#wow fuck the people in the tags saying he hacked him up he couldn’t even take his head off what a jerk #like you realize right? #that it’s symbolic? #that ned stark killed his prisoners in one clean stroke and was an honorable man whose people loved him #and theon is a scared little boy who isn’t a stark and has no idea how to wield power #he wasn’t being blood thirsty #that kill was meant to represent theon’s failures as a leader and the lack of confidence in his choices #so