 |
| Theon's spirit animal: the nutria. This is a capybara, but close enough. |
| Photo: Lucie Hošová |
Theon Greyjoy
Old Reeky McKilljoy. Even when Ramsay Bolton was hacking bits off of him, it was hard to generate much sympathy for Theon, so loathsome is he. Theon's not evil exactly as much he just always makes the (often obviously) wrong decision (for evil cf. Ramsay Bolton). I actually sided with Theon once when he came back and saved Robb and Bran from the Wildlings. Robb was a total douche in that instant. Theon's one undeniable talent is as an archer (recall him nonchalantly shooting down Frey ravens on the wing), so the notion that Theon would have "accidentally" shot Bran when he had a clean shot at close range was almost worthy of getting Robb's ungrateful outburst put on the GoT WTF page.
As bad as Theon has been, he's been slowly coming around and at least is aware that he's done some sketchy things, especially his killing and burning the two orphan boys in Bran and Rickon's stead. Once profoundly self-centered, he's increasingly suppressing his self for others, as when he supports Yara's claim to the throne and fights to rally Yara's men to and save her.
Yet, for all of the hints that the good may come out, Theon can never quite seem to get the redemption thing down. I expect him to redeem himself just enough in the end to survive, but he's still Theon Greyjoy with a little stench of Reek about him and he'll have to live with that.
A summary of all original and current predictions with pointers can be found at the WBC Prediction Status page.
No comments:
Post a Comment