I really don't understand how she is seen as sympathetic. Her "love" of her children is as self-serving as anything else she does or feels. She uses her so called love for Joffery to advance her hatred of Tyrion. She knows she will need to influence Margaery to keep influence over Tommen so she is getting a head start on that. And now that the Lannister gold is limited, and they have tapped out the Tyrells, she will need a source. So she starts to buddy up to Oberyn, bonding over love of daughters.
She is vile in print or pixels.
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