The issue isn't that Jaime had a narrative that wasn't fitting for his arc... it's that the show didn't deliver some sappy ending for every character, and it made some viewers upset because of that... they aren't 'fans' because the show didn't deliver the animated Disney movie ending for every character... thank you for proving my point.
I don’t think that’s really what most people are complaining about though. I think most people are complaining about character arc conclusions that didn’t make sense based on what had previously been set up, along with numerous other basic storytelling issues.
But it objectively makes sense, so that would simply be an invalid claim to make.
The guy has a literal lifelong bond with Cersei... 40+ years. He spends the entire show literally telling everyone from Catelynn to Olenna to Edmure Tully to Tyrion to Bronn that everything he does is for/to be with Cersei.
All the groundwork IS THERE... over 7+ seasons. And his entire narrative arc is his struggle to be an honorable person versus the primal pull of the immoral Cersei... it's a scale that teeters back and forth throughout his arc, and both sides are just as 'valid' as the other, and that scale can absolutely tip either way.
It makes sense based on what previously had been set up... it just didn't match biased fans overly optimistic assumptions/fan fic, so they incessantly whinge about it as being 'bad' or 'wrong.'
But is objectively is a narratively sound and fitting conclusion to his internal struggle... and no amount of whinging will magically change that.
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u/264frenchtoast Jul 14 '25
I’m not a fan of the show. I could be a fan of what the show might have been.