ASOIAF: Cersei Lannister (Complete)

A brief history of Cersei Lannister from her childhood in Casterly Rock to the reign of her son Joffrey and her humiliation by the High Sparrow. Based on the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.
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[@FallenEpic]

Wow. Cersei's aggressive and self destructive stupidity was toned down for the show.

[@Me4-gc8qs]

And yet the actress was so petty that she made a clause in her contract that Bronn(Jerome Flynn) was not allowed to speak or interact with her during the shows progress. We all Lena know cheated on him and wasn't honourable enough to face him in real life. They picked the perfect actress, a self-centred bitch who only cares about herself!

[@kingofdragons7]

​@@Me4-gc8qsshe's a great actress, but she's not Cersei, learn to separate actress from character and calm down

[@bohboh5220]

​@@Me4-gc8qsthat's bullshit Bronn's actor said they interacted on set

[@Deadpool1322]

I find it funny in the books any time Cersei did literally anything she would tell herself "that's why I'm the daughter of the great Lord Tywin Lannister" or something like that to rationalize a stupid decision she just made

[@Denjiman-qz9mi]

That moment when you think you are Michael Corleone in this family and Tyrion is Fredo, but then Tyrion becomes Michael and you were truly Fredo all along

[@erosennin211]

I actually heard a very convincing argument on Reddit recently where Littlefinger was accused of being the one behind Mandon Moore trying to kill Tyrion at the Blackwater, one of the key pieces of evidence presented of that (or at least showing it wasn't Cersei) was that in all of Cersei's POV chapters she never one time lamented Tyrion's failed assassination.

[@Kal911]

I highly doubt about it, Littlefinger would have never tried to do something so stupid, if he attempted to his life, he would have make sure to do it in a clever way, not by a king's guard before the army during the war.

[@rmnxg3538]

​@@Kal911 How is it stupid? The Kingsguard is supposed to only follow orders from the monarchs. So if Ser Mandon succeeded, he would get Tyrion out of the picture. If not, Tyrion would immediately suspect Cersei and/or Joffrey and worsen the relationship between them, which he did, he was never even close to suspecting Littlefinger.

[@dakotasherman632]

@@rmnxg3538 Well, as you said, they only accept orders from royalty, so they likely wouldn't pay LF any mind. And sure, it would worsen the relationship, but there really wasn't much to worsen there.

[@rmnxg3538]

​@@dakotasherman632 They supposedly only take orders from royalty, yes, but read Mandon's story. It says that he was brought from the Vale (LF's home) to KL by Jon Arryn but that he wasn't particularly fond of him (why bring him then? Did Lysa insisted on it?). Then in Blackwater he tries to do something that would favor LF enough. Suspicious to say the least. It also wouldn't be the first time that a KG is actually a Littlefinger's agent.

[@dakotasherman632]

@@rmnxg3538 That's true. I read through a bit more and learned more about the Kettleblacks. It also fits with LF to have a KG in his pocket, and it would only benefit him if Tyrion died or survived either way. Thank you, I didn't see that possibility at first.

[@DreamOfTheRebel]

Wow, Cersei in the show is much smarter compared to her book counterpart.

[@temptationofmemories]

Yeah in the books Maggie's prophecy is this thing Cersei has been haunted by ever since, she still has dreams about it regularly, also by the time we get Cersei's POV her oldest son is dead who she is convinced was murdered by Tyrion and Tywin has literally just died as well, who was actually killed by Tyrion and then he's escaped somehow. Therefore Cersei was already consumed by fear of the prophecy and then her son and father both die in a very short span of time, and the person she thinks is responsible escapes execution and disappears. Cersei is a mess by the end of A Feast for Crows, she burns down the Tower of the Hand with wildfire because she believes Tyrion is inside the walls, but she really goes off the deep end once Varys leaves the coin behind in the dungeons that causes the Lannister's to suspect the Tyrells were conspiring with Tyrion and assisted him in escaping. Once that happens Cersei just is a paranoid mess.

[@Spongebrain97]

@@temptationofmemories its just so different from the show because she is actually a pretty competent ruler in season 7 whereas in the books she becomes the mad queen

[@erosennin211]

Right? I hated it because that wasn't Cersei, that was some generic female bad guy. Cersei as a character is one who lusts for power but doesn't know the first thing to do when she has it, it's what makes the character compelling in the books. She was bland as hell after they decided not to go in that direction with her character in the show.

[@dark3rthanshadows]

this one is suuuuper paranoid and super crazy, i hate her so much and i hate the show because everytime i talk with the guys that only watched the show they can't understand

[@catelyntully9494]

Yes and no, mostly yes but show Cersei faced a lot more forgiving world, I mean the explosion of the sept in Season 6 would've caused HUGE revolts had it happened in the universe of Song of Ice and Fire, in the end the fact that Show Cersei didn't paid Braavos had no negative effect either and they defeated the Tyrells so easily its just ridiculous. Not to mention Show Cersei armed the Faith just because she was against Margaery and Loras, while AT LEAST in the books she forced them to forgive an almost 1,000,000 debt of dragons to the faith (It is A LOT). As Jaime said, Cersei is a quick thinker and brave but she has TERRIBLE judgment plus a narcissism complex extremly interesting and sick. Yes she is dumber in the books but I could argue its kinda more understandable what she does? idk it is weird but her character is extremely interesting.

[@kng_kevn]

Cersei is dumb, she got completely played by Littlefinger and Varys, and she thinks too short term.

[@GhostfaceJournal]

She's still on the throne. She just outplayed all of her enemies for her own personal gain.

[@kng_kevn]

Tyler Beckley, she is still on the throne because Daenarys is restraining herself. Also, she outplayed as you say, but she has lost a great commander with years of military experience and years of her secrets, Jamie can easily cause her downfall. Again, shows she thinks short term, the Night King is an enemy that doesn't care, he will kill anyone and everyone and she expects to be ready for him if The North and Daenarys fails?

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Tyler Beckley Not really, she just proved to be lucky in the show. She found a bunch of wild fire and blew up the the city's main church. Murdering her allies and managing to just barely cover it up. The books she's in deep trouble. Very deep.

[@redfox555]

She's not THAT dumb. She is no flower that you can smell and get away with it. But yeah. She got played by them both.

[@Thoralmir]

She's egotistical, and is convinced that everyone is out to get her.

[@blaze556922]

I'm surprised Cersei didn't have the person killed who reported she and her brother to Joanna.

[@corsariocapitao]

Yautja Prime She was probably too young then to accomplish that

[@EarlnEarl]

Yautja Prime, she would have been eight years old at the time. No servant would have taken her demand for murder seriously.

[@earthbndmsfit]

Appreciate the good work you consistently produce

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Cersei is the mad queen in the books it would appear. She is depressed, idiotic, and crazy. She cannot seem to make a single decision without messing up. Glad we never met in the books(at this point).

[@smallmoon4340]

When i started reading the books i was 12 years old, and i must say... Cersei was my first crush... although tyrion was my favorite character.

[@dinam5017]

wow..Tyrion is much more evil in the books than the shows!!

[@niccolorichter1488]

Tyrion in fact never really think about killing his nephew. But Tyrion knew that Cersei will think it anyway.

[@Argos-xb8ek]

In the books you really see Tyrion go from being this quick witted jerk with a heart to the monster everyone has always told him he was. Its tragic to see his advice to Jon Snow come back to haunt him.

[@a7pha208]

@@Argos-xb8ek he really isn’t that much of a monster, and while he certainly isn’t a good person, all this hate he gets is honestly ableism.

[@guifdcanalli]

why? in the video he didnt do anything wrong

[@profesorstevabakmaz4822]

Awsome, love ur shows!

[@matthewlillywhite8014]

Alt Shift X did an really awesome video that analysis Cersei's character! This video does an amazing job and showing the timeline of this complex and fascinating character!

[@maartenboy37]

9:41 it was Littlefinger. 10:20 according to Littlefinger, pretty abviously a lie.

[@ndumisobuthelezi6972]

I love Cercie chapters, she is like the hot mean girl who thinks she is smarter than everyone. Fierce, Self-centered, scheming, niave, hurt, and her view point on other characters is hilarious 😂

[@_mr.frxdx_3896]

U should start an Elder Scrolls series.

[@CivilizationEx]

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[@stevenirizarry1304]

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[@CivilizationEx]

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[@stevenirizarry1304]

CivilizationEx Our protagonist darin is Neither human nor beast, the illegitimate son of an emperor was raised in ignorance by his dragon mother and taught to fear and hate his father's dragon hunters. But when he discovers his true heritage, he is forced to choose between his dual identities as human and dragon - between a father desperate to reconnect with his son, and a mother who will stop at nothing to take the throne and plunge the empire into chaos to protect her people. He has a story arc of wanting to come of age but his mother holds him back as well as his mentor...a magical ancient teddy bear that has a story arc of learning to trust darins ability to make his own choices and to let go of Darin. One idea I have is that the mother was the offspring of a water demon and a normal dragon...giving her powers that no other dragon has and making her a exceptional sorceroress of immense power. She wants to protect her people the dragons. She has a inferiority complex because her parents didn't create her out of love but out of nessecity. This is why she is possesive of Darin so that he can feel loved despite the fact that she too created him for political benefit. The story has ZERO tolkien elements outside of dragons and the teddy bear has his own unique species called tinkers who are a rave of living toys capable of magic I know...I am using a Industrial magic setting...guns, airships, magic running the factories. But the imperium discriminates against non humans and are trying to wipe out the dragons so that they can peacefully expand the empire. Non humans (of countless and imaginative variety) are often in menial jobs or even forced to work for the imperium. They keep the peace with the dark horde...a race of rock gollum that were created by tinkers (living toys who are powerful with magic and teach kids morals and emotional intelligence). Rock gollums have their own culture and hang out in the caves under the imperium...the mother is trying to rally the non humans and dragons into a battle against the humans and Darin would usurp the throne. But Darin wants to live his own life and with his teddy bear escapes. While Darin deals with coming of age and other conflicts as well as growing more independent...the teddy bear is dealing with the fear of letting Darin make his own choices and letting go Thoughts?

[@stevenirizarry1304]

CivilizationEx Our protagonist darin is Neither human nor beast, the illegitimate son of an emperor was raised in ignorance by his dragon mother and taught to fear and hate his father's dragon hunters. But when he discovers his true heritage, he is forced to choose between his dual identities as human and dragon - between a father desperate to reconnect with his son, and a mother who will stop at nothing to take the throne and plunge the empire into chaos to protect her people. He has a story arc of wanting to come of age but his mother holds him back as well as his mentor...a magical ancient teddy bear that has a story arc of learning to trust darins ability to make his own choices and to let go of Darin. One idea I have is that the mother was the offspring of a water demon and a normal dragon...giving her powers that no other dragon has and making her a exceptional sorceroress of immense power. She wants to protect her people the dragons. She has a inferiority complex because her parents didn't create her out of love but out of nessecity. This is why she is possesive of Darin so that he can feel loved despite the fact that she too created him for political benefit. The story has ZERO tolkien elements outside of dragons and the teddy bear has his own unique species called tinkers who are a rave of living toys capable of magic I know...I am using a Industrial magic setting...guns, airships, magic running the factories. But the imperium discriminates against non humans and are trying to wipe out the dragons so that they can peacefully expand the empire. Non humans (of countless and imaginative variety) are often in menial jobs or even forced to work for the imperium. They keep the peace with the dark horde...a race of rock gollum that were created by tinkers (living toys who are powerful with magic and teach kids morals and emotional intelligence). Rock gollums have their own culture and hang out in the caves under the imperium...the mother is trying to rally the non humans and dragons into a battle against the humans and Darin would usurp the throne. But Darin wants to live his own life and with his teddy bear escapes. While Darin deals with coming of age and other conflicts as well as growing more independent...the teddy bear is dealing with the fear of letting Darin make his own choices and letting go Thoughts?

[@stevenirizarry1304]

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[@dinam5017]

i thought she killed her friend because the witch told her she would marry Jamie..and Cersei got jealous

[@Kal911]

Actually it's implied that she did it but it was never confirmed (she saw her die and her friend would have been soooo stupid to fall by chance since she perfectly knew the area)

[@dinam5017]

@@Kal911 ahaa..i see thanks

[@Kal911]

@@dinam5017 and by the way the witch never told her she would marry Jaime, she asked if she would have married Jaime and the witch told her that worms would have had her virginity because she would have died very soon.

[@ericharris7321]

@@Kal911 well also it was previously mentioned that melara could have the breath of her soon death felt next to her, so im pretty sure that it was cersei who killed her

[@irieite9666]

The witch told Cersei friend that she would soon die. Cersei got scared and killed her friend fulfilling the prophecy.

[@Santooss100]

Do more of these

[@mike.n.n.7723]

12:00 Riverrun was never taken by the Freys or Lannisters in the books. The Blackfish didn't attend the Red Wedding and remained at Riverrun So the Lannisters didn't *_retake_* the castle

[@CivilizationEx]

The Lannisters did take Riverrun in the books, they used Edmure to take control while the Blackfish had to jump into the river and swim to get away.

[@mike.n.n.7723]

@@CivilizationEx You said that Jaime went to retake Riverrun They can't retake a castle they never held in the first place

[@CivilizationEx]

@@mike.n.n.7723 Oh I never noticed that, I meant "take", I must have misspoke.

[@lanasrj]

I know we all hate Joffrey's execution of Ned, but how much sense does it make to send him to the Wall, only weeks away from his former seat? Joffrey may have shown a bit of forethought there

[@HarezTube]

Rodrigo Lanas How did that workout for Joffrey? He beheaded the war hero that saved the realm from the mad king. There was a high probability that the north, riverlands and ayre would stay neutral if Ned lived. Renly had no claim and Stannis was not known for encouraging support. After stannis killed Renly he would face the combined Lanister and Tyrell forces. Easy win for Joffrey.

[@EarlnEarl]

Rodrigo Lanas, it's not like the any one would go and break him out. There's not much regard for the Night's Watch, but the people of the North show a good bit more respect for the role of the Watch, and its laws. They wouldn't have been happy about it, but it would have been a whole lot easier to understand.

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Rodrigo Lanas Your giving him too much credit.

[@redfox555]

@Rodrigo Lanas Joffrey was the stupidest from the stupid. Basically, ALL the war started because he decapitated Ned. He would marry his daughter Sansa and they would join both kingdoms. But alas, there is littlefinger in there, he'd have his ways to do shit.

[@stevenirizarry1304]

redfox555 do not overestimate little finger...cersei was right to point out that "power is power", little finger only has as much power as the people around him allow for. If cersei or tywin were to strip him down of all power and gave him executed than westeros would walk away unscathed.

[@keeganshigh]

Deliciously fortified.

[@americantraphole5858]

you should start doing wheel of time.

[@sinainigoche2905]

Who’s voice is this? It’s very monotonous.

[@robbiebrown2002]

Sinai Nigoche your mom’s

[@sinainigoche2905]

Robbie Brown or your’s probably?

[@thearomanticshipper4468]

The real Mad Queen, who will burn down Kings Landing. #Daenerysdeservedbetter

[@irieite9666]

She will be stabbed through the back by the Valonquar (Jaime) after she gives the order (Burn them all)

[@PedroLucas-mg5je]

And Aegon Blackfyre will be the new Robert Baratheon!

[@jrsdt2ndaccount30]

Hear me rawr xD

[@cesaralvesdemoraes3187]

perfect

[@JiggaMan1297]

So Cersei is not sitting on the iron throne currently in the books?

[@CivilizationEx]

She is not, Tommen is King and she was just humiliated by the faith. In the show that makes her angry, in the books it almost breaks her.

[@EarlnEarl]

Jay Spinna, not really related, but as a point of reference for difference from the tv show, Jon Snow is still dead, Stannis is still alive, Aegon VI has invaded the Stormlands, and Catelyn Stark has been resurrected by Beric Dondarrion as a ruthless zombie woman called Lady Stoneheart. Things are pretty different.

[@itsmaxieb0044]

Nope. She is in the red keep.

[@itsmaxieb0044]

EarlnEarl Well actually they never said he died he could have passed out from blood loss, and someone else could save him.

[@Kal911]

@@itsmaxieb0044 It's implied that he died and it's already clear how he will survive. His spirit will go inside Ghost until someone, probably, Melisandre will resurrect him. Remember that she saw him in the flame as a man, then as a wolf and again as a man and it was explained in the books that if a Warg dies his spirit can go inside the animal he is linked to until his mind fades away, leaving only the beast. His death and reborn will be the rising of the Prince that was promised (the stars on the cloak covered by blood, the smoke coming out from his wound and the salt of the tears falling on his body) ,

[@FeZe1997]

Another thing that I don't understand is how Robert was ok with cercei not being a virgin girl, no questions no nothing, he just cared about Lyanna

[@UncleHaul]

If they are so similar in appearance why did you make their faces different at 0:20

[@jokullah]

experimenting sexually age seven? jeez

[@kristopherbarker3282]

Well, Johanna had to keep Jaime and Cersei apart She died when they were 3, so that means they were sleeping together as toddlers

[@kristopherbarker3282]

@Anjelica Snorcket ok (I got books and show mixed up)

[@brandon_astris]

I was surprised when he said she experimented with other women

[@sathyasharvan]

Whats AC?

[@CivilizationEx]

After Conquest

[@someperson8641]

❤

[@justadult3493]

She is really intelligent. Her hot temprr helps her to spread fear, but it is not always helpful. Sometimes problems need patient solutions. That the thing she lacks. Patience.

[@alexryll9237]

Patience and a sane mind. She is positively delusional in the books. Believing herself to be on par or even better than Tywin or Tyrion on multiple occasions and almost incapable of admitting her own mistakes or failures.

[@justadult3493]

@@alexryll9237 Tyrion is vastly overrated… she IS on par with Tyrion

[@guifdcanalli]

@@justadult3493 nopp, shes not, we dont know if she ordered the kingsguard to kill Tyrion because she never talks about the failure, and literally EVERY decision of hers backfired, like, hard She is too stupid, impatient and arrogant for her own sake, shes just lucky to steal Tywin, Tyrion and Kevan's accomplishments and to be a Queen Regent of both child kings

[@Me4-gc8qs]

A bitch is a bitch is a bitch.... need I say anymore?

[@MatejRRL]

Hello (=

[@nicholasloremann4741]

That Hello Guy talos

[@rushilsharma7845]

Dude you should have added a spoiler alert

[@boytoy3588]

I don't get why people hate Cersei. Like, ummm, you actually find morally good characters fun and interesting? Yikes

[@chocotoasties2671]

A self destructive idiot is more frustrating than entertaining

[@a7pha208]

It’s just ridiculous that people romanticize her evil while completely demonizing Tyrion who isn’t anywhere near as vile as she is.

[@guifdcanalli]

yes, both types of characters can be good and interesting

[@SHARKVADERS]

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[@justadult3493]

I hate when people say Cersei is bad because she did one thing, but if other character like Tyrion or Daenerys did the same thing, people wouldn't care. Tyrion used Cersei's fever to empower himself in King's landing and was called wise and strategic. Cersei used Tyrion's injury to empower herself, but instead of being called cunning, smart, she was called evil lying bitch.

[@thearmada6248]

Yeah but Cersie was just messing everything up

[@Spongebrain97]

No people call out characters like tyrion and daenerys all the time when they do bad things. The difference is that cersei repeatedly does bad things and doesn't care about anyone but herself. All tyrion did to her was essentially put laxatives in her drink to give her the shits because she is a terrible ruler and the city needed someone competent to throw back stannis. She is a lying evil bitch is why she ruined everything in AFFC and got herself arrested and humiliated

[@alexryll9237]

There is a difference between poisoning someone with laxatives deliberately designed to be non-lethal and harmless in the long run, and an assassination attempt on someone‘s life in the midst of a heated battle. I also don’t see Tyrion stealing all of Cerceis achievements (not that she has any) and shift the blame for some crime he did to someone else.

[@itsmaxieb0044]

She got the high septon killed because he smirked. Got a noble woman drunk and gave her to Qyburn for his “research.” to hide what she did. Framed Tyrion and Margery. Got Robert killed. That’s pretty freaking evil bro.

[@justadult3493]

1.)Joffrey ordered Ser Mandor Moore to assassinate Tyrion. 2.) Tyrion *POISONED* Cersei, because he thought that his response to Northern peace treaty was better. Even tho neither of them would have worked. And only thing he achieved is giving bones back to Starks... oh and day without the Queen. 3.) Cersei defended Tyrion's authority during the riot. She screamed at Kingsguards because of their incompetence, foolishness and defiance of Tyrion. 4.) I completely agree with her choice on Redwyne twins. And she showed several strategic choices(at least in Clash of Kings... I am currently ending that book).

[@gabrielgonzalez8003]

what lol cersei does not like girls

[@aengusog3415]

She does

[@theplotarmoredtitan5781]

Sansa replace cercei? Becoz danys is ded lol

[@aengusog3415]

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