(Spoilers All) Season 5 Episode 1: The Wars to Come Episode Discussion

yea, I still have deep concerns for J Dawg's general identity on the show. moving beyond the sept scene, it seems like Jaime is feeling very guilty towards Cersei for many reasons .

The text of the bath at Harrenhal between J and B made me consider something: Jaime's reaction to Brienne's boobs . He got really angry,upset and shitty with her and about himself when he had the random fleeting thought that Brienne had 'breasts better suited to a 10 year old.' Well, what 10 year old have you fucked ,Jaime? So its not so much that Brienne's smaller boobs irritate Jaime, its what they remind him of. that reminder releases a lot of self hatred and anger . Rather than cracking that nut, I think the show replaced his childhood sex guilt with adult rape guilt because its slightly less taboo but much harder to shoe horn into a character.

maybe the show decided to portray Jaime's underage incest guilt and sexual self hatred through the sept rape on the show instead of bringing up the issue of pedophilia/molestation between the twins like in the books. there was a theory that the sept scene was not supposed to be as rapey as it came across on screen. Yea, no. It was supposed to be exactly that painful to watch. Jaime's actions going forward have been of someone who actively has a gulity conscience so to Jaime, yea , he raped her. Jaime's feeling like shit about his lack of concern for Cersei and its apparent that is what is driving his motives.

i think they can bring it all back around to the character in the books if show Jaime ever confronts Cersei on her role in their early childhood fucking . that would be interesting , if Jaime finally called her out on her behavior . it actually like seems functional as a strategy: You can make Jaime look horrible as fuck and get to milk the Poor Cersei teat for all its worth, so double plot lanes as show characters diverge rather than the one -way street that exists in the books , since its just Cersei chasing it and Jaime chasing her.

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