Baratheons

These characters are rude to an obnoxious extent. They are most commonly shown trying to either rule the world or change it into what they deem as appropriate. Their power is so extreme that it takes a “hero”, or a team of them, to overcome this one character in order to save the day. Imagine a regular looking person with an evil laugh, a sadistic personality, and horrible backstory. They are the masterminds behind the most complicated and vicious plots in the story and their level of power is used as a facade to hide their internal anguish. These characters are “the bad guys” so to speak. They are the marred malevolent, they are a common, if not cliche, and they are a necessity in almost every show. The marred malevolent present themselves

She is one of the most vile, inconsiderate, and cruel people on the show. Her wealth and power is almost second to none. She rules her kingdom with an iron fist and controls others, including some of her enemies, through blackmail and fear. Knowing that she wears royal clothes and sits on the iron throne helps to sate her desire for even more power. She suffered through a one-sided marriage to Robert Baratheon, a man that was constantly cheating on her, berating her, and was an overall awful human. These events, and others, caused a mental strain that was too much to bear causing parts of her psyche snap, thus becoming a character many people know and hate. She also takes out her hatred on those that caused it. For example, one of the last episodes of season six. The Grand Sparrow and his complete congregation humiliated her in front of the entire town and condemned her for the relationship with her brother which earned them a (not so pleasant) position on her bad side. Thus she decided to take her revenge in a sadistic and clever way only Cersei Lannister would deem an appropriate response...she devised the perfect plan that exploded their church and vaporized all of the people in

Why is it such a prevalent character in today’s society? Why do the creators of these popular t.v. shows and movies feel the need to represent such a character, and other people’s emotions/feelings about them, in the way that they do? The way these characters are presented simply cannot be and, factually, is not a coincidence. Their overall characteristics are not just arbitrary additions to the storyline to serve for a contradictory element to the “hero”. The depiction of the marred malevolent character, which is common to most storylines, is used as a tool to exemplify the judgemental, inconsiderate, and apathetic attitude of society when it comes to mental illness and it’s victims in order to, hopefully, spark a change of