Fic: Golden Child (A Song of Ice and Fire)

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Golden Child (Link goes to AO3 page.)
Characters: Cersei Lannister (POV), Myrcella Baratheon
Rating: All Audiences
Words: 2216

Summary: Cersei comes to terms with the birth of her daughter, and reassesses her goals.

Comments

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for linking your story here. This was a very astute and perspicacious look at Cersei's possible relationship with her only daughter, which more than makes up for the lack of that crucial bond in canon. I particularly like how the glimpses of her twisted mentorship with regard to Sansa pop up in your fic again, in a more subdued and kinder context, but with this subtle emphasis on Cersei teaching these young girls to manipulate feminity and the social rules of court to further their (or her) own ends.