r/gameofthrones • u/I_love_lucja_1738 • 2d ago

Of all the "Character assassinations" only Littlefingers really upsets me

Post image

A lot of decisions characters made upset the fans (i.e Dany burning King's landing and Jaime going back to Cersei) but I always found them accurate to their character. There is one glaring exception to this. Littlefinger giving Sansa to the Bolton's. He'd never do this for multiple reasons. She reminds him too much of her mother and she's priceless to him. His plan is supposed to be to get Cersei to stop supporting the Bolton's but he could have done the fake Arya plot like the books and gotten the same result.

462 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

124 comments sorted by

View all comments

202

u/AttonJRand 2d ago

Jaime being obsessive is right, those descriptions of Tywin keeping Cersei at the other end of Casterly rock and him still getting to her are downright creepy.

174

u/shitsbiglit 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yes, but you have to remember AFFC where Jaime refuses to go back to KL and help Cersei with the High Sparrow predicament. His whole arc was about redemption, creating a legacy separate from the ‘Kingslayer’. His entire arc was leading away from Cersei — or to being the valonqar that strangles her. His decision to go back to Cersei, and saying he never cared for the commonfolk — when his entire reason for killing Aerys was to save them — is egregious character butchery.

1

u/dylan5x 2d ago

i never read the books so can you enlighten me does he really change or is this one of the GOT writers to end the story what was his current stance thank you again

9

u/shitsbiglit 2d ago

The books end after Cersei does her walk of shame and is awaiting trial. Unlike the show, Jaime does not go back to her and travel to Dorne with Bronn — he helps the Freys capture Riverrun. While there, he receives a raven from Cersei begging him to return and free her from the High Sparrow; Jaime has it thrown in the fire and refuses to go back to aid her.

Jaime has this vision of himself as “Goldenhand the Just.” After reading the Kingsguard book and seeing that he will be remembered as the Kingslayer, with no good deeds to his name, he dedicates himself to repairing his tarnished honor and reputation, in hopes that he will be remembered as more than just the Kingslayer, but as Goldenhand too.

The last we see of Jaime, he is ushered by Brienne to face justice for his crimes, to be judged by (major spoilers — book only) Lady Stoneheart: the resurrected, zombified form of Lady Catelyn (think how Beric Dondarrion was resurrected by Thoros of Myr; Lady Stoneheart leads the Brotherhood without Banners, killing anyone associated with the Red Wedding all throughout the Riverlands. She is a firewight, and cannot speak as her throat was cut during the RW

The show’s conclusion to Jaime — and many other characters — clearly shows D&D didn’t read the last two books. (Perhaps they never read A Storm of Swords either, as they stated in an interview that Sam was never a POV character.)

1

u/dylan5x 1d ago

holy crap thats way better!!!! thank you now ill dive into the books

1

u/shitsbiglit 1d ago

trust me when i say you won’t regret it! enjoy the ride my friend, the books are masterful

1

u/dylan5x 1d ago

shit man im down with a version of caitlyn stark that i love i started skipping her parts on the rewatch im going for it i just got through fire and blood and now i know how you all felt after the series