30 Days of ASOIAF ~ Day 03 : Scene you want to see in the show | Arya & Sandor at the Twins
The song was done. There was only one solitary drum, its slow monotonous beats echoing across the river like the pounding of some monstrous heart. The black sky wept, the river grumbled, men cursed and died. Arya had mud in her teeth and her face was wet. Rain. It’s only rain. That’s all it is.
Run fast as a wolf.
In case that last gifset wasn’t enough proof for “grrm is entirely aware of sansan shippers and loves to play with our hearts”:
[Will Sandor and Sansa meet?]
“Why, the Hound is dead, and Sansa may be dead as well. There’s only Alayne Stone.”
“I asked about the previous day’s panel, when George had mentioned intentional mistakes. Was Sansa’s memory of the Hound kissing her when he actually had not an intentional mistake? Why would she think that? He said it was in fact intentional, but he would not tell us why. I said he was mean, and he laughed at me.
I also asked if Sandor would be in the upcoming book. He pleaded the fifth. I said he was mean, and he laughed at me.
We talked a bit about the children and their wolves. I mentioned Sansa just having a poor old crippled dog (the one in the Aerie) because she lost her wolf. He got a queer smile about his lips when I said that and nodded. Make of that what you will.”
He knows, and he laughs.
| — | George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords (via toridat) |
His eyes opened. “You remember where the heart is?” he asked in a hoarse whisper.
As still as stone she stood. “I … I was only…”
“Don’t lie,” he growled. “I hate liars. I hate gutless frauds even worse.
Go on, do it.” When Arya did not move, he said, “I killed your butcher’s boy. I cut him near in half, and laughed about it after.” He made a queer sound, and it took her a moment to realize he was sobbing. “And the little bird, your pretty sister, I stood there in my white cloak and let them beat her. I took the bloody song, she never gave it. I meant to take her too. I should have. I should have fucked her bloody and ripped her heart out before leaving her for that dwarf.” A spasm of pain twisted his face. “Do you mean to make me beg, bitch? Do it! The gift of mercy … avenge your little Michael…”
“Mycah.” Arya stepped away from him. “You don’t deserve the gift of mercy.”
A Storm of Swords
↳ Sansa I"I wish the Hound were here. The night of the battle, Sandor
Clegane had come to her chambers to take her from the city,
but Sansa had refused. Sometimes she lay awake at night,
wondering if she'd been wise. She had his stained white cloak
hidden in a cedar chest beneath her summer silks. She could
not say why she'd kept it. The Hound had turned craven, she
heard it said; at the height of the battle, he got so drunk the
Imp had to take his men. But Sansa understood. She knew
the secret of his burned face. It was only the fire he feared."
I noticed that suddenly in the middle of their time together, when Arya thinks of the Hound, he is no longer referred to as “the Hound” or “Sandor Clegane”, but just “Sandor”. I’d have to look back, but I think it happens at around the same time as him giving her the dagger, and not watching her every move as he used to.
It’s not often the Hound is referred to as simply “Sandor” in the book series, so it stood out for me, and I noticed the second it happened that it had happened. She might not like him or know she likes him, but something changed in her attitude towards him, and it reflected in what she called him in her head.
You knew you’d notice that.
His eyes opened. “You remember where the heart is?” he asked in a hoarse whisper.
As still as stone she stood. “I … I was only…”
“Don’t lie,” he growled. “I hate liars. I hate gutless frauds even worse.
Go on, do it.” When Arya did not move, he said, “I killed your butcher’s boy. I cut him near in half, and laughed about it after.” He made a queer sound, and it took her a moment to realize he was sobbing.
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Sandor Clegane You know where the heart is?
So many misunderstand the meaning behind his words. :( (via iwishthehoundwerehere) |
