[ SECRET POST #2291 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2291 ⌋

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Comments

[sugar_spun]

I thought her crazy is getting progressively more interesting. Seriously--I think it's fascinating at how her mind has turned.

That said, I don't think her ruthlessness is in the mind of protecting her children, so to speak. I think sometimes she enjoys exercising power over people because she knows she's surrounding by people who can take it away from her. It gives her a thrill--not in the same way Joffrey gets it, though.

Part of the problem is, yes, she's a woman in a man's world, but Cersei herself hates other women and sees them as weak. She's the quickest to tear another woman down, and she really overstates how oppressed she is. Yes, Tywin and Joffrey are more powerful than her, but really, they're just about the only ones. It's really unfair considering that everyone in her society has restrictions on them--her own father was restricted by Robert, as was she. It's unfair, but she's more than happy to paint herself as the victim even in places where she is not.

[(Anonymous)]

All her power is through men, though. Without her husband's power, her father's power, or her minor sons' power/authority, she's nothing (or at least, sees herself that way).

Tywin (and the rest of the male nobles) may have been restricted somewhat as well, but at least they had some power in their own right. The lords could throw their lot in with someone, or at least their sword, if they were just knights.

[sugar_spun]

Oh, definitely. I'm not saying she *isn't* oppressed, and that she has no reason to be upset, it's just that she's kind of a hyprocrite, and realistically speaking, she's one of the most powerful people in the kingdoms.