if you cannot understand both sides of the literary messages behind this scene than you need to relearn what character arcs and perspectives are.

It rapidly furthers the decay of their relationship and the story line as needed for tv pacing

frustrationrejection and grievance can combine into a powerful demon when met with a man who was taught to suppress his emotion.

…but he does do it…in the book as well as the show…

Just progressing it quicker than the book

…It shows that he no longer cares for Cersei in the same way andblames her heavily. It also serves to show just how fast Cersei's world has deteriorated. Everything she held dear is now dead. Even her love for Jamie. Now her decline will begin.

Further the character arcs quicker, yes Jamie is scorned and unrepetent toward Cersei, but I believe it was more to show how fast her world has fallen apart. She has lost her son, her queen hood and most important of all, the love of the man who would once kill a child and start a war for her.

Also serves to take the one thing from Cersei that she believed she could still control. The man who would once kill a child for her has become scorned by and shown hatred towards her. Her son, her love, her world has come down. Now you will see the decline of Cersei…also more rapid than the book…

Guarantee you she did not. Just excerpts to further her argument…Just like many religious types do with their books

The relationships change in the book as well, just more rapidly in the show, as needed.

because it is easier to write an article that gains niche support on this topic. duhhhh

The idea is clear if you meet it with a level head not with your mind already made up. The initial scene you spoke of served to seperate her from the innocense of her fantasy of returning to her kingdom and initiates the hard journey she will have to face. The second serves as a way to more rapidly deteriorate the…