25 reasons we love Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones

A knack for a good revenge plot

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Cersei doesn’t always follow through on her threats, but when she does, she goes for it wholeheartedly. Case in point: remember Septa Unella, who poured water on the floor, yelled “Shame!” and rang a bell in some serious real-world meme material during the walk to the Red Keep, and generally made Cersei angry?

It may have taken her a whole season, but she made sure that Unella paid for all of these grievous insults.

You pour water on the floor so she has to lick it up? Cersei pours wine on your face instead, in what our sister site, Winter is Coming, dubbed “wineboarding.” (More wine!)

You talk about the gods? Cersei introduces you to your new god: Ser Robert Strong, who probably counts as an abomination, since he probably should have died.

You shame Cersei? She shames you right back by locking you in a cell and leaving you with the aforementioned Robert Strong.

Talk about remembering slights and turning them around. She may not have the poetic talents for insults like her brother Tyrion, but she certainly knows how to deliver some poetic justice of her own.