Cersei's reign
-
Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Game of Thrones
codyhoskins — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 11:08 PM)
It looks like a boring reign on the move for the next season. We already know Dany's armada is on the way and will inevitably crush Cersei's power for good. While we're awaiting that arrival, Cersei is going to have a much smaller council this time around with Qyburn as her loyal Hand, Gregor as her brainless henchman, and Jaime as her conflicted lover. With all the previous members dead or gone AWOL, she has fewer minds of power to clash with like she used to and is going to be doing it all herself with no resistance. She won't find anyone for the council that could fulfill the roles left vacant, not even a good Master of Coin, especially since she murdered the one family that could have helped pay her father's debts and left its one surviving member no choice but to go to war with her. That whole counterbalance was what strengthened the power struggle within the Crown on the previous seasons and now she's just going to be barking orders at Qyburn and Gregor and butting heads with her brother/lover. That's the irony of the excitement for the series end, we lose too many people and it takes all the richness out of the story as it gets closer to the end.
-
otter — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 11:27 PM)
I think Cersei's accursed reign will fail fairly quickly and dramatically. I think the people of Westeros and King's Landing will rise up against her and go nuts for the glamorous new Dragon Queen, as will the Tyrells and other important lords. I don't know if she'll try to draw things out by running for the Westlands, or if she'll try to destroy King's Landing because the citizens don't support her, or defy Danerys to her face and go out in a blazing act of stupidity.
I think it'll be awesome, and I also think there's some major personal drama coming with her brothers. Remember the prophecy
Seventy-seven courses and a regicide, never a wedding like it! -
Leo_ofRedKeep — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 11:32 PM)
think the people of Westeros and King's Landing will rise up against her and go nuts for the glamorous new Dragon Queen
You're a naive fool. The "people" have nothing against Cersei and no reason to welcome yet another warring tyrant.
Long may she reign
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/BxJJSJZ.jpg -
ScorpionTDC — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 11:48 PM)
The people have hated Cersei since S2 and I say this as someone who wants Cersei to win.
That said, I don't see them embracing the crazy bitch bringing hordes of rapists and murderers to slaughter them and pillage their towns -
Leo_ofRedKeep — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 11:57 PM)
The people have hated Cersei since S2
They haven't. The starving have hated the well fed and the mob has hated their rulers as they always do, whoever they are.
The people are more than that, they include everyone with a property or an income who wants to live in peace and couldn't care less about those who would fight each other to sit on a throne. They'll want to keep the one they have, just like they wanted to have Joffrey after Robert rather than a bloody war.
Long may she reign
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/BxJJSJZ.jpg -
Leo_ofRedKeep — 9 years ago(November 25, 2016 10:52 AM)
A ridiculous misconception.
Long may she reign
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/BxJJSJZ.jpg -
Leo_ofRedKeep — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 05:37 PM)
Under the war situation Ned Stark consciously caused, you mean. Remember, he was the actual bad guy of the story, the one who made a real mess of things under the impression of "doing the right thing".
Long may she reign
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/BxJJSJZ.jpg -
-
Leo_ofRedKeep — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 05:57 PM)
Joffrey executed a traitor. The war started when Ned decided it would, as he acknowledged to Littlefinger. He took a conscious decision.
Long may she reign
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/BxJJSJZ.jpg -
Leo_ofRedKeep — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 06:47 PM)
The war started when Robb called the banners. Ned took the decision that made it unavoidable by cornering the lioness. Joffrey started nothing, the ball was rolling already.
Long may she reign
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/BxJJSJZ.jpg -
kvothe_snow — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 06:59 PM)
The war started after the beheading of Ned Stark. It was already brewing after Catelyn kidnapped Tyrion, and after Jaime injured Ned. Everyone was still trying avoid war even after those incidents, but it was the stupid-boy Joffrey who really started it. Even the likes of Cersei and Varys knew it as they begged and pleaded to Joffrey to "stop this madness." It's the fault of the lioness for bringing up a psychopathic cub.
-
Leo_ofRedKeep — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 07:04 PM)
You're twisting things as you want them. War starts when armies march against each other, which is something Robb, Renly and Stannis ordered. They were the consequence of Ned accusing Joffrey of illegitimacy in public.
The local war Tywin started in the Riverlands was not escalating and therefore cannot be seen as part of the War of the Five Kings nor as a trigger to it.
Long may she reign
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/BxJJSJZ.jpg -
kvothe_snow — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 07:29 PM)
Nah, Ned tried to honorably dismiss the immoral Lannister family from the throne. He did this peacefully, by asking Cersei politely. Ned underestimated the bitch's thirst for power. The inbred Joffrey even made things worse by acting compulsively. The war of the 5 kings was a direct consequence of Joffrey's beheading of Ned Stark. He made it all too easy for Littlefinger.
-
Leo_ofRedKeep — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 07:52 PM)
He did this peacefully, by asking Cersei politely.
He told her to pack her things, her kids, her lion and run to the end of the world.
He set her on the street even though he knew winter was coming.
The man was a monster.
Long may she reign
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/BxJJSJZ.jpg -
Marendil — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 07:38 PM)
The local war Tywin started in the Riverlands was not escalating and therefore cannot be seen as part of the War of the Five Kings nor as a trigger to it.
He thought he'd be dealing with Robert as King, he didn't realize he'd be dealing with Ned Stark who was more inclined to 'let justice be done though the heavens fall.' Robert would have forced Ned to back off, just like he did when Jaime challenged him and killed his household guard.
It was this sequence of events, the Mountain's assault and Ned's determination that he be brought to justice that escalated a family feud into open battle. Joffrey was the one who ensured it would be a war.
'Honi soit qui mal y pense'
