White worships order, to the point of entropy and stagnation. Yeah, as you may have gathered I’m not a fan of Stannis. His vision is myopic: it discards subtlety for absolutes, thought for dogma and insight for blind faith in the law. Stannis practices a strange blend of reverence for the law, while disregarding the morality behind them. In the same way that Black mana all but worships the ego and primacy of self, White mana puts hierarchy and precedent on a pedestal. Stannis and the more fringe elements of White mana are, to put it concisely, extremists. Without Davos Seaworth and Melisandre to win people to his side/smooth over rough patches, Stannis would be dead in the water. This sort of absolutism makes Stannis a terrible diplomat. Naturally, this approach when you have the smallest army and lowest amount of gold in the Seven Kingdoms will net you many enemies and few friends. He believes that making concessions is weakness, and takes a Manichean world view. Stannis cares about the letter and spirit of the law, but not it’s morals.
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