makerkenzie:

Sorry the kid can’t be in three places at once?

If there’s anyone in Aerys II’s Kingsguard who bears partial blame for the murders of Elia Martell and her children, it’s their Lord Commander Ser Gerold Hightower. He’s the one who had authority over the other knights. He knew they were leaving their little brother all alone to babysit their inbred trainwreck of a king in the middle of an uprising. It wasn’t Jaime’s idea to be the only KG knight left at the Red Keep with nobody looking after Maegor’s Holdfast. Sorry if Jaime was too busy trying to talk the king out of letting Tywin and his army through the city gates.

Nope, sorry not sorry, the youngest KG knight ever, who was being used as both a bodyguard and a hostage to a guy who was totally willing to blow up the capital city, does not get the blame for failing to be in the right place to scare off Gregor Clegane. Not before we point the finger at the older KG guys who ran off to support Tunnel-Visioned Emo Prince in knocking up Lyanna Stark and fucking well knew they were leaving Jaime to handle a problem with no solution.

The blame for the murders of Elia Martell and her children goes to:

1. Lord Tywin for sacking the city and having Gregor Clegane in his employ,

2. Gregor Clegane for being a repulsive rapist and baby-smashing monster,

3. Tunnel-Visioned Emo Prince for abandoning his wife and kids for a younger and supposedly healthier girl,

4. Aerys for being the Worst King Ever,

5. Ser Gerold Hightower for running a KG with no backbone.