re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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Also, Theon before becoming Reek was very very adamant in establishing that the Starks are not his kin and that he's a Greyjoy. I can see outsiders viewing him as a kinslayer because even his own family argued that he's essentially now a Stark.

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So adamant that it makes you wonder who he was trying to convince. It damn sure wasn't the Iron Born words will prove nothing to them, yet he said it over and over.

He was trying to convince himself. Trying to justify his actions and betrayal of Robb Stark the only brother he ever knew.

Theon just wanted to be someone, he found that place at Robb's side. Then he gave that up to try to please his father though he has now come to the realization that he could have never done that and he regrets his actions. He is now going back and looking at all his actions and realizing the part he played in the downfall of the Starks, the only family he ever really had, and he feels guilt. Hence the kinslaying tag he has subconsciously bestowed upon himself.