Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Winter is coming.

Let it come, already! Enough of the 100+ degree days! I feel like I live in Dorne.

As referenced:
Dorne is large peninsula which makes up the southern-most part of Westeros, and is one constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms. Its capital is Sunspear and the lords of the ruling House Martell still style themselves "Prince" and "Princess" in the Rhoynish fashion.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for her, though I formed that opinion from the books, not the show. She's a strong woman in a time when women are basically crapped on and relegated to child-bearing and little else. Obviously she does bad things, but I still feel sorry for the character.

How many books have you read? She's still ruthless and calculating--she's no Brienne the Beauty, another woman trying to make it in a man's world. I feel for the women of Westeros in general, but Cersei is definitely Joffrey's mother. Apple - tree.

NP here. I've read all the books (and started reading them when they came out over a decade ago, so maybe my opinion has evolved), but I also feel she is a symapthetic/tragic character. I think she's delusional, paranoid, and a little overproud of her own cunning (and bad at plotting, even though she thinks she's good at it), but I agree with first PP that her lot in life illustrates a lot of the challenges women faced in the past -- considering Brienne has almost inhuman strength (heck, she's almost as strong as Jaime), I think that she's less relatable because of it (though I like her much better as a character). Brienne never had to exercise "soft power" or protect her children through a regime change.

Brienne still has to deal with the threat of rape, like every other woman in the books. And she seems motivated to do the right thing, unlike Cersei. Cersei is responsible for getting people killed, and doesn't seem to have any remorse about it.

Anonymous wrote:What a fucking bitch. I wish I could put her on rhobh and watch her and Camille go at it. She is so evil, and im just on the fourth episode.

If Cersei was a real person, she would be a CEO or a Senator, not slumming it on reality TV. Quite capable. She's is, however, presented much more sympathetically on the TV series than she is in the books, IMO.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for her, though I formed that opinion from the books, not the show. She's a strong woman in a time when women are basically crapped on and relegated to child-bearing and little else. Obviously she does bad things, but I still feel sorry for the character.

How many books have you read? She's still ruthless and calculating--she's no Brienne the Beauty, another woman trying to make it in a man's world. I feel for the women of Westeros in general, but Cersei is definitely Joffrey's mother. Apple - tree.

NP here. I've read all the books (and started reading them when they came out over a decade ago, so maybe my opinion has evolved), but I also feel she is a symapthetic/tragic character. I think she's delusional, paranoid, and a little overproud of her own cunning (and bad at plotting, even though she thinks she's good at it), but I agree with first PP that her lot in life illustrates a lot of the challenges women faced in the past -- considering Brienne has almost inhuman strength (heck, she's almost as strong as Jaime), I think that she's less relatable because of it (though I like her much better as a character). Brienne never had to exercise "soft power" or protect her children through a regime change.

I've read all the books. I felt sorry for her by the end but she dug her own grave, so to speak (that is not a spoiler by the way).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for her, though I formed that opinion from the books, not the show. She's a strong woman in a time when women are basically crapped on and relegated to child-bearing and little else. Obviously she does bad things, but I still feel sorry for the character.

How many books have you read? She's still ruthless and calculating--she's no Brienne the Beauty, another woman trying to make it in a man's world. I feel for the women of Westeros in general, but Cersei is definitely Joffrey's mother. Apple - tree.

I have the last one out still to read, so I haven't read all of them yet.

Anonymous wrote:Winter is coming.

Let it come, already! Enough of the 100+ degree days! I feel like I live in Dorne.

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for her, though I formed that opinion from the books, not the show. She's a strong woman in a time when women are basically crapped on and relegated to child-bearing and little else. Obviously she does bad things, but I still feel sorry for the character.

How many books have you read? She's still ruthless and calculating--she's no Brienne the Beauty, another woman trying to make it in a man's world. I feel for the women of Westeros in general, but Cersei is definitely Joffrey's mother. Apple - tree.

My only issue with Cersei is her inclination towards incest. Otherwise, she's doing an admirable job being a mom given the circumstances.

I feel sorry for her, though I formed that opinion from the books, not the show. She's a strong woman in a time when women are basically crapped on and relegated to child-bearing and little else. Obviously she does bad things, but I still feel sorry for the character.

hahah. we are the sweet children of summer. We have never seen a winter.

Winter is coming.

A character from Game of Thrones.

Who is this person?

What a fucking bitch. I wish I could put her on rhobh and watch her and Camille go at it. She is so evil, and im just on the fourth episode.