grrm is so heavy handed with brienne being a virginal maid specifically in regards to jaime (him outright asking her, maidenpool x2, maid of tarth, protecting her honor, the bet, kingslayers whore, she who lay with lions) that i cannot take platonic j/b seriously. i just cant 😭
trauma dumping on her in an already wildly inappropriate situation, then getting a boner? her having to take care of him through thick and thin even tho she hates him? encouraging him to keep living because he’s all she’s got? #daddaughter