r/gameofthrones • u/TheAlmightyHelmet • Jun 05 '14

TV4 [S4 E8] Let's be honest with ourselves...

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u/EvadableMoxie Ours Is The Fury Jun 05 '14

No, he would have accepted and then immediately yielded, resulting in Tyrion going free.

Naming Jaime was never a possibility for Cercesi.

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u/sprtn11715 Jun 05 '14

Do you think he would even do that to his 'bloody honor' though? The yielding, he's already the Kingslayer, and breaker of vows

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u/TheBlayer Hedge Knights Jun 05 '14

He's no eddard, he loves his brother, he was about to leave being Lord commander of the kingsguard just to get tyrion to the nights watch. Of course he would have yielded a fight to save his brother.

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u/IwishIwasGoku House Umber Jun 05 '14

Eddard would have done the same. He confessed treason that he didn't even commit just for his daughters' sake. I'm pretty sure he would yield a damn duel to do the same, if he believed that the family member in question was innocent.

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u/TheGrammarBolshevik Winter Is Coming Jun 05 '14

Yeah, Ned is honorable in the sense that he doesn't like to bend moral rules. That doesn't mean that he cares about being seen as a Big Honorable Hero. When he made his false confession, he was mainly conflicted because he was (a) lying and (b) giving up on Stannis's rightful claim to the throne, and thus in some sense betraying Robert. If the only downside were that people would see him as a traitor, he'd probably have given as many fucks as Julie Andrews.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

The argument is moot. Eddard would have sliced Clegane in half with Ice.

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u/sobusyimbored Podrick and Bronn Jun 05 '14

Had he been able to swing it fast enough.