This is the best comment in this thread.

I agree

I laugh reading this 😂

Violent lives ending violently

The whipping dog who holds his place through strength of arms and a cruelty know only to his house. Late his father of course. The Mountain is a story of privilege and cruelty within their house to be fair. A rich boy with size and weight and noble blood to make the flies whose wings he pulls off have red blood. Of course Clegane is hard as nails, just to survive that sociopath you would have to be good at killing. To the point of impressing it upon your crazy title hoarding brother. Hell, there is no lore exploring him having to kill ppl who hate his brother, only to a few snarky remarks throughout that is.

Brought a tear to my eye

At least he didnt go out like a b*tch

Agreed 100% the best character.

CHICKEN

I cried when he died He was the best character

+Andrew J He really isn't the closest to the romantic ideal at all, he's the closest to the more realistic ideal. Dayne, Selmy or Brienne are probably the closest thing to true "romantic knights" but Sandor is probably the closest thing to a "True Knight" without idealism or embellishment.

In real life Knights had more in common with mob bosses and slave drivers than anything else. Martin's knights are actually very true to history. The Hound is not a good person, but at some levels he matches the romantic ideal He defended Loras from the Mountain, he tried to shield Sansa from Joffrey, and he saved Sansa from a mob, and he defended his King until; shortly after the King told him to murder a child.. Brienne is probably the closest match to the vision of a romantic knight. He gives off the impression of loving violence, but I think that is more of a survival mechanism than any love for bloodshed.

+Andrew J Right. So while he is a "True Knight", true knights aren't very romantic, so he wouldn't really fit the romantic ideal. Also I don't think anyone blames Sandor for loving bloodshed or not, I feel as if he does legitimately have a passion for violence, but that doesn't make him any better or worse if he reins it in. Things like killing Micah or stealing money from that farmer are what make him bad, not his violent tendencies by themselves.

His actions towards the Farmer and Micah are unforgivable. He does not seem to be aiming for redemption, but rather just trying to help in whatever way he can. The Stark Sisters have a guard dog whether they want him or not. Romantic Ideal might not be the most appropriate language, but in Le Mort Darthur Lancelot was prized for his ability to beat Arthur's enemies into submission and his love of the Queen, and then his affair with the queen is what takes the blame for Camelot's downfall. The answer to this inconsistency is that La Mort Darthur is a compilation from different periods of time. I am using Arthurian mythology because I consider it a precursor to modern fantasy. There are many different authors and many different interpretations of heroism, but in many cases the romantic ideal was stapled onto an already popular character. Mostly this post is just me trying to actually define what I mean by romantic ideal. Edit: Okay, Rhaegart by the standard of chivalry, or at least his public image represented a perfect knight. My original statements needs a lot of qualifications, like only among characters still living. I have also shifted my definitions which would disqualify me from a formal debate. I am more than happy to continue this discussion, but if you are tired of arguing with a stranger on the internet I will concede the debate.

I think King Arthur and the Knights of Justice might have a few words to say about these comments.....

Never noticed that

or him wanting a pretty coin when he delivers her to someone willing to pay

I have never noticed it! Wow, I like him more now...

if this were true, he would not have fled from the blackwater

@@superawesomeminecaft He could've just threw Arya away in some hole after hearing about her aunts death if he didnt care about her

You either die a villain or live long enough to babysit the protagonist's little sister.

The hound was never a bad guy.

he had never been a bad guy

He was never a bad guy, he had just served bad people. His oaths kept him doing their bidding, tearing himself apart. It took the worst king for him to finally break his oath, and he immediately decided to serve a new lady who needed his protection.

Same for Jaime

You're a talker

...and hungry. Think I'll take two chickens.

You gonna pay for those chickens?

No but you are...

Fuck the king

Sophie Roberts about the fearless part....

.....fear of fire, quite understanable if your asshole of a brother held your face in the fire as a kid, still, seems a small thing when you consider how he turned out😀

He cares for her so much that he is even willing to overcome his biggest fear without even having a second thought so he could save Arya.

Yeah

What is dead may never die

Exactly

mine too

he not fake and doesnt pretend tough as nails

Floki mine too

Mine too :)

To call him just a favourite would be an understatement.

True

It shows that even how hard we believe and do our best to live a good life, there is no god in the end.

A lie that inspired the good in people and hope

He had a sister, not many people know about that. It was in the lore videos. Allegedly the Mountain did it.

John Munro “I’ll rape his fucking corpse “ just Incase if someone didn’t know 😂😂

The hound had a way with words lol. A poet some may say hahahha

Why do you think that Mountain is died?

Well, he felt from easily 30 meters or above, beside he felt on fire, so he must have exploded and after turned to ashes

@@TuMalaCon100cia Because there's only one episode left and full body mutilation like that destroys zombies, vampires, and dragons equally. Nothing survives being totally disassembled.

Buddy that was a lot more than 30 metres

@@Ben-zv5dk "easily 30 meters or a-b-o-v-e" i said 30 meters because that is approximately the height in which a felt on hard ground would explode you, don't said that was 30 meters, i said it was at least. Dont be this person, plz

thebooky161 maybe in season 8 since they are going to the North to fight the Night King

They will se eachother again guaranted

And they met but for a min xd

Harun Kaya They will have more moments

@@joakim1711 probably

In another world, Sandor would be an excellent Witcher.

I wish he wore that badass helmet more. I think everyone should wear helmets more, they look iconic and it helps the production hide stunt doubles and CGI.

DoctorWeeTodd That hound helmet is fucking insane, the frist stand out character in got to me because of it.

Buswanker Fc Same. He instantly stood out to me because of that helmet.

That certain something...Big Bad Man with a heart.

When Arya meets him again, I just want to see her give him the most heartfelt hug she can muster. Like the one she gave to Jon when he gave her Needle. And then she asks him to give her away to her marriage to Gendry, and then the Hound is no longer alone in the world. He has a real family now that loves him.

Why not both?

Well that ain't happening

Lost faith in show writers

Theon is dead

All of these characters are dead now

Little Finger please do lyanna mormont soon too

How can he do lyanna she only has two good speech and nothing else lol

Would be a short one, but maybe in the future :)

Little Finger video about oberyn and the Sand snakes

Hey dude,when you will make vikings again ?

we got it

I did

You would ride the Hound?

But he cant stand fire so how you gonna do that? You better go for Danareys and her dragons

No, that goes against all of his character progression, pay attention while watching bud

not only, but huge one of the part of purpose for him to live.

he can use beric's sword maybe.

Yeah. And game of thrones love poetic justice. It might really happen.

Holy prophet! Please predict my future over the internet

Verdade

Well honestly, i don't think the Hound cared sentimentally. He understood Joffrey was a cunt but...well as he said later, he also had a cunt most likely so he left. He cared more for Sansa than Joffrey obviously.

don't think joffery was capable of caring for anyone other than himself

only the hound could get away with that. joffrey would have killed anyone else.

I think some of that was legitimate fear. The Hound was very much part of what kept Joffrey secure. He was the most able protector. The Mountain was the strongest, but you do not want to be near the Mountain for extended periods of time. It tends to go poorly. Oh and if the Mountain ever got annoyed with Joffrey, not entirely out of question, and wanted to kill him who would be able to protect him? The guy that just left.

The Hound left because of the wildfire. Tyrion ordered him to go back out and fight. The Hound could not do it because of his fear of fire.

MCP/ChronicBuzz YESS DAVOS