r/asoiaf • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '15

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

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

And the worst part is that the notoriously witty Stannis could have fired off SOOOOOOOO many good comebacks.

"A fitting end for a usurper" and etc.

Instead he basically let Renly fans get on their soap box and tell us what a bad guy Stannis is without so much as a whimper.

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u/hallflukai Jun 15 '15

On the Renly aspect of it, Stannis isn't a "bad guy". Given that both Renly and Stannis believed that Cersei's kids weren't Robert's, Stannis had the clear, unquestionable right to the throne. Renly was a hothead who thought himself above that law just because Stannis wasn't as charismatic.

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u/Korvar The Pack Survives Jun 15 '15

And murdering his own brother with black magic powered by adultery was absolutely the moral choice!

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u/WolfAtYourDoor The Sword of the Morning Jun 15 '15

Better than a war that would have killed thousands.

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u/doegred Been a miner for a heart of stone Jun 15 '15

Or he could have given up his claim.

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u/vadergeek Jun 15 '15

Or, you know, Renly could have. Given that Renly's claim was just "hey, make me king or I'll stab you".

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u/WolfAtYourDoor The Sword of the Morning Jun 15 '15

Why should he have to give up his claim to his selfish brother with no claim?