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  ===Development===
  Darren Franich of ''Entertainment Weekly'' noted that in the novels, "Jaime is a vaguely villainous minor character in ''Game of Thrones'', then is basically absent from ''Clash of Kings'', and suddenly he becomes a tragic hero in ''Storm of Swords''." In ''A Game of Thrones'', Jaime is not only carrying on an incestuous affair with his twin sister, but he pushes a young Bran Stark out a high window to his likely death after the boy witnesses them in the act. Jaime admits these crimes to Catelyn Stark in ''A Clash of Kings'' (1998), and tells her a horrific story of Aerys Targaryen's cruelty. In ''A Storm of Swords'' (2000), Jaime initially loathes the female warrior Brienne of Tarth, but both his honor and his reluctant respect for Brienne compel him to lie to their captors to prevent her from being raped. He later explains to Brienne that he killed Aerys because the king had planned to incinerate all of King's Landing and its inhabitants rather than let it fall into Robert's hands. When Jaime is released to be sent back to King's Landing in deference to his father, he first saves Brienne, who has been thrown into a bear pit for the mercenaries' amusement. Martin told ''Rolling Stone'' in 2014:
  Specifically addressing Jaime's attempted murder of Bran, Martin said: