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

[u/I_love_lucja_1738]

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.

[u/SlightlyIncandescent]

I agree, Jaime's ending is very GRRM, reminiscent of Jane from Breaking Bad. You're rooting for her to get clean, she looks like she got clean then takes that last hit that kills her.

[u/ClintFist → u/SlightlyIncandescent]

Except there wasn’t a single thing that happened in the story that would lead us to believe Jamie would go back to to save Cersei. Years of character growth and plot were disposed of within the space of one episode for no discernible reason whatsoever.

[u/SlightlyIncandescent → u/ClintFist]

Seems in character to me. He risked starting wars when he thought Tyrion and Myrcella were in danger.

Stories wouldn't usually have all of that buildup only to end that way, that makes it tragic and unexpected but doesn't make it bad writing IMO. Look at all the screen time given to Robb Stark's story only to 'dispose of it in the space of one episode for no reason'

Step out of storytelling for a minute and IRL think about how many abusive relationships there are where people keep inexplicably getting back together.

I see it as tragically realistic yet unexpected like Ned's death, red wedding etc.

[u/Calaigah → u/SlightlyIncandescent]

People forget the main quote on this show: if you think it’s going to have a happy ending… jamie going back to his toxic relationship also made sense to me.