* Brienne is totally going to kill Jaime with the sword he gave her. It's called "Oathkeeper," and she's about to make an oath to kill him. Even though they're falling in love. So tragic, so epic, blah blah blah. Dammit, I don't want Jaime to die.
I don’t want him to die either; I want him to love Brienne back and for them to be happy together more even for her sake than for his own – I think Jaime might be the first one to agree that he’s had his innings, but Brienne is so GOOD and so lovely that I want her to be happy and if Jaime dies she will be sad, so he can’t die …
OK, so I too was convinced that Brienne is going to kill Jaime with “Oathkeeper”, and then I had lunch with my friend nutmeg3 and we were talking about this because I was soooo upset when I read that chapter that I practically burst into tears on the train!! And nutmeg suggested that Brienne is going to swear to kill Jaime (to save Podrick and Hyle Hunt, not so much to save herself) – and then she is going to learn that sometimes what is honorable and what is right are not the same things. Because we have several people who’ve broken their sworn vows, who are good people and/or who made absolutely the right decision – Jaime killed Aerys; Jon went off with the wildlings; Sam slept with Gilly … And NONE of those was the wrong thing to do. I think Brienne’s only flaw is maybe her black-and-white view of the world (which is changing, to be sure, as she grows to love Jaime) and she’s going to learn, bone-deep, what Jaime learned with Aerys: so many vows, no way to keep them all… I’m clinging to this slender hope until the moment that Brienne drives Oathkeeper into Jaime’s heart, by the way …
Awww, and how sweet is it that she believes Jaime's trusted her with his honor, and he's replaced Renly in her dreams. Except not so good in the dreams where Renly dies.... *sigh*
I know! Those dreams kind of frighten me …
She's got such a sweet, good heart--I hope she manages to keep it.
Yes! I adore Brienne and it would break her to have to kill Jaime because she really loves him; it’s not Renly-love where he was nice to her at that party when no one else was – it’s love because Jaime yelled Thapphireth for her and got her out of the bear pit and because he told her so much about himself. DAMMIT! She can’t kill him. She just cannot …
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Date: 2005-11-22 11:37 am (UTC)I don’t want him to die either; I want him to love Brienne back and for them to be happy together more even for her sake than for his own – I think Jaime might be the first one to agree that he’s had his innings, but Brienne is so GOOD and so lovely that I want her to be happy and if Jaime dies she will be sad, so he can’t die …
OK, so I too was convinced that Brienne is going to kill Jaime with “Oathkeeper”, and then I had lunch with my friend
Awww, and how sweet is it that she believes Jaime's trusted her with his honor, and he's replaced Renly in her dreams. Except not so good in the dreams where Renly dies.... *sigh*
I know! Those dreams kind of frighten me …
She's got such a sweet, good heart--I hope she manages to keep it.
Yes! I adore Brienne and it would break her to have to kill Jaime because she really loves him; it’s not Renly-love where he was nice to her at that party when no one else was – it’s love because Jaime yelled Thapphireth for her and got her out of the bear pit and because he told her so much about himself. DAMMIT! She can’t kill him. She just cannot …