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both sides, now

Originally Posted by
Nymeria
Like that she maybe has to be this way out of necssity. To survive in the snake pit that is Kings Landing. Also with Catelyn Stark (where I saw parallels with Cersei). Like she has this immense sense of duty regarding her family and children. And she goes on and on and on. Warning her son Robb about Walder Frey, but it‘s always like her voice never really gets heard and you get the feeling how she starts to tire.
From here:http://warsofasoiaf.tumblr.com/post/140519862776/same-ask-about-characters-defining-moment-for
Like how that was just the reality of their situation and how it formed their characters. And that’s what I mean. Like here you see ‚character defining‘ depth. Like Cersei being that way, maybe to protect herself. How Catelyn always has to fight and fight, but it feels like she never get heard out. Like the whole influence of how their position, or their duties, or their role in the family and the time they lived in just shaped them. And then the contrast to Maergary and her 'portrayal' and ‚I want to be the queen‘ etc. which in contrast to the others just sounded and felt flat to me.
yeah I know, she is young (but so are other characters in the show/book) and we don't get a lot of access to her thoughts.
They are giving her a nice character arc in the new season. Margery's motivations seemingly is about being the strong central force for her family. I think her quest to be queen is not a shallow pursuit, nor a selfish ambition. I think everything she does, as most of the women in her house do, is for the good of her family. The way she meekly and faux humbly sat in front of the High Sparrow after she was freed from the dungeons, contrasted with her firm and resolute stance when she is allowed to visit her assaulted brother reveals a depth of character. Margery can play a role as is required.
It became clear to me what Margery was...she is the fulcrum of her family. She will do and say whatever she needs to for them and act however she needs to. Whilst Cersai and Catelyn do this for their children and husbands they always remain headstrong and forthright firmly rooted in their defined personality, With Catelyn being the more noble of the two. Margery does what she has to for her brother and her Grandmother and the rest of the Tyrells with her amorphous nature. She plays the cards she has and she is very good at it, being whatever actor suits the moment.
When she is comforting her brother in the jail cell, she becomes outraged that he wants to give into the Sons of the Harpy. I believe this is her truest personality: Margery is the strong one, she is the one that can compartmentalize her incarceration in order to fight another day. If Cersai became the way she is through a lifetime of hardship, its almost as if spiritually Margery is 10 steps ahead of her on the path, she was strong to begin with because she doesn't lack the intuitive insight Cersai does.
Last edited by wacey; 05-19-2016 at 08:34 PM.
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