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Originally Posted by MagicHef
Catelyn has done her share of stupid/awful things. She convinced/forced Ned to accept the position of Hand.
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This was forseeably stupid or awful? Really?? It may have been unwise, but at the very least all she did was try to be persuasive. She didn't force Ned into doing anything.
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She took Tyrion hostage without any proof of guilt, resulting in Ned being attacked and injured, and his guards being killed, as well as giving Tywin a reason to burn the Riverlands.
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Again, unwise. Not evil. Not badly intentioned. Just a very poor job of foreseeing consequences for her actions. Also possibly based on a lack of understanding of just how much power/influence the Lannisters had at King's Landing, compared to the Hand himself. Also unforeseeable was Ned's resignation as Hand, which rendered him far more vulnerable to attack by Jaime.
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She allowed her crazy sister to take over the entire trial situation, resulting in her entire family looking like fools.
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Now you're really out there. Lysa controlled the Eyrie, and wasn't exactly excited that Cat had brought Tyrion there to begin with. She had little or no leverage over the entire situation.
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She convinced Robb to place Roose Bolton in a position of authority. She undermined Robb's authority and weakened his strategic position by releasing Jaime. Crossing over to the blatantly evil side, she currently presides as judge, jury and executioner over extremely biased trials.
Yet, she's a good guy because of who her kids are.
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I think she's a good guy with poor strategic vision and a serious inability to foresee the consequences of her actions.
I wouldn't hold Undead Cercei's actions against her if she should become so, and it's rather absurd to hold Undead CAt's actions against her when alive. Lady Stoneheart isn't really Catelyn Stark at all.
Apparently you just have a crush on Lena Headey or something, because, no seriously, I think most of what you're saying above to be reaalllly far out there.