#jaime is a character with a ton of layers and different circles are prone to only engage with only some of those layers

[ilynpilled]

im gonna be petty for a second but i do think that some shippers do not actually care for jaime as a whole character that much. which is fine but idk y u have to pretend otherwise. like it is just hard for me to buy the claim that he is a huge favorite of yours when u ignore a huge chunk of his narrative. again i do not mind it if someone is only that interested in him as an extension of the narratives of characters they really do love, but when that turns into “i have an unbiased and better understanding of him and i love him for what he really is” it falls real flat when the take that follows is the most blatantly incorrect thing that contradicts much of his narrative at the core. and i do value ppl that are more critical of him i think it is good because i despise when he is woobified and reduced in complexity and ofc it can balance my perspective since i have such a deep love for him. but there is a difference between reductionist misreads and actual legitimate acknowledgement of his huge flaws, especially ones within the jc dynamic. and ofc the same happens on the other side of the spectrum where there is a tendency to ignore some major issues he has that r located outside of his dynamic w brienne. jaime is a character outside of these two ppl with incredible internal narratives that are not solely rooted in just his relationship with these women. he has a very complicated and layered relationship with the self and his grappling with that manifests in different ways.

#this is not subbing anyone in specific just in general what i noticed over the years #jaime is a character with a ton of layers and different circles are prone to only engage with only some of those layers #and ignore or just do not engage with other ones #which again sure i dont blame u for not being interested in certain aspects but those aspects are very much there im afraid #god this is also y i am so desperate to see his story ending with neither of them really #i think so much of fandom thinks that there r only those two poles that exist for him #him dying w cersei and him marrying brienne or smn #and that that will be the conclusion to a redemption arc: failed or succeeded #and i think that just sucks so hard like thats not what im getting out of his story at all #those two characters do represent a dichotomy but its not that simple #those two are not his moral compass he is his own person #and his redemption will not be clear cut like that