how could he have avoid this situation?

>>211376908 (OP)
fulfill his marriage vows, don't execute lords on a whim

>>211376908 (OP)
Just started this show. I wonder what the /tv/ threads were like when it was in its prime. Also when should I switch to the books? I heard it has a massive drop in quality at some point.

>>211376908 (OP)
I would have done everything I bloody well could have so I wouldn't be in that situation to begin with. It's a hypothetical and it's not answerable.

>>211376972
I would suggest switching to the books after season 4.

>>211376908 (OP)
>book robb
>heavily wounded after a battle, has sex with a noblewoman while borderline hallucinating because she was taking care of him, marries her because of his strict honor code and not wanting to sire a bastard because he saw how jon was treated by his mother
>show robb
>gets horny for some sassy mulatto peasant ass, proceeds to break his promise for no other reason than muh dick

It's remarkable how the show completely destroyed Robb's character with this moronic change.

>>211376972
Just don't get into this dumb fuck series in the first place
The show goes to shit after S3/4 and the books will literally never get an ending.

>>211376972
don't listen to this retard >>211377358
no need to deprive yourself of a major cultural touchstone because some of the fans are bitter piss babies

>>211376972
>Also when should I switch to the books?
switch to the books immediately, even the good parts of the show are noticeably worse

>>211376908 (OP)
Don't fall for mystery meat pussy

>Robb picked fencesitting whore over this

>>211376908 (OP)
Marrying the Frey lady like he said he woyld, and maybe not killing the Karstark guy for killing the Lannister hostage.

Did Edmure at least get to smash or did he just go straight to jail?

>>211377817
>major cultural touchstone
lol nobody gives a shit about this anymore

>>211376908 (OP)
he could have married his Frey wife when it was agreed to
right then and there
put a baby in her immediately and then he wins

>>211376972
The first 3 seasons are some of the best shit I've ever seen. Started kinda sucking s4, dropped it in s5. Stannis isn't even my favorite, but the way they wasted him, plus all the other shit they did, finally made me give up. Back then people would post those show vs book comparison pics called "BRAVO D&D" and holy shit did they drive the point home of how bad they were as showrunners.

>>211377037
Book Robb's decision to renege on his oath to the Freys to marry Jeyne Westerling was extremely stupid. Dumb & Dumber made it even more retarded in the show.

lmao I found a couple

>>211378448

>>211378448
>>211378469
moar plz

>>211376972
they were the peak of /tv/
gods we were strong then

>>211377817
The show went to shit, the books are not going to be finished, and no one even talks about it. It's like it just evaporated within a week of the finale and it's only remembered for how badly it ended. I remember when it started, and I'm stunned when I think about it.

>>211376972
don't read the books
they are good but we will never get the ending
if we're lucky we get book 6 before GRRM croaks
yes the show falls off a cliff towards the end but at least it ends the story

>>211378542

>>211376972
>I wonder what the /tv/ threads were like when it was in its prime

>>211378593
>DOES NOT ALIGN WITH CURRENT POPULAR TRENDS
>BZZZ BZZZ DISREGARD
>BZZZ BZZZ DISREGARD

>>211378009
Maybe if Frey hadn't concealed her no reason leaving Robb to think he was gonna get some fat uggo

>>211376908 (OP)
Not go full retard. Repeatedly.

>>211378975
Well it was probably because he thought it was funny to make the little shit sweat on it. He likely believed Ned Stark's son would stay true to his word

>>211376908 (OP)
simple, don't watch this slop

>>211376972
The books are awful and so is the show, kys

>>211376972
don't read the books
don't get attached to characters
don't expect a good ending
Ned Stark dies

>>211378469
Last two paragraphs are headcanon til Winds gets published
Stannis burns his daughter, cope

>>211379010
It was a bad change for the show. It was supposed to be an accident that Robb woke up and he'd taken a noble girl's virginity and knocked her up. Much more reasonable than Robb just saying fuck it

>>211379110
>til Winds gets published
lol, look at this summer child over here thinking another book is getting published

>>211378009
khazar milkers lead men to their doom

>>211379165
yeah?

>>211376972
>I wonder what the /tv/ threads were like when it was in its prime

us Stannins the Mannis stans got btfo. i swear the writers were 100% following the threads on 4chan and intentionally destroyed his plot and character. it was very much a Joker: Folie à Deux type situation.

felt as if they intentionally wanted to destroy every ounce of masculinity the story and his character got singled out above all. GRRM had already emasculated most people in the books, but the show writers really took it to another level.

after that, i tuned out and intentionally reported most /got/ generals in hopes they would ban all discussions in an effort to bring down ratings and hype for the show.

>>211378975
>This house holds a strategic geographic position and will give me more men for my war to protect my family and avenge my father
>but I have to marry an english 3/10 with negative canthal tilt ew that'll be a yikers from me Doctor Frey no offense haha
Was Robb a zoomer?

>>211379341
i mean, in the book he's like 14 years old or something, so.

>>211379341
in the books he was drugged and raped and then guilted into marrying the girl who raped him so that he didn't abandon a bastard

>>211376908 (OP)
By not kowtowing to retards demands and just using the stupid bridge and fuck off if you say no. Then don't show up for any of his dinner parties because he's a faggot and why would you?

>>211379422
Serious question. And I hate 'this character didn't make the choice I would've made' criticism but.
I realize he didn't know the real story of jon snow, but still, bringing the bastard into his home and giving him a royal upbringing shouldn't be considered at least a little bit honorable? in comparison to the usual treatment of bastards like that of big bob? Especially when the alternative is potentially creating a feud with the Freys and showing the world you're an oath breaker. I know he is a 14 year old but every single advisor should've screamed in his face this is the wrong move

>>211379590
he saw how Jon was treated by his mother and didn't want to subject his own bastard to the same treatment from the Freys

>>211379590
He thought things could still be salvaged, that Frey would understand, and that with enough repayment they could sort it out. He was very young and despite winning battles, he was losing the war. He lost all trust in his mother. And he was being played by other nobles who wanted him to marry that girl. He's streesed out, wounded, drugged, and most of all just knows he doesn't want to ever have a bastard. I like it since it's a realistic thing that real people could feel and could affect their actions.

>>211376972
The first 2 seasons are great, 3 and 4 are OK. But after that it becomes terrible.

By not being a complete moron.

If I was there, the red wedding wouldn't have gone down like it did. I would have a harem of wives and they'd all be satisfied. I'm not a moron. I'm very smart, you see.

>>211378542
https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/search/filename/Bravo%20d%26d/

You can find a lot here going back years.

>>211376908 (OP)
Don't fuck over your allies, retard.
In the books it makes a little more sense since he's younger, but I don't remember there being any additional reasons for him making that dumbass decision in the show, despite him being older.

>>211376972
>I wonder what the /tv/ threads were like when it was in its prime.
A lot of threads about wanting to fuck Bran

>>211379857
>>211379590
>>211379422
>>211379422
>muh bastard
Lord Bolton made Ramsey legit just by signing a piece of paper. Why didn't Robb just immediatly sign the legitimacy papers when his bastard would have been born thus sparing him the bastard treatment? Instead he fuckes everything up just to not have his bastard suffer the Jon treatment, it's just bad writing by the fat man if one can simply delete the bastard status with a signature.

>>211382930
No, he didn't. That's show only garbage just like Ramsay killing Roose. And nothing that Roose does should be copied. The guy is a deranged, murderous vampire.

>in the show
dont go for a foreign WHORE
>in the books
dont go full retard with the muh honor autism and be a little bit pragmatic
i dont think even ned or stannis or any other guy would have done what book rob did just to preserve some random girls "honor". its completely ignoring reality. show rob is just a retarded coomer whos irredeemable and deserved to die

>>211376972
Did not expect to get so many replies, thanks bros.

While we’re on the topic why is it such a shock to Ned that Joffrey and his siblings have blonde hair while the rest of the Baratheon’s have black hair? I know they’re inbred twincest babies but how is hair color proof to Ned that they’re illegitimate heirs? Also RIP to Viserys Targaryen

>>211376972
In terms of writing style, imagine any kind of HBO show with walking dead tier writing. Overrated as fuck show , never read the books and that's mainly because the show ruined any interest I might've had in them. From the except that get posted online, I probably would hate them too.

>>211377037
>sassy mulatto peasant ass
Someone post the GRRM quote about the sassy peasant girls in fiction

>>211383993
>I know they’re inbred twincest babies but how is hair color proof to Ned that they’re illegitimate heirs?
every recorded pairing of a Lannister and a Baratheon resulted in children with jet black hair. The seed is strong

D&D fucked it up by not making Mark Addy or the guy who plays Renly dye their hair

>>211376908 (OP)
All he needed to do was to let his stupid fucking mother stay in Winterfell.
Imagine 'negotiating' the passage with the marriage of the direct great lord when the Freys were obligated to help their liege lords in the first place.
I bet Walder himself didn't believe his proposal would go through.

marry the frey

make sure jaime never escaped

had more informants regarding how deranged the boltons actually were

>>211378009
Frey was never going to wed her to Robb, he only gave her to Radmure to fuck with Robb before he killed him

>>211376908 (OP)
By understanding that love is not a privilege afforded to rulers.

>>211382930
Even if he could, and did, legitimize his bastard, would that really change anything? If Ned had legitimized Jon, would that stop Cat from hating his guts? Fuck no.
The point is it’s not a smart decision, but it’s a mistake that makes sense considering the character’s upbringing.

>>211377037
Show Robb was also planning to attack Casterly Rock which is so intensely stupid it's almost a relief he died before he could try

>>211376972
Bookfags spoiling showfags , few showfags that.dodged the spoilers freaking out.

The show really doesnt follow the books that much, core plot but even that gets dropped eventually. The writing quality is so much worse in.the show.you might not be able continue watching it if you read the books first.
Also when you read book 4&5 use a fan pdf like ball of beasts, they combine the books as they were written (as one novel) and it fixes the pacing issues.

By not making the eternal sworn enemy of his house in charge of half his armies.

What I hate about this scene is how all the soldiers are not only cool with, but are cheering him on. Everyone seemed to have a ton of respect for Robb. Small folk viewed him as a larger than life hero. And betraying your liege was seen as a grave sin.

>>211377037
reminder that book Robb was 16 and that the story about fucking Jeyne Westerling in a fit of hallucinacion from pain is simply horseshit, he was just horny and stupid.

he shouldve kept his oath and married the frey girl. abortion exists in westeros, if he wants to keep Jeyne on the side just feed her some abortion potions.

>>211376908 (OP)
desu i think its inevitable. Robb's a good tactitian, terrible strategist. What the fuck was their endgoal again, independent North? Dumb and too ambitious for a fresh leader, pure hubris. Should've allied with either Stannis or Renly, let them take care of Joffrey, retreive Sansa and Arya.
Walder Frey was always a cunt, Robbs mistake was making deals with him in the first place. Should've seized the twins using some maneuvre. Idk im basing all this on memory, could be wrong.

>>211379422
Bastard wasnt the crux of it, he took the cunts honor, if he didnt marry her she was damaged goods. Also he was griefstricken over bran and rickons deaths

>>211385904
only Frey and Bolton soldiers were allowed anywhere near the castles, all the men who would have stayed loyal to Robb were locked outside to get butchered

>>211376908 (OP)
Just take the House of Dragon route,

>marry the Frey uggo
>kill her in an "accident"
>marry the other whore
>???
>PROFIT

>>211386071
Yeah pretty much everything.you said is wrong lol. Robb was forced into independence by his banner men, he sent cat to ally with renly and the twins were time critical so he couldnt siege them.
Also north independence is ezmode because or the neck. The only reason robb ie warring south is.for vengeance and i guess.the riverlands joining him.

Best thing he could have done is assassinate lysa.and get the vale under his wing somehow, 3 factions would trounce the rest with ease

>>211376908 (OP)
Anyone have the webm/gif of Robert shooting fire out of his mouth?

>>211383410
honestly show rob makes more sense. that PHAT ass walking around your camp acting all sassy and her oogly eyes + you were gonna get married to uggos. seven hells i dont blame him at all. Only shouldnt have made any deal with the Frey cunts in the first place and steamroll them instead

>Frey girl
>White, 10/10

>Some mutt he pity fucks
>0/10

>>211376908 (OP)
Why do people assume Robb marrying that brown slut was the only reason for why red wedding happened?
Show made it rather clear there were negotiations between both sides constantly being made.
What Walder did was kinda a no-brainer - side with the established power gaining its sympathy, stop the war wich had a low chance of succeeding anyway.
It was a reasonable choice.

>>211386386
betraying the Freys would have cost the Starks the loyalty of their bannermen. the Freys hadn't proven themselves unworthy yet. a better idea might have been for the North to come up with a navy, and maybe a rope bridge. invest the Freys from both sides. Then do battle around the Rivers without the Freys until the Freys just give up.

>>211376972
S2 is already noticeably worse than S1

what's better, a bad ending or no ending at all?

>>211386151
That didn't raise any redflags with Robb's house guard? That its his wedding and somehow his men are systemically kept outside?

>>211386564
Somehow getting both at the same time is the worst

>>211386611
Killing an ally under guest right protection was so taboo and unthinkable that everyone's guard was down. The soldiers camping outside doesn't feel unusual at all during a wedding, is Walder supposed to give every soldier a bedroom or something?

>>211386564
He had his ending.
He became rich and famous before his death.

You have to understand that ultimately it was only his job.
Would he prefer the series to be finished?
Of course he would.
But ask yourself - would you care about finishing your work reports and making sure your boss is happy if you suddenly won 10 million dollars in a lottery?

>>211386686
Its so unthinkable that Robb's men never considered it...but all the Frey and Bolton men were cool with it?

>>211376908 (OP)
>marry the Frey girl
>don’t send Theon away
>Tell uncle Edmure about the plan
>never declare myself KITN
There I won

>>211376908 (OP)
Don't fuck a random whore comes to mind

>>211376908 (OP)
Siding with Stannis

>>211376908 (OP)
Robb should have done what his father would have done. Side with Stannis. Robb actually wanted to do that initially, but then his retard bannermen started shouting their "KING IN THE NORTH" shit like imbeciles and ruined everything.
If they tried to make Eddard Stark the King in the North instead of siding with Stannis he would have shut them down instantly.

>>211378542

>>211378448

>>211378469

>>211378697

>>211376908 (OP)
>not send theon to pyke
>not having his dumb cunt tully mother release Jaime causing him to lose the Karstarks
>marry a frey

>>211382930
>>211383025

>>211377037
Because MEN BAD WOMAN GOOD

The worst part was excluding all of the buildup that showed how Eddard Stark wasn't just a naive idiot and that his character earned a lot of loyalty to House Stark which guaranteed a lot of people rose up for absolutely no reward to protect his children.

>>211389050
I did really want to see what GRRM had in store for Roose at the end. Now I don't even care anymore

Just remember the good times we had...

>>211387704

>>211376972
Watch to the end of S6.

>>211388984
sand-snakes could have been such a great part of the TV-show

>>211389190
hows Bessy doing nowdays?
didn;t she post here for a minute during these episodes?

>>211390283
Probably tried to make an OF like ever other whore then died of heart disease.

>>211384741
Robb had his pick of them all.

>>211376972
/got/ was literally the peak of 4chan, the best threads we've ever seen.
Jannies got so mad at how based we were they banned us off-season.
I miss those threads.

>>211376972
>I heard it has a massive drop in quality at some point.
Yes it's called Book Four onward.
3000ish pages of stalling, introducing new plot lines that go nowhere with characters who die unimportantly, while all the engaging plot threads go absolutely nowhere.

>>211390384
It was something special.

>>211376972
Watch the whole show, or watch it until you don't like it anymore. Read the books after. Avoid all spoilers.

>>211390457
>Read 5000 pages of novel that will never be finished while the author is alive

S1 > S2 > Books = S3 > S4 > Really don't need to watch or read anything more. You can even stop reading the books after Storm of Swords, there is nothing worthwhile being added from that point on.

Absolutely mid IP. 6/10 overall.

>>211390384
>/got/... best threads
I just remember how everyone fucked off to /rbmk/ at the time because the last season of GOT was so ass

>>211376908 (OP)
>heeding at least some of Roose Bolton's more pragmatic advice
>making an example out of his mother for releasing Jaime by executing her
>declaring polygamy legal in the North and still taking on the Frey girl as his second wife
>press House Arryn harder to openly side with you
>form some sort of temporary alliance or at least a non-aggression pact with Stannis

>>211378308

Nah, Rickard Karstark's act of defiance was so brazen that it could not afford to go unpunished. Robb was pretty much in a Catch-22 with that one.

>if you do execute him, the Karstarks will ride back home
>if you don't execute him, all the other Northern lords will think you're a weakling and that they can also get away with similar acts of disloyalty with a slap on the wrist

I'd say executing Karstark was ultimately the right choice, because the consequences of not doing so could have been far worse than losing one House's loyalty

>>211382930
Legitimizing bastards does almost stop these kinds of conflicts. Ramsey being legitimized as Roose's heir didn't stop him from murdering his father, stepmother, and half-brother. Aegon the Fourth legitimized all his bastards and it led to sixty fucking years of almost nonstop war because of bastards and bastards of bastards all trying to push claims for the throne.

If Robb legitimized his bastard with Jeyne, it'd only be a matter of time before some killer hired by the Freys slit its throat. It'd be too much of a threat to any children the Frey girl might have with Robb.

>>211390384
The only good thing about /got/ was it gave us /ecg/.

>>211386932
Plenty of honorable houses and organizations are full of less than honorable men. The group of Night's Watch that slay Craster and Mormont were pushed to a point where shit like Guest Right and fealty didn't mean shit to them anymore, and yet it was unthinkable to those who didn't participate in the mutiny.

>>211389190
>sitting in the front row at this bar and squealing at a television for the camera for eight years was the highlight of these people's lives
This is indeed a disturbing universe.

>>211376908 (OP)
>how could he have avoid this situation?
Not inhale Sybell Spicer's asshai'i nigthmare zaza

>>211390663
>Robb was pretty much in a Catch-22 with that one.
Yep, if he let Karstark live all it would do is further embolden the houses that had already turned traitor, and convince the houses that hadn't already turned that their leader was a pushover.

>risk everything betraying the crown for the promise of having your daughter be queen
>king of the norf renegs on his vow but still expects you to fulfill your end of the bargain
Walder Frey did nothing wrong

Leave his retarded mother at home
>Hehe yeah I promised your hand in marriage to this lowly lord without your permission so what?
>Hehe yeah I released Jaime without your permission so what?
>Hehe don't worry I'll smooth everything over with walder *dies*

>>211389134
Yep, everything about the Starks was butchered. Robb was a dumb liar, Jon was a Targ, Bran was an autistic cripple, Rickon was just taking up space, Arya the super assassin abandons her whole family in their time of need to die at sea, Sansa somehow is going to lead her whole destroyed kingdom with no problem by herself

Every time I watch this I end up hating Dune. If Dune was more realistic Paul would have died in the first duel he had with a Freman. Outside of Japanese Manga no one has the balls to build up characters like this to kill them. But Robert Stark was such a blatant underdog it was satisfactory to see my expectations subverted, unlike other shitty recent stories.

>>211391030
>be walder frey
>everyone hates you because you look like a weasel and are a vulgar parvenu
>king indanorf and his Tully fucking shit relatives slight you for the last fucking time
>do the one thing every culture, every person agrees that you can't do under any circumstance
>everyone hates you even more now
>it's free season on Freys
>your descendants are being lynched and baked into pies left right and center
>oops

>>211376908 (OP)
Literally just do what his own father purportedly did and father a bastard. You promise the largest house save Tully in your Riverlands that they would be a part of your dynasty. That they would be direct family with the king when the son of King Robb and the Frey Queen takes the throne and you wonder why they get upset?

John Snow gets killed by Night King and turned into a white walker in the new rts game btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILU7b29FXFc

>>211391326
The canon ending.

>>211391326
Kino

>>211391261
It wasn't free season though. It was supported by the Lannisters, Boltons, and Crown. Frey was supposed to be enriched and increase in power. It was only much later on after Tywin had died, Joffrey dead, the crown was in chaos especially with dumbass Cersei in charge, that the North could scheme more freely to reveneg on the Freys

>>211376972
Well S 1-3 is really good but it slowly but steadily goes down hill after that and that’s mostly because the red wedding which happens at the end of S3 is the main reason why D&D, the show runners, took the job in the first place which is why it starts to decline after that because as the longer it went it on D&D became less interested and by the time you get to s7 you can absolutely tell that they didn’t give a shit anymore.

>>211392587
>they didn’t give a shit anymore.
Because it took almost a decade and the entire time GRRM was promising them too that the next books would be out soon. They delayed a season a whole year because of his promises. He screwed them just as much as the fans making them finish his stories for a hundred characters rather than adapt his scenes.

>>211376972
If you plan to read the books you should do so from the start, because there are thing the show skips or changes that become relevant later. AT MOST you can skip book 1 and watch the first season instead.
Anyway, don't read the books, the fat fuck author is never finishing them.

>>211392626
The show was already slipping in the 4th season and that was when they still had book material and the last book was only 3 years ago. Also if D&D want to call themselves writers then they should be able to actually write and not just copy someones notes.

>>211376908 (OP)
Sacked the Twins when the Freys refused to answer the Tully's call to war

>>211376972
S4 is the last respectable season... Once Tywin Lanister bites the big one there are no more interesting characters

>>211392690
they explained that this would take way too long and use up a lot of their men and resources, when all they wanted was to get beyond it and attack the Lannisters

>>211385944

the girl raped robb as requested by tywin

>>211378697
My absolute favourite scene from the season. I would give up an empire for this ass.

>>211376972
you really missed out.

>>211393260
The show died along with that ass

>>211376908 (OP)
Basically
>don't show mercy to your enemies while spiteing your allies
>don't let your guard down around people you have caused great offense too
>"People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance."

>>211384741
Of course he'd give his prettiest girl to the king, so his lineage could be the best it could

>>211393374

based

Don't betray your alleged allies, pretty simple.

>>211392742
now that is a plot thickener.
did that happen in the book?

>>211395253
It's heavily implied, never outright confirmed

>>211395305
does anything happen to chance in the books?

>>211376972
Some of the most fun I've had /tv/ posting was during season 1 release. Thanks the gods for Bessie and her tits

>Drogo gets a small cut on his chest
>Gets infected and he dies
>Arya gets gutted, her stomach sliced open, stabbed multiple times in the abdomen, falls from a bridge, swims through a medieval sewer full of shit and disease
>Drinks some soup and is fine literally 24 hours later

>>211397784
Built different

>>211397784
She trained really hard to develop that healing skill

Jon's ending was so stupid. Why would he actually go to the wall?

>>211397784
the writers sort of forgot about infection

>>211376908 (OP)
Marry Margery Tyrell

>>211400357
Obviously to hang out with the Thenns

>>211376972
S1-4 superb
S5-6 good enough
S7 bad
S8 reddit

Be more of a shrewd tactician and rational leader and less of a sympathetic, naive moron. When you are king, everyone wants your head, all great kings know this. They ease the danger by fostering respect and loyalty amongst the most important around them (their vassals), and avoiding any sort of trap like this with people they know resent and have it out for them.

You have to constantly foster conditions that make your murder undesirable and inconvenient for the most powerful around you, and then avoid those with which you can't. Robb got properly filtered by the Game(TM).

Why did people like Edward Stark and Bobby Baratone allow Walter Frey to remain in power? He seemed like a cunt that everybody hated, including his family and his subjects, and (at least in the show) there's no real implication that he has any allies. Just a tiny castle with a bridge. Literally who is protecting this nigga?
Just build a bridge a mile down the river and tell him to shove it lol. God, Medieval-Fantasy is so fucking dumb.