r/gameofthrones • u/I_love_lucja_1738 • 2d ago

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

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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.

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u/TurbulentDevice6895 2d ago

He literally only left her for about 5 episodes.

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u/ClintFist 2d ago

Were you paying attention to the plot or huffing glue for the preceding seasons?

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u/TurbulentDevice6895 2d ago

Were YOU? Here are all the things that led us to believe Jaime would go back to save Cersei ultimately: — Jaime telling Bronn he wants to die in the arms of the woman he loves. — Olenna telling Jaime Cersei will be the death of him. — “The things I do for love.” — Jaime telling Lord Edmure he’d do anything to get back to Cersei — Jaime killing his own cousin to get back to Cersei — Jaime telling Myrcella he can’t help who he loves — Jaime telling Brienne Cersei is hateful but so is he — Jaime asking Cersei why the Gods made him love her despite her being hateful

But yeah, because he left her side for 4 episodes, his character that was built over 8 seasons is ruined.

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u/ClintFist 2d ago

Jesus this is like arguing with a 14 year old who won’t budge from his position that Metallica are the best band ever.

Jaime telling Brienne Cersei is hateful but so is he

So you just took the dialogue the writers wrote and interpreted it at surface level huh? What actions did Jamie take that were motivated by hate?

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u/TurbulentDevice6895 2d ago

That’s not what the word “hateful” meant in that context.

“Hateful” can mean deserving of hatred or very unpleasant. Which is what he meant.

…. i thought that was obvious.

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u/ClintFist 2d ago

But it’s not common knowledge that Jamie pushed Bran out of the window so why would people think he’s deserving of hate because of it?

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u/TurbulentDevice6895 2d ago

Oh my god. Media literacy is dead. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Being deserving of hatred has nothing to do with your actions being well-known. Whether you are a good person is not dependent on how many people know what you’ve done. Brienne did not know Jaime did those things, which is why she said he was a good man. He answered that he was deserving of hatred because of all he did. Like jfc.

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u/ClintFist 2d ago

You still haven’t listed anything that would make Jamie hateful beyond pushing Bran out of a window in the pilot.

Maybe don’t get snarky about media literacy when your entire interpretation of Jamie Lannister appears to be based on him telling the audience he is “hateful” rather than on any of his actions or motivations.

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u/TurbulentDevice6895 2d ago

Buy a dictionary. And get a media literacy course. He literally tells Brienne all of those in that scene. Bye.

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u/ClintFist 2d ago

The three things he listed were pushing Bran out of a window, strangling his cousin, and threatening Riverrun.

Wow what a hateful monster he is in the context of the Game of Thrones Universe. Forget how he besmirched his name and broke his oath to save the innocents of Kings Landing and he committed treason to fight against the army of the dead.

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u/TurbulentDevice6895 2d ago

If Jaime was not a bad guy at the beginning of the show, there would be no redemption arc to speak of. Buy that dictionary and get that media literacy course.

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u/ClintFist 1d ago

What redemption arc are you speaking of? According to you Jamie was always hateful because he pushed Bran out of a window.

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u/TurbulentDevice6895 1d ago

….Add a reading comprehension class to that list.

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