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Why Cersei is the real hero of Game of Thrones

Cersei doesn’t have a whole lot of sympathy toward her enemies.

Anyone who watches Game of Thrones understands why it would be incredibly easy to hate Cersei Lannister. She’s conniving, undermining, duplicitous, and self-serving. She appears to only care about herself. She is only interested in attaining power for the sake of acquiring power rather than using that power for any particular ‘good.’ She’s proven to be a huge thorn in the side of our favorite characters and has a pretty hideous blond bulb for a haircut. And if that’s not enough, the showrunners have done a pretty good job at intentionally making us, the viewers, dislike her, and pray for her demise at the end of the show because Jon Snow (excuse me, Aegon Targaryen) should be king, not her.

And yes, yes. Perhaps you’re right. As Jaime said in a previous episode, Cersei is hateful. But the only reason she is hateful is because so many people forget the rules to the Game of Thrones. The showrunners have been laying the groundwork for what the rules to the Game of Thrones are, and the only reason people hate Cersei Lannister is because they have been letting their emotions get in the way of their judgement.

Cersei understands how the Game of Thrones is played and is therefore the best candidate to win the show. To everyone’s dismay, I think we shall soon see Cersei victorious and here is why.