Game Of Thrones: 10 Characters We Didn't Want To Like

2. Jaime Lannister

Prior to the third season, Jaime Lannister probably would not have been on this list for most people. A lot of the conflict that is ripping apart the Seven Kingdoms is either directly or indirectly linked to Jaime. Still, there was always a certain entertaining snarkiness about him in his captivity that was a fun contrast to the dour Starks. He also had the unfortunate habit of making a lot of sense, despite his overall degeneracy. He was the sort of character who could make viewers laugh...and then immediately feel guilty for laughing. Whether fathering illegitimate children off of his twin sister or flinging a 10-year old off of a tower, Jaime didn't have a whole lot to be proud of that wasn't related to his skills with a sword. Which is really rather unfortunate for Season 3 Jaime. In Season 3, he is first captured by a band of rogue Bolton bannermen. After improvising a story to save Brienne from being raped, he runs his mouth a little too far and gets his sword hand chopped off with a dirty blade. He's forced to wear the rotting hand around his neck as an infection ravages his stump. Basically, even viewers who still begrudged him Bran's fall had to feel kind of bad for Jaime at this point. Then, he tells the story of the day that Tywin Lannister sacked King's Landing and how Jaime earned the nickname "Kingslayer," and everybody who didn't already feel bad for him after the handectomy had to look at him a bit differently. Fortunately for those doubters, Jaime's fevered sharing of the day that King's Landing fell was the final push to send him swinging into what seems to be an ongoing redemption arc. And he's still snarky. There's also that.