Effects of Steffon and Cassandra's death on their children

[Terrorthatflapsinthenight9]

What do you think was the impact of Steffon and Cassandra Baratheon's deaths in a shipwreck on their children Robert, Stannis and Renly ? 

What should or could have been the direct or indirect consequences on Robert, Stannis and Renly's psyche and later paths in their lives and family relations ? 

How much do you imagine that each suffered, directly or indirectly, from their parents' tragic deaths, especially for Robert and Stannis who saw it happen with their own eyes ?

[frenin]

5 hours ago, Terrorthatflapsinthenight9 said:

What do you think was the impact of Steffon and Cassandra Baratheon's deaths in a shipwreck on their children Robert, Stannis and Renly ? 

Trauma and desunion. Renly especially grew up with no other father figure than Robert, which is pretty bad.

Robert seemed a checked out brother and things didn't go better once he gained the Throne.

 

 

5 hours ago, Terrorthatflapsinthenight9 said:

What should or could have been the direct or indirect consequences on Robert, Stannis and Renly's psyche and later paths in their lives and family relations ?

Renly grew up to emulate Robert, we know how that went.

Stannis's Stannis.

 

 

5 hours ago, Terrorthatflapsinthenight9 said:

How much do you imagine that each suffered, directly or indirectly

As much as anyone can suffer when seeing one's parents drown to death.

[Canon Claude]

Seeing his parents die like that turned Stannis into an atheist, but I think he was always going to be a rigid and socially awkward man who preferred focusing on duty rather than pleasure.

Robert clearly shows signs that he buries his grief and emotions in hedonism, and I think it started with his parents dying. It explains why he’s so attached to Ned and Jon Arryn. It even explains why he hates Stannis and keeps him at arm’s length. Stannis was with him when their parents died. He’s a walking reminder of that day, on top of being his exact opposite in almost every way.

[frenin]

12 minutes ago, Canon Claude said:

It even explains why he hates Stannis and keeps him at arm’s length.

Hmmm. Robert doesn't hate Stannis lol. You need to care for someone to actually hate them. I don't think that neither Renly not Robert ever cared enough to hate him, Stannis had nothing they couldn't possess, they had nothing to envy him for. 

 

13 minutes ago, Canon Claude said:

Stannis and keeps him at arm’s length. Stannis was with him when their parents died. He’s a walking reminder of that day

Bunch of people were with him that day, Cressen was with him. Hell Patchface survived the shipwreck and no one didn't get rid of him.

 

 

[Canon Claude]

25 minutes ago, frenin said:

Bunch of people were with him that day, Cressen was with him. Hell Patchface survived the shipwreck and no one didn't get rid of him.

When did Robert ever share a room with either of those characters? They’re both with Stannis on Dragonstone, out of sight and thus out of robert’s mind.

[frenin]

26 minutes ago, Canon Claude said:

When did Robert ever share a room with either of those characters? They’re both with Stannis on Dragonstone, out of sight and thus out of robert’s mind.

For three years he had to share a room with them. And whereas Cressen has things to say about Robert, he not once notes that Robert started to be colder, angrier at him or that he wanted to keep his distance. They would have seen each other at times in the decade and a half after his ascension too.

The only reason they are with Stannis is because Stannis would rather it that way, apart from the fact that Cressen thought that Stannis needed him more than either of his siblings, more than an infant Renly...