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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
I think it has more to do with some of the choreography being off due to a limited budget. If this was Ridley Scott making the seige of Jerusalem, Stannis being on the front lines would have been more believable. The way it looked in GoT was that there was almost nobody defending where Stannis was, so it looked like a sore thumb.
Anyways, they've always been telling a story of Stannis being the most stalwart person in the history of forever. He's the first to put up the ladder because he's the rightful king, not because it's smart. Also, I think their plan was foiled by the wildfire i.e. Davos and several others were meant to be the first at the wall, but Strannis realized he had to go first in order to win
I think we'd need to ask a book-reader to let us know whether the depiction of Stannis being relatively unprotected / unescorted on the battlefield was either a story or budget-driven element. Either way, I found it relatively believable.
Stannis' troops probably still had a numerical advantage after the wildfire business; they have however a decided disadvantage in terms of equipment and overall cohesion. Recall that 2/3rds of his troops had been fighting for Renly just weeks earlier. They also generally looked more scraggly / more poorly equipped than their Lannister / city watch opposition. Dunno, but it seems likely that these disarrayed troops might shit the bed in the heat of the moment in terms of keeping their king well-protected.
Besides, it looked fn cool to see Stannis trying to hold the wall on his own for a little while.
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