This is going to be a long-ish post, but I honestly feel like the EW interview with NCW has the majority up in arms about when he said “oh no” and begins to elaborate on the reasons behind leaving… am I the only one who doesn’t think this is anti-braime at all???
He does not say at least once that it was a bad idea, a mistake, or a one night stand. He explains straight after that the reality of the situation hits Jaime - they are all still at war with his Queen. He never once pledged himself to Danaerys. For Jaime, his sister (not his ‘lover’ anymore - they never kissed or declared their love down in the tunnel) was about to get annihilated by Dragon fire: a scene he is all too familiar with from the time of the Mad King and his threats of Wild fire, not to mention he also fought against Dany when she burnt the Lannister troops.
Jaime had a duty to uphold, he always had high regards to his family and what family means to him, and when reality hits him that this is more complicated than what it is; acting on instinct to make love to Brienne after all of these years, is a big step for them both and there is no going back.
As a fully dedicated Braime shipper, that “oh no” does not in any way shape or form indicate to me that their time together was never meant to happen. Of course it was meant to happen, it was the circumstances that followed. It was the situation he put them both in. He WOULD have stayed with Brienne, and for a time he did in WF - even Tyrion made a point of how happy he was, and Jaime himself must have decided to stay on the terms that he was a “guest of the Lady of Winterfell”. It was the fact that Jaime thought he COULDNT have this “alternative life” with Brienne, not that he didn’t want it, is what lead him back to Cersei. Jaime did bad things in Cersei’s name and also witnessed the crimes that Cersei had committed, they had a complicated bond that he obviously felt somewhat responsible and guilty for all of these things happening - having all of those feelings emerge after spending a period of peace with Brienne after the battle must have hit hard.
Yes he died protecting his Queen, but she was also his sister. Jaime never left Brienne because he didn’t love or belong with her - he thought that he couldn’t be with her because of the dishonourable man he thought he was. To me, that “oh no” represents a sad realisation that Jaime couldn’t have the life he wanted with Brienne. That’s the tragedy behind it all.
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