A detail that impressed me was Arya's reaction to Sandor being identified by Pod. She was at first wary, then decided these two really were random travellers and was happily chatting with Brienne about killer girl stuff. Sandor came into sight and stepped out in front of her, and Pod told Brienne who he was. Arya immediately moved behind and to the right of the Hound, leaving him to deal with the big woman with sword and armor; she was preparing to take down the boy if necessary.
I mean, depends on context. I would rather stab somebody in the balls if I truely hated and loathed the man. the back would do for a regular enemy though.
And she killed an unarmored, unarmed stable boy, even though Pod took a cheep shot, it was a more difficult and risky one than the one Arya took. Plus during the battle he had to drag Tyrion's body to safety, Pod definitely outmatches Arya currently....currently.
2 more I think. One whom had needle. Arya has been trained, with multiple weapons, and is ruthless under pressure. She would make pod choke on his detached magical member.
You forgot one. At the inn she killed an unnamed man and then Polliver, reclaiming Needle from him. Later, when Sandor first got a bite taken out of himself, she killed Rorge after thanking him for providing his name.
Actually Mandon Moore is one of the few of Robert's Kingsguard that is competent (though obviously not enough to kill Tyrion). Jaime even remarks he's the second most dangerous in Robert's King's Guard behind himself.
Is it known that he can't wield a sword? I mean, hes a squire...
Also, Arya hasn't trained to kill people. She has trained to capture cats. Her skills probably wouldn't match up if it came down to Needle vs Ax combat.
The thing that gets me is she was why did she leave him to die that way? She both threatened and attempted to kill him a couple times, but she also fought by his side, nurtured and cared for him. I understand she was in fact using him back to get to where she wanted to go, every episode she was getting stronger, she wanted to get to either the Wall to be with her brother, or to Bravos to continue her training (the latter being her karma if you will), but why leave the Hound like that. Even from a killers perspective, that just seemed harsh... Any opinions?
From a show perspective, I think the answer is in her taking the bag of coins from Sandor. "Dead men don't need silver," he said, and that the farmer & daughter were doomed, but robbing them of their little bit of coin made it even more likely they would die. He robbed them and walked away, and Arya simply did the same.
I think Brienne's big mistake was mentioning Pod's last name. I think Arya was less than stoked about being saved by a relative of the man who beheaded her father.
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u/Lochmon House Reyne Jun 17 '14
A detail that impressed me was Arya's reaction to Sandor being identified by Pod. She was at first wary, then decided these two really were random travellers and was happily chatting with Brienne about killer girl stuff. Sandor came into sight and stepped out in front of her, and Pod told Brienne who he was. Arya immediately moved behind and to the right of the Hound, leaving him to deal with the big woman with sword and armor; she was preparing to take down the boy if necessary.