‘We’ve had vicious kings and we’ve had idiot kings but I don’t know that we’ve ever had a vicious, idiot king.’Īs Game of Thrones continues so it becomes increasingly obvious that the characters are divided between those who understand the true cost of war – Robb, Catelyn, Arya, Tyrion, Tywin – and those who still see it as a game: chief among them Theon, Cersei and Joffrey. Unlike his former best friend Robb, he’s still a boy playing at war. Like the scaling of Winterfell itself, it was an ill-thought-out scheme fuelled by bravado and a continued desire to prove himself a man. Sometimes you’re just the poor sap who ends up in the wrong – a fact born out by Theon’s foolish, but entirely in character decision to sleep with Osha. Not everybody gets to be a hero and not every villain starts out with bad intentions. That’s not to say that he shouldn’t pay the price more that his tale is fascinating because it’s the story of how one error of judgment begets another until all you can do is assume the role of bad guy. A serious of disastrous decisions, born out of feelings of inadequacy and a desire to prove himself, essentially culminated in one terrible moment where Theon was damned if he did, and damned if he didn’t. One of the most interesting things about Game of Thrones is that it isn’t simply a story of upright good guys and black-hearted villains. There will be those who disagree but I still feel sorry for Theon.
Most desperate of all, however, was Theon who finally bought himself to the point of no return, executing Ser Rodrik to keep his men on his side, even as the realisation slowly dawned that there’s more to ruling than scaling a castle and calling yourself prince. Arya, pushed into a corner, marked Amory Lorch for death Dany learnt that threats and dragons mean nothing if you are still a beggar Queen Osha and Ygritte used their wiles to stay alive Tyrion kept his head while all around were losing theirs (in some cases, literally) and Cersei continued to let her hatred of her brother blind her to the mistakes her son is making. This was an episode all about desperation and the lengths that people go to in extremity.
The seven kingdoms are at war and Winterfell is mine’ ‘I grew up among them but not one of them.
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