Game Of Thrones: 8 Clues For How It Will (And Won't) End
7. Will The Lannisters Pay Their Debts?
Lena Heady confessed in an interview last year that she doesn’t expect Cersei to remain queen for too long, calling her reign "a moment of punctuation in the madness". It seems clear her machinations will result in her downfall early in season eight to allow a united front against the doom coming from the north.
Most fans seem obsessed with the outcome of the prophecy detailing who Cersei would marry and the fates of her children. It concluded by foretelling her death at the hands of “the valonqar”, or ‘little brother’.
Unfortunately, the speculation confuses the plot of the books with the plot of the show - and as mentioned, that’s a schoolboy error. The valonqar part of Cersei’s prophecy isn’t mentioned in Game Of Thrones; her death could come from any direction.
Some fans are convinced it will be Jamie, but that stems far more from the 'valonqar' red herring than anything in the character. Jaime may have finally abandoned her, but realistically, he could no more bring himself to kill Cersei than she could bring herself to have him killed in the season seven finale. It's more fitting for the twins to perish together - perhaps as she immolates them and their unborn child in wildfire, defiant to the last.
As for Tyrion? There’s no mileage in a heroic death here; the character has too much pathos to him. Alone, the last of the Lannisters, Tyrion will live to remain Hand to whoever takes the Iron Throne.