Sigh. If only it could end like that, yeah (with Robb saying enough's enough and rescuing him from Ramsay). Unfortunately, Theon suffers a much more cruel fate. ;__;
Oh dear, definitely. Did you watch Misfits as well, btw? I did and when I found out that Rheona was cast as someone (not knowing yet it was Ramsay), I got very excited, but then I got the details and just went "OH GOD NO!" DDD: But I guess he can portray that psychopathic look very well (seriously, his looks as Simon gave me some serious creeps at the beginning of Misfits) and he's got the pale eyes to boot.
Well, to be honest, he wasn't one of my favourites, but I never exactly hated him (maybe momentarily for that whole "pushing Bran out the window" thing). It was more that I didn't care much about his character. But once we got his POV, I totally fell in love. He was just rising up my favourite character ladder until he eventually landed top spot, lol. xD But, I mean, these types of flawed characters are what makes this series so great. You don't have the fairytale good vs. evil (where some people are completely good and others completely evil). You have actual HUMAN characters. Which is probably why I have so many favourites, tbh.
Looks like tumblr messed up, because that post didn't show up in my tag (I track my own tag precisely because of replies, such as yours, but I didn't get notified). -__-;
Well, I'm just going to reply here. Just to clarify one thing first: I used the word "rape-y" in my message because I couldn't find the correct term, but you described it way better - the word I meant was "sexualized". And to answer your question as to which scene I meant, yes, I think it was that one - after Theon came back from (was it Deepwood Motte? I forgot) a mission where he had to secure one of those holds for him (gain it back from the Ironborn) and he succeeded. The way he hugged him (and I think he even kissed his cheek) seemed very sexualized. And then if you couple that together with Theon's thoughts at that moment... He was thinking about Ramsay's smell, I think, and that his words/voice sounded almost sweet. That seemed like something a rape victim in Theon's situation (who has developed a certain level of Stockholm syndrome) might think. So yeah, that was the scene that made me go "woah, did Ramsay abuse him sexually too?" O__o Hmm, in the scene with Jeyne, I always just assumed that forcing Theon to go down on Jeyne with his mouth was as far as he went with him that night (but that he did a lot of absolutely horrible things to Jeyne), but of course, there's no way for us to know for sure. About Ramsay's relationship with Reek 1.0, though - you think they had a sexual relationship as well? Really? I never got that impression. But maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention to those bits?
As for Theon supposedly being castrated, I think you might be right that it's not as severe as most people think. I remember a line from Ramsay from the wedding night. After Theon had to strip Jeyne, he said something along the lines of "Are you hard?" (that's not the exact quote, because I don't have the books here atm) and, sure, he could be making a sick dig at Theon for not being able to have an erection anymore due to lack of a penis, but it would make more sense to me if Ramsay worded it differentle if that was the case. Something like "Not being able to get hard, eh?" or whatever.
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Oh dear, definitely. Did you watch Misfits as well, btw? I did and when I found out that Rheona was cast as someone (not knowing yet it was Ramsay), I got very excited, but then I got the details and just went "OH GOD NO!" DDD: But I guess he can portray that psychopathic look very well (seriously, his looks as Simon gave me some serious creeps at the beginning of Misfits) and he's got the pale eyes to boot.
Well, to be honest, he wasn't one of my favourites, but I never exactly hated him (maybe momentarily for that whole "pushing Bran out the window" thing). It was more that I didn't care much about his character. But once we got his POV, I totally fell in love. He was just rising up my favourite character ladder until he eventually landed top spot, lol. xD But, I mean, these types of flawed characters are what makes this series so great. You don't have the fairytale good vs. evil (where some people are completely good and others completely evil). You have actual HUMAN characters. Which is probably why I have so many favourites, tbh.
Looks like tumblr messed up, because that post didn't show up in my tag (I track my own tag precisely because of replies, such as yours, but I didn't get notified). -__-;
Well, I'm just going to reply here. Just to clarify one thing first: I used the word "rape-y" in my message because I couldn't find the correct term, but you described it way better - the word I meant was "sexualized". And to answer your question as to which scene I meant, yes, I think it was that one - after Theon came back from (was it Deepwood Motte? I forgot) a mission where he had to secure one of those holds for him (gain it back from the Ironborn) and he succeeded. The way he hugged him (and I think he even kissed his cheek) seemed very sexualized. And then if you couple that together with Theon's thoughts at that moment... He was thinking about Ramsay's smell, I think, and that his words/voice sounded almost sweet. That seemed like something a rape victim in Theon's situation (who has developed a certain level of Stockholm syndrome) might think. So yeah, that was the scene that made me go "woah, did Ramsay abuse him sexually too?" O__o
Hmm, in the scene with Jeyne, I always just assumed that forcing Theon to go down on Jeyne with his mouth was as far as he went with him that night (but that he did a lot of absolutely horrible things to Jeyne), but of course, there's no way for us to know for sure. About Ramsay's relationship with Reek 1.0, though - you think they had a sexual relationship as well? Really? I never got that impression. But maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention to those bits?
As for Theon supposedly being castrated, I think you might be right that it's not as severe as most people think. I remember a line from Ramsay from the wedding night. After Theon had to strip Jeyne, he said something along the lines of "Are you hard?" (that's not the exact quote, because I don't have the books here atm) and, sure, he could be making a sick dig at Theon for not being able to have an erection anymore due to lack of a penis, but it would make more sense to me if Ramsay worded it differentle if that was the case. Something like "Not being able to get hard, eh?" or whatever.
This is obviously all just speculation, though.