http://www.thewrap.com/rickon-stark...of-thrones-character-nobody-ever-cared-about/
Always an afterthought, Rickon finally took center stage for a brief moment in “Battle of the Bastards”
(Spoiler alert: This contains a major spoiler for the June 19 “Game of Thrones” episode, “Battle of the Bastards.” So, you know.)
Poor Rickon Stark. The youngest member of House Stark has never had anything to do except stand in the background of shots and occasionally say something whiny.
And while all the other Stark children had seemingly important parts to play in the story of “Game of Thrones” — the Starks have been at the center of the show since day one — Rickon never had any kind of cool destiny. He was just the youngest one, whom you’d generally forget existed when he wasn’t on screen.
It was always a bummer when he popped up, too, because you’d think, “Maybe this time Rickon will matter.” But, no, Rickon never mattered. The closest he came to being significant was in season 2, when Theon pretended to murder him and Bran and everybody got real sad. But we knew the sadness was mostly about Bran, who was an Important Character. Even back then we kinda knew Rickon would never be important.
(Spoiler alert: This contains a major spoiler for the June 19 “Game of Thrones” episode, “Battle of the Bastards.” So, you know.)
Poor Rickon Stark. The youngest member of House Stark has never had anything to do except stand in the background of shots and occasionally say something whiny.
And while all the other Stark children had seemingly important parts to play in the story of “Game of Thrones” — the Starks have been at the center of the show since day one — Rickon never had any kind of cool destiny. He was just the youngest one, whom you’d generally forget existed when he wasn’t on screen.
It was always a bummer when he popped up, too, because you’d think, “Maybe this time Rickon will matter.” But, no, Rickon never mattered. The closest he came to being significant was in season 2, when Theon pretended to murder him and Bran and everybody got real sad. But we knew the sadness was mostly about Bran, who was an Important Character. Even back then we kinda knew Rickon would never be important.
