History Characters / GameOfThronesCerseiLannister

* AdaptationalModesty: Her book counterpart is described as a MsFanservice character who uses [[SexForServices sex]] and honeyed words to manipulate weak men like the Stokeworths. Here, she's only seen nude once [[FanDisservice in a far-from-titillating manner]], and is almost universally frigid to anyone who isn't Jaime.

* AdaptationalModesty: Her book counterpart is described as a MsFanservice character. Here, she's only seen nude once [[FanDisservice and it's far from titillating]].

** She ''does not'' approve several of Joffrey's actions, like ordering Ned Stark's execution and ordering a massacre of Robert's bastard children (keep in mind that ''she'' ordered that massacre in the books) and his plans to serve Robb's head to her at his wedding. She even admits to Margaery that Joffrey would have been her "nightmare" as her husband and that "the things he did shocked [her.]"

* WomenAreWiser: At times.
** She is completely right about Margaery Tyrell not being as harmless as she seems. Joffrey ignores her.
** Cersei herself believes this trope to be true, in tandem with AllMenArePerverts; during her pathetic attempt to blackmail Tyrion she says that thinking with their penises is a FatalFlaw present in all men. Again, playing into her {{Hypocrite}} character. She considers men's uncontrollable sexual desires to be their biggest weakness, and yet her own sexual desires for Jaime that she either couldn't or wouldn't control despite the knowledge that the whole affair could backfire horribly is what ultimately leads to all of the events in the series.

** She ''does not'' approve several of Joffrey's actions, like ordering Ned Stark's execution and ordering a massacre of Robert's bastard children (keep in mind that ''she'' ordered that massacre in the books). She even admits to Margaery that Joffrey would have been her "nightmare" as her husband and that "the things he did shocked [her.]"

* FemaleMisogynist: She looks down on other women, and during the Battle of Blackwater, resents having to look after the frightened women.

* PerpetualFrowner: Her very prominent brows emanate hatred even during her rare moments of levity.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Maggy the Frog told her that all three of her children would die. Cersei's own actions, in various ways, lead to this outcome. Joffrey dies because Cersei coddled him throughout his early life and then couldn't control him when he was made king, which led to him being poisoned because he was out of control. Myrcella died because the Mountain killed Oberyn, which in turn only happened because Cersei was determined to punish Tyrion for killing Joffrey without any proof that he was responsible. Finally, Tommen kills himself after Cersei detonates the wildfire under the Great Sept of Baelor, killing Margaery among many others.

** Young Cersei looks ''strikingly'' similar to her daughter, Myrcella. The fact that Myrcella's a product of Cersei's incest with her own ''twin'' brother ''might'' have something to do with this.[[note]]Exact same genes, give or take a few.[[/note]]

* TooCleverByHalf: She is indeed well-versed in the games of subterfuge and underhanded politics amongst the Westeros' nobles, but she fancies herself to be better than she actually is, causing her to often severely underestimate her opponents. Ironically, this also works in her favor, since her opponents often assume she's too rational to do something stupid, only to be blindsided when she does it anyway. She also has a tendency to have an eye for detail (like Tyrion's lion necklace on one of the prostitutes or spotting that Danaerys only brought two of her dragons) but come to the wrong conclusion nevertheless or not look at the big picture.

** Probably the most blatant example of this was her framing Ned Stark as a traitor after he warned her to save herself and her children; though it was mixed with PragmaticVillainy, since they would be forced to go into exile if she accepted Ned's scenario.

** In the show, she and Robert had a child once[[note]]which is described to be black-haired, a true Baratheon look[[/note]]; but it died of a fever shortly after being born, leaving her heartbroken, suggesting that she truly wanted this child. In the books, Robert got her pregnant once, after which she had the child aborted behind his back out of hatred and spite.
** In season 1, Cersei reveals during a private conversation that she had feelings for Robert "for quite a while, actually", despite knowing he didn't love her back. These changes introduce a much more tragic and human side to her character, whereas in the corresponding book there's no real indication that she wasn't a cruel, contemptuous and hateful person from the start. In the books, Cersei already resented Robert before they marry because he killed Rhaegar, her lifetime crush; she also has no problem having sex with Jaime the morning of her wedding day.

** Come the Season 6 finale, Cersei's AdaptationalHeroism is completely gone when she blows up a large majority of the nobles in King's Landing (including Margaery Tyrell and most her family) during The Green Trial, [[WordOfGod something the showrunners claim to have come up with on their own.]] For all of Book Cersei's [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen many, many, MANY faults]], not even she has come close to what is the equivalent of dropping a nuclear bomb on her own city to kill a bunch of people with no attention whatsoever paid to the massive collateral damage.