I usually don't even like onions.

[linndechir]

So we just had this totally mad, huge discussion over at game_thrones . It was like a few hours of mad trolling and venting and raging and rambling and it was awesome. I realised that I am not the only person who thinks Stannis would be an awesome king. I'm probably still fairly alone in worshiping the very ground he walks on (well, me and Davos), but there is more Stannis love out there than I would have expected. This is good. I still don't get half the popular opinions in this fandom.

I just realised how weird an entry this is after, what, three months of nothing from me.Sorry. ASOIAF and King Stannis The Awesome have eaten my brain. That and real life being a bitch. A more normal entry might come at some point in the future. It might only consist of random fangirling and quotes, though. 'cos Stannis is the man who blessed the world with sentences like, "You chatter like magpies, and with less sense" and "The law should be made of iron, not pudding." You need to be Stannis Baratheon to say "pudding" in a terrifying way.




And to think I used to like her. Huh. But with each book I feel more and more like she should just GTFO.

Comments

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

You are all kinds of awesome for making it. we need more crazy ranting posts. I also need to repost all those crazy macros I have lying around here. And my endless connection of Stannis/Davos quotes.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

HOW DARE THEY???? What kind of frivolous community is that? I am outraged. This can only be countered with my icon of disapproval.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

There should still be a Stannis/Davos comm, though. I'm just afraid we'd be rather alone over there.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

That gif is terrifying. oo

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Om nom nom nom nom.

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

Huh Cesare Borgia *________________*.

[sentbyfools.livejournal.com]

Hello! It's been awhile, lol.

Stannis is awesome, and Stannis/Davos is canon imo. Disbelievers can gtfo.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

It has, and I've missed you, and I'm so happy you share this fandom! Yay!

Thank you for reminding me why I like you so much. :D THEY SO ARE CANON!!! Mr. "I trust none of them as I trust you" and Mr. "It is your tongue to do with as you please"

[sentbyfools.livejournal.com]

I don't really follow the comms but HOW IS THAT NOT A POPULAR OPINION? IT'S SO BLATANT EVEN MY MOTHER WHO NOTICES NOTHING WAS LIKE "SO, STANNIS AND DAVOS ARE A THING RIGHT?"

I missed you too, bb, and ASOIAF is amazing, everyone should love it.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Your mother reads those books? And she notices the big love story of Westeros? Your mother is awesome.

But, yeah, I don't get how anyone can NOT notice it. Or how, if they notice it, they can NOT care about the epic love between these two. But then again, I don't get either how anyone can NOT want Stannis on the Iron Throne and everyone else bending their knee to the most awesome king ever. People are weird like that.

I'm still only in the middle of ADWD because real life is very busy, and I want to make ADWD last instead of devouring it in two days, and because it's full of people who piss me off. But in general? Yeah, ASOIAF is amazing. Even though the fandom comes up with weird things.

[sentbyfools.livejournal.com]

I'm so far behind. I got my mother into the series so she pretty much stole the books from me while I went on a x-men: first class binge, so I have to catch up. Still on ASoS, by ADWD is staring at me, tempting me to open it.

I would love to see Stannis on the throne, but I get the feeling that no one's going to be left alive to sit the throne when GRRM's through. He seems like the type to just end with everyone dead.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay, good to know, before I spoil you.

Stannis is personality- and story-wise too much of a tragic hero to end up on top in the end. I honestly think it would be the best outcome for all of Westeros, but I doubt that this series will have a good outcome. Though I do hope more for winter coming and everyone dying rather than Daenerys saving the world with her awesomeness. *eyeroll*

[geeklee.livejournal.com]

i think dany is learning that she CANNOT do that. isn't that the point of her povs in ADWD?

as for stannis, i think you're right: he is his own worst enemy. and that's saying something since i fear melisandre will be a pretty big enemy as well! as i mentioned in my first post here, i just finished reading him. and they are in a difficult situation and stannis just doesn't address it. as if ignoring it will make it go away. i can only imagine what is going through the minds of his men.

i think his biggest problem is his lack of people skills. which makes me think that if it looks like he is even remotely close to getting the iron throne, he will be removed. don't forget, all the players are not warriors. lots of deaths in kingslanding occur without a blade.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I don't see Daenerys learning anything. Maybe she sees that she can't do that, but that doesn't keep her from thinking that she still wlil try at some point.

Melisandre IS his worst enemy, even more so than himself. I don't trust that woman as far as I could throw her.

That's why I ship King Stannis with Queen Sansa, 'cos she'd make up for his people skills. ;)

[sentbyfools.livejournal.com]

I really like Daenerys, but I so don't want her to rule over Westeros. She'd make a terrible queen - she really doesn't make very good decisions.

I like a good apocalypse, so winter coming would be awesome. :D

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I used to like her, though that has changed a lot, but she really is a terrible ruler. she might have made a good one if she had grown up among smart advisors, maybe seeing a wise king or queen rule in front of her eyes, and then had become queen at a more mature age. But as it is, I just want to take every shred of power away from that woman before she spreads more chaos and destruction around herself.

Zombies are a good end to everything.

[kyliesvillain.livejournal.com]

Omg, King Stannis The Awesome, and I always thought I was the only one. :)

"I am not without mercy," said he who was notoriously without mercy.

I have been fangirling Stannis since 1998, when the second book came out. And I always wanted him to sit on the Iron Throne after the war. So, more Stannis fangirling from you would be very much appreciated.

I don't get half the popular opinions in this fandom either, don't worry.
Thank god, there is finally more ASOIAF after 6(!) years of waiting.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

We are less alone than I thought. :D God, I adore Stannis so much it's not even healthy anymore.

Yesss, that quote. Whenever that man opens his mouth, awesomeness spills out. He says these gruff, curt sentences that are always so beautifully to the point. And his relationship with Davos is the most beautiful thing ever.

I'm a more recent fan, as I have to admit, but that doesn't lessen my love one bit. Quite the contrary actually, so there will be more fangirling. Angsting atm about whom they will cast at Stannis on the show.

I don't get the love for Daenerys. *facepalm* Or generally for the Targaryens. IT'S HOUSE "WE WILL RAIN FIRE AND DESTRUCTION DOWN UPON YOU". How is that a good thing in a ruling house? They're like the Cleganes on a throne, and I think we can all agree that would be a bad thing.

[kyliesvillain.livejournal.com]

There are so many great Stannis quotes, I know. I still remembered that one by heart. ♥

Angsting atm about whom they will cast at Stannis on the show.
I have only seen parts of the TV series but I actually liked what I saw (mostly). Especially the cast was very very good, I think. They have already decided on at least some of the season two people (Brienne IIRC) and so far it looks pretty good as well. :)

I don't get the love for Daenerys.
I always felt kind of indifferent towards her. I often tended to skip her parts when I read the books for the first time. ;) But then I love Jorah Mormont (who was - fortunately - played by Ian Glen in the TV series *drools*).

Stannis is easily the best king among all the contenders for the throne. I mean, while they are fighting each other he actually DOES something, he GOES north and SAVES the realm!

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

And then there are of course Davos's incredible quotes. <3 So much love for these two.

The show is pretty good, especially the cast (with a few exceptions). But I haven't been as concerned about as any casting as I am about Stannis's, so although I generally trust them to make the right choices, I'm afraid that I might not like the csating of my favourite character, and that'd suck. ;)

I used to like Daenerys in the very beginning, even though I thought her storyline is the weakest of all, but recently I've lost every bit of respect for her.

Yeah, the man actually knows a thing or two about duty and justice instead of just being an entitled little whiner who stands around and says "I wanna be kiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!"

[geeklee.livejournal.com]

goodness woman, don't you ever sleep?

all night chatting about all that is crazy in westeros and you're online already :) you've got the makings of warrior!

so i've just left stannis, well at least i think its stannis at the brink of battle. not sure where you are yet and don't want to spoil anything for you.

he's showing all his stannis-ness: determined, persistent. i think you will like it. but now its tyrion's pov. all sorts of ridiculousness is happening to him.

i plan on getting a great deal of reading done today. cool pic spam by the way.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

If I had house words, it would not be "we do not sow" but "we do not sleep". No, honestly, I usually get around to sleeping 4-5 hours a night, up to the point where I fall over dead and sleep for 12 hours to recharge. ;) SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!!!

The lsat ADWD chapter I read was Melisandre's, whom I still hate. I had been looking forward to her chapter, hoping that maybe I'd finally see something else in her than the bitch who will get Stannis killed, but I still hate her. *shrug* I'd love to continue reading, but I really need to get some uni work done today.

Ridiculousness seems to follow Tyrion around in this book. I don't even know what to do with that guy anymore.

Picspam? Awesome, what kind of pics?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

That was an awesome post. I feel aal CLEANSED INSIDE.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

'cos of my Stannis worship or 'cos of that awesome macro? I can't take credit for the second. ;) But thanks anyway.

And, GOD I LOVE THAT MACRO. I will be so disappointed if Sansa is not the younger, more beautiful queen while Daenerys gets eaten by Shaggydog. ;D

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I meant the game_thrones controversial opinions post. ** is sheepish ** I feel now clean and empty: "I SAID IT ALL".

But your Stannis love is willing me rapidly. I am easy like that.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay, that makes a lot more sense than my random babbling having that effect. I agree with you - I felt so much better after that Saturday night I spent yelling at people that Daenerys pisses me off and that Tyrion has started to piss me off and that Stannis should be king and that I'm gonna cut a bitch if Jon isn't Ned's son. It was like socially acceptable trolling. <3

I'm a one-man-propaganda team. ^^

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

My feelings exactly about Dany here. I still like her. I think she's doing what she can and she's quite such a strong person but sometimes I just don't see it. Her within Westeros.

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I liked her so much in GoT. She seemed strong and sensible. Then I was kinda meh about her for a while. As of ADWD I just want her to get eaten by her own dragons so I can be spared endless chapters of how awesome she supposedly is when all she does is fuck up.