From the beginning when he seemed like one of the family and Rob threw out a comment "its not your house" and you could see the hurt on his face. To when hes by Robs side in the war, to almost sending a letter of warning to Rob. Then taking Winterfell, which again you can see on his face how conflicted he is at times with that choice. Then he stops the hunt for Bran and Rickon. These arent the actions of a man who is sure of the path he chose.
When Theon is in the tunnel with Ramsey Bolton, before he realizes hes been tricked, hes talking of all the wrong choices he made, all to impress his father, he says one line that gave me hope for his characters redemption. "My real father lost his head at Kings Landing" hearing that brought tears to my eyes. He was so lost and so confused that he almost completely forgot who he was truly raised to be.
Ramsey may have broken him for a time but I think when Sansa came back she helped him remember who his family truly was and where his loyalty should be.
I feel like too many people just straight up hate on him, or think he was a coward. I believe after watching his brothers die, then his father giving him away, being taken to a strange place and raised by people so different from his own traumatized him a bit. And part of him stayed that scared confused boy for a long time. Again Sansa I believe played a huge role in healing that part of him. And he in turn helped her learn to trust people again.
And in the end he leaves his blood sister to go fight for his true family at his real home, Winterfell. His last moments with Bran are hauntingly bitternsweet. Sansas tears as she places the wolf pin on his chest are heartbreaking.
To sum up, cause boy I rambled, I think Theon Greyjoy is one of the most complicated characters on the show and deserves more appreciation than he gets.
Submitted November 30, 2020 at 07:57PM by vettechrockstar86 https://ift.tt/2Vhva9g
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