A Song of Ice and Fire/Characters/House Greyjoy: Difference between revisions

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: This pretty much sums up his strategy for the War of the Five Kings. He basically had two options: side with the North and try to keep the realms divided and too weak to stop him from reviving the old way, or side with the Lannisters against the Starks and hope for some generous concessions when the Starks have been crushed. He tries to [[Take a Third Option]], seceding and taking on the Starks at the same time. So even if he defeats the Starks, it will just allow the Seven Kingdoms to consolidate and crush his tiny rebellion that much faster.

 

 

{{quote|''"Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him."''}}

** Towards the end of the second book he realises how utterly hopeless his position is and tells his men that if they are worried about getting killed they are free to leave him.

* [[Raised by Natives]]: The first 10 years with the Greyjoys and the later 10 with the Starks. The result? He is too much of a Stark to be a Greyjoy, and too much of a Greyjoy to be a Stark.

* [[Slave to PR]]: Desperately wants the approval of his family, and bitterly resents it that even his efforts to [[Pet the Dog]] after taking Winterfell are met with contempt.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Theon's combination of smugness and self-pitying angst is extremely annoying.

* [[Smug Smiler]]: [[Lampshaded]] quite a bit, his tendency to keep up a smile in even the most inappropriate situations is perhaps his most memorable feature. Other characters describe it as if the situation is some kind of joke that only he's clever enough to understand. It's one of the main reasons why several characters can't bring themselves to like him.

** {{spoiler|Ramsay Bolton took note of this, too. And didn't like it. Which is why, as of Dance of Dragons, Theon is missing teeth and never smiles anymore.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Trauma Conga Line]]: Everything that happened to him while Ramsay Bolton's prisoner. Anything that can turn a child-murderer into a [[Woobie]] is pretty horrific.}}

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: His whole motivation is to get Balon's approval.

** The discovery that his real desire has always been {{spoiler|to be a Stark implies that he might have had some of this towards Ned Stark.}}

 

 

{{quote|*Catches an axe* ''"This is my husband -"'' * draws her dagger* ''" - and this is my suckling babe!"''}}

* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: Feels this way a lot among her fellow Ironborn.

 

 

{{quote|"The Drowned God helps bold men, not those who cower below their decks when the storm is rising."}}

* [[Wild Hair]]: In addition to only bathing in salt water, he weaves seaweed into his beard.

 

 

{{quote|"Wizards may be well and good, but blood and steel win wars. Bring me wine."}}

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