u/mtyunng

Brienne swore an oath to Catelyn Stark to protect her and her daughters. Obviously she went off on a skirmish to locate the daughters, but if she had been by Catelyn’s side at The Twins, what would have changed?

1. During the wedding ceremony, nobody from the Stark host was armoured up, nor had serious weapons. A naive trust in guest right.
2. 1a. So presumably, if Brienne was there, she too would be unequipped and therefore unable to properly protect Catelyn and her interests. Therefore presumably shot with a crossbow almost immediately.
3. Jaime Lannister is of course, the reason Roose Bolton became a turncoat, and “sent their regards”. Brienne and Jaime having their unique relationship; would this have made Brienne torn?
4. 2a. Do you think Jaime would have been able to convince Brienne away from her oath to Catelyn and towards the massacre? Either participating or just being complicit?

2b. Counter: Had Brienne stayed with Catelyn, she would not have had opportunity to build a relationship with Jaime, most likely leading to Jaime’s inability to organise with Bolton, as he would still be a prisoner, or most likely (by now) killed.

3. Considering the fact Walder Frey waited for The Blackfish (the biggest threat to their plot) to leave to empty his bladder, he could not defend: Had Brienne been there, would they also wait (or orchestrate) her to leave the room in order to execute the assassinations?
   3a. Or would they have not taken Brienne seriously, as she is a woman and relatively unknown for her combat abilities.

4.(Bonus question: At the time of the Red Wedding, who would win in 1v1 combat Brienne vs. Blackfish
and 4a, vs Roose Bolton)

Brienne is not particularly of tactical mind and as we have seen, very often relies on Pod’s instinct and knowledge of political warfare to advance her campaign. She has backed multiple forces that have ultimately succumbed to smarter, more devious opponents.

Also - BOOK ONLY - >!When Lady Stoneheart accuses Brienne of treachery and orders her to kill Jaime to maintain her oath, how does she feel? —— Sidebar, her sword “Oathkeeper” is literally half of Lady Stoneheart’s husband’s sword, (Ice) so perhaps it is poignant and poetic that oaths are both kept and unkept (against Brienne’s idealistic will)!<

EDIT: I need to stress, I have not disputed the landlord’s deductions. As soon as my account updated on Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) I accepted. Please read further.

I’ve woken up to this payment of £6.47 from a so called dispute service. The reference number refers to my TDS account and having recently moved out of a rented house (joint tenancy with housemates). I was the lead tenant so the payment goes in to my Monzo account and is being distributed accordingly amongst previous housemates.

The landlord has deducted approx. 20% for cleaning and maintenance and whatnot. We’ve been there since 2019 and 8 tenants total have come and gone, so nobody is complaining about that lol.

An employee from the estate agent that has managed the property throughout this time, on behalf of the landlord has contacted me about our deposit, letting us know the deductions, our right to appeal blah blah etc.

Of course we were all happy to accept, but 3 weeks had passed since our tenancy ended date (7/5/26) , we had not been sent a copy of our checkout report (which google tells me should happen within 48 hours) and I had to initiate this 21 days after our tenancy ended, by sending a request through the ‘Tenancy Deposit Scheme’ (TDS)1 that has “protected” our deposit. That is when the property manager contacted the next day to let us know the landlord’s decision regarding our deposit. The TDS portal had not updated however, so I requested that it would be to reflect this agreement. Another day psssed before the TDS portal updated and so then I accepted. Two more days pass and I receive this payment of £6.47, expecting to wake up to a payment over 100x that value.

Those minor difficulties in procedure as well as this strange payment already gave me grounds for suspicion but it’s extra confusing that TDS can stand for Tenancy Deposit Scheme and also, The Dispute Service as per the payment details. But I haven’t disputed anything?
TDS INT, is that INTerest? Our <£1000 deposit in 2019 is now worth ~£1006.47?

Or should I be assuming the worst and we’ve been swindled? and I now have to jump through a bunch of hoops to try and get the agreed amount?

(Most housemates were absolute disgusting slobs by the way, I’m genuinely surprised the landlord’s deduction was as low as it was)

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