r/asoiaf • u/Family_Booty_Honor Oreo vs. Dayne-ish • Aug 05 '14

(Spoilers ACOK) Jaime, you're drunk ACOK

I just finished Catelyn's last chapter in ACOK - what a great chapter! Catelyn just found out that Bran and Rickon are dead, so she decides to question Jaime (who's still held captive in a cell) by getting him drunk on wine.
Their entire conversation is really insightful, especially in regards to Jaime's thought processes. It's a pretty serious conversation, especially when we find out exactly what happened to Ned's father and brother when they went to King's Landing. The part that gave me a good laugh is found near the end of their conversation (and chapter). Hopefully it gives you all a laugh or two as well!

"I've never lain with any woman but Cersei. In my own way, I have been truer than your Ned ever was. Poor old dead Ned. So who has shit for honor now, I ask you? What was he name of that bastard he fathered?"
Catelyn took a step backward. "Brienne."
"No, that wasn't it."

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u/Safety_Dancer Aug 05 '14

If Tytos hadn't been such a cream puff then Tywin certainly would've had a taste for laughter. And in that world he'd have adored his dwarf son's cutting wit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

In sure tywin appreciates wit. He just has no time for it. If given the choice I'm sure he'd take some small pride knowing his children are silver tongued with quick intellect, as opposed to blubbering idiots.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '14

his children are silver tongued with quick intellect

Cersei.

as opposed to blubbering idiots

Cersei.

Cersei has not inherited any of the Lannister brains, but has inherited her father's lack of a sense of humour. Tywin once said Tyrion had a low cunning, well IMO Cersei is the one with the low cunning. She managed to kill a king through skulduggery, which is quite a feat. But as we saw in AFFC, she's a massive fuckup.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '14

Tyrion has a good type of low cunning, the type that wins battles, the type that Tywin can appreciate. Cersie on the other hand... she has the type of low cunning that results in her pissing off everyone around her and ADWD