[i]A brother, with his men, swords in hand and searching for his sibling. He finds the man who knows the answer, along with a companion. The brother and his men, square off against the two men. Combat ensues. The brother kills the companion.
And then a one-on-one fight takes place between the brother and the man who knows where his sibling is. As the fight goes on, one of the brother's men attacks the man from behind. [/i]
This has happened twice in Game of Thrones. This can be the description of Jamie fighting Ned in Season 1 Episode 5, or Ned fighting Ser Arthur Dayne in Season 6 Episode 3.
However, when Jaime and Ned fight, and one of Jaime's men attacks Ned from behind mid combat, Jaime stops fighing Ned, and instead knocks out his own guy for that dishonorable act.When Ned and Arthur Dayne fight, Ned takes advantage of his friend attacking Dayne from behind, and kills Dayne.
In most of the story, Ned is considered one of the most honorable men, and Jaime is considered a man without honor.
What is interesting to me is though, despite how parallel these situations are, how differently people I've seen, feel about these fights when watching them on the show. Ned is never condemned for his move, and is quickly forgiven... while Jaime is not awarded points for his move either. At best, people say about Jaime after the fight, "I appreciate that, but still, screw that guy."
[b]Here's a parallels between the fight pic, I made, with matching shots.[/b] :)
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