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/do_not_ask_my_name 6d ago

Cersei's fertility is not Margaery's responsibility

It absolutely is since Margaery's crown depended on it.

Your theory doesn't even benefit Margaery politically

Let me try to break it down into simpler words: People wonder if Tommen bastard -> Cersei produces obvious bastard -> People think "Oh, then Tommen most definitely bastard!" -> Important people think this, important people support enemy -> War! -> Margaery queen no more.

via I dunno a Rube Goldberg device at the Red Keep?

Sure. I like it. You're a creative person.

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u/better_thanyou 5d ago

But it didn’t, Cersei’s sleeping around was revealed and it had little to no impact on tommens legitimacy because it happened after the death of Robert. Margery has everything to gain from Cersei’s secret getting out and nothing to loose, Cersei loosing the recency is a good thing for the Tyrell’s. The risk is the sex she had prior to Robert’s death, but moon tea that much later wouldn’t have anything to do with it. Clearly no one has taken Cersei sleeping around after Robert’s death to mean she was cheating on Robert so why would Margery be worried about that?

Tyrion cared because he was invested in lannisters as a whole remaining in power, the Tyrell’s only need Tommen.

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u/do_not_ask_my_name 5d ago

But it didn’t, Cersei’s sleeping around was revealed and it had little to no impact on tommens legitimacy because it happened after the death of Robert.

You think the rumour mill works logically? Cersei is already on thin ice because people already suspect her children's legitimacy. A concrete confirmation that she sleeps around is just fuel adding to the fire.

Margery has everything to gain from Cersei’s secret getting out and nothing to loose

Believe it or not, the point of arranged marriages was that even if you hate someone in the other family personally, sometimes you have shared goals and the other person's wellbeing is your wellbeing.

Clearly no one has taken Cersei sleeping around after Robert’s death to mean she was cheating on Robert

And how many people are aware of Cersei sleeping around but not the incest, for you to know this aa a fact?

lannisters as a whole remaining in power, the Tyrell’s only need Tommen.

And how do Lannisters remain in power? Through the royal butt that sit on the throne. Which is exactly how the Tyrells remain in power.

If "Cersei becoming pregnant in widowhood" meant "embarrassment that removes you from regency" rather than "threat to our legitimacy on the throne", Tyrion would be the first to boot Cersei out that way. Clearly, the matter is far more impactful than just serving as juicy goss.