I'm afraid you're right :/ For sure we won't see them in The Pointy End, as it is a GRRM episode (right?) and he wouldn't take any creative liberties with his own writing. You'd think that HBO would try to recap the major S2 pretenders in the finale, so maybe we would get a glimpse of Renly and Loras in Highgarden!

GAH, NED, I LOVE YOU BUT LOOK AT YOUR LIFE, LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES. Tbh I gave Catelyn's POV a lot of side-eye in A Clash of Kings when she blamed Renly for deserting Ned and ultimately, Ned's death. Renly just gave up trying to save Ned from himself! I always feel that the narrator's eye on Renly is a little judgy; it's the show that has turned him into a far more engaging and current character, a politician rather than a party boy.

WANT MOAR SCREENTIME. This is going to be a long wait.