re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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My take on Stannis is that he did cut and dry "honorable" for so long (basically up until we meet him in CoKs) that he finally just got fed up with getting the short end of the stick going that route. It's not just about getting passed over with Storm's End with him. He talks at length in CoK about Ned Stark being named Hand of the King when it should've been him as well. And that he knew Robert treated Ned as a brother far more then him or Renly. I think despite his facade that wounded him far deeper then he lets on. He honored his Gods and they gave him a cold wife, a daughter with Greyscale, and a couple of brothers who DGAF about him. They also gave him the experience of witnessing his parents smashed upon the rocks outside of Dragonstone. I don't agree with his stances but I can understand how he got down that path knowing all of that.

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