Game Of Thrones: 8 Characters You Should Probably Hate (But Don't)

2. Jaime Lannister

Jaime Lannister made his debut in the very first episode of Game of Thrones in the position of "clear antagonist" - in that candid hour, he not only had sex with his sister, but he pushed Bran - a 10-year-old child - out of a castle tower in an attempt to kill him. But all that seems kind of forgotten now, doesn't it? Because Jamie is - for some reason - one of the show's most likeable characters, which either says a lot about his transformation from villain to anti-hero, or the lack of likeable characters in the show on the whole. There are tons of reasons not to like Jaime, though, aside from the incest (which seems oddly "normal" now) and attempted child-killing: he murdered his cousin in order to escape one time, and he raped Cersei. That stuff aside, Jaime has been repositioned as something of a dashing, one-handed rogue; somebody to root for in and amongst all the chaos that is Westeros. This was mainly achieved through a series of interactions with other characters, where the Kingslayer opened up like an onion and revealed a bunch of new layers. He bonded with Brienne, he bantered with Bronn, he saved Tyrion from certain death... and he lost a hand, which kind of made him a lot more endearing - especially when he had to learn to fight all over again. No, it makes no sense to like Jaime Lannister, but it's really hard not to.