I think the actress is doing a great job playing Cersei but making her more sympathetic is a rather significant change from the books. We'll see how it turns out.

Yup. I think Danerys is more like her brother than she would like to admit.
I liked the Spice King's take down of her.."so you have no army, no money, no idea of what's happening in your homeland, and no plans on how you're gonna rule but you want me to give you some ships for which you'll gladly pay me next Tuesday? No thanks, little lady!"

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.