The other two stated prophecies in the episode were whether she would ever be Queen, which she currently is, and if she would marry Prince Rhaegar, the then-current heir to the Iron Throne (she was told no, she’d marry a king). She was further told she’d be brought down by a ‘younger and more beautiful queen.’
While that caused her to treat Sansa (Sophie Turner) and later her son’s wife, Margaery, horribly, out of fear, it may have been a reference to Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) instead.
Now, does ‘brought down’ mean unseated or killed? The writers may have wanted to leave the latter option open to them because, in the books, there was more to the prophecy.
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In the books by George R.R. Martin, Cersei was told that she would essentially be killed by a younger brother, which could, of course, be Jaime or Tyrion, either being poetic justice in its own way. But as some on the Internet have countered, Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbæk) is also a younger brother.
But again, the writers did not include that in the TV version. Were they wanting to focus on Dany possibly serving Cersei her ultimate justice? That doesn’t seem very fulfilling to viewers. Euron getting the pleasure wouldn’t either. For that, it would have to be one of her brothers.
While Tyrion doing it would be great for those Tyrion-lovers out there but it might be the final touch for Jaime’s hero’s journey — to kill his sister to save someone else. Will it happen? Guess we’ll have to watch to find out.
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