the psychology of CERSEI | Therapist analyzes Game of Thrones/ASOIAF 

A QUICK ADDITION: It's a minor point and most of you won't care but when discussing Joffrey, I used the phrase "I don't wish to say this is all Cersei's fault"..which kind of implies that it is. I didn't intend to give that impression. It is never about "fault" or "blame". It would be a painfully simplistic (and often harmful) way of looking at anyone's difficulties to just brand someone "at fault" for it. It's always about understanding the dynamics which are NEVER just one-way. It's obviously just bad wording that came about from the free-form manner I record my videos in (also I was shivering from fever throughout the recording of this)...but because the bad wording could cause troubling implications, I wanted to try and correct that. And since I'm here, I forgot to discuss at the end that another of Cersei's political issues is how resolutely she is focused on destroying enemies, rather than actually building anything. There is no sense of direction or aim beyond removing whatever enemies she happens to notice at a given time. Again, I think that says a lot about Cersei: someone idealising the power of Tywin and attempting to replicate the idealised version. Someone completely crushed by her own fears and insecurity and how that makes it incredibly difficult to look outwards at the future. People often buy into a leader's vision as much as the leader themselves. Tragically, Cersei is more caught up creating and removing enemies than she is building anything that anyone would want to buy in to. I think there's some Littlefinger quote somewhere about how Cersei desires power but has absolutely no idea what to do with it. Anyway, I'm rambling. Thankyou for watching, and here is a link to my patreon and instagram Patreon link: patreon.com/mylittlethoughttree Instagram link: instagram.com/little_thought_tree

It amuses and trouble me how many people see Cersei as a feminist icon. Cersei only wants equality to women named Cersei Lannister.

Lena Headey is such a dedicated actor, you can bet every little gesture, flick of the eye or tensioning of muscles is deliberate and thought through

Marcela is the only woman in Cersies life she doesn't abuse. She mentions how beautiful she is. She says she is fragile and she desires to protect her. She is treating that girl the way she wants to be treated. She is projecting to her daughter too.

Everyone talks about how Cersei loved her children, and I believe she really did. It is used by her and others as an excuse for her ruthlessness. Yet there is I believe a darker reason for her protectiveness. Remember in the prophecy Cersei will not be deposed and die until after her children are dead. So long as they are ok she's ok. Also you forget that Tywin in the show actually tells Cersei he doesn't listen to her more not because she's a woman but because she is not as clever as she thinks she is.

*Cersei's torture of Sansa comes down to one simple name: Lyanna Stark. Sansa was the living embodiment of the reminder of the woman 1st chosen over her (hence triggering her inner unworthiness) by her childhood crush Prince Rhaegar & her Husband King Robert. twice burned.* 🔥👸🏻🔥

PLEASE do one on sansa i feel nobody cares to do deep dives on her other than to call her stupid

We don't know the personality of Joanna Lannister obviously but with the influence she had over Tywin I think if she had lived all the Lannisters would have been entirely different people. I think cersei could have definitely benefited from having a maternal figure and not having one really screwed her up.

It's so lovely to see a character study of Cersei that reads as sympathetic (though not woobifying her) unlike what i tend to see in the fandom. You even explored a lot of stuff that tends to be overlooked like her sense of idenity also deeply reliant on Jaime (and not just the other way around), and how deeply lonely she is in AFFC and a lot of misconceptions about certain scenes such as the killing of Melara being motivated by her fear of the prophecy and not jealousy over Jaime.

I think having Tommen kill her would certainly be a nice parallel to Tywin being killed by his own son because of the hatred he put his child through. She would become like him, just as she always wished.

I always liked that Cersei and Tyrion have more in common than they would admit. They both want to be acknowledged by a father that doesn’t treat either of them well, her for being a woman and Tyrion for being a dwarf, despite being better at politics than their golden brother and wanting to get even better at it. I don’t know if proper training might’ve made her better at navigating the throne. She wouldn’t have started the war that Joffrey did, I think. The show having a quiet moment where they bonded ever so briefly over having to deal with her son was so good. He swiftly ended any slight empathy she had with humor, but there was that brief glimmer of mutual understanding.

I'm actually quite surprised to hear that Cersei hated Tommen so much. In hindsight, it makes so many of his actions in the show make much more sense. But I do wonder why they changed Cersei's actions towards him so much. It always felt so odd how much she seemed to love him, but then as soon as he dies, she acted as though she felt no grief at all and seemed to think he betrayed her by taking his own life.

Everybody hates her. It’s because of the great talent Lena Headey is. Her ability to deliver a performance and deliver the dialogue. Just, every little mannerism. Every little facial expression. She nailed playing a antagonist. A lot of actors fall flat. Lena was awesome.

I just watched the first season, and I was always amazed at her facial expressions. When she’s alone, or deep in thought, she almost looks as if she’s in pain, as if she understands fully how futile her life is going to be. But then something, someone more young or more inexperienced or simply below her somehow(which is, let’s face it, everyone), steps in front, and suddenly that expression of pain and panic morphs into a sadistic, cold stare, like a cat suddenly realizing that it still has claws and will quite enjoy killing the mouse in front of it. It’s kind of fascinating to me how similar those two expressions are for her.

I think it's interesting that each of Tywin's children think that they're his "true heir," and yet none of them share his most distinctive character trait: his obsession with the legacy of the Lannister name. And even as they strive to be him while not really understanding him, they never stop resenting him.

I think she sees Marcella as her own lost innocence and the good parts of her.

A little off topic, but I think the "Gold will be their crowns, Gold will be their shrouds" could possibly hint at the storyline with Dorne trying to declare Myrcella Queen over Tommen. If that goes through, all her children will die as kings or queens

I also think Cersei's attraction to Jaime is partially born out of the fact that Jaime is the only man who really treats her kindly. The only other man she really loved was Rhaegar, a man famous as a kind and charitable man who sang to the commonfolk. Cersei had that fantasy of becoming the Queen to a kind and loving King. She wanted to be a mother. She was happy about that part of the prophecy. She was enthusiastic initially about marrying Robert, but he beat her and r@ped her and never let go of Lyanna. Cersei gives up Jaime when she has a chance at a relationship with Rhaegar, and later Robert. Then when those relationships were ruined by Rhaegar's rejection and Robert's abuse, she returned to Jaime. Cersei feels worthless because she is a women. Cersei hates other women, yet she is constantly treated like an object by all the men around her. Cersei clings to the only man that treats her like a human being. Yet she wants to be more than the role she is forced into. She controls Jaime because of her need for him, but also because he grants her power. Cersei is the perfect foil for Sansa in a way, both were little girls who dreamed of being queen to a chivalrous knight, but their dreams are smashed. Sansa eventually learns to become strong, to understand that the world can be cruel, and how to navigate that world. Cersei descended into bitterness and hate. Cersei is a victim, and she victimizes everyone else around her because of it. In her own twisted way, Cersei is Sansa's mentor. She teaches her that her naivety is dangerous and tells her what knight's are capable of. She does enjoy that horror and shock she inflicts on Sansa. Cersei craves control because she never had it. It's why she is the way she is with Jaime. Jaime is her knight in shining armor, but he is HER knight. He belongs to her in her mind.

One of the things I've always found excellent of Lena Headey's performance was that, despite her being an incredibly attractive woman, I have never, not once, thought of Cersei as attractive. We are told that she is one of the most beautiful women in Westeros, but that facial expression that Lena permanently keeps on Cersei's face does a perfect job of making her not appear attractive, despite literally being so. It's so fitting for the character too, that her face should be off-putting, as that better reflects her inner beauty, or lack thereof.

A narcissistic daughter of a narcissistic father and a mother of a narcissistic psychopath. She was only able to feel the narcissistic kind of love towards Jaime who she saw as part of her and her children that she also saw as her. And how she showed that what she hated most were the parts of herself she rejected. honestly this was portrayed so well.

I had a narcissistic misogynistic father and I still struggle with internalised misogyny. We’ve been no contact for 6 years or more but a younger, different version of me, under the most terrible of circumstances, might never have gotten away. It was easy to idolise a charming arsehole like him. So, this assessment of her relationship to her womanhood and other women seems pretty believable. I didn’t even realise I felt worthless, I just accepted that my position in the wold was what he believed it was. The way teenage boys treated me in high school just confirmed it all. If I didn’t have an awesome, intelligent mother, I would’ve been screwed. I was never really into Game of Thrones but I identify with her character in a way. She’s oddly relatable in a screwed up kinda way.

I think in regards to Mercella (dunno how to spell it) she was ignored by Cersei. But I also think she views her children as being all three made from her, since I do see her viewing herself and Jaime as the same being. I think her distraughtness over her daughter leaving was because that was what happened to her. Seeing her daughter be shipped off and betrothed to someone for political gain. Look at how she treated Sansa, I’m assuming she believes all young girls to be treated that cruelly by their host family’s. I believe she views Joffrey as inheriting all from her, her strength and Jaime’s physicality which is why he is going to be “such a good king”. And I think she views Tommen as inheriting her weaknesses, her femininity and Jaime’s kind heart. He’s more like him than like Cersei and so she rejects him.

This is hands down the best Cersei Lannister analysis I've ever seen. This, alongside those you did with Tywin, Tyrion and Jaime are masterful. I liked it because you treated her with empathy and as tragic (which I've always seen her as, as a poor wretched soul). Yet you're not afraid to call her out when the many horrible things she's done pop up.

I love Cersei's POV chapters, mainly because she's just such an awful, insane, delusional person. It's so fun to read. I find all the Lannister siblings stand out to me in the books. I think all the childhood trauma made them more interesting characters lol Thanks for the breakdown! It was very interesting 🙂

I just love that these deep psychological profiles are possible, with the wealth of information that G.R.R.M. gives us, and the thought he's put into his characters. I'm one of those people who doesn't mind if he never finishes writing the series, because I'd rather have the quality of the material that we already have, than a rushed ending. He's inspired so much thought and analysis, and your series on the Lannisters is seriously one of the best I've seen.

I really do think that some of Cersei's characterization is based on some of the real world misogyny in some ways and how it manifests in some women/girls (in an extreme way). I myself spent my early years in a very religious community that used words like "servant, subordinate, underlying, weak, sneaky" etc. to describe the girls and women. So I mean Of Course many of them said they wanted to be boys 😅🤣 why would a person want to be those negative things? That type of environment of course would promote some feelings of internalized misogyny. On the flip side, it's also interesting how the narrative seems to note that Cersei seems to attribute all of her problems rooted in this misogyny instead of owning up to her own missteps. Perhaps this is Martin's way of showing how yes there are misogynistic or unfair systems in society but also people can get lost in their own victimhood mentality in a way that makes them lose objectivity? Or perhaps I'm overthinking it

myrcella is described as being the perfect little lady. she's as beautiful and kind as tommen but is also bold and witty but isnt soft or weak and is strong so she isnt scared of joffrey. she has all of the good traits of joffrey and tommen, (willfullness and strength but also kindness and gentleness) without all of the cruelty or weakness. She is everything cersei SHOULD want her children to be but even Cersei overlooks myrcella because shes a girl. Cersei is incapable of seeing how much more suited to the Iron Throne Myrcella would be than her brothers ironically for the same reasons she felt neglected by tywin, because theyre women.

Cersei in the books had an Aunt Genna as a female influence, but she was married to a Frey and didn't live with them. Her two childhood female friends, who went with her to ask their future from Maggy the Frog. One named Jeyne ran away before Maggy said anything, just seeing her yellow eyes. She didn't hear her future, but ended up married to a knight and having lots of children. Melara, however, did hear Cersei's future, but told Cersei not to talk about it and it wouldn't come true. When Melara asked Maggy if she would marry Jaime, I never realized, but yes Cersei was possessive. Melara fell down a well not long after. Cersei was 10 years old, she never told anyone the prophesy and if Cersei remembers her screaming in that well then I think that it is pretty obvious Cersei killed her. The irony is that if Melara lived and married that would have negated the prophesy. But if Cersei killed someone at the age of ten then she was pretty much bad from the start. As for Maggy the Frog, she lived and prospered. Her name wasn't Maggy, it was something foreign from Essos and hard to pronounce. She was called Maggy which was a mispronounced version of the title Maegi. She was married to a merchant and between his spice imports and her love potions they became wealthy. Her male children were Knights and her daughter was Sibel Spicer who married the poor and badly needing a dowery Lord Westerling. They were the parents of Jeyne Westerling who married Robb Stark. Robb was wounded taking the castle and her mother sent her daughter to tend to him. Robb after hearing of Bran and Rickon's deaths slept with her as she tried to comfort him. People think that one of Maggy's love potions may have been used on him. This led to Robb's death as he broke his word to Walder Frey. People think that Cersei always loved Jaime, she first seduced Jaime so that he would join the Kingsguard for Aerys. Tywin was trying to marry Cersei to Rhaegar and Jaime to Lysa Tully. Cersei didn't want to lose Jaime. She planned that he would join Aerys Kingsguard and then Cersei married to Rhaegar would have both with her in Kingslanding. She was always very possessive of lovers and her children. Cersei would have happily made a marriage with Rhaegar and later with Robert. But Rhaegar fell through and Robert was not susceptible to Cersei, Lyanna was the only woman he would ever love and Cersei hated him for that. Gold will be their Crowns and gold their shrouds is a double meaning. They will have gold hair, but they will also all be crowned kings and queens before they die. In the books Myrcella is probably going to be crowned in Dorne, as they recognize female heirs in their culture. Littlefinger talks about the fact that the war of the Five Kings is going to be succeeded by the War of the Three Queens which is likely going to be Cersei, Margaery, and either Myrcella or Sansa.

Cersei's feelings for Myrcella, I think, are expressed pretty well in the show after her death is revealed for her. "She was nothing like me at all...no spite, no hate. It made me think that, despite all the horrible things I've done, that if I could've produced such a lovely child that perhaps there is some good in me too." or words to that effect. Doubt the books have that, and that it was an addition in the show, but it actually works pretty well from the points of view that a) She probably neglected her the same way she herself was neglected, however while she was still a teenage girl Cersei could still look at her daughter in such a way (precisely because Myrcella doesn't have Cersei's resentfulness of being born a woman that would make her stand up to her directly), even if Myrcella's actual thoughts on Dorne might in the end turn out to be like in the show - that she really doesn't want to go back to her neglectful power-hungry mother. And b) it makes sense she would view her daughter like that, because her existence in the end helps her sleep at night a great deal, with the words she uses there - the horrible things she does, she does to protect her daughter too so it's not all because of her selfishness that she seeks power, it's to protect those she loves!...even if she does neglect them horribly by doing so. So if Myrcella ever were to die well...that chief excuse or reason (of protecting the one remaining child she'd feel nothing but positive thoughts of) is suddenly gone and it won't take long for her in the book to go to extremes like blowing up the Sept in the show.

re: Tywin's teachings and Cersei's learning, recall that Cersei remembers his lessons only through what she overheard Tywin tell Jaime, ex. love cannot warm your home (paraphrasing)... even TYRION has "known from long experience" how Tywin and Kevan operate in councils, while Cersei was not at councils until she was Queen Regent and Tywin was Hand of the King this is VITAL to understanding Cersei's role in the Lannister family dynamic: she is the sole child that Tywin never prepared and never disowned, and she ultimately does the most damage to his legacy by destroying it from the inside Tywin, too, treats his children as extensions of his will: Tyrion was his legal heir but Tywin would flout the law to deny him his claim; Cersei as regent was of higher authority than Tywin but he still would force her to marry again and leave the council; Jaime swore sacred oaths as Kingsguard but Tywin would again aim to flout the law by intending to remove him from his position as Lord Commander then disowning him when he refused and so, Cersei's genuine love of her children becomes conflated with her viewing them as extensions of herself - it is not one or the other, they are pathologically merged Cersei is an AMPLIFIER who takes Tywin's Lannister superiority and exaggerates it, to the point of great self-destruction because Tywin failed to prepare her for rulership: he raised her as a pawn, so once she became queen with ultimate power Cersei continues on thinking one move ahead, a queen who plays as a pawn because that is all Tywin instilled in her its incredibly tragic because Cersei DOES have intellect (she eventually correctly deduced who murdered Joffrey and why, for example) but she lacks judgement (setting up Margaery for legal punishment as a queen, little realising that she herself is ALSO a queen who can equally so face those exact punishments) Cersei is embodiment of all the flaws inherent to Tywin's ideology and methodology, and it is entirely purposeful on GRRM's part as critique of Lannister superiority: even if Tywin were to perfectly recreate himself in an heir to his legacy, his utter disregard for his daughter on basis of sex means that someone like Cersei, who destroys the family from the inside through her lack of preparation once empowered, is an inevitability... Joffrey also becomes an inevitability as Tywin not preparing Cersei means she cannot prepare Joffrey that is the reason Tywin, Cersei, and Joffrey all appear together as shades under Casterly Rock in Jaimems weirwood dream

I belive Lena Headey said in an interview that she thought Cercei wanted to be Jamie.

I've always thought Cersei's favourite was Mycella, she lost her mother at an early age and this was her chance to get that pure maternal love back in her life. It's interesting that Margarey is how Cersei could have been if Tywin had raised her as his equal. She is a fascinating character, everyone loving how she looked but Jamie was the only person that loved her for her.

Cersei has a very toxic relationship with the power she covets. The Lannisters based a lot of their reputation on terror. They stepped on people to make a point and they sort of relish it. There is a reason the "Rains of Castamere" is their theme song.

Cersei needed to imitate Margaery Tyrell, while women cannot rule directly, they can rule through the men they accompany. this even goes way back to Macbeth, where his wife would speak thoughts into his ear, influencing him to make moves she wanted but ultimately hurting himself

Would love to see the phychology of the Stark family

Tyrion cares a lot about Myrcella and Tommen, I would even say that he loves them dearly. Since Cersei has been so focused on "her golden boy" she has in many ways ignored her two younger children. But with Joffrey coming into his own, Tyrion knows that Cersei might shift her attention to her younger and more easily led children. Especially Myrcella who is to "become a woman" which would make her a prime target for Cersei's misogyni. Myrcella will also be courted by the highest lords of the land while Cersei fades out, which certainly could make Cersei mad with both jealousy and hate against the system that mistreated her. And the only person she could take that out on would be Myrcella. I'm of the firm belief that Tyrion "shipped off" Myrcella to Dorn because that is the only place she would be outside of Cersei's reach. It was also a smart political move, but I think that for Tyrion the safety of his niece actually was his main concern. Better that Cersei would blame him and hate him even more, than seeing that hate aimed at someone he cared deeply about.

Tywin didn't put much focus on Cersei because she couldn't handle what was already expected of her. She couldn't manipulate Joffrey or bring him to heel. In fact, she made him worse. Tywin saw that and thought better of expanding her role.

Lena played the part very well, but I think she made Cersei a lot more relatable and likeable than book Cersei. Book Cersei was just genuinely an asshole, even to her children like tommen too.

This was such a great video. It's very interesting to explore the way she idealizes Tywin and how that builds into the way she tries to act politically. Great as always.

I don't remember where it's mentioned, but Randyl Tarly clears up Maggy the Frog's fate. Seems she eventually relocated to the Reach, but continued doing her prophesies until Randyl lead a force to burn her out of her cottage. She died inside. Please do Brienne of Tarth next as she too has deep seeded issues involving sex and gender. Indeed she even slipped up once and claimed to Jaime that she was her father's only surviving son, which Jaime caught and commented on. There are some parallels between Cersei and Brienne in there and I'd like to hear your thoughts.

This actually made me realize something. When I watched the show, I remember thinking that Joffrey's misogyny was due to Robert's influence. His mother was either ignored by him or not treated well by him and I'm sure Joffrey would have noticed this. However, it dawns on me now that Joffrey is that way because both of his parents are misogynists, albeit in different ways. Cersei sees women as weak and pathetic (projection, yes, but still) and Robert sees women as tools to use for pleasure or venting. Joffrey's behavior embodies both of these outlooks.

Myrcella is truly admirable. It’s one of the very few characters who aren’t afraid of Joffrey and confronts him when she sees or hears some of his BS. She is assertive and strong for that. And it’s not a façade as in Cersei, to hide weakness. Her strength is real. Pitty it wasn’t enough for Cersei to see that you can be strong “in spite of being a woman”. You can show strength without needing to fake it. I don’t think she is disregarded for being female. She is disregarded because she’s a secondary character and George R. R. Martin wasn’t interested in exploring her as such. Especially from the moment she’s sent to Dorne, far from KL. What a shame, though, I know. She seemed to be quite a likable character

Please do the Starks next - I think they are way less straightforward as they seem on the surface.

4:00 I have to point out, that no-one would've listened Daenerys if she didn’t have dragons. And you can see how both Stannis and his little brother treated Caitlin: She is a messenger, using the words of her dead husband, so she is heard. Caitlin had power because North men were fighting in the south, where she was born. And Robb wasn’t married yet. Noble women (who aren't Dornish or from the North), do get the short stick in Westros: Their only job is to give birth, look pretty, and pray for the Faith of the Seven.

Myrcella is the younger, more beautiful queen that will cast her down. Tommen is the younger brother that will strangle her. Those two prophecies are spoken while telling Cersei about her children.

As an ftm trans guy, I didn't read Cersei as trans AT ALL. The main reason why is because she IDENTIFIES as a woman 100% of the time. She doesn't want to be a man, she wants the power and respect that men are given simply for being men. Notice she doesn't start doing more masculine things once her father dies or when she becomes queen. SHE SEES HERSELF AS A WOMAN, a woman in a society that is very unfair against women. And at the end of the day, that's the difference between a cis person and a trans person. Not wanting to be treated like the property of men does not make you trans.

What I always find interesting is the contrast between Brienne´s chapters and Cersei´s. Their thinking as opposite as their physical descriptions. After meeting Brienne in person, Cersei of course does nothing but to criticize her appearence; but in the end, Brienne has the strenght and training that Cersei desires. *I don´t remember much of her thoughts on Myrcella, but i do remember a scene of Tyrion (rigth after escaping king´slanding) wondering: If Myrcella (under dornish law) decided to challenge Tommen for the throne , who would Cersei choose?

This woman deserves an Emmy for her role

After Tywin died, Jamie was still a kings guard and Tyrion had lost all his claims because of the death sentence. So by the rules of primogeniture she was lady of the rock right?

This was a fantastic watch! I think another reason why Cersei hates Margaery so much has to do with what you brought up about Tywin isolating Cersei from any sort of mentorship/bonding, political education, etc. and the added trauma of Johanna dying when she was a child. Cersei sees this other, younger Queen, who not only is involved within her family's political schemes, she's actively protected and supported (as opposed to Cersei and Tywin) by the women in her life. Margaery was taught how to operate politically in Westeros as a woman, something Cersei was denied, and I think the lack of female affirmation and love in Cersei's life would really exacerbate the resentment she feels.

Thank you much for analyzing Cersei! She is both my most loved and my most hated character from any story. Cersei means a lot for me personally and helped me through darker times as I see many parallels between me and her. 1 | Tywin's True Heir I agree! Especially that you mentioned the lack of her mother as a role model for femininity is a rare point when Cersei's character is discussed. I find this point very important and often missed! 2 | Jaime This is a better take on Cersei's relationship with Jaime than most I've read! So many people just simplify everything into a very simple version of narcissism. But you really missed an important point, I think. Regardless of the source of her love for Jaime, she learns at a very young age that their love is not accepted and seen as disgusting. She keeps trying to imagine herself with other men (Rhaegar and later Robert) but she keeps coming back for Jaime, always knowing that she can't live out her love openly. Her love is seen as something evil. This damaged her severely. I've never heard or read anyone seeing this besides me. George doesn't write about characters who are defined by just one trait, like you kind of interpret Cersei with her narcissism. 3 | Robert & Rhaegar 18:32 I really wouldn't say that just because her narcissism play a role, her love for Jaime isn't true or honest. Many circumstances can fuel love, true love. 4 | Maggy The Frog I like that you mentioned Jaime's part here! Also a good explanation for why she twisted Tyrion's penis. 36:14 How did you get that impression? Why do you think that she sees Joffrey as an extension of herself? It's an explanation that would fit with everything but I can't see any proof for it. 5 | Gold Shall Be Their Shrouds I think her kids are much more metaphors for how Cersei is/could have been than extensions of her. She is cruel, like Joffrey. Joffrey is her current state, this is why she likes him most. Myrcella is how she could have been if she had embraced her femininity differently. She's fond of her, but her femininity is figuratively taking away from her by Tyrion, just like Tyrion killed her mother who could have been a role model for her. Tommen is what Cersei could be if she were able to redeem herself. Of course you have to consider that Tommen is very young, so you have to estimate how Tommen would be as an adult. But Tommen is so to speak Jaime in his redeemed form (and therefore the same for Cersei). For various reasons Cersei does not want to change. This is why she is so critical of Tommen. Maybe she would feel differently if Tommen died? Maybe this could be a reason for her to redeem herself. 6 | Downfall I really hope for a redemption arc for Cersei. It could even end dramatically for her!

This completely off subject of Cercei but I LOVED how Tommen looked at Maergery at the alter. That kid did a fantastic job well not that he had to try that hard Natalie Dormer is gorgeous but the look of oh my god you’re Soo beautiful! I love you! Everyone should get that look when they’re married. Just sayin.

Was very excited to see this pop up on my feed, I’ve been looking forward to your take on her!

I wondered the same about Qyburn about why he stayed and I kinda figure it's because this position by Cersei's side allows him the most freedom/resources to conduct his experiments/research which is ultimately the thing that drives him and is his ultimate life's goal and interest, to learn and experiment without fear of being arrested plus the addition of having unlimited funds to do his work.

I was excited to see this! I really like how you discussed Cersei's nuances in length

I love your content and those character deep dives are just the best, please do more of them ✨✨

Before the video even starts, I’m going with “A Cluster B Smorgasbord.” BPD and NPD no doubting.

These videos have been fantastic! If you do end up doing a analysis of other characters from SOIAF (even though none of them are as fun as the Lannisters), I’d really be interested in seeing a breakdown of Catelyn. She’s more complex and dark than a lot of people seem to notice.

although this message will probably get buried before it actually reaches you, I just wanted to say I love your videos and the way you narrate, your voice has a lot of charming qualities to it and that thank you at the end sounded so genuine and gave off such warmth that I could not help but comment. honestly made me smile, so thanks for that and all your great and interesting videos :)

Thank you so much for this video, I was hoping for it for a while 😊

Cersi was one of my favorite characters on the show other than Tyrion, because everytime you saw her you have a sense of being on edge and wondering what her next move would be.

Thank you for all your videos. I started out watching your videos on the characters from The Breakfast Club and have continued to enjoy the character analysis from GoT.

I had no idea you also work a job whilst doing these uploads! They’re so detailed! Bravo!

I found this channel today and I'm already in love with it. I wish for the best for you, keep up with the good work friend :)

This is a great reflection on an amazing character. I would love to see a Dany analysis in the future :)

I think Myrcella represents the more innocent naive side of Cersei. She attaches a sort of purity to her that she doesn't want to see tainted especially considering the similarities of their circumstances with the arranged marriage. Its funny that her and Ned have that sort of parallel that their love for their children makes them shelter their kids from harsh truths.

glad i stumbled upon this video it's soooo good thank you for your time and energy put in this!

My favorite villain ever in the all of tv and film

29:46 she had a child, who went on to found house spicer and have two children. Rolph and sybell spicer, the former of which was made lord of castamere after the red wedding and the latter of which is married to the head of house Westerling.

Cersei’s daughter reflected the good in Cersei. That’s why Cersei was heartbroken by her death.

If you're going to stick with Game of Thrones I would LOVE to see Arya Stark and her revenge obsession.

i think i learned more about myself through your understanding of a third party than i could have ever been told in therapy - not only have you sold me on buying and reading the books, but you have enlightened me as to the dark sides of my character

I have been waiting for this.

I feel like Cersie sees the glass ceiling and herself at the top just not able to break through and she will be damned if someone else gets on that same level and break through it. So every other woman is lower and can go no higher. The only person that could, was her mother, and Tyrion “took her away”. Cersie sees the world the way she thinks Tywin sees it.

She used to date the guy who played Bronn. You never see them in any scene together because it was a clause in their contracts: Lena wouldn't get anywhere near him

Wow this was a really good video ! Would love to see more

Cersie is an underated character (fictional yes, but more real than most of the other characters) She's a daughter, a mother, a sister, a queen, a victim, a villain, and a lover. She doesn't survive the show, but she doesn't die alone. She dies with the love of her life, her brother which is a victory in a way to all those who hated her for that love. What's more interesting to me about Cersie is she not only loved her children fiercly and her brother passionately, but she also loved her mother so much that she hated her other brother blaming him for her mother's death the same wait Kaitlyn kept blaming Ned for cheating. Tyrion and Ned didn't deserve to be blamed, but sometimes love hurts and a person needs someone to blame. Cersie suffered more than people give her credit. They see the suffering when it comes to Sansa, but they rarely show Cersie compassion for losing her mother, her children, her throne, being humiliated by the Sparrows, and dying. They have no compassion for her because she was the Queen so she was instantly hated. Makes a strong case for why Esther of the bible did NOT want to be Queen. They say with great knowledge comes great responsibility, but I say with great power comes so much hate that one wonders if it's even worth it.

Just found your channel and I am looking forward to watching more of your content. Please do the psychology of Dany, Catelyn, Ned, Sansa, or any other GoT character

WOW, your best video yet. Love it.

I discovered your channel from your comment on that Good Will Hunting video. This is the first video of yours I've run into and it's excellent. I'm so happy I found someone who has read these books and has put in the effort to properly psychoanalyze these well written characters. I would love it if you continued these analyses with others such as Catelyn, Brienne, or even Stannis. 42:35 I think you're on the money with Myrcella. It's meant to parallel Cersei's relationship to Tywin. Myrcella is seemingly a smart and kindhearted kid, very similar to Tommen, but Cersei never seems to care about her except that time Tyrion ships her away to Dorne, which can be seen as her concern of her competition with Tyrion rather than her caring for Myrcella. The same way Tywin neglected Cersei on the basis of her sex, Cersei neglects Myrcella, she perpetuates the abuse done to her onto her own children. I wonder what George has in mind for Myrcella's response to this behavior, now that she is in Dorne, a place that is much more progressive in gender equality in relation to the rest of Westeros, but has experienced a traumatizing event of her own due to Arianne's reckless plotting.

One of these on Jon Snow would be really interesting his life and traumas are very interesting

Also this is the most wholesome intro to a video I’ve ever seen

Amazing video just had to comment that ❤️‍🔥

This was so incredible and thorough. I pride myself on being a person who pays attention to detail but *this* deep dive/character analysis managed to show me things about Cersei that I’d missed when just watching the show. I’d love to see one on Joffrey & one on Ramsey Bolton- like what made them be *SO* evil, *SO* twisted & *SOOO* depraved? Great work, new sub here man! 🍻

The Hound and Littlefinger must be done next!

OMG YOU DID IT!!!!! ❤️

I like these videos a lot.

Thank you. Waiting for the same video about Daynerys

I just wanted to tell you this is the best analyse of Cersei I have seen Cersei resonate a lot in my soul i feel like her on so many points like she is part of me and i am part of her i have a lot of reaction/reflelctions in common with her of not all (adapt to the means of our modern world) its not in my habits to write comments or to thanks people but thanks to your great analyse of her i have learned a great deal of things about her of course but also about my self i now have a better understanding of why i do certains things and where it comes from like i said i have so many thing in common with her it was hard not to make parallels (maybe i should see a therapist) anyway thank you so much for your amazing work and i Hope you will be making more game of thrones videos

I would love more videos like this about more families in ASOIAF/ GOT - especially the Tyrell family! Margarery was my 2nd favorite queen, or favorite queen without dragons I should say, and I loved her family and the dynamics of it !!

Amazing I would love to see one of Daenerys as well

I know there isn't a ton of material to work with on Robert, but I'd love to see a video on him as well, though I'd expect it to be a short one that relies on the show a bit more than usual.

You are a smart man, I really enjoyed your video, and would love to see your throughts on Daemon Targaryan from HOT D, or maybe Rhaenyra? :) Please make more game of thrones content sir.

4:26 🥺 that's awesome art

Since you mentioned it specifically: shrouds are the cloth/garment a corpse was wrapped up in for burial. I always assumed the gold crowns were their blonde hair (but also if Myrcella also ends up a queen somewhere along the line, a literal crown for each too!) and that the shrouds would be literal too. A gold shroud for each dead golden Lannister child. It could be more metaphorical than that of course, but Maggy’s prophecies seem much more straightforward than say, the stallion that mounts the world, or to go north you must go south, etc. These breakdowns are so good, I’m loving all the ones I’ve watched so far. NUANCE! Yes! You nail the wide range of facets these characters have. Last: thinking good thoughts of your bunny. I can’t even say much more than that or I’m going to have some no longer with us pet related waterworks. 😂😭

Rarely do I leave a comment, click the like button and even let ads run start to finish. But this video deserved it.

i would LOVE to see you talk about sansa, though i know it's hard work

Thank you for your videos. Could you do a character analysis on Chef Slowik from The Menu

Another great video man :) In terms of other media, have you considered "I'm Thinking of Ending Things"? Curious to know your thoughts on that one. If you don't mind doing some darker stuff of course.

This channel needs more subs and likes !