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Its been acontroversial momentamong fans, but to me it was beautiful, raw, and primal.
Youre a good man and you cant save her.
You dont need to die with her.
But Jaime cant take that path, of course.
Whether hes off to kill Cersei or defend her, he cannot resist returning to his sisters side.
The gravitational pull of family has been an ongoing theme inGame of Thrones.
In the wake of the Battle of Winterfell, Tormund heads back to the Free North.
Were family, the four of us.
The last of the Starks.
The dramatic irony is high as Arya says to Jon, Youre my brother.
Not my half-brother or my bastard brother.
I want it to be the way it was between us, Daenerys says to him.
At the same time the Starks are closing ranks around one another, Daenerys is becoming increasingly isolated.
Jorah is gone; her child Rhaegal is gone; Missandei is gone.
ButGame of Throneshas never seemed to place much stock in romance as a path forward.
Not knowing that Lyanna went with Rhaegar willingingly, her betrothed Robert Baratheon overthrew a dynasty.
Think of the past 20 years.
The war, the murder, the misery, Tyrion laments to Varys.
All of it because Robert Baratheon loved someone who didnt love him back.
We shared a womb, came into this world together, we belong together.
When Jaime bids farewell to Brienne with a little line that yokes himself to Cersei Shes hateful.
And so am I. we dont know whether he plans to defend his sister or murder her.
