Game Of Thrones: 18 Terrible Ideas That Were Great To Watch

8. Killing Ser RodrikGame Of Thrones Theon Rodrik If sacking Winterfell was his first big mistake when he sailed from the Iron Islands on the trusty Sea Bitch (presumably the sister ship of The Seaward), the second was his execution of Ser Rodrik Cassel. Stuck between wanting to be a Stark and behaving like a Greyjoy, Theon is convinced by one of his crewmen that Ser Rodrik must "pay the iron price" for disrespecting Theon. Breaking his word to Bran, ignoring the advice of Maester Luwin, alienating forever the inhabitants of Winterfell, and forever cementing himself as an unwelcome outsider among the Northerners, the increasingly hysterical Theon sentences Ser Rodrik to death. Ser Rodrik, on the other hand, goes out with one of the most poignant deaths of all three seasons. Although he hadn't had the screentime of Ned Stark or Khal Drogo to warrant many tears on his own, the absolute dignity with which he faced his death and his final words to the Stark boys and to Theon made his death a real tearjerker. In direct contrast, Theon botches the execution and fails to behead Ser Rodrik in one swing. It takes him several more slashes and some serious kicking to properly detach the head, all done to the horrified cries of Bran and Rickon. "Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy," said Ser Rodrik. "Now you are truly lost."

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