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Originally Posted by Amnorix
I said Catelyn, not Lady Stoneheart.
Seriously, your "arguments" are just sad. We have a huge laundry list of terrible things that Cercei did (posted by Hawk), and you come up with Pod being hanged by UnDeadCatelyn.
And frankly, I think it's fair to say that most of us (me certainly) were very surprised at Lady Stoneheart's actions precisely BECAUSE they were so uncharacteristic of Catelyn Stark.
Some women seemingly love Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, ignoring that he is a murdering scumbag, and I guess you have a similar blind spot for Cercei. At least Cercei isn't a real life POS.
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Again, I don't love Cersei. She's done a lot of terrible things. I just think it's funny how Catelyn has her own large share of political screw ups, and does some brutally cruel things in the name of protecting her family, yet gets none of the flack that Cersei does.
It's what GRRM loves to do, set up well-known tropes but turn them on their heads. He's given you the evil, cruel queen vs the mother of the heroes, and a lot of people will always view them through the typical narratives we're used to. However, look into the details, and they're not too different.
Catelyn is Stoneheart. To believe differently, you have to ignore:
-The only similar resurrection only created incremental changes.
-Stoneheart convinces the BWB to follow her (we know she's good at convincing people to do unwise things)
-Stoneheart is not just the physical body of Catelyn that only remembers revenge, as you tried to claim earlier.
-Stoneheart remembers Brienne, and remembers what she swore, and remembers that she is not a Frey, Lannister, or a Bolton.
-Stoneheart READS A LETTER.
-Stoneheart mistrusts Brienne based on the contents of the letter and the sword she is carrying.
-Stoneheart creates a plan to allow Brienne to show she's not loyal to the Lannisters.
Knowing those things, to not allow Stoneheart's actions to color the character of Catelyn is absurd.