Cersei fooled her husband and the entirety of Westeros with the paternity of her children for decades, used her pussy power to straight up usurp the throne for House Lannister without anyone being the wiser, and succeeded where Rhaenyra failed (putting her sons from a different biological father on the throne).
Cersei murdering and destroying as quickly as possible Robert and Ned and paving the way for her son’s coronation to go unchallenged VS Rhaenyra choosing to alienate herself in Dragonstone knowing HER ENEMIES are literally in King’s Landing with her sick father and instead choosing not to do anything about it. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME.
And unpopular opinion but Cersei is much more admirable and impressive than Rhaenyra for asserting her sexual and reproductive autonomy. Cersei is the queen consort and married to a man similar to Aegon IV, an incredibly muscular and large man who regularly rapes and beat her and hates her. Rhaenyra is a princess, the heir to the throne, she has a dragon, the king, her husband, and her lover unconditionally support and protect her. Of course she can do whatever she wants. Is it really defiance and rebellion if you are allowed to break the rules ? Rhaenyra has never been in the same situation as Cersei or Daena the Defiant.
always here for the cersei galaxy pussy brain supremacy 🙏 so often in the fandom i see takes about how dumb or delusional cersei's plots are, rarely do i see some heartfelt appreciation for our one true queen's successful machinations 😪
i have to do a re-read before i can elaborate a proper critique, but i will say this, though: as a police procedural / detective story, AGOT isn't really where it's at. catelyn's reasoning for thinking cersei & jaime pushed bran out of the window is not really convincing (she discovers a blonde hair in the tower? be serious, george. i had no idea the lannisters were the only blonde people in westeros). ned's reasoning for thinking joffrey can't possibly be robert's son is not really satisfying for me (they wouldn't know about recessive genes back then, but they would know that some rarer traits like blonde hair sometimes manifest back into family trees after some generations). it's never said how stannis found out about their affair (did renly know as well? i can't remember, i'm inclined to say he didn't). or littlefinger. or varys. or jon arryn. or what kind of proof they could have possibly produced, other than "because i say so"?
the author just doesn't bother with those questions and wants us to believe they simply knew, the consequences of which is unforgivable cersei slander 😤
anyway, agree with the rhaenyra comparison: she only wishes she could be as based as THEE queen!
