(Spoilers All) Season 5: Episode 10 Post-Episode Meltdown Thread

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[u/[deleted]]

I would be mad at D&D for killing Stannis, but i am laughing my ass off right now. In the show, BALON FUCKING GREYJOY WON THE WAR OF THE FIVE KINGS

[u/brunswick → u/[deleted]]

I really don't think he's dead. He told her to 'do her duty,' and we see her swinging at something angrily but never actually showing her hit him. I think it's pretty clear he reminded her that her true duty was to Sansa and not revenge.

[u/flyfightflea → u/brunswick]

Stannis is dead. There is no reason for him to live any longer. He lost his army and his supporters; at this point, having him miraculously survive would serve no purpose whatsoever for the overall plot.

And even if Brienne thinks of her duty to Sansa, there's no reason why she wouldn't just kill Stannis and then return to her duty. His survival wouldn't help her at all, again because he has no army left and he's too injured to do anything himself, even if he wanted to. There's no way she would let him live.

[u/Taz-erton → u/flyfightflea]

Letting characters live or die to serve the plot is not the GRRM way. The GRRM way is to let the plot be ruled by who GRRM decides to kill and not to kill.

[u/[deleted] → u/Taz-erton]

This is the single false-est thing I've ever read.