Absolutely this . Same thing applies to all dream horrors . Project love onto them and the fear will rid itself . <| sep |> Joffrey hates his uncle , enough that it really should be bolded , italicized and in all caps probably . This is made pretty clear . Second , Joffrey is far stupider than his mother or Baelish . He does extremely shortsighted things as in , even more shortsighted than Cersei ' s paranoia and drinkinduced shortsighted later on that would cost him like deciding that killing a commander on your side on the battlefield itself is good for your side . Baelish would make sure it wouldn ' t be seen and definitely not before Stannis is actually beaten and Cersei , well A . she wouldn ' t risk something happening to Tommen and B . even if she doesn ' t want to recognize his abilities she wouldn ' t do it so openly . Coming from the Vale doesn ' t mean it was Baelish that gave the command , and if it was found out that a Kingsguard did it , the logical next question for most would be exactly who gave the order ? , something that Baelish would want to avoid at all costs but Joffrey would barely think of . Let ' s look at the attempted murder of Bran . Blatant , easily tracked to the people who had done it and with a man who could have named names if the wolf hadn ' t killed him . So Moore doesn ' t fit Baelish or Cersei ' s style or goals at that time , but he definitely does with Joffrey .