Last Sunday’s Episode of Game of Thrones “Laws of Gods and Men” featured a stirring testimonial about my favorite Baratheon brother, Stannis.
I’m still on my Game of Thrones blogging hiatus (while Season Four is ongoing), but here’s a Stannis-related post I wrote last year on my supplementary material backup blog, one of the elements packaged with my In Defense of Stannis Baratheon post.
Hope everyone is enjoying Season Four, I certainly am.
Even I'm Shocked How Long This Is
Being King Wasn’t as Awesome as Renly Imagined
No discussion of Stannis would be complete without addressing the implications of him assassinating his brother, Renly, via magic.
Stannis’ defeat of Renly was accomplished using an unconventional form of warfare, and I think it warrants a discussion, as well as comparison to other examples of unconventional warfare that are seen in Game of Thrones, but don’t seem to get the same negative associations of shadow assassin demon-babies.
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