By the later seasons, Cersei is still selfish and arrogant but in a much more terrifying way. Her plan to secure her power through her children has gone off the rails (she becomes so desperate in fighting the growing power of the High Sparrow that she ends up driving poor Tommen to kill himself). Losing Tommen just about pushes her over the edge, leaving an emotionally unhinged person sitting on the Iron Throne. She struts through season seven in her new, very armor-esque outfit and cropped hair, and it almost seems like Cersei's trying to shed the pretty, feminine image she used to convey in favor of a tougher, scarier one. It's definitely freaking us out, but even as bothered as we are by where her character went, we're still not happy with how she meets her end in season eight.
