A Game of Thrones - Catelyn X

A Clash of Kings - Catelyn VII

A Storm of Swords - Jaime I

A Storm of Swords - Jaime III

A Storm of Swords - Jaime III

A Storm of Swords - Jaime IV

Jaime & Passive Suicidal Ideation

I never watched Game of Thrones but i was on tumblr witnessing the decline and fallout from the final season, and watching everyone get hyped about House of the Dragon makes me feel like i did when my middle school bestie took her shitty boyfriend back

A character arc where the character who did terrible things and regrets them is forced to live, to put one foot in front of the other and find healing, who chooses to pour goodness into the world and make the world a better place

Is more satisfying to me than a character arc where the character who did terrible things and regrets them is redeemed through death

99.9% of the time.

GRRM: I want to shower whenever I write from Cersei’s POV 

GRRM's Shower: Now I am wrestling with Jaime and Brienne

David: “It was like two ships passing because one of us was always in a relationship. And we never crossed that boundary. You know, we respected that […] It was a situation that… we couldn’t do anything about it.  Jennifer: I honestly remember saying one time to David, “it’s gonna be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is on national television.” Sure enough the first time we kissed was in that coffee shop.

So Cruella wasn’t amazing or anything, but it was okay. Most of the criticism is literally just flat out incorrect, especially since the writers are reinventing these stories. I’m not sure what you all were expecting for a children’s movie centered around a villain. Disney even made it clear they were reimagining the villains with Maleficent. But I think where they went wrong was advertising this movie as a prequel instead of using the reimagine vocabulary. This is not a prequel to the original, because this film, as is, doesn’t work with the original. The ending of Cruella implied that any plot involving the skinning of puppies in the future would be an embellishment and rumor that she’d let people believe. If she really was a dog murderer and wanted to harm the dogs for what happened she wouldn’t have made a fake fur coat while letting one that actually was involved in the killing get cozy by the fire. She had her chance and chose not to and then kept them as pets. This is like the argument that Jaime is going to turn back to kill C out of a jealous rage when he had plenty of opportunities to do that peak pain but didn’t do shit, which makes that motive highly unlikely.

And even if they ever do decide to make a sequel and keep her as the original and she does go full batshit, providing backstory never equals trying to excuse future behavior, no matter how the context is framed or if you find the reason ridiculous or relatable. This mentality of not wanting any sort of sympathy or understanding in backstory is equivalent to the fools who didn’t want the FBI to learn about what made serial killers because they were uncomfortable with seeing them layered and explainable.

The day people start seeing redemption as an ongoing series of choices that someone decides to make because they want to be better rather than an abstract concept that someone is rewarded with because they’re inherently ““deserving”” of it is the day I will know peace.

GRRM already shut that down.

I mean, redemption arc isn’t literally used in the question and answer, but it’s implied in the phrasing of the comment.

Do you think cersei could get a a redemption arc?

If GRRM chose to write one, yeah, why not.

But he's not writing a redemption arc for her, he's writing a descent arc.

We can quibble about why the male twin got redemption and the female descent, but it is very clear what he is doing with both characters.

It also doesn’t matter, because GRRM likes his BatB stories so duh, one person is going to start out as a perceived antagonist. That’s what makes it BatB. So if you don’t like Disillusioned Bitter Character That Grows Gets A Love Arc With Mutual Respect then JB just isn’t the ship for you. But a preference isn’t going to change the trajectory or intent.

the thing about that ‘is jaime good enough for Brienne’ question is that it’s… subjective as fuck. People are gonna have different takes on whether he is or he isn’t or if that’s even a question worth asking.

but ultimately the only person whose take really matters here is Brienne’s: she’s the character in the story. and it’s not like she’s blinkered to the kind of man Jaime is: their whole arc together is about learning the best and worst of each other, and if that’s not solid grounds for Brienne to decide for herself whether he’s ‘good enough for her’ I don’t know what is?? anyway that’s my real answer lol

Do you think that Jaime is good enough for Brienne??

man idk what germ was thinking making jb literal twin swords and expecting us (me) to be normal about it

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Jaime Lannister: I’m gonna go out in a blaze of glory

Bronn *shoving him into the water*: not before my otp becomes canon ya blonde cunt

#JBsurvivalendgametheoriesareALSOrootedintextualevidenceandnotwishfulfilmentstfuwithyourcondescendingandmisogynisticcomments

You gotta hand it to George for really playing up Jaime’s reputation as the kingslayer in AGOT and ACOK as this no good, terrible man without honor who did this really backhanded thing with Aerys, (not to mention THAT with Cersei and THAT with bran.) who then later taunts Catelyn as he’s rotting away in prison. The starks hate him, and since we predominantly follow the Starks and want to see them succeed, of course we dislike Jaime Lannister. We have little reason to want to root for him, even though you don’t see much of Jaime in the first two books, (especially the second.) but people in the world constantly mention him, and that developes a reputation and mystique for the reader, kinda like his own reputation in Westeros as the kingslayer and man without honor. In text and meta-textually, he has a reputation that we also pick up on and apply to him.

Then after all this, after the prologue of ASOS you turn the page and you see a Jaime POV all of a sudden when you haven’t before. So you might think to yourself that it’s kinda weird. we’ve had no reason to like him at this point, (other than Tyrion’s subtle hints of love toward his brother.) so why would I want to read his POV and why would George start giving us his perspective?

But then you read his first chapter…the very first chapter of the new book after the prologue. And one of Jaime’s first thoughts is “I am alive and drunk on sunlight,” and that’s just…so pure? Then when he’s in the boat he playfully dunks his head, splashes around, and then laughs like a loon? he constantly insults brienne’s looks and dour attitude but privately thinks she has pretty eyes? This playfulness and merriness is a stark contrast to the reputation that was built up in the first two books. George skillfully played up his in universe reputation before his POV chapters in the third book so we ourselves can be just as surprised at him as brienne is, this taken aback. George played on our perceptions of him in the same way as how his reputation functions in Westeros. This is so skillful and cool…and dare I say a good example of subversion of expectations.

And, another thing to note. He doesn’t get a POV until he’s with BRIENNE. She propels his story and change. He doesn’t deserve a POV and we don’t deserve to know him until he meets Brienne.

I think the reason I’ve been binge watching The Nanny all day (aside from the fact that it’s hilarious and it is a crime it has been so long since I watched it) is because it’s seriously like watching a slow burn fanfic come to life. <3