Catelyn Stark & Jon Snow | I couldn't love a motherless child

**SPOILERS FOR 6x10 Game of thrones**

So when I first heard about the R+L=J theory I thought that it was brilliant and cool. After that I couldn't help but think of Catelyn. It is so tragic that she thought, all along, that Jon was Ned's bastard. That Ned had found another woman and wasn't loyal to her. She never got over that betrayal and she never ever loved Jon. Imagine if he told Cat the truth... :(

This isn't perfect or anything, just a little vidlet to vid the tragedy of this.

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[ifandafydd]

The saddest part about Catelyn's death is the fact she died hating Jon for nothing

[lordalessan]

No one ever questioned the coincidence of Lyanna dying around the same time Ned brought a baby home.

[AnneSoshi]

this is so beautiful and so tragic! jon could have had a mother in catelyn if it weren't for ned keeping the truth from her :( not that i justify her coldness towards him, he was innocent, but well...it could have been different.
amazing video!

[Tahkaullus]

The sad thing about Catelyn's portrayal in the TV series is that I think there's a part of her that wishes she could love Jon as a son, but every time she tries the rest of her reminds her that he's Ned's bastard, the symbol of his dishonesty.
If she'd known the truth... well that's for fanfic writers I suppose.

[ItsATwinThingYT]

This was so amazing! I really don't understand why Ned didn't trust her with that secret she could have kept it! Amazing job on this though! :D

[dosownykulturysta]

OMG it's so sad. Great work, really amazing. And Catelyn... she "knew nothing" :'(

[margaretchoffel]

This is one of the most heartbreaking scenes.. How insecure Catlynn is, and how she could hate an innocent child..

[MultiTaylorswift]

I haven't seen any video like this, thanks for reminding me of Jon's hard childhood.

[mohamedalahmadani]

Jon really was meant for something great. Being sick in the cradle and overcoming it despite the overnight struggle that could’ve killed him. Truly a hero’s journey.

[denizyldz]

I really still don't wanna believe that Catelyn couldn't learn Jon is Rhaegar and Lyanna's son.

[kateii]

can't say i've ever seen a vid about them and it's SUCH a pity, they're both incredible characters!
i totally get what you wrote, i feel so sorry for cat and ned </3

you portraited both jon and cat perfectly!! amazing video!

[naydenlover]

aw this was just utterly beautiful and now knowing the truth of Jon's mother this was just perfect!!! I'ts sad Ned couldn't trust her with the secret because she would have been kinder to Jon and loved him instead of hating him amazing work well done

[jasminecrawford]

Yea ik she had a right to feel resentful and she was only human and Ned (bless his noble heart) didn't tell her the truth. But I really hated season 1 how she treated Jon most of the time as if he was at fault for Ned's actions.

[DragonHeart]

I cannot wait for Jamie to find out in S#8 that Ned never cheated on Cat, that Jon is in fact Ned's nephew and that Ned was always true to Cat and for Jamie to finally accept that Ned was indeed the great man of honor & integrity that he always was :)

I only wish that Cat herself had lived long enough to find out the truth about Jon and see them hopefully reconciled to each other :(

[avimehenwal]

These scenes got me ... they made me so emotional. I am about to cry like a little girl now

[Marshaltruman]

Wonderful video.. Cat and jon are just great characters ..

[vivaciousFanatic]

amazingly beautiful video <3 So tender and very emotional.

[b.]

I gave this some thought but I disagree with everyone saying Ned should have told her and she would have kept the secret.

Even if you eliminated the reason for her hating Jon (reminder of her husband's infidelity), she would not have loved a nephew-in-law like her own children. She would always put her children's safety first. And if anyone figured out Jon's identity, it would have put them in danger.

I fully believe Cat would have done absolutely anything to keep her children safe. Including getting rid of Jon.

[mikeykean]

I feel that the Rift between Jon and Cat was entirely Ned's fault
(I know he was protecting Jon from Robert's wrath because he was The son of A lyanna ( he would most definitely see it has he was a product of rape) and B Has Targeryan blood which was the family Robert despised)
but keeping Cat out of the loop was honestly a stupid Move if anything He could have told Cat and They could havs both just raised him as their son.

[jakeblack]

Can't blame her though. For all she knew Jon was a living proof of her husband's betrayal