#stannis in agot. beric and jaime in acok. everyone talks about them - they're basically legends - until finally you see them in the flesh

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

#so much to be said about each of these characters' relationship to jaime #specifically their relationship to jaime before ASOS #the parasocial nature of it #i sometimes forget that bran is literally terrified of jaime #like i blorbofy him so much but then i remember that this is the VILLAIN in bran's life who took everything away from him #regardless of his intentions or reasons or whatever #and then brienne's relationship with the idea of jaime lannister thee kinglsayer is so compelling as well #her being the one in the tent listening to cat and renly talk for the very first time about jaime and cers #and not only the incest but the attempt on bran's life??? #god #GODDDD (via @ghastlywretch)

#then first chapter of asos you have his pov #and you realize how different this man is from everything people said or thought of him in the previous books #he's done what they said but he is more than what he's done (via @musing-and-music)

#it's so damn good #he's been mythologized so much and by the time you get in his head you think you know what to expect #and such narrative whiplash cuz you're like...hang on...do i...love him actually? #near-universally despised mythologized man actually has a complex inner world? #top tier stuff (via @pearly--rose)

#and he's just. jaime. #like his whole thing he killed the boy and he stopped being a man #the kingslayer's a legend. jaime's just jaime (via @ser-zoras)

obsessed with how jaime looms like a spectre over the characters and the reader alike in agot and to an even greater extent in acok. you've actually witnessed him firsthand a few times with characters like jon, tyrion and sansa, but most of him is just the golden-haired man haunting bran's dreams, terrifying him, tyrion's brave, strong, impulsive brother who has to be saved, the kingslayer of the smallfolk, the one whose incest and kingslaying has brought down the wrath of the gods upon them, ned's jaime, who is vile and never to be trusted, not worthy of any empathy, the kingslayer that is more idea than person for the younger characters like jon, arya and sansa, the kingslayer that theon almost crossed blades with, his chance for glory (which...okay theon...) the kingslayer whose vile deeds don't erase the fact that he is a knight for stannis, the kingslayer who murdered daenerys' father. he's mentioned in so many conversations. cerwyn mentions him to bran and he feels like he's falling again, renly talks about him and cersei with catelyn in front of brienne, brienne and catelyn mention him in their conversation when they're going to riverrun, robb and tyrion and tywin are all thinking about him. grrm does such a good job at just establishing his presence and significance (not only in the narrative but in a meta way as well, a hint for what's to come) in this world, which just elevates that scene when cat and brienne go down to the dungeons to meet him to an insane level.

[jaggedcliffs]

#grrm *loves* using the missing man technique#stannis in agot. beric and jaime in acok. everyone talks about them - they're basically legends - until finally you see them in the flesh#and they might be underwhelming compared to your expectations or they might be more than you could ever imagine#but of all of them only jaime gets a pov of his own. only jaime we get his actual thoughts and inner self and doubts and fears#not to slight what beric and stannis reveal to their close confidants -#but it's different when you can truly see their core self and loves and fears without having to imagine and fill in what they're not saying#but yes-- the monster the golden man the great yellow beast the legend -- and he's just a man. in the end only a man. (via @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly​)

obsessed with how jaime looms like a spectre over the characters and the reader alike in agot and to an even greater extent in acok. you've actually witnessed him firsthand a few times with characters like jon, tyrion and sansa, but most of him is just the golden-haired man haunting bran's dreams, terrifying him, tyrion's brave, strong, impulsive brother who has to be saved, the kingslayer of the smallfolk, the one whose incest and kingslaying has brought down the wrath of the gods upon them, ned's jaime, who is vile and never to be trusted, not worthy of any empathy, the kingslayer that is more idea than person for the younger characters like jon, arya and sansa, the kingslayer that theon almost crossed blades with, his chance for glory (which...okay theon...) the kingslayer whose vile deeds don't erase the fact that he is a knight for stannis, the kingslayer who murdered daenerys' father. he's mentioned in so many conversations. cerwyn mentions him to bran and he feels like he's falling again, renly talks about him and cersei with catelyn in front of brienne, brienne and catelyn mention him in their conversation when they're going to riverrun, robb and tyrion and tywin are all thinking about him. grrm does such a good job at just establishing his presence and significance (not only in the narrative but in a meta way as well, a hint for what's to come) in this world, which just elevates that scene when cat and brienne go down to the dungeons to meet him to an insane level.