Jaime accepts and, in doing so, meets the character who will ultimately change the course of his own destiny: Brienne of Tarth. Although Jaime is brutish at the start, consistently taunting Brienne and goading her for her appearance, the two unwillingly grow fond of each other during their time together.
But, inspired by a sobering reality check from Brienne, a new, handless Jaime is born — and so is the formative relationship between him and Brienne. Throughout his captivity, Jaime opens up to Brienne, showing a new side of the Kingslayer that leads to his disavowal of the title.
This tender scene serves as the crux of his growth as a character. He outright decries the title of Kingslayer, owning his birth name. It seems like the showrunners might have completely forgotten that they wrote this branch storyline for Bronn. When Jaime left Cersei a season ago, following her double-crossing in the fight against the White Walkers, that should have meant something.
Just as his desperate plea to join the North in the fight should have meant something; just as his choice to be the one to finally knight Brienne, and finally consummate his seasons-long simmering relationship with her should have meant something.
This, combined with the world collapsing around them, gave Jaime one last heroic moment—ridding the show of one of its last remaining truly heinous characters. Was this meant to show that Jaime still was a changed man? Especially not at the hands of a hyperactive pirate. It all rings a bit empty and sudden. Cersei deserved better, that's for sure. A grieving Catelyn Stark went to visit him one evening, intent on doing some detective work and smacking the shit out of him with a rock.
The second season was quiet for Jaime. He spent most of it sitting on his ass, though he did manage to pull off a double-murder whilst sitting on his ass, which still makes him a lot more impressive than most of us mere mortals who can barely expend the energy to reach for another Dorito. Unfortunately, he sucked at escaping and got caught immediately.
One of the people Jaime killed during his escape attempt was a son of Lord Karstark, a man who thought the entire war revolved around him. Once Jaime was returned to the camp, Catelyn feared that the Karstarks would kill him before the night was out, ruining a perfectly good hostage. In fact, the chip was so large, it should really have been a named character all by itself. But Catelyn still cared. It looked like we were in for an excellent Odd Couple road-trip movie. Per the formula, the unpopular girl falls for him in return, even though she could definitely do better.
Ever heard of logic, Jaime? Locke, who from the looks of it spent a fair amount of time mentoring Ramsay Snow in the art of personability, decided that Brienne was fair game for sexual assault. Luckily for Brienne, Locke enjoyed shiny things more than he enjoyed raping women. Unluckily for Jaime, Locke enjoyed chopping off hands more than he enjoyed anything else in the world.
Now handless and unable to resume the position of star quarterback, Jaime was taken to Harrenhal with Brienne. Typical Roose, letting everyone get away with their random acts of cruelty. Time to impress her , he thought, and then spent the entire bath spilling his deepest, darkest secrets and passing out in her arms. Not an excellent first date, but not an altogether terrible one, either. He tried to reason with the bear, but this is Game of Thrones , not Anchorman , and Jaime is not an adorable Border Terrier.
Finally, Tyrion sent him to train in left-handed combat with Bronn, a secret arrangement which took place on a hidden platform right next to the ocean. So awkward. Jaime dispatched Brienne to find and protect her, but not before giving her his priceless Valyrian steel sword and a custom-made suit of armor.
Jaime had no choice but to personally free his brother on the night before his execution. To the horror of both Edmure and the viewers at home, Jaime threatens to launch Edmure's baby son from a catapult into Riverrun. But thus far he's done little to redeem his consistent support of Cersei Lannister and enabling of her most vicious impulses. Naming every cruel deed carried out by Cersei would be a laborious task, but some of her most depraved actions include bringing the illegitimate King Joffrey to power, having Tyrion arrested for Joffrey's murder with no evidence, and incinerating hundreds of innocents by blowing up the Great Sept of Baelor.
None of that deterred Jaime from supporting her romantically and politically, making him a sort-of unwitting accomplice to her corruption. Fans caught up on Game of Thrones will know that The Night King is the story's single-most existential threat.
But all the way back in season 1, Jaime didn't seem entirely convinced. His first interaction with Jon Snow at Winterfell exposes Jaime's frustrating arrogance in full view. He speaks with the kind of passive-aggressive, patronizing language we tend to associate more with Cersei, giving viewers a bad impression of Jaime Lannister right from the get-go.
Of course, we now know that Jaime has witnessed a Wight first-hand and likely plans to be an ally in the fight against them, but Jaime wasn't nearly as wise, or likeable, back in season 1.
Jaime Lannister's original sin, and the betrayal that earned him the dishonorable "Kingslayer" title, is killing the very king he was sworn to protect. We all know the story by now: Jaime stabbed the Mad King in the back for a number of reasons. For one, the Mad King ordered Jaime to murder his own father. Jaime also justifies breaking his oath by reminding us that the Mad King was on the verge of laying King's Landing low and killing roughly half a million people.
It's ironic that Jaime's most infamous act is also his most justified, but the fact remains that he'll forever be remembered as the knight of the Kingsguard who murdered his king in cold blood.
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