as previously established by Everything I've Ever Written there is nothing i love more than reading about two people arguing for 40,000 pages. grrm has sniped my by pitting 2 of the most stubborn asoiaf characters against each other for half the asoiaf series...they are basically worldstar ultimate smackdowning each other for all of ADWD. compiled for my own enjoyment. thank you
1.
"The stones of those forts are mortared with the blood and bones of my brothers, long dead. I cannot give them to you."
"Cannot or will not?" The cords in the king's neck stood out, sharp as swords. "I offered you a name"
"I have a name, Your Grace."
"Snow. Was a name ever more ill-omened?" Stannis touched his sword hilt. "Just who do you imagine that you are?"
2.
"Don't prate your words at me." Stannis drew the blade he called Lightbringer. "Here is your sword in the darkness." Light rippled up and down the blade, now red, now yellow, now orange, painting the king's face in harsh, bright hues. "Even a green boy should be able to see that. Are you blind?"
3.
"You are bold enough, Snow, I grant you that, but you're mad if you think my men will take the black."
"They can wear any color cloak they choose, so long as they obey my officers as they would your own."
4.
"I am no lord, sire." Jon rose. "I know what you have heard. That I am a turncloak, and craven. That I slew my brother Qhorin Halfhand so the wildlings would spare my life. That I rode with Mance Rayder, and took a wildling wife."
"Aye, all that and more. You are a warg too, they say, a skinchanger who walks at night as a wolf." King Stannis had a hard smile. "How much of it is true?"
5.
Stannis gave a curt nod. "Your father was a man of honor. He was no friend to me, but I saw his worth. Your brother was a rebel and a traitor who meant to steal half my kingdom, but no man can question his courage. What of you?"
Does he want me to say I love him? Jon's voice was stiff and formal as he said, "I am a man of the Night's Watch."
6.
"Your brother was the rightful Lord of Winterfell. If he had stayed home and done his duty, instead of crowning himself and riding off to conquer the Riverlands, he might be alive today. Be that as it may. You are not Robb, no more than I am Robert."
The harsh words had blown away whatever sympathy he might have had for Stannis. "I loved my brother," Jon said.
"And I mine. Yet they were what they were, and so are we. I am the only true king in Westoros, north or south. And you are Ned Stark's bastard." Stannis studied him with those dark blue eyes. "Your father's lands are bleeding. What is needed is a Lord of Winterfell. A loyal Lord of Winterfell."
He is looking at me, Jon thought, stunned. "Winterfell is no more. Theon Greyjoy put it to the torch."
"Granite does not burn so easily," Stannis said. "I need a son of Eddard Stark to win them to my banner."
He would make me Lord of Winterfell. The wind was gusting, and Jon felt so lightheaded he was half afraid it would blow him off the Wall. "Your Grace," he said. "You forget. I am a Snow, not a Stark."
"It's you who are forgetting," King Stannis replied.
7.
"Just once you might try to give me an answer that might please me, Lord Snow," the king grumbled.
"I would hope the truth would please you, Sire."
Bonus quote from Melisandre:
The red woman walked beside Jon down the steps. "His Grace is growing fond of you."
"I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice."
1.
"The stones of those forts are mortared with the blood and bones of my brothers, long dead. I cannot give them to you."
"Cannot or will not?" The cords in the king's neck stood out, sharp as swords. "I offered you a name"
"I have a name, Your Grace."
"Snow. Was a name ever more ill-omened?" Stannis touched his sword hilt. "Just who do you imagine that you are?"
2.
"Don't prate your words at me." Stannis drew the blade he called Lightbringer. "Here is your sword in the darkness." Light rippled up and down the blade, now red, now yellow, now orange, painting the king's face in harsh, bright hues. "Even a green boy should be able to see that. Are you blind?"
3.
"You are bold enough, Snow, I grant you that, but you're mad if you think my men will take the black."
"They can wear any color cloak they choose, so long as they obey my officers as they would your own."
4.
"I am no lord, sire." Jon rose. "I know what you have heard. That I am a turncloak, and craven. That I slew my brother Qhorin Halfhand so the wildlings would spare my life. That I rode with Mance Rayder, and took a wildling wife."
"Aye, all that and more. You are a warg too, they say, a skinchanger who walks at night as a wolf." King Stannis had a hard smile. "How much of it is true?"
5.
Stannis gave a curt nod. "Your father was a man of honor. He was no friend to me, but I saw his worth. Your brother was a rebel and a traitor who meant to steal half my kingdom, but no man can question his courage. What of you?"
Does he want me to say I love him? Jon's voice was stiff and formal as he said, "I am a man of the Night's Watch."
6.
"Your brother was the rightful Lord of Winterfell. If he had stayed home and done his duty, instead of crowning himself and riding off to conquer the Riverlands, he might be alive today. Be that as it may. You are not Robb, no more than I am Robert."
The harsh words had blown away whatever sympathy he might have had for Stannis. "I loved my brother," Jon said.
"And I mine. Yet they were what they were, and so are we. I am the only true king in Westoros, north or south. And you are Ned Stark's bastard." Stannis studied him with those dark blue eyes. "Your father's lands are bleeding. What is needed is a Lord of Winterfell. A loyal Lord of Winterfell."
He is looking at me, Jon thought, stunned. "Winterfell is no more. Theon Greyjoy put it to the torch."
"Granite does not burn so easily," Stannis said. "I need a son of Eddard Stark to win them to my banner."
He would make me Lord of Winterfell. The wind was gusting, and Jon felt so lightheaded he was half afraid it would blow him off the Wall. "Your Grace," he said. "You forget. I am a Snow, not a Stark."
"It's you who are forgetting," King Stannis replied.
7.
"Just once you might try to give me an answer that might please me, Lord Snow," the king grumbled.
"I would hope the truth would please you, Sire."
Bonus quote from Melisandre:
The red woman walked beside Jon down the steps. "His Grace is growing fond of you."
"I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice."