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𝐼𝐼.-𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐽𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒'𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚.

First of all, we know that in asoiaf the dreams, the prophecys and magic are importants elements to the history and are supposed to cause an impact in the characters. This element can define how a character see or acts towards life and people around them.

Sometimes this element is so strong that characters can overanalyze mentioned prophecy or dream. This is an 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 rule in this universe, the element of magic is always present and its there to say something to the character.

So, Jaime's weirwood dream takes place in the chapter where Jaime has left Brienne behind thinking she will be rescued by a good ramson. A few moments later we find out that she is not, she is to be staying in harrenhal and that new information leaves Jaime irritated.

So, that night, Jaime goes to sleep after they set up camp and he doesn't realize that he is falling asleep on a weirwood tree. In his dream, he is surrounded by his enemies, he is naked and alone. We can associate nakedness with vulnerability, so he is vulnerable and alone.

Later we find out that he is on casterly rock, under it. And he feels safe, after discovering his right hand is back. There are dark figures around him, with robes that hid their faces and he asks what they want in the rock, but they don't answer and push him with spears.

He falls into in a cavern, and ask "𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠" and the voices of all the Lannisters, especially his father respond "𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒". Jaime notices Cersei is there, holding a torch and joffrey is there as well.

So, he ask his sister why lord Tywin has brought them there, and Cersei answers him "𝑼𝒔? 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔".

And then Jaime says "𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛, ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐"

In this dream the light is Jaime's life and his motivation to live. While the light is there, he is alive and has a motivation. And until this point in the books, everything Jaime has done has been motivated by wanting to be near Cersei and to protect her.

But Cersei is leaving and he is terrified. He ask for a sword to defend himself and Lord Tywin says "𝑰 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅", wich we can asume is oathkeeper, and a moment later, there it is.

He lift up the sword and the sword burns with a pale blue fire and he notices the darkest retrieves a little more and he is not scared anymore. So, now he is the one who holds his life and he becomes his own motivation. So as long as he has his sword, nothing will happen to him

because the light in the sword is his life. A moment later he hears a great splash and Brienne is there, her hands bound in heavy chains and naked, the same as him and the first thing she says is "𝑰 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆, 𝑰 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒉"

as if she is can't keep her oath due to her chains, which can be her ideals at first and how she and Jaime didn't get along well.

But then she ask Jaime to break her chains and they dissolve like silk, then she ask for a sword, and now she can keep her promise without her chains stopping her. And her sword burns with a blue and pale flame as well.

Both of their swords make the darkness retreat a little more. So we can assume Brienne will become an important person in Jaime's life and she will be another light in his life, besides his own.

And this is the moment where Cersei says "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝑑𝑖𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑦𝑜𝑢".

But pay attention, she says "The 𝑭𝑳𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑺" and "when 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝒀 die, so 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑻 you" not "when they die, so will you" there is a big difference. So we can guess, when BOTH of the sword die out, Jaime is likely to die or will die

but again, she says "when they die, so MUST you". Like if he is forced or obligated to die when the flames die.

So Cersei start leaving, and Jaime begs for her to stay but she doesn't listen. So he and Brienne are alone now in "his place" with the two burning swords that represent Jaime's life and motivations.

And Brienne ask, "𝐷𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒? 𝐴 𝑐𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛? 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠? 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟?" an obviously foreshadowing of the bear pit.

And later on we see that Jaime's brothers of the Kingsguard approach, the brothers from his time with Aerys. They confront him and the fire from his sword start dying but Brienne’s continues to burn, and this is the moment he wakes up.

A few things I would like to point out:

1.-The dream is a 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒚 because a lot of things in this dream haven't happened yet, but happen later in the books. Joffrey and Tywin are alive at the moment, but later on we find out joffrey is dead, and in the next book Tyrion kills Tywin.

And Cersei leaves in the same path Tywin and joffrey follow in the dream. And Tywin is the one who gives the sword to Jaime. And the most recent is the bear Brienne mentions. We all know how that ended up.

2.- Jaime uses the same words to describe both Cerse* and Brienne. First, with C*rse* "𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙"

and then with Brienne "𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦..." and then, "𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦-𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒". Jaime in this dream uses positive words.

3.- Brienne stays by Jaime's side during his darkness, while his family abandon him.

I think whatever meaning you want to give to this dream in particular, it's important to recognize Brienne importance in it. And how Jaime reacts to her in this dream. If it was Bran, or Bloodraven giving him this dream, I don't know for sure.

Will he die? Let George decide that. But let's recognize and appreciate how Jaime associate Brienne with protection and support during hard times.