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And Robert will choose a new Hand of the King, someone to do his job while he’s off fucking boars and hunting whores. Or is it the other way around?
— Game of Thrones · 2011
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It sums up Jaime's attitude in one sentence: contempt for the king he is sworn to protect, wrapped in a joke so nobody can quite complain. It also states the premise of the early series, a throne whose real work falls on whoever is Hand. Fans quote it as early evidence that the court knows exactly what kind of king Robert is.
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In context
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In Game of Thrones S1E1, “Winter Is Coming,” Jaime speaks with Cersei at King’s Landing before the royal journey to Winterfell. Jon Arryn’s death means Robert needs a new Hand of the King, and Jaime’s deliberately inverted insult mocks the king’s appetites. The card follows the aired wording corroborated by the episode transcript and independent clip quotation; the page remains in the stockroom.
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- Wikipedia: Winter Is ComingPlotReference checked
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