[Boaz]

HJ, that's the $60,000 question. We know that Stannis is not Azor Ahai reborn, why does she not see this? Or does she? If she does, then she has serious hidden agendas that we are not yet privy to and this heightens my tension.

Did I use the word perfect? Maybe I did... I'm too lazy to look it up. From my perspective, neither Arianne, Oberyn, Daenerys, Jon, Robb, nor Catelyn have suffered limb amputation, cannibalization, or being turned into barbeque. Oh they have emotional troubles... Boo hoo, my father, Lord Eddard, raised me with the finest education and training in the entire country, but he never legitimized me... Boo hoo, my father, Prince Doran, gave me everything I ever wanted, but he never told me he loved me more than my brother... Cry me a river.

I've said it before, I think that GRRM has done an admirable job by developing characters that we either love, hate, admire, despise, respect, or deride.