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Originally Posted by devilsgrin  I don't find it at all hard to believe that she was basically getting Jaime out of the way by having him knighted to the Kingsguard. |
I do. I really think Cersei and Jaime were trying to get together when Cersei had Jaime put on the King's guard. The plan simply backfired when Lord Tywin decided to take off over it. I don't remember anything in Cersei's POVs that indicate she was trying to get rid of Jaime back then. GRRM is pretty good at not hiding his character's thoughts and feelings over their past actions when they are the POV. If she were trying to get rid of Jaime back then then you'd think it would have come up somewhere in her POVs. For example, when she decides to get rid of Jaime in AFFC she could have said to herself, "I need to get rid of Jaime again like I did when I put him on the Kingsguard." Instead these are her exact thoughts from the book:
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Originally Posted by Pg. 356, US hardcover I need to rid myself of him, and soon. Once upon a time she had dreamt that the two of them might rule the Seven Kingdoms side by side, but Jaime had become more hindrance than a help. |
That quote alone seems to suggest that she wanted them to be together. She's only now thinking to get rid of him since he's stopped allowing himself to be controlled by her.