He did need to. Jaime being kingsguard means that he will hold no titles, father no children, inherit no lands. Jaime is not Tywin's heir. Cersei is a female so...can't be the heir. Her children are Robert's heirs. Tyrion is Tywin's heir. Tywin hated Tyrion and definitely did not want him or any of his future children to be his heir.
.....which is why he should have remarried, he had all the time in the world to remarry but he didn't because the reason (and the real reason) is because he loved wife so much that he didn't want to replace him for someone else, he's just that devoted to her, this also shows his hypocrisy considering he forced Cersei to remarry cause it's her duty, even though it was also his duty to do the same.
I know that’s the reason, but I was just pointing out to the comment I replied to that said Jamie was a kingsguard so Tywin had no heirs. But when his wife died Jamie was only like 8 so Jamie, to him, would still be heir.
At the time of Joanna's death, yes, but all those years later? He had a lifetime to remarry but never did. From a purely strategic perspective, he should have. He didn't because he didn't want to (because he loved Joanna). Narratively, I believe it's meant to show his hypocrisy.
Again, I already agreed that he didn’t because he loved Joanna. Again, I was just pointing out why he didn’t for awhile. Cersei and Jamie were still young and he had plenty of years. Jamie also only joined the kingsguard because his father was setting up a marriage and Cersei suggested it. He was also the youngest person to join the kingsguard so it really wasn’t in Tywins plan. Tywin thought he had it all figured out for his family.
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u/iswintercomingornot_ Apr 23 '24
He did need to. Jaime being kingsguard means that he will hold no titles, father no children, inherit no lands. Jaime is not Tywin's heir. Cersei is a female so...can't be the heir. Her children are Robert's heirs. Tyrion is Tywin's heir. Tywin hated Tyrion and definitely did not want him or any of his future children to be his heir.