Señor de la Tormenta 2 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Kind of frightening... isnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sordelor Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratchild Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I don'y want to imagine how difficult,drab and hard life would be with her as the Queen.Not only by destroying the other religions but she does not strike me as a person who would be into the arts/education/etc or of helping the smallfolk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davos's Missing Fingers Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 This thought displeases me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrich Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Still better than Cersei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion of the West Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Why is is particularly frightening? They've managed to have Cersei, Joffrey and Aerys and more. I don't think that Selyse will managed to top any of them no matter how hard she tries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratchild Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 While all three prior rulers were horrible rulers/people, they did not try to destroy the seven or the old gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatty Duelist Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 One shudders at the thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Still better than CerseiSelyse is just about as cruel as Cersei, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sordelor Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 At least then they'll be close to this: http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/97046-axell-florent-the-true-faustian-character-of-asoiaf/?hl=%2Baxell%2C+%2Bflorent%2C+%2Bfaustian%2C+%2Bcharacter :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minstral Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Why is is particularly frightening? They've managed to have Cersei, Joffrey and Aerys and more. I don't think that Selyse will managed to top any of them no matter how hard she tries. Uhhhhhhh While all three prior rulers were horrible rulers/people, they did not try to destroy the seven or the old gods. :agree: There is even more room for rebellion than the other monarchs managed to ferment, and that is saying something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrich Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Selyse is just about as cruel as Cersei, imo. I honestly don't think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davos's Missing Fingers Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Why is is particularly frightening? They've managed to have Cersei, Joffrey and Aerys and more. I don't think that Selyse will managed to top any of them no matter how hard she tries. Based on how she treats the Night's Watch while at Castle Black, I think we can safely assume that Selyse wouldn't be doing much for the common folk (as mentioned above). She isn't as inherently cruel as Cersei, but I also think she is a lot stupider (and you won't find someone who thinks less of Cersei's intelligence than me). To be totally honest, I kind of think of Selyse as what Sansa was groomed to be: obedient to her lord husband, relatively unaware of what goes on around her, and designed to charm other nobles. There's no denying she's loyal to Stannis, even if he is basically done with her. She seems largely clueless as to the overall scope of things, basically just repeating what Melisandre says. And for the third point, maybe living on Dragonstone, not bearing any sons, and having a daughter afflicted with greyscale has made her miserable. It wouldn't be the first example we have of a high born lady no longer being happy. However, the biggest problem with Selyse on the Iron Throne is her total devotion to R'hllor. Thoros was sent to Westeros to try to preach the teachings of R'hllor and didn't get very far. Even Davos, her husband's own Hand, doesn't buy into the preachings, even if he does see the power Melisandre exhibits. How would she get the seven kingdoms to believe in a new god that's totally foreign to them? At least Cersei showed an ability (during the Battle of the Blackwater) to sup with highborns and allow them to go pray to the Seven. Selyse would command nightly fires and likely sacrifices. I don't think she'd last very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great and Mighty Poo Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Still better than CerseiYou know I don't think I can agree she's a crazy fanatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrich Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 You know I don't think I can agree she's a crazy fanatic. She still wouldn't go as far as causing the biggest war Westeros has seen in a long time, between most of the Great Houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 She still wouldn't go as far as causing the biggest war Westeros has seen in a long time, between most of the Great Houses.Sure she would. What do you think she'd do if people refused to convert to R'hllor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great and Mighty Poo Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 She still wouldn't go as far as causing the biggest war Westeros has seen in a long time, between most of the Great Houses.A no she will cause a holy war. The seven has a fanatic leader now too. Soon the people loyal to the crown would convert or at least pretend to ie wildlings entering castle black. The seven would go ape shit. May even go hey while we are at it Lets get rid of the old Gods too. Ie the holy wars in our history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrich Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Sure she would. What do you think she'd do if people refused to convert to R'hllor? A no she will cause a holy war. The seven has a fanatic leader now too. Soon the people loyal to the crown would convert or at least pretend to ie wildlings entering castle black. The seven would go ape shit. May even go hey while we are at it Lets get rid of the old Gods too. Ie the holy wars in our history. Stannis would never leave military power in her hands, even if he died. She might want to do it, but she never would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Raven Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 The Seven have a devout leader, fanatical followers that are growing in number every day, and now an army. Selyse isn't going to get far in her conversion attempts (which will be forced and bloody). Even the Targaryens with their dragons had to convert to the Seven to appease their new subjects. Nope, if Selyse gets near King's Landing there will be a holy war Selyse will probably lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great and Mighty Poo Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 The Seven have a devout leader, fanatical followers that are growing in number every day, and now an army. Selyse isn't going to get far in her conversion attempts (which will be forced and bloody). Even the Targaryens with their dragons had to convert to the Seven to appease their new subjects. Nope, if Selyse gets near King's Landing there will be a holy war Selyse will probably lose. Stannis would never leave military power in her hands, even if he died. She might want to do it, but she never would.Was the OP even read here? This is a hypothetical question on if Selyse was in power. So in that case your point is invalid and I still stand by Nic and myself's thought on what would happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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