#she got a sassy short haircut and he relocated to the north

[maddie-grove]

I'm not even, like, a super-fan of Jaime Lannister (my ASOIAF gray-male-character tastes run more towards Theon Greyjoy and Tyrion Lannister) and my affection for any show character is somewhat tempered by the show being pretty bad to REAL bad in the later seasons. But it was ridiculous to go "oh, he cannot change...he needs to go get crushed by a bunch of rocks with his sister/ex-lover...weren't we foolish to believe otherwise" after SO many scenes where he's like, "Hey, Cersei, I care about you but your political decisions are evil and also detrimental to everyone including yourself. I want to raise a child with you and make this work, even though we are brother and sister, but I gotta walk if you continue down this path. This is your first of four warnings that I will do that," and Cersei is like, "I am not changing my mind. Also, even though my decisions are stupid, I'm making them with a sound mind, unlike in the books. They're probably just stupid because it's the end of the show's run and the writing is deteriorating rapidly. Also, I'm taking a hit out on you."

It's like writing a character who's a heroin addict and having them relapse, but then you replace heroin with a favorite childhood snack that got discontinued in their country because it caused anal seepage, and then they had the chance to try it years later in another country and they're like "huh, this isn't good" and also they experience anal seepage, plus it's inconvenient to go to another country every time you want the Forbidden Off-Brand Little Debbie, which you never will because it's not good and has no addictive properties beyond I guess the instant gratification of a sugary snack, which you can get from other things that are nearby and taste better and don't cause anal seepage. But then they're like "I must go back to the country where I got the Forbidden Snack, even though it's an extremely dangerous warzone now." And then they die from being crushed by rocks while holding the Forbidden Snack. And the audience is like "why, though" and the showrunners are like "well, imagine that the Forbidden Snack is heroin, and the character just has to walk a few blocks to buy it. Surely you don't believe it's so easy to overcome drug addiction?"