Jaime Lannister, a hypocrite and criminal?
Many readers seemed to be invested in Jaime's redemption arc, and all in all, he seems to be a very popular character within the SoIaF series. Very well-liked. So this topic may very well be controversial, and I may be in the minority here, as I never liked the character from the beginning, or even after multiple re-reads. However, I will attempt to approach this subject in an unbiased and logical manner.
I'll preface things by saying I care not for his witticisms, his good looks, or his
To quote myself from another thread
Jaime is a menace. A snake that should be trampled down as quick as possible.
He did indeed commit a bad act to kill the man he swore to protect, but that is not really the problem (well it is, but there is an even worse one). The main problem is that he tries to justify this - that he should be allowed to place himself over his society and break the social contacts of vows whenever he feels like it, because he found his oaths troublesome. Well