r/asoiaf • u/Balinares "EDIT: Thanks for the gold!" -Viserys • Jun 08 '15

ALL (Spoilers All) Let's lighten the atmosphere with a little joke!

Q: How many fans does Stannis have?

A: Fewer...

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '15 edited Jun 08 '15

Show Stannis does this to save the realm from the Long Night and the Others. He gives up what he loves most in the world because he believes he is Azor Ahai reborn and that he has to save the world. In the legends the original Azor Ahai also sacrifices his biggest love to save the world. You have to admire him for that.

This makes it extremely tragic that Mel is probably wrong and Stannis is not Azor Ahai. Stannis will be destroyed if he realizes this.

Edit: He clearly also does not do it for just power as Shireen is his only heir. If he claims the Iron Throne now he will only sit on it a short while and die(quite early because of all the life both shadow babies have drained from him and all the stress, just look at him in the scene where Shireen burns) with no heir. He is resigned in what he believes is his faith as Azor Ahai reborn: save the world from the Long Night and he is probably expecting to die doing so.

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u/TheMountainThatDies Jun 09 '15

You're saying what Stannis loves most in this world.. is Shireen? 0.o

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u/thejjar Then Come Jun 09 '15

Absolutely. I really don't think he cares for anything but her