cersei sold breaking down and being human when she confronted ellaria before poisoning her daughter, her "why'd you do that?" was so real. this scene tho, shyt was legit a no-sell for me. it's like they tried so hard to plant that seed with no real recent moments to back it up, just didn't work for me, nor did her dying with jamie. whole scene was infuriating
D&D had alot of bad writing this season but, this episode along with episode 2 was great. If you can make me feel a bit of sadness for someone that's been a complete monster the last 8 seasons, then you've done your job. I think people wanted Cersei to get a gruesome death like Joffrey or Ramsey but, a recurring theme in Cersei's story was that she was not as smart as she thought she was. She did things without thinking long term. Cersei kept provoking Dany thinking she didn't have the capability to be as ruthless as her when Dany was more ruthless than Cersei ever was. And that's why its good to me. It humanizes Cersei a bit when you realize there's a bytch out there who's crazy is way more crazy than hers Seeing Cersei up in the Red Keep, watching Dany destroying her entire city, with every building that fell, chipping away at the facade of arrogance and ruthlessness she built up over the years was masterful. By the end she had no army, no knights, was running around her kingdom with everything burning and crumbling down completely scared that death was around the next corner. When she saw Jamie she was scared as hell that it was someone from Dany's side. Had her sniveling and crying talmbout she didn't want to die, when she was with the shyts an episode ago Dany broke her down something serious It was like watching a bully get seriously hurt in a fight after they picked on the person for months. You almost feel bad for the bully because even though they started it, they didn't know the person would blow up like that on them. Having her die knowing she fukked up and knowing there was nowhere for her to go is a good death because she gets what she deserves but, somehow this scene also makes you feel sad for this monster of a person.
Also, the scene was cool because the Reynes of Castamere was playing as Cersei and Jamie died. When Tywin destroyed the Reyne family, he trapped them in the tunnels underneath their castle. They surrendered and begged for mercy but, Tywin wasn't trying to hear all that. He trapped the whole family down there and flooded the place with water until they all drowned So its poetic that Cersei and Jaime die trapped under the tunnels of King's Landing. They went out just like the Reynes. No forgiveness. No surrender. No way out. Only difference is they were buried under rocks and stone (Casterly Rock ) instead of drowning.
Another thing I like about the scene is that even though Dany "won", Cersei still won too. Because Dany had to go to such demonic levels to beat her. Dany goes down in history as the Mad Queen. She will never be loved nor will she ever have the Iron Throne in the way she wanted to have it. She's a monster to the people forever, so that's one thing Cersei can take to the grave with her.