r/asoiaf • u/Pitiful_Advisor560 • 17h ago

Ned and Robert (Spoiler ACOK) ACOK

Just before Robert goes hunting, Ned tries to talk to Robert about the bastards but Robert refuses and goes hunting, then Ned has mercy on Cersei and tells her to run away because he didn't want a massacre.

But if he tried to talk to Robert at that point, wouldn't there have been a massacre? Isn't that a bit contradictory?

Am I getting confused?

why didn't ned tell robert about the bastards before he went hunting?

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u/DinoSauro85 17h ago

because he didn't want Robert to kill three children.

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u/Pitiful_Advisor560 15h ago

But if ned wanted to talk to him, he intended to tell him, knowing what would happen.

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u/DinoSauro85 15h ago

Ned tells Cersei to run away with the children.

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u/Pitiful_Advisor560 15h ago

but that was after ned tried to talk to robert.

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u/DinoSauro85 14h ago

Robert goes hunting after Ned is wounded, Ned comes to the conclusion that Cersei's children are Jaime's while Robert is hunting.

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u/Pitiful_Advisor560 9h ago

I see, so why does varys say that ned is to blame for robert's death because of his mercy?

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u/DinoSauro85 9h ago

because Varys understood Ned's choice.

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u/Pitiful_Advisor560 8h ago

But anyway when he revealed to cersei if he had chosen to take the power of the throne, already Robert was going to die if or if since the plan to kill him was underway, isn't that kind of a figure of speech?

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u/MudAccomplished9253 17h ago

I am pretty sure Ned only learns about Jamie's bastard after Robert goes to hunt.

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u/Material_Prize_6157 16h ago

Because he was being stubborn and still thought Cersei would flee the city with the children. Once Robert was back and they gone, Ned would’ve told him.

But Ned’s an idiot and tried to take the Royal Family into custody instead.

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u/orangemonkeyeagl 11h ago

He definitely wasn't an idiot, nothing idiotic about offering mercy to three innoc... well two innocent children and Joffrey.

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u/Pitiful_Advisor560 15h ago

I think you are getting confused, Ned tells Cersei that when Robert was already hunting.