User blog comment:The Dragon Demands/Slapping Joffrey compilation (set to "Sweet Dreams are Made of These")/@comment-210608-20120607071237

Thanks for the video clip and your take on the character. I agree regarding her relationship with Myrcella and Tommen.

I loved the added scene where she was treating Joffrey's bite wound in the first season, where she invites him to do whatever he wants.

I think her bottomless pit of entitlement is what led her to being such a disastrous influence on Joffrey. She thinks that she deserves true love, unassailable power and unconditional respect. She believes the only thing holding her back from this is that she was born a woman. She wants to live vicariously through her children and ensure that they suffer none of the perceived injustice that she did.

Tywin's sense of superiority is something that has warped Jaime and Cersei but I think it has manifested in Cersei as insurmountable entitlement.