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Originally Posted by KDCat
It changes who Jaime is in a really fundamental way. Jaime loves Cersei in a deep and abiding way. He loves her so much that he betrays his oath as Kingsguard to sleep with the Queen and father her children. He throws a child out of a window to protect he and their children. (She could have been charged with treason and executed for trying to pass her illegitimate children off as the King's children.) He will do anything for her. He would not hurt her, not like that.
Jaime is also a character that hates rape. He hates Robert because Robert rapes Cersei. He protects Brienne from being raped. He's terrified of being raped himself. Jaime wouldn't rape someone.
Jaime's stories in the book moves from being a complete villain to being something less of a villain. Putting a rape in the middle of that character arc derails it.
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I haven't read the books so all my character knowledge is purely from the shows (which lets face it isn't going to be as thorough as the novels).
I'm now wondering how they (the writers) are going to attempt to redeem him (to the fans).
I guess I can now see why the fans are up in arms over what the writers did. It was basically character assassination.