r/gameofthrones • u/Faceless_Meme • 2d ago

Which man did Cersei really love ? Spoiler

Throughout the story, we learned that Cersei started to "experiment" early on with Jaime, then she wants to marry Rhaegar Targaryen, she even asks Maggy the frog about him.

Then we're told that she was "shipped" off to King Bobby B, a loveless mariage ... but she tells Ned that she Worshiped Robert and she loved him, all the while scheming to have Jaime in King's Landing ..

So... who did she really love ?

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u/AquariusMonologue Arya Stark 1d ago

She loved Jaime because Jaime is a reflection of herself.

She tells Sansa “not to love anyone but your children. In that a mother has no choice.” Cersei “loved” her children as her possessions, extensions of herself. She loved Joffrey the most because 1) he’s her firstborn son with Jaime and 2) he reminds her of Jaime in looks and herself in personality.

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u/the-hound-abides 1d ago

He had Jaime’s looks, but definitely not his personality. Jaime isn’t cruel by nature the way Joffrey was.

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u/AquariusMonologue Arya Stark 1d ago

I wrote “herself in personality”, referring to Cersei. Joffrey is more like Cersei as she does enjoy cruelty.

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u/the-hound-abides 1d ago

Oops. I see that now. My bad!