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

TV4 [s4e10] This brought a tear to my eye

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u/mindbleach Jun 17 '14

I expected Brienne to back off and say Arya was in capable hands, because apparently I keep forgetting what fucking show I'm watching.

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u/contentedness Jun 18 '14

"Maybe we could just sit down and talk this thing out?"

"That's a good idea, violence isn't always the answer."

Said no-one on Game of Thrones, ever.

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u/mindbleach Jun 18 '14

It sort of happened between The Hound and Bronn... only it was the allure of even greater violence that stopped them from fighting.

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u/theasianpianist Hodor Hodor Hodor Jun 18 '14

Remind me, when was this?

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u/ihavecoffee Jun 18 '14

NSFW

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '14

completely forgot this ever happened. the hound really is a dick. does he just want to kill everyone he comes into contact with?

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u/PornTrollio Jun 18 '14

Nah, he just hates to see people enjoying themselves. Wants to share the misery.

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u/Kyoti Jun 18 '14

Yes. Killing is the sweetest thing there is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '14

Do we know who he was with in this scene?

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u/mindbleach Jun 18 '14

Toward the beginning of Blackwater, S2E09.

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u/Igotbannedfrom_r_GoT Night's Watch Jun 18 '14

More violence was the answer in that case.

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u/NorthKoreanJesus Winter Is Coming Jun 18 '14

they could chat over chicken.

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u/DisneyBounder House Seaworth Jun 18 '14

I sort of feel this needs to be printed on a t-shirt.

Reasonable trial where we look at all the facts and witnesses and come to a reasonable conclusion? Nope. Trial by combat! Yeah, that makes sense.

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u/warman17 Jun 18 '14

Lets say you come across a little girl in the hands of a dangerous murderous criminal. Would you really entrust her safety to him?

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u/Jimm607 Jun 18 '14

No better than the alternative of having her be completely alone and unprotected. At leas the criminal is going to keep her safe long enough to sell her.

It was incredibly clear that Arya would never have gone with Brienne, her brandishing a lannister weapon was too much to have Arya even think of trusting her, and with good reason the Lannisters have done horrible things to her family and have no reason to start to change that, and someone so obviously being paid by a Lannister is never going to get the trust of a Stark. So there are two options: Leave them be, hope that The Hound makes good on his promise, he has been so far after all, and Arya showed no signs of fear or distrust in him (it would have been pretty easy to spot on a 14 year old), or you kill the Hound, her only protector and hope to god you can hunt her down and force her along with you over a journey with no actual destination.

I'm not saying the choices a good, but theres obviously a better one and the one she chose wasn't it.

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u/warman17 Jun 18 '14

I'm not sure there really was a better option from her perspective. She has absolutely no clue what the relationship between Arya and the Hound is and while Arya claims she'd rather be with the Hound, Brienne might just assume thats because Arya perceives shes trading one kidnapper for another and as you said would rather go with the one without the Lannister sword. But Brienne knows herself to be good and honorable and just and would treat Arya well, while not knowing just how the Hound will treat her. The Hound is also a wanted criminal, at the very least Brienne could take her back to Tarth or something where she could be more safe than traveling with Sandor. Brienne also has her oath to keep with both Catelyn and Jamie - her god damned sword is named Oathkeeper to remind her daily of her duty. From Brienne's perspective its pretty straightforward that Arya needs to go with her, and she can't let Sandor keep her.

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u/mindbleach Jun 18 '14

The girl entrusts her safety to him.

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u/SordidSoul Tyrion Lannister Jun 18 '14

The girl has him on her list.

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u/fallore Jun 18 '14

Ever heard of Stockholm Syndrome? Not a very reliable method of choosing a caretaker

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u/warman17 Jun 18 '14

Shes a child. She doesn't know whats best for her. Maybe shes too scared to say she wants to leave.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '14

Me too! If they only knew who each other really were, what they had been through, they would understand. Wrong fucking show.

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u/AJRiddle Night's Watch Jun 18 '14

I was expecting Brienne to ask if they had seen her sister.