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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I hated them making Cersei relatable for the longest time, but it has grown on me.
Same as with Jaime... because Cersei isn't the straight up **** in the show she is in the books, Jaime's evolution has to be different.
I also think those are two of the hardest characters to translate to the screen, as so much of their development and what we know of it comes from their POV chapters and hearing internal monologue. Much tougher to show that on TV.
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I'd rather just have the make Jaime be the 'evolving' one. Especially when Cersei's turn doesn't really make that much sense - her entire life was built around fiercely protecting her children and elevating them...when they actually start dying, wouldn't it serve to make her double down on the ferociousness? The straight up evilness? Why would that level her out? It doesn't really make sense.
Meanwhile Jamie didn't actually change much in the books; we just learned more about his motives. And while there was some change, it came from an obvious motive - losing his hand essentially deprived him of his fundamental character. The thing that made him who he was was gone.
Jamie's character arc in the book is natural and would've made great sense for the show. Cersei's, OTOH, is forced and seems contrived due to 2 or 3 seasons of people getting pissed off at Martin and HBO for seemingly making shitty female characters. I think D&D have spent season 6 largely compensating for same now that they have free reign to leave the source material.