@casterlyrox People can like or dislike her for whatever reasons they want. But I agree that genuinely interesting discussions about her often feel hopeless,because the conversations are so heavily biased that you either get insulted or blocked the moment you try to have a nuanced discussion.
@casterlyrox A lot of people tend to view things as either good or bad,and the bad tends to be the ones opposite of who they consider good. I think with character like Cersei, taking the complexity in either direction away,takes away how her character was made and portrayed. Which is a shame.
@casterlyrox More so show Cersei, than book Cersei though. Some things in the books I canโt and wonโt defend, no matter her situation, world and story. ๐ You can still understand why she is like she is though, like you say.
@casterlyrox I donโt see anyone claiming sheโs a saint or hero. Very few in Westeros are, for that matter. Itโs a fucked up brutal world, ha. But claiming her as pure evil, is just as biased as claiming her as pure good. I love defending her. I genuinely think she is misunderstood+overhated.
@WovennDreams@sstuhia You can dislike the later costumes aesthetically, thatโs completely fair. I too like some of the costumes, while I dislike others. But what Iโm saying is; pretending there was โno reasonโ behind them is just ignoring the visual language the show was very obviously using.
@WovennDreams@sstuhia Made things up? No ๐ Costume design is visual storytelling. Michele Clapton has talked about working with the actors and showrunners to reflect character psychology and evolution, you can even read about it in the official costume book.
@sstuhia She only really started reintroducing red and gold after gaining some hope again through her pregnancy. I feel like a lot of these hate posts about the later costumes completely miss the point ๐ The costumes were always reflecting where she was mentally and emotionally.
@sstuhia Thereโs gold blended into it, but it was part of the visual storytelling. She had lost everything except power, so she physically and emotionally removed herself from her family identity and essentially reinvented herself.