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I give Theon a lot of grief for being dumb (and he is) but a big part of that is that he's making decisions based on his emotions, and his emotions are pulling him in multiple directions at all times. He wants to be a good ironborn for his family but they treated him like shit even before he was taken away he wants Robb to look up to him he wants Ned and Winterfell to respect him but he resents them so so so much he wants to please his father he wants to belong to Winterfell he wants to OWN Winterfell he wants what Asha has he wants to meet the standards he grew up with on the mainland he wants-