Re: 2x07

[oculus]

Theon.

Theon, how could you?

They never did anything to anyone.  They were orphans, they didn't have anybody.

Would you have really done that?  If we were actually....Rickon doesn't understand why you're doing this, and Osha keeps telling him that you're a terrible tyrant.  I didn't want to believe it but she's right, you are.  

I did like you, you know, like Robb did.  Were you ever good once?  Was being like part of our family always a lie?

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[lady_of_winterfell]

...Bran?

[oculus]

[Mama! Bran is supposed to be a man now, supposed to be the little Lord of Winterfell, but with how terrible everything has been, Gods be damned if he doesn't run into his mother's arms.]

Theon took Winterfell, Mother. I couldn't stop him, there was nothing I could do.

[lady_of_winterfell]

[Catelyn drops down to wrap arms around him tightly.] I know he did, Bran, but ...you and Rickon? You're both safe? He didn't...

[ The loss of her children had hit her harder than the loss of Winterfell ever would and she held onto Bran like she'd never let him go.]

[oculus]

[Bran nods into his mother's stomach, holding her as tightly as she held him.]

We were going to stop at the farm but--Osha refused, we're alright mother.

Rickon doesn't understand, I don't know what to do.

[lady_of_winterfell]

I'm sorry for not being there, I...

[ Fingers curl in his hair and she closes her eyes, relief pouring through her that her sons are safe ]

As long as you two are safe, that's all that matters, Bran.

[oculus]

[He's quiet for a little bit, holding onto Cat for dear life, before speaking again into the fabric of her dress.] Father wouldn't have given Winterfell up. He would have fought for it. I'm useless like this.

[lady_of_winterfell]

As long as you're alive, you're not useless, Bran. Winterfell can always be taken back, but your lives are more important. Your father...
[ Cat had to pause for a moment.]
He would be proud you made it out, Bran. Winterfell can always be regained, but your lives...those are irreplaceable.

[oculus]

Dying honorably is better than living as a coward. Ser Rodrik said that, and old Nan in the stories.

[turncloak]

What's that, little lord?

[oculus]

[F R O W N]

You are a monster, Theon Greyjoy.

[turncloak]

Am I, now.

[ A bitter, bitter little smirk. ]

Merciless, even. And yet here you stand, alive and well.

[oculus]

I have Osha to thank for that, not you.

[turncloak]

D'you really think I would have hurt you, Bran?

[ One of his arrows had once saved this cripple's sorry arse. The mistrust hurts, but he breathes through it. ]

You were too valuable. And now you're like as to die out in the snow and for what? It's not that I blame you, course. It's that wildling bitch had it in for me. She swore me an oath. She knelt for me.

[oculus]

Osha has done nothing but be loyal and trustworthy. Far more-so than you. You killed Ser Rodrik, I don't know what to think you would do.

[The betrayal Bran felt hurt just as much, aching in his heart as he sat in his bed unable to do anything about it. Theon had been there his entire life, had been almost as close to him as his actual brothers, but now the thought that Theon had really hated him, had gone to such lengths after everything they had done for him...It was beginning to harden his heart to Theon's words.]

oh i think we might be having a book/tv show canon clash orz

[turncloak]

Is that what they're saying, now? At least you're the one person in the seven kingdoms not accusing me of murdering you.

[ He folds his arms, sneers and narrowly resists spitting. ]

I don't have to explain myself to a boy.

/kanyeshrug it happens. I just started reading ACOK, i'll get there eventually.

[oculus]

No, you don't.

[And that's the truth of the matter, isn't it? He's not the Lord of Winterfell anymore, not really, not hiding and pretending to be dead so that the new Prince doesn't do to him what he did to the other boys.]

Would you have before? When you were pretending to like us?

oh well it is d_m they can always meta work it out on their own

[turncloak]

D'you think I would have saved you if I was pretending?

[oculus]

Yes.

[wolfking]

He'd never do that to you, the real you, little brother.

...but... well, the Theon I knew-- he wouldn't have done that to any child.

Bran-- Bran-- you're okay, though?

[oculus]

[He nods, rather unsure about the whole situation.] Rickon and I are fine. We're...we're hiding, Osha and Hodor are keeping us safe.

Robb...I think he would have. He's not our Theon anymore, I know it.