Game Of Thrones: 18 Terrible Ideas That Were Great To Watch

6. Marrying Talisa Robb didn't want to marry the Frey girl. That's okay. From what we saw of them in season 1, I wouldn't want to marry a Frey either. It's hard to blame Robb for not wanting to have Walder Frey replace Ned as the paternal figure in his life. We can blame him, however, for marrying Talisa. Even if he was so blinded by love for the shady foreigner who wrote frequent letters in a language that he could not read, Catelyn warned him explicitly that violating his terms with Lord Frey would do them no favors. Frey had granted Robb thousands of his own soldiers as well as safe passage across the Trident, without which Robb would have never won any of his victories or captured Jaime Lannister. In exchange, Robb agreed that he would marry one of Frey's daughters (making her a queen) and that Arya would marry one of Frey's sons, assuming that she did not take after her brother and decide to marry Gendry because of how his abs flex whenever he hammers out a sword. Robb was a king, and kings do not maintain alliances in times of war by breaking their word. It didn't help Robb's case that there was no need to wed her right away, even if he was determined to go through with the marriage. Breaking his oath to Walder Frey was a bad idea no matter when he did it, but he could have at least had the sense to wait until the war was over and he would no longer have any need of Frey's forces. Would it have been the honorable course of action? No, but even Ned would have agreed that Robb's was a terrible plan, and it was one that would lead to his downfall in season 3. Way to go, Robb. This is what affairs are for.