I've enjoyed Daradon's predictions and thoughts but I'm a bit upset he figured it out. I suppose kidnapping is a bit different than the slaughter that takes place but I would have loved to see his reaction with a complete surprise.
As for the actual wedding, I realize why the show has had to cut back on a lot of characters, but it sucks that the Red Wedding wont get the full effect of the other characters involved like the Smalljon fighting with a leg of lamb, the Mormont women who just wanted to dance, etc.
And just in general I feel like the show didn't give exactly a favourable view of Robb. The most obvious was the difference between why he married. In the books he was vulnerable after being injured and finding out his brothers had died, he caved in, and married to save Jeyne's honour (and in contrast to his father who's only blackmark was having a ####### apparently). In the show he was doing Talisa before anything happened and married because "#### the Freys what are they going to do about it anyways?. But the dealings with his lords in the show have all been pretty negative. Everyone of importance would have betrayed him practically, his uncle didn't listen, Karstark killed the children, Theon captured Winterfell, Roose and Walder killed him and his mom released the Kingslayer. Of course those all happen in the books, but there was no Umbers, Glovers, Manderlys or Mormonts shown to really have stayed loyal to him.
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