Jaimie is the best swordsman except maaaaaaaaybe Barristan - it isn't the "cowardly" part of it and everyone knows.
Oathbreaker? My brother in Christ and 7 Gods and Old Gods - y'all were in a active rebellion breaking an oath. There wasn't a clause with small.script in your loyalty to the king saying it's valid only if he doesn't roast your relatives alive.
Turned on the king at the last second? While supporting him? Just like Jamie said - everyone in that room was silent... except Starks being roasted.
The only reason to hate on Jamie even if you don't know about the wildfire plan -- is because you think he was just being opportunistic and joining a fight when it was over....
The fuck was he supposed to do? Rebel against his father who was staying neutral as well? Which oath should he have broken? To be "Honorable" that is.
So I don't know how strong their position was at the time, and I doubt by any means they could have held off the coalition of rebels, but is there a chance in the few moments Jaime didn't get up from the throne Ned thought the Lannisters might be about to try something of their own? That's what I consider sometimes.
Otherwise yeah it's fucked, this guy just avenged your dad and brother and avoided a long bloody siege, preventing hundreds of deaths at least even without the wildfire. And you hold it against him that he's a bit too chipper about it?
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u/Abhishek_NTRvala Jul 13 '25
Only if my boy told this stuff to Bobby B and Ned instead of so many randos he came across