Thinking more about the idea that Robb is too much like Ned, it reminds me to object that Ned wasn't enough like Ned - what really explains his refusal of Renly's 100 soldiers to secure Joffrey and Cersei and secure the King's will without bloodshed?  I seem to recall he refuses it merely because he doesn't want to…

Yes, this is my problem with Robb's downfall.  From a plot standpoint it makes sense, he was basically dead one way or another at the point of the wedding, but the errors he made to get into such dire straights don't really make enough sense from what we know of the character.  If he's supposed to have some…

I am kind of pissed, but I think I feel more critical of Martin's writing of Robb in the various stages of his downfall.  Looking at it now, he was basically a dead man walking by the point of the Red Wedding - the fact that his hopes of survival in the war hinged on alliance with a very unreliable Lord who had much…