We need to talk about Jaime and Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones

From Red Online

As always, Game Of Thrones series 8 episode 5, 'The Bells', was a lot to take in. Following his fight scene with Euron Greyjoy, Jaime Lannister came to his end alongside sister and lover Cersei Lannister when they died in each other's arms.

ICYMI, after Daenerys lost two of her dragons, she learned how to use the remaining one to catastrophic results. That is to say, how to burn down the entirety of the city she hopes to one day rule.

Cersei, who killed off Daenerys' loyal friend and translator Missandei during last week's episode and famously inflicted hell on every single Game of Thrones character at one point or another, watched on as the city and her people burned. Eventually, she was killed off too, dying in the arms of her beloved brother.

For many, Cersei and Jaime dying in love and as equals felt wrong. While Jaime had become a reformed man and a hero of sorts, Cersei had embarked down a path of all evil, inflicting pain and being an all round savage. So for them to die as equals - and for Cersei to sympathetically pleading for her life - before being crushed by rubble? Fans say it felt wrong, not least because they wanted her to reach the messy end she had given so many others.

"We waited 8 years for Cersei to be killed by a bunch of rocks?" one person questioned, while another added, "All that Cersei build up and she died from poor infrastructure..." A third commented, "I waited 8 seasons for Cersei to die like that? Wow k."

Surely the Game of Thrones finale has something up its sleeve?

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