Jaime Lannister

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Character
Name: Jaime Lannister
Occupation: Kingsguard, Commander of the Lannister army
Relationships:
Fandom: Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire
Other: played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
"A black and white illustration of a head and shoulders portrait of Jaime, he is holding a sword and has his head slightly resting on the pommel"
Jaime Lannister by ElliCrown (2014)
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Jaime Lannister is a fictional character from A Song of Ice and Fire, and is played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on the HBO television series Game of Thrones.

Jaime's story is one of a man who is asking himself for the first time what he expects of himself... He writes in the White Book his deeds both good and bad, and realizes that the rest of the blank space is for him to write. This sends him on a journey of self reflection and remembering the qualities of those he looked/looks up to.[1]

Fandom

Shipping

Person Ship
Brienne of Tarth Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth
Cersei Lannister Cersei Lannister/Jaime Lannister
Sansa Stark Jaime Lannister/Sansa Stark
Bronn Bronn/Jaime Lannister
Lyanna Stark Jaime Lannister/Lyanna Stark
Elia Martell Jaime Lannister/Elia Martell
Arya Stark Jaime Lannister/Arya Stark
Daenerys Targaryen Daenerys Targaryen/Jaime Lannister

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Common Tropes in Fanworks

  • Modern AU: modern setting, where he knows or meets other characters from the series
  • Pastfic: Jaime's childhood at Casterly Rock, his early days as a kingsguard, his early relationship with Cersei
  • Arranged Marriage: a marriage is arranged for political reasons, usually by Tywin, in some variations Jaime never enters the Kingsguard or he is removed from it
  • Futurefic: varies, he returns to Casterly Rock, sometimes he is married with children, or he makes a heroic sacrifice
  • Post - A Dance With Dragons: at the end of the last book Jaime's story ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, this storyline was not adapted on the television series, so fanfiction writers have tried to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion
  • Jaime Lives: Jaime does not die in season 8
  • Fix-it: unhappy with the conclusion of Jaime's story many fans will try "fixing it", this may mean having Jaime alive and giving him a happy ending, or rewriting how and why he died

Controversies

  • Sept Scene: Many fans construed the Jaime/Cersei sex scene in the sept as rape, although the show-runners denied it as such, and were very disappointed by the changes because the sex had been consensual in the books.[4] Also, it goes against Jaime's overall depiction, because he is one of the few characters in the series that is adamantly against rape.[5]
  • Show Characterization: Many fans were disappointed in the television adaptation of Jaime Lannister, particularly in the later seasons. Some felt he varied too greatly from his book counterpart. Others point out that Game of Thrones contradicts its own showverse canon by having Jaime continue to support Cersei when she has repeatedly violated his basic ideals.[6][7]

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Art Gallery

  • Jaime Lannister by 6worldangel9 (2014)

  • "Head and shoulders illustrated portrait of Jaime in full plate armor, with burning debris in the background"

    Jaime Lannister by Mohamed Ali (2019)

  • "Illustration of Jaime in his Kingsguard armor, with his left hand resting on the pommel of his sword"

    Jamie Lannister - Kingslayer by Balkoth26 (2013)

  • Jaime in the style of Alphonse Mucha by Simona Bonafini.

  • "Head and shoulders illustration of Jaime with long shoulder length hair, and wearing a green shirt"

    Jaime Lannister by DeathLawliet (2015)

  • "Illustration of Jaime, wearing his Lannister armor, sitting on the Iron Throne, with his left hand holding a bloody sword"

    Jaime Lannister by Thiago Gomes (2014)

  • "Head and shoulders illustrated portrait of Jamie, who is wearing armor, with a burning Lannister flag in the background"

    Jaime Lannister by Anna Katyshevtseva (2016)

  • "Illustration of Jaime, in plate armor, with his left hand holding the stump of right arm"

    The Kingslayer by Lady-Valesya (2014)

  • "Head and shoulders illustrated portrait of Jaime in his Kingsguard armor"

    Jaime Lannister by lusie (2011)

  • "Illustration of Jaime sitting on the Iron Throne, wearing his Kingsguard armor and white cloak which is bloody, and holding a bloody sword"

    Kingslayer by martinacecilia (2010)

  • "Head and shoulders illustrated portrait of Jaime with long shoulder length hair, wearing a blue gown embroidered with Lannister lion, with roses and swirls in the background"

    Jaime Lannister by Maureval (2012)

  • "Head and shoulders illustrated portrait of Jamie in his Kingsguard armor, with the Lannister lion symbol in the background"

    Jaime Lannister by Mistiqarts (2011)

  • "Head and shoulders illustrated portrait of Jamie wearing full plate armor, on a soft gray background"

    The Kingslayer by Beatrice Pellegrini (2019)

  • "Illustration of Jaime charging on a white horse holding a lance, in the background is a field on fire"

    Fucking Idiot by RubberRabbit2 (2017)

  • Cersei and Jaime in the ukiyo-e style by Sandra Tirado Mestre (2018)‎.

  • "Illustration of Jaime in his Kingsguard armor, drawing his sword from the scabbard"

    Jaime Lannister by Alexandra Tkachenko (2018)

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Resources

References

  1. ^ Character Discussion: Jaime Lannister
  2. ^ Game of Thrones A03 statistics
  3. ^ "Fandometrics In Depth: For The Throne Edition". Archived from the original on 2019-05-24.
  4. ^ LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT CERSEI/JAIME SCENE FROM GAME OF THRONES
  5. ^ To the people saying that there is also rape in the book
  6. ^ Jaime's characterization is starting to really confuse me
  7. ^ On the show's portrayal of Jamie
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