R.E.N. Spells Ren
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Another changed plotline, most likely meant to endear Robb to the TV audience (women especially) so the Red Wedding would be more brutal. It is less head scratching when you look at it how it was actually written.
Robb had just won victory in battle and found out that Theon sacked Winterfell and murdered Bran and Rickon. Talisa (Jeyne Westerling in the book) was a woman of noble birth, and she comforted him after the battle which led to them making the mistake of Robb taking her maidenead. He didnt want to bring great shame on her and her family, so he married her out of honor. Also, Cat was not present at the time to stop him. Robb was still a boy, fresh off the deaths of his father and brothers and its tough to expect him to never make a mistake. He seemed almost ashamed of it all, the whole "I'm in love" story was a tv creation.
What the hell does that mean?
While I hated the 'I'm in love' story I could buy it...I was just hung up on the fact that he
couldn't wait til the end of the war to do something that would piss off his most untrustworthy ally. The book version makes
so much more sense (assuming you're saying that she got pregnant...fear of pregnancy was the only way I could rationalize the TV version, but even then: just stick to anal Robb )