Yes, I have a problem

[TK-421]

I too like Brienne, but we, my friend, are a minority in this forum.

 

[Faceless Woman]

I used to think she was a bit dim, but that bit with the priest when she reads between the lines proved me wrong. Even when I thought she was stupid, though, I loved her bravery and her loyalty, even in doing something that could be considered dishonourable - freeing Jaime. Ned would never have done that, and I didn't like him much...
Just to say there are more than two Brienne lovers in this forum, though probably only one Ned hater.

 

[Aegon the Unworthy]

I used to think she was a bit dim, but that bit with the priest when she reads between the lines proved me wrong. Even when I thought she was stupid, though, I loved her bravery and her loyalty, even in doing something that could be considered dishonourable - freeing Jaime. Ned would never have done that, and I didn't like him much...
Just to say there are more than two Brienne lovers in this forum, though probably only one Ned hater.

Whoa whoa whoa....slow down there. Im the biggest Brienne hater in the world but to toss around the word dishonor like that is not something even I can stand to hear....at no point did she free the man, she armed him as a prisoner to enable her to complete her mission and then she was relieved of her charge by Bolton and trust me that was one of those pain of death things. No I think Ned would have done the same thing....

Not disagreeing with ya persay....just setting records straight and righting wrongs.....etc etc

 

[Somebloke]

I suppose what I love about the character are two major points: firstly, she is such an unused but utterly realistic take on the 'warrior maiden' cliche that dominates fantasy; Brienne strikes me as one of the most real characters in the book (and most of the characters strike true). The other factor is her dogged determination. Brienne never struck me as stupid- she knows that she lives in a world where chivalry is little more than an excuse for dominance, yet this only makes her strive all the harder to be the knightly ideal.

Guess I just have a thing for dreamers and outcasts.

 

[Boaz]

I'd say Brienne is not stupid, but rather filled with certain unrealistic beliefs. Like Sansa, Brienne was taught that the world was "perfect." In a perfect world, knights rescue damsels and slay the monsters. But in reality, the monsters rape the damsels and sometimes the knights are the monsters.

Jaime's words (this is almost the blind leading the blind here) start to awaken her to reality. Her journey as a hedge knight is a metaphor for her journey to self-reliance. She really starts to wake up on her quest. The quest is to find Sansa, the same girl I mentioned above, who also is quickly waking up to the world's realities.

 

[TK-421]

Boaz: you are a gentleman and a scholar, even if you from a mountain state