Why didn't Ned tell her that Jon was a Targaryan? She seemed

>NED IT'S THE CHILD OF A MAN WHO ABDUCTED YOUR SISTER!!!!
>NED HE'S A GRANDCHILD OF A MAN WHO KILLED YOUR FATHER AND YOUR CHAD BROTHER I LOVED!!!!
>NED HE'S THE REASON THE KINGDOM BLED AND SO MANY GOOD MEN OF THE NORTH AND RIVERLANDS DIED!!!!
>NEEEEEEEEEED
He made the right thing.

The only way to keep a secret is to tell no one.

my main man ned is a man of his word. thats it.

He made a promise and he's a man of his word.

>>87010621
Maybe because people in the north were exterminating every targ they could find

>>87011157
This. Ned promised to tell no one, and he keeps his promises. Plus, he had no idea if Cat would tell anyone or not. When he came back North, he still barely knew her. All he knew was that when he came back with a baby (whose parents were the reason her original future husband was brutally killed), she just assumed it was his bastard and started treating it like shit for no reason.

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>trusting women with secrets
Ned might as well have shared it on his Twitter by then.

>>87010621
She is way to impulsive,the first time someone offends her with "Ned's bastard!",she would get like "FOR YOUR INFORMATION..."

>>87011313
Wasn't the promise simply to "protect him". I don't recall her making him promise to some bastard narrative.

I honestly wouldn't tell her, her in particular.

>>87011490
lol this

>>87011313
He was also most likely going to tell her once he was done being hand of the king, as he told Jon he would tell him once he took the black.

>>87010621
Catelyn didn't know Ned for shit at the time, they married for duty so that Ned could get the riverlands' armies, he fucked her once and then he fucked off to war. They grew closer through time and I would guess Ned just didn't feel like talking about it.

>>87011530
Lyanna said that if Robert found out who Jon was, he would have killed him, then made him promise to protect Jon. Ned obviously thought the easiest way to protect him and keep Robert from finding out his identity was by not telling anyone.

>>87011600
>as he told Jon he would tell him once he took the black
That line was show OC. Book Ned had no intentions of telling anyone his secret. He knew Jon was safest with him as father. Nobody would ever dare touch a bastard of Ned.

>>87011600
>now that you've pledged yourself to a lifetime of celibacy and misery, I want to tell you that you're the true heir to the largest political entity on the world

Lol, great parenting

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>>87010971
>letting targaryen fucking shits alive
>right thing
Pick one.

Ned doesn't tell anyone Jon Snows true parentage to keep him safe, then sends the dopey fucker to the wall where most people die within five years

>Promise me, Ned
>okay

>>87011768
He wanted to turn targscum into something valuable, pls don't bully Ned

>implying any woman anywhere has ever kept a secret

>>87011530
because it's more effective for Ned to protect Jon at the cost of his own honour than to tell the truth to anyone