When the fighting in the north is over someone wins, you understand that don't you
I pledged to ride north. I intend to honor that pledge
Hey everybody so you requested a Jaime season 8 video we have a pretty good
idea based on the way he ended season 7 where he's going to pick up in season 8
in the role that he's going to fill in the war for the dawn like where he's
going to slot in to John and Daenerys his army as well as what his possible
end games are there are a number of great theories but I think a couple of
them will pay off and if you are finding me for the first time be sure to click
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bonus videos every week till season 8 gets here and when book stuff gets here
I'll address that at the end of the video the book videos will be a little
bit different but starting with Jaime at the end of season 7 how great with those
final scenes was Cersei there were so many people cheering in my timeline that
were just so ready for this moment to happen for the last couple of seasons
but they kept him with Cersei for so long I think to keep that King's Landing
story as interesting as possible because in the books the last time that they
have sex in the last time they're physically together is over Joffrey's
dead body after that Jaime has had enough of her and he takes off that's
the end of it the last that Cersei hears from him is right after her atonement
walked during dance with dragons she's sort of sitting there she gets word that
Jaime's been seen riding around the Riverlands with a woman who turns out is
Brienne of Tarth who's on her mission for Lady Stoneheart so obviously Lady
Stoneheart isn't on the TV show there's a bunch of big changes so I'll address
that later in the video we'll stick to show stuff for now but as jaime said
he's keeping his promise so he's riding north to Winterfell the reason he covers
his hand up is mostly so other people won't recognize him as Jaime Lannister
like think about the last time he was taken upon by brigands on the road when
he was with Brienne of Tarth that's when he wound up losing his hand so that's
not something that he wants to happen again and it's also sort of symbolic
like he's covering up the gold like he's covering up the Lannister parts of
himself but I actually don't think that he's going to make it to Winterfell in the
first episode because there'll be so many stark reunions happening I think
that'll be like Jon at Daenerys arriving at Winterfell so you get the Arya Jon
reunion you get all that awkward comedy of Daenerys meeting the family you might
even get that bomb reveal so I think they'll save Jaime Lannister
arriving at Winterfell and all those reunions for episode 2 so
there are a couple really big ones I don't think that they'll have too many
Jaime moments with all of the characters just
the ones that are meaningful for him so you have Jaime and Tyrion you have to
imagine that Tyrion will just give him a shrug like oh you finally left the witch
and Jaime will just shrug and say yeah yeah I finally did the thing let's get
to business so Tyrion is Daenerys as strategist
jaime will probably become their battle commander on the ground whether you
believe the show or not the narrative this season is that he's actually pretty
good at leading armies on the battlefield and Tyrion isn't somebody
that's going to ride around to the horse at the front of the army he'll probably
develop a plan with Jaime Jaime will be the guy on the ground while Jon Snow and
Daenerys are in the sky on the Dragons rewind back to this season here where
he's talking to the Lannister generals trying to organize them as they go north
like we don't have time we all have to get up there and search he's like what
the hell are you doing we're not going north so I think when Jaime's riding up
by himself that's it he's not taking any of the army with him he's not even
wearing his traditional armor meaning very big possibility that he could be
wearing Targaryen armor when he shows up during season eight
wouldn't that be fitting he was wearing Targaryen Kings armor when he killed the
Mad King if he winds up killing Cersei wearing the same type of armor it would
be so poetic but that's sort of jumping forward a little too much Jaime arrives
at Winterfell he has the reunion with Tyrion they sort of deal with the
matters at hand after they get through the pleasantries you have that awesome
reunion with Brienne Gwendoline Christie was saying a lot of funny things about
this King's Landing scene here too when she was stuck with Cersei and Jaime she
said that that was Brienne's own personal hell even though people want to
see them together it's all about the army they're dead this season so they
didn't really have any scenes addressing their chemistry but that'll still be
there but the whole thing is is I have a very specific end game in mind for Jaime
if he does survive which I hope that he does but he kind of narrated his ending
like when he told Brienne I want to die in the arms of the person that I love
only now it seems like the person he loves is going to be Brienne will circle
back around a Jaime endgame in a second there are like two big possibilities but
then probably the best Jaime reunion at Winterfell like we've talked about
before is bran Stark bran isn't petty he'll be all weird with them again and
Jaime will be all awkward hey remember that last time we were together the
last time they were in the same room together was when he pushed him out the
window they haven't been seen together ever
since then so a lot of you have asked the follow-up question does Jaime know
that bran is alive because they didn't even send a raven to Winterfell before
Brant got there so have Circe's little birds informed her about what's going on
at Winterfell I would stand a reason that if Cersei knows very specific
information about what's happening at Dragonstone all of season seven in
what's happening all over the kingdom then it's a pretty good assumption that
she knows most of what's going on at Winterfell she probably heard about
Littlefinger dying but I do think that they want to preserve the surprise on
Jaime's face when he sees bran again for the first time and don't forget that
Jaime has to formally bend the knee to Daenerys and Jon Snow so they'll
obviously have that moment and if you've forgotten there was actually a huge
scene in the second episode where he's talking to Jon Snow about him taking the
vows of the Nights Watch so I think it's very prophetic in a hat tip for a very
possible ending for Jaime's character at the end of the story so check this out
for context and you'll see just think about all the things that have happened
since this moment here sold for the wall Lord you have a good man have you swung
it yet of course I have at someone I mean
strange thing first time you cut a man realize we're nothing but sacks of meat
blood and some bone to keep it all standing let me thank you ahead of time
guarding us all from the perils beyond the wall wildlings and White Walkers and
whatnot a grateful good strong men like you
protecting us we've got it the kingdom's for 8,000 years we already have you
taken your vows then soon enough give my regards to the Nights Watch I'm sure it
will be thrilling to serve in such an elite force and if not it's only for
life such a great scene given the things that have changed up to this point so
Jon Snow has protected the realms of men he's lived up to his promise in the
White Walkers have come Jaime sounds like he totally didn't believe it when
he was talking about all those things like White Walkers beyond the wall that
just sounds like crazy his right hand has now been cut off it's gold so that's
why they zoomed up on his hand back here during the first season in the way he
talks about the Nights Watch you know enjoy yourself it's only for life have
fun taking up this noble cause is sort of a reference for the arc of Jaime's
character so first big end game theory that doesn't involve him dying during
the battle with a knight King is him becoming the new Lord Commander of the
Nights Watch think about everything that Jaime sacrificed at the end of the
finale here he was the head of the Lannister army one of the most powerful
people in the kingdom getting ready to have a child with Cersei not that I
think that that child will actually be born but he gave it all up to ride north
to sacrifice himself for a greater cause so one of the two possible endings not
including valonqar I'm not talking about that I'm talking about after all that
stuff is done like what is he actually doing he becomes the new Lord Commander
of the Nights Watch so that is why I'm really hoping that he survives the other
possible ending he does wind up dying in Brienne's
and it's Ser Jorah that becomes the new Lord Commander of the Nights Watch in a
nice mirror for his father Ser Jorah and Jaime were both these very selfish
people at the beginning of the story who have since come all the way back around
and now they're tripping hand over feet to sacrifice themselves to save the realm
from the night king but I don't think that Circe dies on the TV show without
Jaime being in proximity or is a direct result of something that Jaime does is a
sort of backdoor fulfillment of the valonqar prophecy remember it has to be
the little brother so there are a lot of theories about how the valonqar will go
down I'll do a separate video about that but just remember the way the TV show
has gone back to season one referencing those moments so obviously there'll be a
sort of wink at that when he has the reunion with Jon Snow but do you think
in the way the show repeats itself it'll be prophetic Jaime will take up
the Honorable cause as he tells Jon Snow back here during season one of the
Nights Watch eventually now again that's jumping way further ahead in the story
there's so much that has to happen before then but there's only six
episodes so I'm not expecting him to get moments with every single character at
Winterfell just the ones I mentioned like Tyrion Brienne bran stark Jon Snow
Daenerys and then again with Cersei before she winds up dying so just leave
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