[Everything] What would Stannis have actually done after blackwater?

The hound tells sansa that Stannis would allow his men to rape and murder her. Most of the other conversations imply that Stannis would kill everyone named Lannister, all of their former advisers, and likely Sansa as well.
I have always wondered how true this is. Stannis may be more of a soldier than a politician but he seems to have more of an understanding of politics than Robert did and certainly more than Joff.

After taking Kings Landing, he would still have to deal with the starks in the north, and whatever the Iron Islands are pulling. The last thing he would want to deal with would be an army of lannisters. He would recognize sansa as a valuable trading piece (what she was to begin with) and likey most of the lannister men as useful allies.

I think he would let Joff, Tyrion, and Cersei live in order to gain Tywin's support. Robert understood how important that was and he was a drunk idiot. Sansa would likely be kept alive in order to trade with the north, maybe for Jaime to gain more favor with Tywin and a master swordfighter back into his king's guard.

Submitted February 26, 2017 at 12:29PM by HEV_tux http://ift.tt/2mzzv4g