It's our final theory rounding out our entire week of Game of Thrones theory, and this time we're going to be looking at the Lannister family. In particular, we'll take a deeper look into Jaime Lannister, and whether or not he could one day be the man to kill his sister, Cersei.
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Where did this theory come from?
Back in her childhood, Cersei Lannister was given a prophecy from Maggy the frog after taunting her, which told her she would die at the hands of the 'Valonqar'. In High Valyrion, 'Valonqar' is translated to mean 'little brother'.
Despite a male pronoun being used, many of the people theorised to be in the frame of the Valonqar by fans are female. This is because Valonqar is actually a gender-neutral term, despite High Valyrian using the male gender. This is because High Valyrian has ALWAYS used the male gender when gender is actually unknown. It's also possible that Maggy wasn't fluid enough in High Valyrian to differentiate between the genders.
All that being said, our theory today does look at a male as the Valonqar. Cersei has always thought of it as being her younger brother Tyrion Lannister, but we in fact think it could be Jaime. Though he is her twin brother, Jaime was the second twin to be born from their mother, and so he is also a younger sibling to Cersei.
The prophecy given to Cersei reads: "Gold shall be their crowns and gold their shrouds. And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you."
Now, some fans say this actually rules Jaime out. He does of course now only have one working hand, and one that was crafted for him. However, the fake hand was made in such a way so that it could hold a goblet and similar objects, so would be the perfect shape to hold Cersei down by the neck.
There's also the possibility that at some point, Jaime will become Hand of the King and wear the chain of the Hand. This chain could then be used to "choke the life" from Cersei.
Strangling someone to death is an extremely personal and intimate method of murder. It hints that an overriding emotion has led to the strangulation rather than a murder planned out months in advance. There could a betrayal that leads to this moment, and who else but a member of the Lannister family could feel betrayed by Cersei at this point? Everybody else already has her number...
How plausible is it?
Again this is another possible theory, but Jaime has done so much for his sister and has shown he loves her more than anything else in the world. Could he end her life? Possibly. There have been moments when Jaime has acted for the greater good rather than just for the good of his family. But, again, this is his beloved Cersei we're talking about. The mother of his children. The only way we see this happening is if Cersei refuses to allow peace to prosper in the land despite it being the only logical next step for the family to escape completely being wiped out. What do you think?
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