Stannis Baratheon's "Proudwing" Speech (ASOIAF reading)

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  • @valkyristasoiafreadings
    @valkyristasoiafreadings  Рік тому

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  • @json5467
    @json5467 2 роки тому +245

    "We all know what my brother would do. Robert would gallop up to the gates of Winterfell alone, break them with his warhammer, and ride through the rubble to slay Roose Bolton with his left hand and the Bastard with his right. I am not Robert. But we will march, and we will free Winterfell … or die in the attempt."

    • @CheeseCrumbs00
      @CheeseCrumbs00 2 роки тому +46

      "we march to victory or we march to defeat, but we go forward, only forward."

  • @davidczenner5784
    @davidczenner5784 7 років тому +538

    Stannis always fights for the imposible. Against all odds. That's why I love his character.

    • @MaxFalange
      @MaxFalange 6 років тому +5

      and he is so focus

    • @mitchellline3398
      @mitchellline3398 6 років тому +66

      Hold storms end for a year with no food
      Does it
      Take dargonstone even though you have no fleet
      Does it
      Defeat the greyjoy at naval warfare
      Does it
      Defeat an army more than twenty times your size
      Does it
      He is the Mannis

    • @jajzifcrs
      @jajzifcrs 6 років тому +11

      Thumb up... and also he is so dedicate, because, In my opinion he is a true believer, ideologist, he believes in one true absolute ultimate justice, and this world has everything but lack of that.

    • @roadkillninja
      @roadkillninja 5 років тому +13

      @@mitchellline3398 Going to have to add defeat white walker army to that list soon.

    • @Thoralmir
      @Thoralmir 5 років тому

      He lost my vote when he burned his little girl alive, only for it to amount to jack in the end.

  • @christiancristof491
    @christiancristof491 7 років тому +280

    THAT is how a King speaks.

  • @Khaled91
    @Khaled91 7 років тому +758

    Joffrey Baratheon is dead, Renly Baratheon is dead, Robb Stark is dead and Balon Greyjoy is dead. Only one from the war of the five kings is alive. Stannis! Stannis!

    • @Thoralmir
      @Thoralmir 5 років тому +4

      Not anymore!

    • @victormanyeruke9997
      @victormanyeruke9997 5 років тому +167

      @@Thoralmir show stannis doesn't count

    • @dragonnsv9710
      @dragonnsv9710 5 років тому +41

      @Max Strong A true man of culture.

    • @Chg267
      @Chg267 5 років тому +76

      @@Thoralmir show stannis is fanfiction

    • @vietucbui9550
      @vietucbui9550 5 років тому +4

      The only king who using cheatcode

  • @Isewein
    @Isewein 5 років тому +179

    Stannis is channeling Marcus Aurelius here, denying unjust gods their worship.

    • @Kunumbah1
      @Kunumbah1 3 роки тому +33

      Stannis “The Restorer of the World” Baratheon

    • @lyalllupin8789
      @lyalllupin8789 2 роки тому +5

      I read this comment a few minutes after reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and just as I had gotten to the Gods section.

  • @zosko1
    @zosko1 6 років тому +532

    You know, Stannis never actually says that he gave up Proudwing, only years later he's admitting that he thinks Robert was right. But honestly I don't think Stannis ever stopped being the guy that would raise proudwing

    • @crowseye4434
      @crowseye4434 6 років тому +84

      zosko1 this made me love the speech and the character even more. Stannis does not yield

    • @dilayaydogdu2130
      @dilayaydogdu2130 5 років тому +77

      He never yields or breaks. He's the ultimate fighter. Against all odds, against everyone.

    • @chickenman7801
      @chickenman7801 5 років тому +53

      Robert was the true steel.
      Stannis is iron. He will not bend until he breaks.
      Renly is copper. Pretty but not good for much else.

    • @chickenman7801
      @chickenman7801 5 років тому +6

      @Pneumonocolvocanomicroscopicsilicolvocano-coniosis Argue with Castle Black's smith Donal Noye, it's his quote, lol.

    • @dinominate69
      @dinominate69 4 роки тому +14

      @@chickenman7801 renly is copper because he bends easily to loras lol

  • @cathaloriordan271
    @cathaloriordan271 7 років тому +251

    The One True King.
    #thekingwhostillcared

  • @peterv1054
    @peterv1054 6 років тому +360

    I wish Stephen Dillane read this.

    • @egemenyldrm2587
      @egemenyldrm2587 6 років тому +45

      ohhhh that would be great but ı dont thınk he is aware of his fans or any of this things

    • @bakr6405
      @bakr6405 5 років тому +16

      I always read it with his voice

    • @hunbunfun132
      @hunbunfun132 4 роки тому +38

      pretty sure hes stated he did the role for money and didnt give a single iota about the show itself. Still he's pretty much Stannis in my mind.

    • @cosuinofdeath
      @cosuinofdeath 4 роки тому +9

      A. H. Hey least he’s honest

    • @zub41r75
      @zub41r75 4 роки тому +33

      @@hunbunfun132 He did it as a job first but he said he got into it and studied the part a lot. They only cut him for budget reasons and bad writing.

  • @richardcain4310
    @richardcain4310 7 років тому +292

    Well, I'm not a huge fan of the TV show because it kinda ruined the idea that I had to so many characters, but long before the TV Show was created, I always found Stannis as the King that I always imagined in my mind since I was a child.

  • @vanomzero
    @vanomzero 8 місяців тому +11

    Stannis uses his tale of the bird to describe to Davos why he thinks that it's a shame that Proudwing "never flew higher than the treetops," but in reality, that's pretty typical of goshawks. They're forest canopy hunters, never straying far beyond the edges of the forest they hunt in, never rising above the tops of trees to hunt. Goshawks are also known for being much harder to train than your typical hunting hawk or falcon.
    So in Stannis' story, he successfully trains a bird as a child that even experienced falconers would have difficulty handling, yet because of the discouragement of those around him he couldn't see the true power he held in his hands.

    • @zillagrilla315
      @zillagrilla315 3 місяці тому

      Agreed, plus it shows Stannis must important trait his kindness. Stannis may not have a good Charism/Performance score that draws in crowds put a more personal charisma. Once you see past the stoic and prickly surface you will see a man worth dying for.

  • @thanos_karagiannhs5320
    @thanos_karagiannhs5320 3 роки тому +76

    In my eyes a king does not need to be a warrior as much as he need only be a man of justice , a man of his word and a man of mental strength. Stannis is all of that and more.

  • @arthasmenethil2198
    @arthasmenethil2198 7 років тому +146

    one true king

  • @realdaggerman105
    @realdaggerman105 4 роки тому +87

    The man who tried to win the throne to save the kingdom, loses, has his beliefs and ideologies tested, meets the son of one of the few men he could fully respect, Jon Snow, son of Ned ‘The Honourable’, who gives him sage advice and teaches him to save the kingdom to win the throne.
    That is a fucking character arc, DnD, not whatever the fuck you did.

    • @bigivel
      @bigivel 4 роки тому +13

      The one that "teached" him to save the kingdom to get the kingdom was Davos, not John Snow.

    • @mattiaachille233
      @mattiaachille233 9 місяців тому +1

      @@bigivel Jon helped him by telling him how he could get the north on his side though

  • @AveTrueToCaesar8212
    @AveTrueToCaesar8212 7 років тому +82

    The One True King.
    Stannis. Stannis! STANNIS!

  • @JamesTaylor-un2th
    @JamesTaylor-un2th 5 років тому +280

    The TV show was foolish portraying stannis as a villain. Such a complex character and d n d portrayed him as the series eveil.why..for fighting for his rights..fighting for truth and justice. Robert could piss in a cup and men would call it wine..yet stannis offers them water and they spuint in suspicion and mutter about how queer it tastes

    • @josefboroff3966
      @josefboroff3966 5 років тому +43

      This was because D&D liked Renly, who was opposed to Stannis.

    • @NoxNocturnal
      @NoxNocturnal 5 років тому +2

      You spek words tru frenid

    • @fridayyb0y
      @fridayyb0y 4 роки тому +6

      stannis is the show was just a wicked and jelous uncle such a shame he is so much more in the books

    • @TrollinFromFlask
      @TrollinFromFlask 4 роки тому +1

      Most people disagree, the only thing they hate him for is his last act, and even that was done out of desperation. We watched two different shows.

    • @mynameis4632
      @mynameis4632 4 роки тому +2

      That's cuz D&D are gay lol

  • @henriquebaratheon3259
    @henriquebaratheon3259 6 років тому +258

    How can i lose something i never owned?

  • @jamiewalsh9184
    @jamiewalsh9184 Рік тому +15

    I dont believe we'll ever see the end of the story. But Stannis deserved the Iron Throne, especially book stannis. Every chapter featuring him was a pleasure

    • @GabagoolGang
      @GabagoolGang 5 місяців тому

      @fazediamond5671 would rather have nothing than a UA-camr fanfic

  • @jcwilder86
    @jcwilder86 Рік тому +4

    stannis is so unbendable i love him

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 5 років тому +19

    The Realm fills with schemers and traitors, but the One True King is coming for them all. The Baratheon words are "Ours is the Fury" I will show them...Fury BURNS

  • @UmBelenense
    @UmBelenense 5 років тому +73

    I WANT TO SEE STANNIS CONCLUSION IN BOOKAS, NOT THE CRAP ONE IN THE SHOW

  • @QartveliMamakaci2000
    @QartveliMamakaci2000 5 років тому +40

    One true King of Westeros! The King who cared! Stannis! Stannis! Stannis!

  • @patbronske22
    @patbronske22 5 років тому +17

    Stannis! Stannis! Stannis!!!

  • @easy0828
    @easy0828 Рік тому +3

    Varys and Littlefinger needed a split, war torn Westeros for their plans, so it makes sense why they both did everything in their power to stop the Mannis.

  • @deathbyseatoast8854
    @deathbyseatoast8854 3 роки тому +7

    incredible, great voice acting as well as phenomenal music choice.

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 4 роки тому +28

    Noble sir, would you narrate the Theon Chapter from Winds of Winter? To hear Stannis in such a setting would bestir the heart.

  • @bakr6405
    @bakr6405 5 років тому +13

    thought it was Stephen Dillane's voice. I always read it with his voice.

  • @tonysled6796
    @tonysled6796 3 роки тому +17

    the characterization of Stannis that states Stannis would sacrifice Shireen....that he does not deserve to be king.....that he is deranged........that he is asexual........that he does not love people......that he has no emotion. its wrong and actually the opposite.
    Stannis has given up on fear. he accepts what is given to him head on. he speaks when he means to and acts when he means to. the maturity of his stoic behaviour has been informed by suffering. Stannis has suffered and now he has risen....he has many enemies....and the friends he has given him their total effort because they confide in Stannis their humanity. Davos never betrays Stannis even when he knows hes wrong. There is no need to. He knows Stannis will hear him out until the end.
    People who kill their enemies at a distance and mischaracterize people in order to commit crimes should be afraid of this man. He's lurking and he sees them for who they are.

    • @ambience273
      @ambience273 2 роки тому

      Agree totally with you, except isn't he asexual in the books too? It is not clear to me if he has intercourse with Melisandre or not.

    • @tonysled6796
      @tonysled6796 2 роки тому +2

      @@ambience273 It is not clear. But i would say that is because of how careful he is and because of how publicly Robert had sex with people and how it got him killed. Think about it the speculation that Stannis is asexual is started by Tyrion and different information networks because Stannis literally has no weakness other than his wife is not attractive. That does not make him asexual. It means he isn't shallow or with people solely based upon their looks.....why people do not see that is beyond me. Also Stannis does not talk about his partner endlessly. That means he keeps her safe and does not broadcast anything about her. That means he cares quite a bit if he's a target....people not knowing when he and the Queen have sex is extreme care he has taken to hide his whereabouts at all times. He carefully manipulates rumours to undermine his image slightly and pays attention to people who want to capitalize off that. Thats why he respects Tyrion because he would attack his enemy similarly had he been in Tyrions shoes...

    • @tonysled6796
      @tonysled6796 2 роки тому

      @@ambience273 it would make more sense if Shireen did not exist at all. He cannot truly be asexual if he had a child. He's clearly not outwardly seeking women but he had a kid and he seems to care about Selyse's opinion enough to keep Melisandre around.

    • @ChristianAuditore14
      @ChristianAuditore14 2 роки тому

      Lmao

  • @Big_Steve11
    @Big_Steve11 5 років тому +2

    The music makes this so good

  • @funbro99
    @funbro99 Рік тому +2

    Knowing stannis...he likely never gave up on proudwing and probably ate her instead during the siege.

  • @garrettsandling1989
    @garrettsandling1989 11 місяців тому +2

    Once in a few generations you get a man like him as king. What a waste if he loses completely

  • @BFB1Mr
    @BFB1Mr 4 роки тому +5

    There is only one rightful king in Westeros and his name is Stannis Baratheon.

  • @shouryavivek9012
    @shouryavivek9012 3 роки тому +1

    THE ONE TRUE KING.... bruhhh your voice is fookin great

  • @Eddy1938-b
    @Eddy1938-b 5 років тому +11

    Imagine Stephen Dillane acting this out😍😍😍😍😍

  • @alexanderfridayeagle9146
    @alexanderfridayeagle9146 7 років тому +46

    Under what pretext of supposed copyright did they take down these videos from your previous channel?

  • @georgejosephk669
    @georgejosephk669 3 роки тому +11

    He should have name tommen instead of robb stark in the leach ritual..those who believe Joffrey and tommen to be Robert's sons would accept stannis as king if Joffrey and tommen dies without issue. Robb would bent the knee to stannis as he is the man whose claim his father supported not the man who called for his father's head

    • @chinmayamahapatra6712
      @chinmayamahapatra6712 3 місяці тому

      Stannis never punished someone without any treason. Tommen is no more than a child . Where Robb was a traitor at that time . The King is not a tyrant, he is just a man

  • @dilayaydogdu2130
    @dilayaydogdu2130 5 років тому +23

    My King.

  • @tonysled6796
    @tonysled6796 Рік тому

    and if anyone is going to be brought back to life after he dies......its Stannis

  • @barkbentley4657
    @barkbentley4657 4 місяці тому +3

    Poor young Stannis. Getting picked on by his brother for having a different species of hawk than him.
    You would think Storm's End's maester would explain to them that different types of hawks hunt at different heights. Some hawks hunt other birds while bolting through the tree branches, while some soar in the sky and spot their prey from afar.
    Poor little Stannis...😢

  • @garrettsandling1989
    @garrettsandling1989 11 місяців тому +1

    His only fault is he forgot the power is in himself. Not with her. She’s powerless without him.

  • @xxlCortez
    @xxlCortez 10 місяців тому +4

    Honestly, Robert was such a douche to Stannis his entire life.

  • @midwaygamer-ou3my
    @midwaygamer-ou3my 7 років тому +14

    Ha I just got done reading this

  • @vincentvanmeow
    @vincentvanmeow 2 роки тому +5

    I have a theory that Proudwing was some kind of warg who looked over Stannis.

  • @-MR.Nobody
    @-MR.Nobody 4 роки тому

    Like number 700, and comment number 95. How satisfying

  • @egemenyldrm2587
    @egemenyldrm2587 6 років тому +9

    Heyyy what is the name of the music??

    • @AveTrueToCaesar8212
      @AveTrueToCaesar8212 6 років тому +2

      Egemen Yıldırım
      Here it is in full mate;
      ua-cam.com/video/XR-Y9iWZurI/v-deo.html

  • @Losbil6972
    @Losbil6972 Рік тому +1

    I want Stannis to win the throne and Name Jon his heir(if we assume that Shireen will be burned) . No Aegon, No Daenerys, no Euron, No Cersei. Only these two together can make a better world.

    • @RedHairedWarlord
      @RedHairedWarlord Рік тому

      I doubt he’d name Jon his heir. Even if he has a complicated relationship with his daughter as of ADWD he stills sees her as his heir

    • @Losbil6972
      @Losbil6972 Рік тому +2

      @@RedHairedWarlord If Jon is Rhaegars son(i don't like this scenario at all, i prefer Ned being his father) If Stannis manages to win and naming Jon his heir because of his Royal blood and they are also some kind of relatives. This will never happen but this is the end i like.

  • @nathanbrown1029
    @nathanbrown1029 2 роки тому

    I love how it foreshadows how stannis doesn't care about loyalty as much as results, poor proudwing

    • @ambience273
      @ambience273 2 роки тому +10

      He made Davos his hand because he was loyal and his friend, despite Davos not giving much results at the time. Also this doesn't mean he stopped raising proudwing, or wouldn't still raise it, just that he needs a red hawk to be king.

    • @theArab__
      @theArab__ Рік тому +5

      Except the thing I like about this little speech is that Stannis never actually said he gave up on Proudwing. Because that’s the type of man Stannis is deep down. He’s stubborn. He never gives up. He bends for no one. He’s the type of man who wouldn’t give up on Proudwing deep down.

  • @auditoryminds6228
    @auditoryminds6228 7 років тому +3

    Can you make this video available for mobile devices please? Also thanks for the upload!

  • @raven4545
    @raven4545 7 років тому +11

    what is the name of the music please

    • @nermb0t836
      @nermb0t836 7 років тому +8

      Alexandre Desplat - Wong Chia Chi's Theme

    • @lastword8783
      @lastword8783 6 років тому +6

      raven4545 darude sandstorm

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 6 років тому +1

      Despacito

  • @O.G.H.
    @O.G.H. 4 роки тому +4

    He is the rightful king that's true, and I really like him and his arc, but it is only logical for the people to hate him. He is not likable, and instead of gaining the people's love and sympathy, he becomes even more bitter and frustrated. Well, Jon warned him to let the wildling have their pride, but Stannis insisted to have them bent the knee and turn away from their old gods. Then he is angered that none of them wants to fight for him, well duhh. Ned was just as dutiful, but showed kindness when there was room for it. Stannis is neither merciful nor kind.

  • @Argos-xb8ek
    @Argos-xb8ek 4 роки тому +5

    Stannis and Jon are tied in my book for the title of Edgelord of Westeros.

    • @jaimelannister1797
      @jaimelannister1797 3 роки тому +21

      What about Darkstar. He is of the night

    • @J10005
      @J10005 2 роки тому +4

      Losing your a good chunk of your family has that effect

  • @christophercolasurdo919
    @christophercolasurdo919 7 років тому +5

    Do I win a prize for being the 1000th sub lol? But in all seriousness, great work, love all the readings. Honestly if you replaced Dotrice for Winds I’d be happy.

  • @mcsroom8930
    @mcsroom8930 4 роки тому +3

    666 likes cant ruin it

  • @nicholasplesko533
    @nicholasplesko533 6 років тому +10

    The only badass southern Lord

    • @AveTrueToCaesar8212
      @AveTrueToCaesar8212 5 років тому +3

      Bronze Yohn Royce would like to know your location.

    • @cheangizzz
      @cheangizzz 4 роки тому +1

      No there's reslly more badass southron lords. A lot.

    • @Lolup-j5m
      @Lolup-j5m 9 місяців тому

      @@cheangizzzjust shut up nerd

  • @bbaker4117
    @bbaker4117 9 місяців тому

    You are no king.