Game of Thrones - 8ª Temporada (Final)

Rains of Castamere was Tywin's song, one about calm, ruthless power. But that's not Cersei. At this point she's a mix of power, desperation, madness, revenge and I think this song shows it perfectly.

It starts off quite tender and sad and beautiful with some haunting harmonies in there. I think that's the core of Cercei, or at least of young Cersei. She has experienced a lot of sad things that have left her damaged. She lost her mother when she was young, her father became distant, as a kid she was prophecised to have terrible events in her future, which made her paranoid for life, her Sansa-like dreams got shattered when her king husband turned out to be an abusive drunk, she couldn't really be with the man she loved, or at least loved in her own way. Her theme might be quiet, even tender in the beginning, but it's always somewhat tense, the phrases seem to hang in the air, never really finishing, some notes sound off, weird. Cercei is never at peace, she's always paranoid, unhappy, maybe longing for something. Then we hear the boys' choir singing the especially haunting melodies, which I think references her kids, especially the boys. She loved her kids, but she lost them to the game and her own broken nature. Then quiet mixes with a fast restless version of her theme and the Game of Thrones theme. She's empty yet she keeps playing, fighting. Organ joins in (as the largest, loudest instrument there is I'd say it symbolizes power), the song becomes louder and louder, until the Game of Thrones theme dominates, because that's the only thing left for Cercei, that's the only thing that truly matters now. And she's winning.

I think this song really captures the tragic side of Cersei, the constant restlessness, paranoia and even trauma and abuse that turned her gentler self into the cold, sadistic, power hungry person we know.

I don't think she's known happiness since early childhood (except maybe when her kids were born), that's probably what she's longing for and she thinks power will give her that, especially since she never really had a say in the bad things that happened to her when she was younger. She probably felt powerless against her mother's death, her domineering father, her abusive husband, her love for her brother and the overall limitations she had simply for being a woman in that world (e.g. after Jaime became kingsguard Tyrion would be the legal heir of Casterly Rock). So power became her ultimate goal in hopes of finding happiness and fulfillment with it. Which is ironic considering that she lost everyone she loved while going after that power.

Antes de estar embarazada, bebía ya que parecía una esponja, pero dejó de beber cuando sabía que estaba embarazada, en el trailer aparece bebiendo y con ojos llorosos, se sobre entiende que acaba de abortar y se ha echado de nuevo a la bebida...