First, let's talk about James. His idea of love has always been more idealistic. Of course, his whole person is an idealized representative, including chivalry, honor and faith, aspires to be the sword of dawn, does not care about the worldly vision but is only loyal to his inner choice (I will not discuss this issue here, please forgive me for being an nc fan) ). This is why his love and life are rendered tragic. His ideal of love is very simple and sincere. Don't confine your wife and son, just stay together. Just like when he joined the Kingsguard for his sister, he wanted to be with Cersei. He ignored the worldly vision and combined his views on love to a large extent. The night I stayed in the dilapidated hotel in Eel Lane when I was 15 years old is vivid in my mind.
Here is a mention, I think Nicolaj Coster (James actor) also said in an interview that he believes that James will always love Cersei no matter what, he has sacrificed for this woman in many ways, including those so-called "harmful people" " thing. I think his understanding of this role is still in place, unlike Lena, which will be discussed later.
There was a detail in the first season of the TV series that was very moving, and when I watched it again, I was deeply moved. It was James standing in front of the door, listening to the fat deer and a group of women laughing and sparring inside the door, and couldn’t help saying to strangers” He likes to do this when I'm on duty, he makes me hear it when he insults my sister" He listens quietly, so forbearance, so silent, feeling pain for the helpless marriage of my sister (lover).
In the POV where Jaime was captured, the book mentions how much Jaime misses Cersei, including one time when Britney "despised" him at first, telling him that a man who blasphemed his own sister and killed the king You don't deserve to be a knight with someone who mutilates children. Jaime didn't bother to explain the other two, but said "be polite when mentioning Cersei", which shows that in his mind, Cersei is a name that cannot be tainted at will, as pure and beautiful as his ideal of love (later). We all know what's going on)
That's why Jaime was heartbroken when he heard Lancel confided in his affair with the Queen Mother. Every time I read this passage, my heart is filled with tears and tears are on my clothes.
I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the stranger, hiding her true face from my gaze. , always hides its true colors. In the church, under the gaze of the Virgin and the Father, his ideal of love went to disillusionment. (So I think it's not just Cersei's infidelity itself that makes him more painful, but the shattering of his ideal of love, the innocent and beautiful Cersei in his heart is gone)
Let's talk about Cersei, many people feel that Cersei I've been using James as a pawn, and I can't agree more with that. Including actor Lena Heady said in an interview that she felt that Cersei always wanted to be James, so after James broke his hand, because he could no longer protect himself, she hated him. First of all, Lena's acting skills are very worthy of recognition, but she thinks that she has not read books (she said it herself), and her views are relatively narrow.
I think Cersei loves Jaime, but her love is paranoid and conceited, just like she loves her own children. Author George RR Martin mentioned in a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine that Cersei's own perception of the whole world is relatively abnormal, or distorted (weird), Her perception of the world is twisted, she loves her own Children are not because of the children themselves, but because they are "her" children.
Her understanding of love is the same. She believes that James should support her unconditionally, not oppose her, and protect her and her children. This is why the conflict between the two continued to escalate later. He begged Jaime twice, once when Tywin threw her out of the cabinet and begged him to give up the Kingsguard, and once when Tywin died to be his prime minister.
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"You swear you'll love me forever. It's not love for me to beg like this."
"You're me, I'm you. I want you to hold me, come into me, please, James, please You "
"I'm an idiot, I came to see you. I'm an idiot who loved you!"
From such language, can you tell that a woman is taking advantage of a man? totally not. Cersei was always a proud woman, even if she was stupid. I remember reading an article by a senior reader that although Cersei liked Rhaegar in her teenage years, she only liked Rhaegar, because he did not choose her, she was a proud woman, and she was reluctant even in the face of a painful marriage Showing a hint of weakness to others (talk to Ned)
but even such a proud person, she talks to Jaime with fear (Jaime can smell her fear too -sic), one has only Such weakness can only be revealed in the face of the person you love. However, James' refusal made her despair and made her feel that the brother (lover) who had always supported her unconditionally had changed, began to disobey her, and began to be unreliable, which is why every time James raised a political opinion against her, it would make her angry and angry. .
Still the same sentence, she loves James, but this love is paranoid and crazy, and only pays attention to her own feelings. James clearly hates the power world of open and secret fights, but he still forces him to be the prime minister.
Of course, there are other aspects that can be seen. I can't remember one time. It was probably the little Emperor Tommen who was dancing with a gun and playing a stick. Cersei couldn't help but blurt out "One day you will become the ever-winning general of the Tournament, like Your father did that", but ended up getting a "question" from Little Rose. What she said about his father was James, who was always the victorious general in her heart. If you don't love someone, will you always think of him in your heart?
Most obviously (Volume 4), Cersei was locked up by the Archbishop, tortured and forced to finally confess her sins, and one morning she dreamed that Jaime was her husband and that their son was alive.
It shows that deep down in her heart, she also longed to live a life of being with her loved ones, no longer enduring false political marriages, but only a crazy desire for power later, inheriting the Lannister family's legacy "wish", conceited And paranoia blinded her true heart.
Of course we all remember the phrase
"Help me. Save me. I need you more than ever. I love you. I love you. I love you. Come back now." The woman's helpless act after trying her best. Even though Cersei lost herself in the Game of Thrones, and even sold her body to gain the trust of others, I believe that at this moment she really pinned her hopes on James and her love, even though she knew very well that after her severed hand, James Mu has little chance of winning even if he participates in the trial by combat. But when she took the blame, all the cronies around her betrayed her, betrayed her, she also had his brother and lover, and even when she finally walked naked to the people who scolded her, she still had a moment of hope, hoping that The blond teenager will appear in front of her, save her, and soothe her soul.
Of course I think James' letter burning is also the highlight of the book. Thousands of words can't explain clearly.
"A snowflake fell on the letter, melting slowly, slowly obscuring the words on the letter. James rolled it up, as hard as he could with one hand, and then handed it to Pie.
"No need," he said, "burn it. "
Although the letter is burnt, the words in the letter will probably never be forgotten for the rest of my life.
The tragedy of Jaime and Cersei's love lies in the fact that they understand love itself differently and love in different ways. James' faith is unswerving, and he is willing to stand by each other in spite of the world. And Cersei is just paranoid asking, but not unloving. In a sense, they all have elements of irrationality.
Since they were born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, they must die in the same year, the same month, and the same day.
I don't know how it will end, but either way, in Martin's style, it's bound to be a tear-jerking moment.
In the fourth season of the broadcast, it was posted below the TV series, I hope you understand. And everyone's understanding of characters is different. This article is only a personal opinion, but please take it lightly.
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