Being a monarch is no easy thing.

Apart from that, they hardly have anything in common as characters.

While Rhaenyra is warm and likable, Stannis is cold and prudish.

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Rhaenyra, the Queen in Dragonstone

“When dragons flew to war, everything burned.

I do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone.”

Stephen Dilane as Stannis Baratheon sitting in his tent in Game of Thrones

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Emma D’Arcy as the newly crowned Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon

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