“GODS I WAS A CHARACTER ARC THEN!”.
While this may not be Robert Baratheon’s exact words, it sounds a lot like what the erstwhile king (affectionately known as ‘Bobby B’ by the fans) would say if he watched the show in its final, dying moments.
Jaime Lannister. Daenerys Targaryen. Lord Varys.
These are all examples of characters viewers have lived with for a decade — whose arcs have now fizzled away into wasted territory. Whatever character development they had was wasted in the final episode, particularly in Season 8 Episode 5’s “The Bells”.
Jaime’s treatment is the hardest pill to stomach. He was, until the last episode, one of the show’s best-written characters. From being an incestuous Prince Charming (the Shrek 2 kind) to becoming a tragic unsung hero (whose deeds Kings Landing forgot to write down), from being a man who would do anything for the love of his life (including pushing a small child off a tower) to walking away from her so he could save the world by fighting zombies — he has epitomized what it means to change yourself into a better person.
All this development was thrown away in two episodes — at first, by having him leave Winterfell to reunite with Cersei, a person with whom he had become morally disgusted with, and now by telling Tyrion that he “never really cared for the innocent”.
Jaime Lannister never cared for the innocent?
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