When Nick started to talk about people complaining that Cersei's less than sane behaviour in aFfC comes out of nowhere, I was like "whaaaaaat?". Even if you discount that Cersei has not been the most level-headed charecter in the previous books either, haven't you paid any notice to what happened to her prior to Feast: Her child has just died, her dad (and maybe the most influential person in her life) has just died (both murdered) and her relationship to her lover/twin Jaime has taken a really sour turn as the guy who he expected to come back to help her was not the same guy anymore. And I'm not even including the mental stress from playing the Game with very high stakes for a long time.

And people think that the drinking and insane behaviour comes out of nowhere?

still no episode 91 in the itunes store . i have no other option at the moment - so i have to wait.

but from the title alone - amin, if you record sime other time at 11-12 pm i would wasily have the chance to contribute.

I think that some people overestimate Cersei on a first read through, thinking her stronger than she is. So that when you finally get to see inside her mind and you are confronted with all teh crazies, plus, as you said, the stress that she is under from recent events that seem to have made her somewhat less stable, it can be easy to say, "OMG, she so cray."
Most people seem to miss the crazy signposts in books one to three, but then again the only POV's seeing Cersei for any decent time in book 1 are Ned and Sansa, two people she outsmarts. First impressions can be hard to shake.
Also, the next POV of her, Tyrion in book 2, still sees her as an adversary that he is constantly reacting to, so it can be easy to fall into the bias' of the POV you are reading from which are all like, Cersei is a cunning adversary.
The actual info that points to Cersei's craziness is kind of subtle, or at least more subtle than other POV's impressions of her.

The other thing is, at least for me, she suckers me in a little bit because she has valid complaints about the patriarchy. So I'm thinking, 'Yeah, it is unfair that you won't ever get to lead' and 'Oh, it did suck to be Cersei married to King Waaaaaaaaaaaaah Lyanna McMarital Rape Bartheon, First of His Name.' But she' s also a horrible person and is probably smart enough to rule. So she's been sitting around thinking she's smarter than everyone and she hasn't had to learn her limitations because she's not allowed directly into politics. It's a bad combination of arrogance and inexperience.

Complex character is complex. Good on you, George.

random question, so why is it that ashley's post count is so low. was there a reason why she hardly ever posted on the forums before?