#*cersei lannister

I’m putting this under a Read more because it got really long. And I’m sorry that it took me so long to answer this one!

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Well yeah, sorry. Shae was great, I liked the changes around the character, and how that allowed to expand her storyline. It was a good change.

I actually wouldn’t mind if Ellaria gets to stick around, it would be a good solution, and you know they are going to have someone taking the place of Taena (if they don’t cast someone as Taena), there’s too much they can profit from the scenes between her and Cersei. So, yeah, that would actually be a good solution, and a good way to avoid introducing another secondary character.

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Not at all. I’m not a fan of Lena’s acting, but Diane is not a good actress either. In terms of looks, both fit the role, but in terms of acting neither is a better choice than the other.

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Had to google her name to be perfectly honest. I would never cast her to play a character like Cersei. I don’t see her playing a character in medieval settings, or even having that regal look for it. That’s basically a look thing. I don’t think she fits the role in that sense. Acting wise, I barely remember her work in Lost and House to say much. But for what I’ve actually watched she strikes me as an average actress. There’s no bad acting I can recall; I think she’s fine. I seriously don’t know if from an acting point of view, strictly speaking, it would have worked. I don’t know much about her career to honestly give an opinion on that matter. Between her and Headey, I still prefer Headey. Even though I think Elizabeth is a better actress -in general terms- than Lena.

I keep thinking how lena headey as a brunette would have been a great casting choice for Lyanna Stark because she gives me those wild vibes. I picture cersei as an older evan rachel wood. do you agree with me? also great tumblr looking forward to your reviews for season 4!

Younger Lena? You are setting this in the tourney, right? Hmm, I don't see it, sorry. I'm fine with the look, she does fit the description of the character a bit, but I think Lena is a little rougher in the sense of her mannerisms and body language to play Lyanna. I picture Lyanna a little more softer than that, but not for that less rebellious. If that makes any sense.

I see Hayley Atwell as Lyanna. She's definitely a northerner, I think. Either as Lyanna, or as a Mormont. Perhaps Dacey.

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AFFC- ADWD SPOILERS

I think I could go into a rant about it and still wouldn’t make sense to you, simply because we feel different about her. I mean her involvement in the following situations pretty much says it all: keeping Sansa in KL as a hostage; Tyrion’s trial; her connection with Qyburn; killing Robert’s bastards; keeping secret a relationship with her brother and having 3 children with him passing them as the King’s; arranging the hunting accident that killed Robert; using her cousin; imprisoning Ned and naming herself Queen Regent; planning to send Ned to the NW so he wouldn’t be a problem, but at the same time not giving the North an excuse to rebel against the Crown; putting Tywin on her side against Tyrion while he was injured, removing him from his place of power; naming herself Queen Regent during Tommen’s reign. Of course many of her plans backfired on her, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t have good plans and execution. She’s done a lot, good or bad, and even awful, but she has stayed in the game for long, and even longer than people with more power or wits than her. She didn’t just survive, she was quite proactive, and tried to made sure she and her own would be safe and secured.

Surely as other characters, she has had her downfalls, but remains in the game and even after the penance walk, she’s still thinking and planning her next move. I don’t excuse Cersei for the things she’s done, or plans that backfired on her, I just simply think she has done a lot of things that merit her title as a good player. Surely Varys (a really good one, if not the best) has seen her plans as an inconvenience or at least planned on his own to win advantage.

Of course she was in a better situation and played better the game before than now, but hmm, I still see her doing a lot and bothering many people in WoW.

E.T.A: manipulation is Cersei's game in my honest opinion.

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I’m definitely not happy with the changes they made in their relationship. I think the tension between them in the books made a lot more sense, and it showed how smart they are on their own, and how they played their cards in the game. And it also would have explained and made a lot more sense in season 4, and with SPOILERS Tyrion’s trial, and to further Cersei’s story. The dynamics of how one gets ahead when the other one is down, is probably the best part of their relationship, and the show doesn’t convey that well. Basically it feels like the writers don’t know how to write the subtleties in their stories, their reactions and feelings towards the situations they are immersed in. But we already knew they are not into subtleties: either they exaggerate certain things, or they don’t show them at all. With this I’m trying to say that, you can show Cersei’s position as she’s forced to go through another forced marriage, without she interacting with the one person she doesn’t trust or doesn’t want to give the leverage to, since she considers him a rival or threat.

Will see how this turns out in season 4.