Cersei sees herself as a female version of Tywin and feels personally slighted when people fail to obey her the way they obeyed him. Tyrion punctures this fantasy by pointing out she's not nearly as smart as she believes. Her entire arc can be read as someone trying to inherit an identity rather than earn authority — wielding Tywin's name without Tywin's competence.
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