Timeline for Why did Robert pick unworthy men for the White Cloaks?
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| Sep 20, 2019 at 20:00 | vote | accept | Aegon | ||
| Jun 18, 2019 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1140952518287122433 | ||
| Jun 17, 2019 at 3:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 12, 2019 at 19:09 | comment | added | Darth Egregious | If you read the books it's very clear that GRRM tries to portray Robert as a very poor judge of character. It even leads to his demise. The writing is all very heavy handed. | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 23:52 | comment | added | Davislor | The knock against several of these is, basically, “Dishonored himself by betraying his King and accepting a pardon from Robert Baratheon.” When Robert Baratheon is usurping the throne and handing out offices, that’s kind of baked into the cake. | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 13:43 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | @kuhl: Exactly! The reputation of prior Kingsguard is surely as much propaganda and legend as fact. | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 9:46 | answer | added | Flater | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 1:07 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 10, 2019 at 21:40 | comment | added | DariM | Also, for #1, can't really blame Selmy on that front. He fought until he was in critical condition, Robert sent his own healer to save him, and then offered him the pardon after the Targaryens were dead. It's not like Selmy chose not to die fighting for his King, he just didn't really have a choice to make until after his King was dead and Robert was the new King. | |
| Jun 10, 2019 at 17:47 | answer | added | Aegon | timeline score: 53 | |
| Jun 10, 2019 at 17:31 | answer | added | Kyle Doyle | timeline score: 65 | |
| Jun 10, 2019 at 17:30 | comment | added | kuhl | I don't have enough for an answer at the moment, but I wonder if it is less related to the character of the current Kingsguard and more related to us not seeing the flaws in prior Kingsguards. Basically the "good old days" weren't actually as good as they seem. This would be consistent with GRRM's style of gray characters vs black and white characters. For example, Aerys' Kingsguard watched him burn people alive. Who knows what atrocities they accomplished in his name. | |
| Jun 10, 2019 at 17:20 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 10, 2019 at 17:11 | history | undeleted | Aegon | ||
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| Jun 10, 2019 at 17:03 | history | asked | Aegon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |