Post by stdaga on Feb 10, 2018 17:31:58 GMT
I skimmed your post last night at work and this got me very excited!
Over to the tinfoil workshop!
Renly had been a boy of eight when Robert won the throne, but he had grown into a man so like his brother that Ned found it disconcerting. Whenever he saw him, it was as if the years had slipped away and Robert stood before him, fresh from his victory on the Trident.
"I see you have arrived safely, Lord Stark," Renly said.
"And you as well," Ned replied. "You must forgive me, but sometimes you look the very image of your brother Robert."
"A poor copy," Renly said with a shrug.
"I see you have arrived safely, Lord Stark," Renly said.
"And you as well," Ned replied. "You must forgive me, but sometimes you look the very image of your brother Robert."
"A poor copy," Renly said with a shrug.
Renly is secretly Robert's son!
Robert was about 15 when Renly was born, so I guess his parents could have taken the blame. Two of the brothers have names that start with «R» while Stannis' does not and is also very unlike his brothers both in looks and personality. Not saying Renly is a copy of Robert in personality as well, but they do have more in common than with Stannis.
Just something I've been playing with in my mind for a bit, mostly based on his looks to be honest. It would make some sense of him wanting Robert's crown after his death, though. Bastardy be damned.
I was so excited to see this, because I think a couple of Robert's bastards are hanging out in plain site in this story. Renly is one that I suspect, and another is Breinne, but I won't derail with that tinfoil. Or I will try not too!
As a matter of fact, instead of derailing this thread completely, I will put all of my nonsense in a thread of it's own.
I want to split this up into two parts:
Robert and Renly and their similarities, and
That darn peach and what it might be trying to tell us.
And a big thanks to shymaid for the inspiration to put all my wild idea's down in one spot.