The Inspiration For Cersei Lannister Actually Wasn’t Like Cersei Lannister

It’s not the most fair comparison

Ryan Fan
Frame of Reference
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6 min readOct 14, 2021

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Photo of Margaret of Anjou by Talbot Master — Public Domain

‘She-wolf of France, but worse than wolves of France,” Shakespeare once said about Margaret of Anjou in Henry VI.

Cersei Lannister was one of the most unliked characters in Game of Thrones. I liked her a lot as a character over time, but she has always…

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Ryan Fan
Frame of Reference

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