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Originally Posted by driveway
I wonder how the impact of Jamie losing his hand resonated with the never-read-the-books crowd.
While reading I felt like the spectre of Jamie Lannister hung over the story in a really interesting way, his potential for wreaking absolute havoc against the Starks once he'd been released was pretty strongly indicated. I don't know if someone who'd just watched the show would have the same feeling: that Jamie is the best warrior in Westeros, the best swordsman, the most dangerous battlefield enemy of the Starks.
When he got his hand cut off I remember being shocked, just shocked, more so than the Red Wedding, even.
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Jamie was beaten by a kid on his first tour of duty. sure he took quite a few people down with him, but i never got the impression that he was really all that powerful. Brienne summed it up nicely in the TV show when she said something along the lines of the myth is bigger than the man
and i wasn't really taken aback when he lost his hand, i figured that he would just end up becoming a lefty and still be quite effective. kudos to Martin for going in a different direction and turning Jamie into a really complex character