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I'd pick family over honour. Chas Send a noteboard - 13/06/2011 10:05:46 PM
Whatever Joffrey does is irrelevant (and for all the "I based it on the Wars of the Roses" talk, juvenile kings of that era were entirely pawns of whomever managed to get themselves appointed regent, usually mothers like Cersei).


Except Joffrey went against Cersei by having Ned executed.

The Lannisters CANNOT allow Ned to live knowing what he knows, both because they can't afford it to become common knowledge...


The rest of the series shows just how little this actually mattered.

and because Ned would've spent whatever life would have remained him seeking vengeance at any cost.


I doubt it. He was being sent to the Wall. And it's made quite clear that once you are at the Wall, you are at the Wall and done with the rest of Westeros - see Aemon Targaryen.




It was a good deal for all involved. Joffrey breaking it plunged a good portion of Westeros into civil war.
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interesting thread over on tv guide...cannoli will hate it. dacole - 13/06/2011 05:14:48 AM 1018 Views
He was going to put aside his principles and say, 'I betrayed my country and my king and my people'. Joel - 13/06/2011 05:55:39 AM 716 Views
I am sorry but that is a bunch of BS Roland00 - 13/06/2011 12:01:18 PM 561 Views
I believe you mean "retract", not "retrack". *NM* Macharius - 13/06/2011 02:22:55 PM 372 Views
Even if I concede he was dead from the moment he was captured, that leaves HOW he died to determine. Joel - 13/06/2011 04:14:44 PM 643 Views
Ned is a northerner, and well aware of the good he could have done on the Wall. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:49:40 PM 493 Views
What he said. *NM* Chas - 13/06/2011 09:56:34 PM 217 Views
That was not the clincher though. What good he could do on the Wall is nothing next to a usurper Cannoli - 17/06/2011 08:47:06 PM 564 Views
Cersei would protect her cubs, she is a lioness Roland00 - 13/06/2011 11:58:48 PM 671 Views
Recall that it wasn't only his honor that was up for grabs. Dan - 15/06/2011 07:07:54 AM 597 Views
Look up the concept of hostages sometime. Plus, Varys was playing Ned. Cannoli - 17/06/2011 09:15:02 PM 651 Views
So what should have Ned done, once he was in that cell? *NM* Dan - 18/06/2011 04:50:27 AM 591 Views
Stick to his guns and not agree to take the Black or recant his actions against Joffrey Cannoli - 04/07/2011 03:29:23 PM 622 Views
I'd pick family over honour. Chas - 13/06/2011 10:05:46 PM 592 Views
Re: I'd pick family over honour. Timthetrolloc - 16/06/2011 07:21:33 AM 587 Views
Potentially- but the only Lannister who thought so was Joffrey. Chas - 16/06/2011 09:19:39 PM 522 Views
wow dacole - 14/06/2011 01:44:19 AM 550 Views
Cersie is the one who says "love is poison" in the second book to Sansa. Beqi - 15/06/2011 06:54:21 PM 524 Views
And some day, when your kid needed people to trust you, you'd be screwed. Cannoli - 17/06/2011 09:37:25 PM 576 Views
Well said. Except for quitting after one book. *NM* Cannoli - 17/06/2011 09:38:37 PM 378 Views
I guess Bean didn't read the later books. Cannoli - 17/06/2011 09:44:45 PM 561 Views
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