He sees Brienne as the model knight, and almost the antithesis of Cersei. This whole episode shows how much respect he has for her. Jaime later reveals he’s travelled this far because he wants to fight the dead alongside Brienne.
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“This goes beyond loyalty,” he tells Daenerys when she asks why he’s at Winterfell and why he should be trusted. Talk to the Queen,” when trying to persuade him to convince Cersei to join the fight against the Night King. Jaime was visibly stunned in the season 7 finale when Brienne, perhaps the most loyal and noble person left in Westeros, told him: “Oh fuck loyalty, this goes beyond houses and honour and oaths. Jaime taking Brienne’s words to heart “Fuck loyalty” – Brienne to Jaime in season 7 (Photo: HBO) “Perhaps he trusts his little brother to defend him,” Dany says of Jaime and Tyrion, “right up until the moment he slits my throat.” This probably isn’t hinting at anything specific to do with the valonqar theory, and is more just a nice reminder that it’s out there, waiting to be fulfilled. That would be much more dramatic, right?ĭuring this episode’s tense opening scene, in which Daenerys argues against Jaime joining the army up at Winterfell, we get a seemingly pointed nod to this theory. She believes this to be Tyrion, which partially fuels her hatred of him, but many fans think it may actually refer to Jaime, since he is her younger twin. It stated that Cersei would meet her end by having the life choked from her by her valonqar, which directly translates to “little brother”. If you didn’t already know, the valonqar theory relates to a prophecy told to Cersei when she was a child by a fortune teller called Maggy the Frog. Daenerys hints at the valonqar theory Daenerys was not in a good mood this episode (Photo: HBO) You can also see Winterfell’s preparations for the battle ahead, with trenches and spikes outside the castle.
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The icy squares representing the Army of the Dead have now progressed further south, past Last Hearth and towards Winterfell.
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Last week we wrote in depth about the show’s revamped opening credits, and there were a couple of tweaks to the new formula this week. More tweaks to the opening credits Spikes outside Winterfell seen in the opening credits (Photo: HBO)