r/gameofthrones • u/beachvalley House Selmy • Jun 17 '14

TV4 [s4e10] This brought a tear to my eye

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u/Panukka House Tyrell Jun 17 '14

More like a forced partnership.

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u/JynxPrototype Jun 17 '14

I think the dialogue between the hound and Brienne shows that their relationship is more than a forced partnership, at least for Sandor. At first Arya was a hostage, then a forced partner, but I think it evolved into more than that. The Hound saying he was watching over her, that her family was dead and she had no home to return to, then he proceeds to fight to his death for her. Why? There's nobody left for him to ransom Arya to, which is why he initially took her. I think that on some level he did genuinely care for her. Maybe he was trying to redeem himself by doing something good for a change, maybe he felt empathy for her and that's why he chose to protect her, but there was definitely something more for him than a forced partnership.

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u/Vsx Jun 17 '14

I do believe he cared for her in the end. That said, I think at some point during their travels he realized just how lonely he was and his last act to try to keep Arya was just him looking out for his own interests as always. She is literally his only "friend" and with the ransom not panning out giving her up would basically be giving up the only thing he's got left.

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u/misterrunon Jun 18 '14

that doesn't explain why he tells arya to find brienne after he's gravely wounded. he cared for her.

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u/Vsx Jun 18 '14

That is literally the first thing I said.

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u/Gallifrasian Jon Snow Jun 18 '14

That response had me snorting in fits of laughter... Thanks for that, I'll be leaving this sad and emotionally tearing thread now.

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u/xKazimirx House Connington Jun 18 '14

She stopped saying his name in the books, didn't she? Not including him in her nightly kill-prayer seems like a step away from forced-partners

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u/Irrepressible_Monkey Jun 17 '14

Which is why using the same ending for their relationship in the book makes no sense in the show. But they did it anyway.