at Harrenhal incident) and would have given her anything she wanted.
Pure speculation, of course.
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- 20/06/2010 04:09:27 PM
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There is a consensus on that, yeah.
- 20/06/2010 04:58:40 PM
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Oh well, sorry.
- 20/06/2010 05:07:19 PM
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I don't think that reasoning entered into it.
- 20/06/2010 05:43:59 PM
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That is about what I was thinking. If I promise not to tell anybody something, that includes my
- 20/06/2010 10:59:10 PM
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Trusting Catelyn would have been idiotic, promises aside.
- 21/06/2010 04:35:32 PM
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ehhhh
- 22/06/2010 01:29:46 AM
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And WHAT rigid morality? Why don't you give me a clear cut example of his moral "rigidity"?
- 22/06/2010 04:31:35 PM
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Re: Trusting Catelyn would have been idiotic, promises aside.
- 04/07/2010 12:59:23 PM
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That is NOT moral rigidity! It was weakness and a huge moral failure!
- 05/07/2010 11:54:03 PM
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That is NOT moral rigidity! It was weakness and a huge moral failure!
- 05/07/2010 11:54:03 PM
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