i actually thought of you when i was watching that theon/jon scene. i was like whoa they really not going to mention robb? okay.. and then i thought of you like "that robb blog is gonna be pissed" it was really weird how they only mentioned ned though for real
First, I love that you think of me as “that Robb blog”, seriously, I don’t know why but that makes me very happy :D I’m very proud to be known as a fan of his, because Robb is freaking perfect.
And second, it is weird. At first I actually, genuinely thought “…did D&D confuse Robb’s name with Ned’s?” because the idea that Theon betrayed Ned was so ridiculous. Ned was already dead when Theon went back on his word and betrayed Robb, and took Winterfell. Yes, Theon betrayed the morals that Ned had been trying to teach all his children (+ Theon), but that’s hardly the same as literally betraying and deserting your best friend on the battle field when he needed you the most.
And most of all, why would it be Ned that Jon and Theon talk about anyway? Based on this season, I’m not sure if D&D have ever even cracked open the books George R.R. Martin spent ages writing, but if they had, they would have known that Robb, Theon and Jon were like a trio of friends, spending their entire childhoods and young adulthoods together. Jon and Theon never got along that well, but they both loved Robb. And that was the whole point. That was why it hurt so much for Jon to see Theon, and that is why he was so angry.
Despite what most people probably think at this point, I don’t enjoy hating on Game of Thrones. It’s my favorite show, or what it used to be is, anyway. But it’s so hard for me to deal with all this crap they keep delivering, and on top of that, dissing my absolute favorite character for no reason whatsoever. Erasing Robb from ever existing is not okay, and frankly, it’s bad writing to try to do so. And sadly, since Jon and Theon (especially Jon) have both fallen victim to said bad writing, I can never look at them the same way, and I can never fully see them as the people who loved Robb anymore, because they don’t. But to be fair, who out of the Starks even does on the show anymore?
