Speaking of languishing plot lines, we also get a cursory scene between Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre.

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When Stannis arrives, Tyrion, Bronn, Joffrey, the Hound, plus an entire army are on the city wall, waiting for them.

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And Tyrion, you may not be singing such a self-confident tune with Renly to the left of you and Stannis to the right.

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Beyond his charm, however, Renly is little more than another threat to the Lannisters in the books, and to his ambitious, and far less likable brother Stannis.

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When he arrives, Stannis is wordless, but Melisandra taunts him.

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Stannis Baratheon rejects Joffrey's legitimacy and aligns with a powerful priestess to raise a naval attack while his brother Renly has maintained his own claim since fleeing King's Landing.

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Stannis has him arrested.

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