The reason behind this surprising moment Cersei 'Game of Thrones & # 39;

As Cersei says in the premiere of season 8 of "Game of Thrones": "Want a queen? Earn it. Or, you can probably just give it a minute or two.

The most confusing moment of the episode is perhaps the moment when Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbæk) finally brings the Golden Company, an army of mercenaries, to Queen Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey). In exchange for the army, Euron wants to sleep with Cersei and maybe even marry him.

Initially, she denies it and turns away, despite the protests of Euron: "I gave him justice, an army and the iron fleet. Yet she gives me no sign of affection. My heart is almost broken. "

Cersei, who is also angry that the Golden Company did not bring her elephants – she really wanted these elephants – calls him "insolent", but, after refusing his offer a few moments earlier, still takes him in his apartments.

And everyone was like, "Wait, what? Why would Cersei do this? This seems completely wrong.

Even Headey was initially opposed to the idea that Cersei was sleeping with Euron, saying to Entertainment Weekly: "I did not stop saying, she would not do it, she would not do it," and I'm not sure. tried to explain "that she would continue to fight". Producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss, however, "were confident that Cersei would do what she had to do," Headey said.

She trusted their judgment.

Asbæk told Making Game of Thrones, the backstage for the HBO show, that he was taking part in a "big discussion" with Headey and the animators of the moment. "She was like," It's … a very big thing that I sleep with this guy last season, "he added.

Of course, it is possible that Cersei is alone. Part of the reason she slept with Lancel Lannister (Eugene Simon) was because her brother and lover Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) was at war.

But his decision in season 8 is strategic.

Cersei's face says everything as she turns away from Euron and he protests. If she does not sleep with him, she may lose him.

Asbæk explained to Game of Thrones: "This is not an idiot: he also knows:" I have the Golden Company, I have the largest fleet in the world, and you have to pay. "

Did you see how empty the throne room was during the premiere of Season 8? At this point, Cersei undoubtedly tries to consolidate the few alliances that remain. Remember that this is the character behind one of the most famous phrases in the series: "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die."

She is certainly not dead yet. The theme song of Cersei would surely be Survivor of Destiny's Child. If she thinks she's stuck in a corner and could lose Euron's support, she'd take the path forward, as suggested by the showrunners.

In addition to guaranteeing allegiance, Cersei will probably take steps to protect his unborn child. In season 7, Cersei becomes pregnant again with Jaime. This is not his first rodeo. Just as she convinced the kingdom that King Robert (Mark Addy) had begotten the other children that she shared with her brother – Joffrey (Jack Gleeson), Myrcella (Nell Tiger Free) and Tommen (Dean-Charles Chapman) – sleeping with Euron could allow that she uses a similar story for her new baby "twincest".

Continuing to deny his love for Jaime could also explain Cersei's tears when Euron leaves.

"She goes to where she does not want to go, which makes her more powerful and sad because of who she is do not with, "Headey also told EW, speaking of Jaime.

There is also a darker theory behind Cersei's tears: she may have already lost the baby.

In Season 7, during the scene where Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) realizes that Cersei is pregnant, she seems to be having a glass of wine. We do not say that Westeros is at the forefront of antenatal care, but the fact that Cersei, who drinks wine like water, abstains from taking part in this meal seems to be a clue for Tyrion, that 'she is waiting.

If she drinks wine again in season 8, it could mean that she is having a miscarriage.

In the first of season 5, a young Cersei was warned by a witch that she would only have three children, all of whom would have died prematurely. "The gold will be their crown, the gold their shroud," predicts the witch. Cersei has already had three children and each of them has reached its end. If the prophecy is true, there will be no fourth.

And if Cersei does not have children to live with, you have to be wary of anyone. As Tyrion once said, "You love your children. It is your quality that redeems you.