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tags: #i like ur face #Stannis Baratheon #Stephen Dillane #Second SOns

tags: #Stannis Baratheon #Stannis has feels

vikingbitch asked: "So what's up with Stannis being excluded from so much of the season 3 promo materials? He's one of my favorites and it's a little disappointing. :/"

My only guess would be that he isn’t considered as popular with your average viewer. Networks tend to look at popularity and focus groups and junk like that when it comes to assessing promotional ideas and material. The Hound for example has always been very popular with most of the fanbase, while Stannis is more polarizing and meant to be a less charismatic figure. I love Stephen Dillane, so I do wish we were seeing more of him.

tags: #Robert's Rebellion #Robert Baratheon #Stannis Baratheon #histories

morsmordre-x:

History and Lore of Westeros - Robert’s Rebellion (told by Stannis Baratheon)

My brother, Robert Baratheon had raised the banners of Storm’s End, our ancestral castle, against the Mad King, Aerys. Jon Arryn of the Vale and Eddard Stark of the North stood with him, and Hoster Tully of the Riverlands would join. But their lands were far from ours, and separated by the combined strength of the West, the Reach, and King’s Landing itself. Even Robert’s own lords were against him. It was the hardest choice I’ve ever made. My brother or my king. Blood or honour. Aerys ruled by right of all the lords in Westeros. Everyone knew the price of defiance, but there are deeper, older laws. The younger brothers bows before the elder. I followed Robert.

tags: #maester cressen #stannis baratheon #a clash of kings

fearbreeze:

|GoT MEME| Five Deaths [2/5] - Maester Cressen

“…Stannis, my lord, my sad sullen boy, son I never had, you must not do this, don’t you know how I have cared for you, lived for you, loved you despite it all? Yes, loved you, better than Robert even, or Renly, for you were the one unloved, the one who needed me most…”

         “…No, the old maester thought, this is not you, not your way, you were always just, always hard yet never cruel, never, you did not understand mockery, no more than you understood laughter…”

         “…And I will serve you to the last,
                                            my sweet lord,
                                 my poor lonely son,
                       Cressen thought, for suddenly he saw the way.”

                      — Prologue; A Clash of Kings

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beximilian:

Sexy-ass scruff Stannis is still Sad Stannis

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cory-lee-hill asked: "Yeah but while Stannis was always serious a big part of his coldness comes from watching his parents die. Also Robert coul be quite charming and kind, it's not clear when the more unpleasent over-indulgent parts of his personality came out, it may have come from having so much power so young. I would say Stannis's love for his parents, Stannis who isn't good at expressing feelings mind you, indicates Steffon and Cassana weren't bad parents or people."

I went back and reread the prologue from ACOK last night, and it mentions Steffon wanting to bring back Patchface the fool because it might make him laugh more. So it does seem like Stannis was on the quiet and less responsive side even as a child. Loving their parents doesn’t necessarily mean parents were good at it, but in this case, it seems like they cared enough to try and make kid-Stannis happy so I guess they were alright. :)