hear me bore Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 She's an interesting character and a horrible person. But I couldn't help but feel sorry for her when she gets captured by the High Septon and his girls. I felt even worse when she had to walk naked through the streets. I'm pretty sure it's because she was a POV character and it's written in a way to make us feel sorry for her. But I think it also has to do with my distaste for religious fanatics. Anyone else feel the same way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread pirate davos Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I didn't at that moment in time because that kind of felt like a culmination of a lot of the heinous shot she's done. But I did.feel sorry for her when Joff dies. Doesn't matter how bad a person you are, it can't be nice watching your kid die and be unable to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salafi Stannis Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 She deserves everything she gets x10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hear me bore Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 I actually remember the first time I read it I was really happy because she was so horrible. But upon rereading, the faith seizing power the way it did really bothers me for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orabella Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I'm too much of an empathetic person. Yes, I felt bad for her even though she very much deserved it.. and then some. I normally do feel bad for even the terrible characters when awful things happen. But I feel much worse for the good characters to have awful things happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Selig Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I would be sorry for anyone unfortunate enough to be married to a idiotic pig named Robert Baratheon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I did feel sorry.But I think it is a problem of mine.For instance I cannot laugh at candid cameras or when people slip on a banana etc..I just keep on thinking if they ate hurt and how embarrassed they must be.So definitely, yes a terrible treatment, even if deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I would be sorry for anyone unfortunate enough to be married to a idiotic pig named Robert Baratheon.And this.Surely this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofless Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I would be sorry for anyone unfortunate enough to be married to a idiotic pig named Robert Baratheon. Before he married her he wasn't an 'idiotic pig'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Selig Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Before he married her he wasn't an 'idiotic pig'. Why, did he undergo a lobotomy or something? He was always a dumbass who couldn't control his appetites at all, even Ned admits it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singer's stew Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 No. Cercei reap what she saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Rayne Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I do. Nobody deserves to be sexually punished. Especially by a religious bigot. Before he married her he wasn't an 'idiotic pig'. Of course he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Mac Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I would be sorry for anyone unfortunate enough to be married to a idiotic pig named Robert Baratheon. I would be sorry for anyone unfortunate enough to be married to that brother fucking maniac named Cersei Lannister. Works both ways. As to the topic of the thread, I felt bad for her during the WoS, mainly because, out of all of her crimes, she was being punished for having sex, which was bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickStormborn Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I have a lot of sympathy for Cersei throughout the series, particularly during and after the walk of shame. But her arrest by the High Sparrow was not exactly one of those times. My sympathy goes towards Margaery and her cousins, and the men and women who were tortured by Qyburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Second To Last Dragon Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 karma chameleon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salafi Stannis Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Not as much, but he wasn't exactly Ned. According to Boardology, I must now post about marital rape. Yes, I feel sorry for Cersei. She was never going to win a humanitarian award (apart from the rigged ones), but did she deserved to be raped? To spend her life in misery having to satisfy the sexual needs of a man she loathed, who not only didn't love her, but made little effort to publicly humiliate her through his whoring? The show scene between Robert and Cersei is one of the few that I thought was a great addition. And not only that, but live her entire life in fear that her children would die. To have one die in her arms, and the others sent away. After those, the walk of shame seems almost negligible, but it most certainly is not. Cersei is a mother at heart. She's not particularly malicious, just ruthless. Hell, how often do you hear criticisms of Catelyn for killing an innocent disabled person? That was unnecessary, too. Cersei is far from moral, but she's had a painful life too. So anyone saying she deserves what she got, or reaps what she sows, is way out of line. Cat killed an innocent disabled person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naseridrl Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I personally have a lot of sympathy for almost every women in ASOIAF purely because of how I'd have to have to live the lives they live and just be seen as things to be used and thrown away when they no longer have a use. Cersei may be a lot of things but her life wasn't helped at all by the father she had and how she was used and treated. I'm amazed she isn't worse than she is to be honest. I'd probably be trying to kill everyone and anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alayne's Shadow. Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I would be sorry for anyone unfortunate enough to be married to a idiotic pig named Robert Baratheon. This. Not to mention the times Robert apologized for raping Cersei and then blame the wine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I did feel sorry for her WoS. Until I realised she learned nothing. I suppose we could say "no one should be exposed to that kind of sexual humiliation". Yet, she was no only enjoying but actually encouraging people to "check" Margaery's virginity while trying to slander her and her cousins' names in front of the whole court, for crimes they didn't commit. I suppose I could feel sorry for her and her delusions. A common misconception about Cersei is to portray her as a woman who exercises "sexual agency" in her life, but that's not completely accurate. Arianne and Asha are examples of woman who are sexually free, and they enjoy sex with the men they want to enjoy it. Cersei's latter lovers have nothing to do with her enjoying sex, it's about needing something from this men and using sex as a way to achieve a goal that has nothing to do with her own satisfaction. In the same way, her children are not only an extension of her own but they're weapons to her own personal revenge against an unfair sexist society. I could try to be more understanding about her woes of what is to be a woman in Westeros, but there are many other cunning women who have achieved to exercise some power without all the shenanigans Cersei has had to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alayne's Shadow. Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I personally have a lot of sympathy for almost every women in ASOIAF purely because of how I'd have to have to live the lives they live and just be seen as things to be used and thrown away when they no longer have a use. Cersei may be a lot of things but her life wasn't helped at all by the father she had and how she was used and treated. I'm amazed she isn't worse than she is to be honest. I'd probably be trying to kill everyone and anyone. This, to a certain extent. Cersei was always evil, she killed Melara at nine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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