Quote Originally Posted by The Stranger View Post
not really she negotiated the freys to his side quite well but he went and messed it up.. but ye then she messed it up worse by releasing jamie, which i found annoying but is perfectly understanding from a mothers pov.
Only a really stupid mother would think it made sense. Tywin Lannister was never going to kill Sansa or Arya and he would never release them for Jaime.

So....

Beyond that, Caitlin bound Rob and his sisters to Freys in marriage, one might be acceptable but not the other - all your dynastic eggs in one basket?

Um, no.

Frey was unreasonable in the extreme and likely to be treacherous, admittedly if the Tully garrison had not been withdrawn Rob might not have had his unfortunate accident, but even so.