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Ned lying to Robert about his bastard and then threatening to expose Cersei for lying to Robert about her bastards was insane behaviour because none of this needed to happen really. His sister’s bastard is entitled to protection but Cersei’s bastards aren’t ? The calls literally coming from inside the house.

And before someone says “Cersei passing off her bastards as legitimate is wrong” should she abandon her children to be openly dehumanised and mistreated to the extreme or murdered then ? “But she shouldn’t have had them in the first place, she is breaking the law” why is Cersei supposed to accept having her body and life policed ? Laws that treat women like chattel and natural children like subhumans are meant to be broken.

Response to this post.

I have to go back to read how his thought process motivated him to continue in spite of a realization he had about what Catelyn would do to protect their kids. Either way, from an aerial view I agree with you. All of it didn't need to happen. But that privileged naivete got him on the search for the truth and Cersei's kids not being his or his family made the decision easier.

Also, any protests about Cersei and her kids, refer to anon's second paragraph.