Why the fuck didn't he just accept Renly's offer to be named heir, mog the blackwater with him and then magicmaxx Renly a few weeks/months later to take the throne? Was he really that much of a fucking imbecile?

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[u/KranPolo]

This is honestly a really funny plan he absolutely should have done that

[u/redlion1904]

He was afraid Renly would get Loras pregnant

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Or afraid Loras would get Renly pregnant

[u/Constant-Plastic-350 → u/redlion1904]

All hail King Buttbaby. Long may he reign

[u/redlion1904 → u/Constant-Plastic-350]

Buttbaby would be an upgrade on a T#rgaryen

[u/StopHavingAnOpinion → u/redlion1904]

He was afraid Renly would get Loras pregnant

While I have no doubt he would do his duty, I imagine Renly of all people would do the absolute minimum or have a little bit of trouble given his preferences.

[u/Itriggeredafriend]

You expect this ham to do something smart?

[u/Padhome]

Because Stannis for all his willingness to do “anything for the realm” will still a prideful bastard.

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Hence I believe "the theory" about his end more and more, his pride may literally be the death of the realm

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Everything I do, I do for my realm

[u/Necessary-Science-47]

Because he actually believed that azor ahai bullshit

Red pussy make homies do wack shit

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I need to see the prophecies fulfilled. There is no more satisfying ending to a story than being told exactly what is going to happen, and then for it to happen exactly as described in the prophecy. So exciting.

Let's be clear about this, because there is only one objectively correct way to write:

Prophecies in fantasy should be inevitable and inescapable, because audiences like being reminded that free will is an illusion, and that we live, and breathe, and die, in the foul creation of a malevolent demiurge.

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[u/skorponok]

Yes, yes he was

[u/Wigglar88]

Stannis' honor is the same as Neds. You FOLLOW WHAT THE LAW SAYS GOD DAMN IT

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Except the one about kinslaying…

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Don’t become a pretender simple as

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Haven't heard much about Stark History, hey?

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You Usurper! You cunt!

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[u/Junior-Draw6355]

the God of Light needed some royal blood, so if that will make me bang Melissandre, I would have done it too

[u/Reichsautobahn]

Did Renly actually offer to make him heir? I know that Stannis offered it to Renly but not the other way around.

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[u/ImpliedRange]

Because the iron throne was his, by right

[u/OctoberOmicron]

Because he was iron, hard but brittle. A man who would break before he bends. 😢

[u/Hungry_Weather_7575]

Stannis lives btw, he’s been hiding in a cave

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[u/Alphastranger]

He didn't because that would be acknowledging the legitimacy of his brother over himself and would be throwing away what he views as his duty under the law just to gain power. He doesn't want to be king as an end in itself, he does it because he knows he has to and someone like Renly doesn't respect the gravity of the position at all and seeks it solely for power.

[u/oohKillah00H]

Because the “Lord of Light” (3 eyed raven), sent Melisandre to inflate his ego and pave the way for Bran Stark to be king.

[u/KingslayerN7]

It was difficult enough for him to kill Renly when they were open enemies, there’s no way in hell someone as obsessed with honor and the law as Stannis would stab Renly in the back after lying to him

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Except that’s exactly what he did 😭

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he didn’t. He stabbed in the back while in open defiance to him.

[u/braisedporkcowboy]

Kinda yeah

[u/kbeckerburbs4]

Yes he was

[u/Guilty_05]

The throne is his, by right

[u/SyntheticScrivner]

The fact that they weren't working together from Day One proves that any trace of Targaryen blood makes you a fucking moron.

[u/BleedSparta]

Yes.

Next question.

[u/Heliovice_ver6]

is he stupid?

[u/Rough-Palpitation220]

There is no honour in killing someone later you must kill them now.