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Originally Posted by aoFrantic
Theory: they made stannis ambiguous because in the books it was a cliffhanger like Jon.
Grrm doesn't mind some stuff of future books being spoiled, but I doubt he would want those to be exposed in the show first
can tell you this is not the case. the Stannis plot line in the show is ahead of where we last saw him in the books, and there is no way the NEXT book would end with this cliffhanger (b/c the book is barely behind)
if you care to know...