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Originally Posted by RP
I love the Kingslayer, but i dont understand where they're going with him. The entire series seems as though people kind of mock him and think he's a coward or something, but then you get scenes where people talk about his legendary sword skills. So i'm watching, thinking, Jaime is the reluctant hero who's about to rise to the occasion and prove how much of a bad ass he is.... then he gets his hand cut off...
I'm going to be pretty annoyed if Jaime doesnt become some incredible one hand swordsman. I'm also going to be kind of annoyed if he doesnt fist fuck every one of these dudes with his severed hand.
The guy playing Jaime is fantastic. These last two episodes, listening to him talk. The acting. The writing of the character. It's all been fantastic. Then they chop his hand off...
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I say this a lot, but I think he's one of the most admirable characters in the series, honestly. The books really humanize him while respecting the fact that he was an incredible fighter.
You get to see his perspective a lot clearer and get to really know what was going through his head when he killed the mad king. People in Westeros are so caught up with this facade of honor that doesn't mean shit once you're dead, that they can't appreciate how truly grateful they should have been toward him. He knowingly dishonored himself and his family because of the kind of man he was that he couldn't stand idly by with all that he had heard and seen the king do. He took action, not seeking fame for what would ultimately earn him the nickname of Kingslayer, but because he truly believed what he was doing was right. Unfortunately, he will forever be known as Kingslayer.
At least, that was my understanding of his perspective. It's been a bit since I've read them now, and I realize my knowledge is starting to fade a bit.
One of my favorite parts is later when he is reading through the pages of the kingsguard ledger, or whatever it is. The history of each of the kingsguard, anyways.. and he reads through Ser Barristan's entry and there's all these things of note. And he realizes his legacy is that he was a Kingslayer. He's done nothing else of note, and everything that was, was completely overshadowed by what he had done to the king. You can see the gears turning, as if he really wants to right himself and create a legacy worth remembering.
Again, that's a shaky memory of what I read. It's been a while now and I can't recall the exact details.