My biggest hot take is that I didnt hate Jaimes ending.
He was a complex character with good and bad, not only addicted to an abusive relationship as many people are in real life, but one with a woman who also happens to be his
sister, who also happens to be
pregnant with his child after the rest of his children have died. I think it was an absurd expectation of him that Jaime would literally kill Cersei himself or stand by while she burned alive, even if he agreed she was out of control, especially given his consistent wrestles with self-loathing and what degree of happiness he feels he deserved. That degree of a face turn is more Hollywood than reality. It does not negate all of Jaimes growth and goodness that he had a crippling, fatal weakness. The tragedy is that Brienne and the Starks were more willing and able to see the goodness in him than he was able to see in himself. Its disappointing I dont think thats the same as bad.
Much was made about his I never really cared about the people line, but it kinda baffles me, as he was pretty obviously being petulant and flip in that conversation before Tyrion was like dude, snap the fuck out of it. He was on some bullshit and in serious denial, not genuinely stating he had never cared about anyone as a character trait.
I do think the whole thing wouldve benefitted greatly from at least another 15 minutes of Jaime footage, though. I think S8 could be made a lot more cohesive with even just seven episodes an extra hour+ spread across the arcs would go a long way.
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