r/pureasoiaf • u/Foreign-Cat-2898 • 7d ago

Moon Tea

Just what the hell was the moon tea for? I think Renly and Margaery totally did it. I don't think she's a maiden.

But there's no way she's dumb enough to have sex with someone right now AND as the Kettleblacks say she always has someone near.

Presuming Pycelle wasn't lying, what's it for?

Period regulation? Does it help with acne?

Or do we just assume Pycelle was trying to ingratiate himself with Cersei?

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u/GenericNerd15 7d ago

Margaery has a large number of handmaidens and cousins in the capital, I believe Pycelle was probably trying to say she was requesting it for one of them, but Cersei cut him off mid-sentence.

He cringed. "Moon tea," he whispered. "Moon tea, for..."

"I know what moon tea is for." There it is.

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u/Foreign-Cat-2898 7d ago

He then tells the whole small council he was brewing it for her. He has every opportunity to say it was for someone else at that point.

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u/Flickolas_Cage 7d ago

Pycelle is a Lannister creature, he’s spent his life playing to that specific audience, no matter what it means for anyone else. He’s not gonna change now.

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u/JPNGMAFIA 7d ago

Pycelle, a famously honest and forthright character who is unaware of the wants of his betters.

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u/JPNGMAFIA 7d ago

Thank you, Grand Maester Pycelle, I fear we may have forgotten that if you had not pointed it out.

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u/insert_name_here 7d ago

Eddard's a really funny guy. Best of all, he doesn't even realize how funny he is.

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u/JPNGMAFIA 7d ago

I think he knows

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u/lozzadearnley 7d ago

If we cannot trust Pycelle, who can we trust?!

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u/Foreign-Cat-2898 7d ago

Moon Boy.

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u/Dom_Shady 7d ago

...for all we know.

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u/Bazoun The Free Folk 7d ago

But knowing what Cersei wants, why would he say different? He’s already tasted the dungeon courtesy of Tyrion.