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jaime lannister& #39;s story was never a redemption arc. he never needed redeeming. it comes across as a redemption arc because of unreliable narrators and unclear intentions before we meet him as a character
which gives a reader impression of "bad guy now... good?" but the nuance of it, the kind of narrative bait-and-switch, is that he was... literally never a bad guy. and the only arguably evil thing he did was lie to tyrion
jamie& #39;s arc is absolutely one of TRANSFORMATION and in many ways follows the same trajectory of redemption arcs but in terms of self-discovery and a kind of philosophical "waking up"
BTW I& #39;m not saying it& #39;s good to try to kill kids, but protecting your family from very certainly being executed for treason is like probably the one situation where I& #39;d say yeah I see where you& #39;re coming from my g
and. also. incest is evil but jaime is the victim of a manipulative narcissist who was molesting babies and murdering young girls as a child so I& #39;ll let him off that too!
I mean my purpose isn& #39;t really to make jaime some innocent baby who isn& #39;t accountable for anything. all of grrm& #39;s protagonists are multifaceted and flawed. they do bad things with good intentions and good things with bad intentions. my point is just that jaime was never a villain
Nor Was He Ever "As Bad As Cersei"
