06-13-2016, 02:00 PM
Skelas Wrote:then we have Riverrun. What the hell was the point of all that? Blackfish is dead, riverrun is retaken, this adds zero to the storyline. plus the whole Edmure storyline is ridiculous. They threaten to kill Edmure, and the blackfish just says "tough break kid" but there is zero outrage by the troops there. Then, just several days later, all of a sudden Edmure's word is the final word. What the hell, the Blackfish led those dickheads to retake riverrun, why would they just switch loyalty like that. Makes no sense.
I can't even guess what the point of Riverrun is for the show but in the books it cements and confirms that Jamie is no longer a fan of Cersei. He leaves Cersei to rot after what happens in Riverrun. They certainly haven't done that for the show so who knows.
The Edmure thing doesn't really bother me that much. Historically their is precedence that while the lord is captured the troops will stand their ground and ignore a captives orders however once the their lord was free and at the gates he is their lord not Blackfish. Blackfish was the younger brother to Edmure's father. Blackfish is a knight but certainly not the lord of Riverrun. Their oath is to Edmure not the Blackfish. From the Captains perspective they very well might have taken Riverrun to get Edmure back.
In real feudal history this very same thing happened with King Richard. While Richard was being held his men had no fealty towards him however the minute Richard was ransomed his men followed his commands. This was quite common actually.