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Originally Posted by Sidelle
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Administrative skills aside, Stannis has embraced the dark side. It wasn't pork he and Melisandre were barbecuing on the beach at Dragonstone. It was his own men, even his brother-in-law, because they would not accept his new fanatical religious beliefs. What do you think he would do to the smallfolk if he would murder his own brother and bannermen?
Stannis is a tyrant and would probably be worse than Mad King Aerys ever was.
I strongly dislike him too. He's often described as 'fair' and 'just' but he's really just an evil, cold-hearted tyrant and no better than anyone else who would sell their souls for power. Someone who burns men alive for not converting to his new religion is not a great candidate for king of Westeros. That would not be a happy and secure realm. I think it's possible that he might actually become king at some point but I don't believe he would last very long.
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^Pretty much sums up my feelings exactly. Stannis has abilities, but he utilizes them only in his self-serving quest to attain power. And I forgot about his religious purification rituals. If he took over the kingdoms, he might immediately start a sectarian religious war... Definitely a dubious candidate for king.
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Originally Posted by Frieza_Prexus
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Renly was planning to kill Stannis. He even admitted to as much. Stannis is certainly not innocent, but with Davos around he has begun to recognize his faults (that's why he's at the wall in the first place). None of the potential leaders are perfect, and Stannis is clearly the best of the lot. Renly's death, while awful, is at least somewhat excusable. Usurping the throne is punishable by death, and in Stannis' view he is the one true king. Reasonably consistent despite a few mental backflips.
I can think of no other person alive I'd want running Westeros.
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If Davos can straighten him out, I can possibly see him becoming a decent king. I think of the potential leaders, he has the most proven managerial skills. He could definitely run the kingdoms from a bureaucratic perspective. From a moral standpoint, however, he could easily become a tyrant. He feels that his claim gives him the right to just about anything: entitlement and disdain for others rarely breeds effective rule.