catelyn competing with a woman who never actually existed to maintain her status as lady of winterfell vs cersei competing with a younger and more beautiful queen, who is everyone and no one, to maintain her status as queen.
catelyn and cersei knowing that their power as highborn women is wholly dependent on their fathers and husbands and sons. sinking their teeth in and refusing to let go. never forgetting how easily they can be replaced. forever haunted by a woman lurking in the shadows (sheβs not real) (sheβs everywhere).















