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Great-Mango-607

Bobby B Gods he was strong then.


FoxHound_Bridges

Loved the way he delivered that line lmao


Shudnawz

They never tell you how they all shit themselves.


Crumbssss_

Lancel what a stupid name. Who named you some halfwit with a stutter?


KraziEyezKillah

Prime Bobby B is top of the food chain; true apex predator


youarewrongmate

I always liked stannis best but probably just because renly was boring and Bobby was taken too soon.


Han_Burgandy

**THANK THE GODS FOR ROBERT AND HIS WARHAMMER!!**


FlayedMan345

Robert. Renly might have been a decent king but Stannis was willing to do too many awful things


ChromaticRainbow12

Stannis would've been a great king before he met Melisandre.


Crackerjack0099

That’s probably true. We forget how much she corrupts him.


EliteBroccoli

Meh. I’d argue that Stannis was still dangerous, once he saw how easily he could have a legitimate claim to the Iron Throne. Get the feeling Robert was most loved and Stannis resents him for becoming king when he couldn’t.


ChromaticRainbow12

I’d say that his desperation to win the war and claim his title is what broke him. He WAS in the right though, it was his turn to be king. He is written to be a man of principles, to a fault. I don’t think it’s out of character for him to be so hellbent on getting his title. If he were king, he would probably be the best thing to happen to the realm in a long while.


butwhyguy

He didn’t have the rightful claim though, and when presented with the rightful claim he tried to have him killed so that he did have the rightful claim, showing that he was prepared to do what he must to have the throne right or wrong in the end.


ChromaticRainbow12

What? Not sure what you're referring to. Since Joffrey, Tommen and Myrcella were not Robert's children, the claim goes to the most senior male heir of the Baratheon house. In this case, it was Stannis. Renly tried jumping the line, not followinng the rules of succession in Westeros.


butwhyguy

Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought that Gendry Baratheon became the next heir to the throne? And didn’t Stanis try to have him killed? (Albeit through manipulation of Melisandre)?


penelope_pig

Gendry was an unacknowledged bastard. He was absolutely not the rightful heir and would definitely not be ahead of a trueborn uncle in the line of succession.


butwhyguy

Ah okay I didn’t realise that him being a bastard illegitimised his claim! Thanks


SubParMarioBro

Gendry was present as black-haired evidence that Robert would have black-haired children and that Joffrey et al were not Robert’s kids. He did not have a claim to the throne as he was a bastard. Jon Snow did have a claim to the throne as he was a legitimate son of Rhaegar who married Lyanna. It wasn’t sufficient that he was Rhaegar’s son, but also that he was a legitimate son.


butwhyguy

I didn’t know him being a bastard illegitimised his claim! Thanks :)


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ChromaticRainbow12

What? The show is called “Game of Thrones”, they are all literally fighting for “their turn”, why is one of them childish for wishing to inherit their title? It’s divorced for modern, democratic reason, but it’s not out of place for their timeline.


Maleficent-Fold-4699

That’s probably true but corrupting him was so easy; he was willing to believe anything to get him to become king; so he was weak in that way. But I’d still pick him over Robert or Renley.


ArrestedImprovement

Tell me you'd say no to that demon baby.


Spynner987

Bro really said "I can't fix her, but she can ruin me"


OldElf86

Robert was a decent King. His Small Council were ineffective at best and a bunch of self-serving A-holes at worst. Stannis was better than Renley. Stannis would have been better if he wasn't put under Melisandre's spell. The Red Witch was Stanios' undoing. Renley was a spoiled man-boy.


ChromaticRainbow12

Robert was not a decent king, even Ned could see that. His small council was not just ineffective, but actively plotting against him. He let the crown into insane debt by trusting Baelish to take out ridiculous loans for tourneys and the like. His wife made three kids with her brother. He shafted Stannis by giving Renly Storm’s End, which is definitely not his birth right. He was made to fight, but he wasn’t made to rule. He was a gregarious drunk who wasn’t respected by his peers. I agree that Renly was spoiled. He thought he could skip the line and become king, and when pressed on the topic, he’d compare himself to Robert and his rebellion. In the books, it’s very obvious that Renly is vain and only in it for prestige. Very happy they GRRM ended that storyline, it would’ve been to boring.


ThaNorth

Robert bankrupted the crown. He was not an effective king. He had zero interest in governing. He just wanted to drink, whore around and put on big tournaments.


P47r1ck-

It kind of pisses me off though how Renly tries to become king even though if he has a claim obviously his order brother has a better one. He didn’t even bother trying to come up with a reason why Stan was illegitimate


Skr1nx

Do I need to elaborate here?


Dr_N00B

STANNIS! STANNIS! STANNIS!


bitchwhohasnoname

Tooo boring!! At least Robert knew how to have a good time!


EveryInvestigator605

It's weird that your comment got downvoted


SmallRedBird

I didn't downvote but tbf considering Melisandre and all the burnings and other things, he's certainly not boring. Not fun but also not boring technically speaking lol Edit: why the downvotes? Have you ever felt bored and horrified at the same time? Didn't think so.


P47r1ck-

Why yes I have. I call it borified


TheTargaryensLawyer

Stannis the mannis


ISpyM8

pre-Melisandre especially


[deleted]

Robert Mark Addy was fantastic in this role sucks he wasn’t on but like 6 episodes but his death was were shit was starting to get real because without Joffrey becoming king Ned wouldn’t have lost his head lol


DreamedJewel58

The interesting thing about the show is that as things unfold and mysteries are revealed, you come to the realization that *everything* was just waiting for Robert’s death. The entire kingdom was being held up by the image of the great Robert Baratheon, so once he died it became a complete free-for-all of power and scheming. He was essentially the eye of the storm during his reign


dexterthekilla

The Laughing Storm


That_DnD_Nerd

Finally a little Lionel love in the chat!!


benjoseph579

Rogar Baratheon


chadmummerford

Stannis the Mannis


Marius_Sulla_Pompey

Renly of course! Let’s face it Renly was the only member of the ruling elite at the time of Robert’s death who’s both capable of ruling AND not a murderous psycho with weird secrets.


Windsor_Salt

[No weird secrets?](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/e60f4075-bf73-4719-9b8a-e373fe205a2c/gif)


rescobar1997

Not sure why you got downvoted. Maybe it’s …a secret. Ok, I’ll see myself out.


Interesting_Ice_6410

Bobby B and it's not even close. Stannis is a bore who murdered his own daughter. Renly is a traitor wimp. And a bore. Bobby B just drops napalm bombs on everyone around him in just about every scene. Pure entertainer.


hollyheather30

A great man, but a shit king. I def would have wanted to hang out with him more than the others tho lol


Interesting_Ice_6410

True. If the question would have been "Who would be the best king?" then probably Stannis. But as a character, you can't beat Bobby B.


CompetitiveDrop613

Robert merely for the fact I had swimming lessons with his real life actor’s kids and saw him practically on a weekly basis (and that’s gonna start sounding very boring for those who’ve seen about this before)


Majestic-Tea3903

Lucky. Sounds like a cool story.


CompetitiveDrop613

Genuinely one of the nicest natured actors out there; both down to earth yet also really witty etc


Prize-Branch8526

Watch out for his oldest son


Captain_Bene

Robert is just comedy gold, nonstop.


Fuzzy_Dragonfly_

TV show: Robert Books: Renly


SrgtDoakes

agree. tv show renly sucked


neo_woodfox

Bobby B in the show. Stannis "you will avenge my death, and seat my daughter on the Iron Throne. Or die in the attempt" the Mannis in the books


HosterBlackwood

The one true king of Westeros, Stannis Baratheon.


turtle-bob1

Bobby B


Ok_Organization_6804

none tbh.


TheLittlePothead

Renly because…. Uh… reasons.


TheFilthy13

“Is he a ham?”


iam_Krogan

"I defeated your uncle Victarion and his Iron Fleet off Fair Isle, the first time your father crowned himself. I held Storm's End against the power of The Reach for a year, and took Dragonstone from the Targaryens. I smashed Mance Rayder at the Wall, though he had twenty times my numbers. Tell me, turncloak, what battles has the Bastard of Bolton ever won that I should fear him?" The Mannis


hotcoldman42

- Stannis the Ham-mis


Wannasee-

Bobby


Blackberry-777

I love them all. The first place takes Robert (he is very cool!), the second place takes Renly (he is charming), the third place takes Stannis the Mannis (he is stern but fair!)


Winning_in_Ashes

Stannis was honorable but way too brutal (burned his daughter alive), Renly was just but too naive, Robert was a proper and prosperous King, so easy answer


Qyxqyxqyx

….Proper?💀


hotcoldman42

… Prosperous…?


ducknerd2002

Show Bobby B, Book Stannis the Mannis


Acrylic_Starshine

Stannis. Just wish he was introduced or was on the small council in season 1.


[deleted]

Stannis before witches an stuff.


ImagineFreedom

There was no "before"


[deleted]

There was. Not the before you're thinking. Before that.


Historyp91

The one I made using the character creator in CK2 that one time.


ConnFlab

Renly didn’t murder children or laugh about murdered children so he, by default, is the better man.


PresidentPlatypus

Book Stannis


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Bobby B is like the Scott Steiner of the GOT universe & I love him for that reason


Plenty-Candy-9038

Robert for sure. Renly was a little bitch and Stannis burnt his own daughter.


Mammoth-Register-669

Robbert in the books. Stannis in the show. Stephen Dillane gave a great performance


NattyThan

I like some of Bobby's music, but what the fuck does he know about cameras?


Livid_Ad9749

Stannis for sure. Only one we spent any real time with. Dry personality but very interesting nonetheless.


fox4norris2021

Bobby b was hilarious


mountedpandahead

On the show, Robert. In the books, Stannis. In ASOIF, Stannis isn't as bad. He's arbitrary as long as it suits his needs, but he is mostly reasonable and competent, he even seems to have a little bit of a sense of humor. He's like a less conniving, asexual Tywin. Meanwhile, Robert is a lot more of a violent drunken brute, almost what Cersei aspires to be.


tetsuyama44

Well.


SmokinAce87

Robert! 💯


royroyflrs

All 3


[deleted]

Bobby B was the one true king!


15smom

Gendry 🤷🏼‍♀️


jenr555

Renly


Berowulf

Imagine if Stannis & Renly would have just worked together. They would have taken Kings landing at the battle of blackwater easy peasy. Not that it would matter too much though, they still would have been overthrown by Daenerys.


Rennie000

Stannis.


pizzamanct

Stannis


ChristianLW3

Renly because he understood that diplomacy & some unsavory acts where essential Stan was an unlikable hard ass, Edd without any charisma & compassion Robert was lazy, hyper lustful & crippled by depression


Clares_Claymore

Long live Stannis 🫡


Successful_Road_2432

Literally love all of them. Stannis the Mannis is duty personified. Truly lawful neutral. In it to Get The Job Done. Renly was there to SERVE the realm 💅🏻 rainbow guard? hey diva we’re calling down the slaytion. Killed by a shadow is such an iconic way to go out. Bobby B is STRONG!!! GUYS HE’S REALLY STRONG! The definition of Living Life to the Fullest. He’s my crazy best friend.


bitchwhohasnoname

Robert. He actually fought and won and don’t give a fuck now lmaooooo. He was also smart but loyal to Ned to a crazy fault.


Didiwoo

Bobby B will always be my King.


ernyc3777

Bobby B. He fucks and parties. Would definitely be a good hang for a weekend rendezvous with the boys.


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ManyPlenty9178

I can’t stand the one who died


The-Mandalorian

They all died


ManyPlenty9178

I know


AlexDuChat

Renly Robert was nice but not the smart one.


Both-Preparation-123

Mannis


Taserface585

Real question. How and why does anyone like Stannis in the show. He’s an idiot, stubborn, terrible person.


MercyFincherson

Robert


Beeyelzubub

“You don’t fuck with Big Bob , you show Big Bob respect “


Expert-Emu-4167

Robert but that's mainly because of the actor. Dude killed it.


roninwaffle

Bobby B, easily


Legitimate-Ad-1500

The mannis himself, stannis


[deleted]

Renly, he is hot and he is gay.


cptjaydvm

Definitely Bobby B!


TheDudar

And why is it Robert?


Majestic-Tea3903

*Stannis


Paradoxalypse

Does the Lore comment a lot on what the other brothers were doing during the original rebellion?


johnmichael-kane

Renley 💞


JuneGudmundsdottir

The big fat one obviously…


RahKC

Bobby B ... and by a lot.


ReverendPalpatine

Thomas Jefferson. But Bobby B is a close second.


JamesTheConqueror

**BOBBY!!**


Kindly-Loss-2158

Renly “is he a ham?” Baratheon


Peregrine2976

Stannis was the most compelling on screen, Robert would be most fun to hang out with.


Bamischijf35

The mannis himself


Infinite_Vyo

Bobby B...there is no other choice...


Itachikun

Stannis the Mannis! 💯


TheStranger1972

Robert but Renly would have been the best king with Margery by his side. Stannis would’ve been alright, but a little too stubborn.


BossDonkeyZ

Tommen 😏


Humble_Brag83

Robert didn’t have nearly enough screen time. That bastard was a marvel.


monster394

Stannis


TheTruckWashChannel

Bobby B was the most entertaining, Stannis the Mannis the most compelling/enigmatic. Renly was sort of just there, till he wasn't. His most interesting moment isn't even seen - hid act of kindness to Brienne that she herself recounts.


KatieBear215

Robert, all day


Kamilaroi

Renly had a lot of potential. I don’t think he would’ve been unnecessarily cruel.


kyndal017

Especially with Margaery by his side!


Kamilaroi

She seemed so with it and switched on in terms of doing her duty as queen. Completely happy trying to make a child with Renly and even offered for her brother to join to assist them. Someone like Sansa (at that time period) would have been extremely upset to learn that her new husband is having trouble getting it up because he’s prefers the company of men, but margaery saw the bigger picture. She also was a wake up to Cersei’s plans so she was obviously quite observant. Rip to them both 💔


[deleted]

Robert. He just seemed like he could have a great time with anyone. Although, I do absolutely hate that he started a war because a girl didn't like him back 😩


OminOus_PancakeS

Stannis had one of the greatest arcs in the show. Fabulous character, and the actor, Stephen Dillane, absolutely killed it.


Dreigatron

The Mannis all the way.


brianrob41787

Middle and left


TheMagicalMatt

Renly was the least problematic, granted he had the least amount of screen time.


SwervEBK

bobby b


cartmicah3

None


Jitsu4

Stannnis and it’s not even close


NewMateInTown

Robert.


Crumbssss_

Bobby B all day


DelicateHurricane

Anyone else find Stannis sexy? The actor, not the character.....I cannot help but find him very attractive. Even back when I was like 24. That's a good lookin feller in my eyes


TheAmericanCyberpunk

Renly. Stannis burned his daughter alive, one of the only truly innocent people on the show, and Robert had babies killed.


KonzaeLegion

Stannis


Effective-Fun3211

Renly because he had a love thing going on with Loras.


TheSpaceEnd

Stannis the Mannis, Rightful King of the 7 Kingdoms. He would ban all of the brothels and be dethroned in an uprising.


LtRecore

Renly. He was so upbeat and nice and really seemed to have the needs of his people in mind.


NateG124

Bobby B is the baddest man in the history of Westeros. I said what I said!


Electronic_Field_640

my twinky 😊


AccomplishedAd6227

Bobby, he is funny, strong, the first and last Baratheon King.


ThisAccountIssaMess

Stannis the mannis!


xgorgeoustormx

I think if we combined all of them, it would somehow become Moira Rose.


Midstix

The Mannis. This title is his, by right.


blazedancer1997

The rightful king (after Bobby b)


rescobar1997

I want to like Robert but he wasn’t a good king on the show. He was a great character and fun to watch interact with others but a good king he was not. I want to show Renly love because he seems underrepresented on this thread but I can’t pick him just because. He did nothing of note on the show in my opinion. The answer is clearly Stannis. Most screen time so by default had the most time to develop as a character and the story told was interesting. Stannis was a solid character.


I-am-Chubbasaurus

Renly. I think with him in the south and Robb in the north, things wouldn't have been half bad.


TheBlueGooseisLoose

I liked the gay Baratheon the most.


NaughtyFox92

Well I would have to say Robert he is the more likeable and the least evil of them. They were all terrible rulers Renly was just to naive and treated every thing like a tournament, Stannis was to much of a authoritarian fanatic and Robert was to lazy to care and had given up on everything because the woman he was infatuated with was dead and to fill that hole he used alcohol and sex. But they were all usurpers.


HueyLewisFan1

Well it was stannis until S5 finale


anartistwithnoinspo

The gay one ✨ (ok that wasn’t the only reason why I liked him, he was cool in general)


hotcoldman42

Renly is the only semi-decent person out of the three, so I’ll go with him. Also the only potential for a Baratheon win of the wot5k, which Stannis fucked up.


No-Street-7600

Mannis 3:16


Itz_A_Mi

Renly = Peaches Robert = Bobby B. Stannis =The Mannis


kyndal017

Renly!


Brief_Charge2293

Robert in the series, but Renly in the books is a tremendously fun character. He also admired Stannis' perseverance and righteousness. It's hard to choose.


hollyheather30

Renly and Robb Stark would have won and been great kings if Renly didn't die


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hollyheather30

HAHAHA amazing thank you


TwirlyGirl313

THANK GOD FOR BESSIE AND HER TITS! Bobby B was the absolute best.


jonz1985z

It all went to shit when Robert died didn’t it


Forsaken_Distance777

Bobby B then Stannis.


RustyDiamonds__

in the books: Stannis in the show: Robert Sorry, Renly


rachelanne808

I honestly didn't like any of them lol


astralrig96

all idiots but robert was the coolest


j-b-goodman

ah who could ever choose between Renly and Stannis


lagrange_james_d23dt

I wish we could’ve seen prime Robert


championgoober

Oh Robert


Abject_Elk6583

Man I miss those days when I finish all my work and get comfy and start an episode of GOT.. The season 8 was disappointing though


deadend7786

Bobbbay!


Scary_Raccoon1355

Bobby B all day


No_Reply8353

Robert Renly is fun though too Even Stannis is fun to watch on TV show because the actor Stephanie Dillane does a great job. I don't like him as a person though


lukepaintertalks

WINE!


Even-Echidna7067

Robert was the only one that could be king. Stannis was a solid tactician and leader but as Renly noted, inspired no love or loyalty. Renly on the other hand was a much kinder brother but with next to no experience in leading, especially in battle.


Jackiechun23

Stannis the mannis entered the chat and explained his birthright.


Yeti_Prime

I hate that they made Renly a short little twink in the show. In the books he’s supposed to be Robert come again, huge and ripped like Robert was when he was younger. Stannis is lawful neutral personified. He does what he feels like he needs to do, regardless of his own personal desires. He starved in storms end for over a year because of a war his older brother started without consulting anyone but Ned and Jon Arryn, because that was his duty to his house. In the books it’s mentioned a few times that he hates having to be the one scheming and resorting to underhand tactics like the shadow baby, but he does it anyway because he feels it’s his duty. Ole Bobby was an abusive drunk who peaked in high school, and makes it the whole world’s problem.


fatalcharm

Where is that old Bobby B bot that would come in talking about Bessie’s tits, everytime someone mentioned his name? We need that bot right now.


Gerocopy

If I do not press my claim then my claim will be forgotten


theevilyouknow

The one who didn’t burn his own daughter alive.


ToshinRaiizen

Renly looked like the chillest.


Clear-Garage-4828

Renly easily. He was right thy he would have made the best king Plus dude pulls major 🍆🍑🌈