![]() ![]() Jamie came to fight the good fight with the living. It is the actions they take and the consequences of those actions. Nobility or the depth of a characters evil nature is not what gets a character killed. It’s all about the consequences of actions. He stepped into season 8 like a golden lion. ![]() In doing so, he learned compassion, respect, and true honor. His character progression saw him lose everything that made him a horrible human being. He certainly deserved a death early on but managed to make it all the way to the final season. ![]() Jamie Lannister: A character who started off as an incestuous, child maiming, pretty boy earned his fall from… (well, I can’t call it grace). ![]() from freefolkĬharacters who’s arcs have been developed, over the last seven seasons and numerous published books, have been stripped away leaving them as no more than pawns in a game of chess played between preschoolers. I really dislike the way people seem to just accept mediocrity. This is what has caused such a terrible divide among fans of the show and books. Weiss & David Benioff) in the “inside the episode” after show rather than a natural progression of events. The main complaint of Game of Thrones this season is that it suffers from rushed and lazy writing, leaning heavily on explanations from D&D (D.B. ![]()
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