A Game of Thrones Supercut/compilation that showcases the best and nicest moments that the hound has to offer. Make sure to check out Season 8 of GoT on HBO Now on Sundays.
Most of those scenes were him talking about his past self with Ian Mcshane's character and how they both have changed. The hound helping them was nice, but during that episode, there weren't any particular moments where he was being nice. In hindsight, I probably should have included something from that episode.
In the books it's rumored the Clegane brothers had a sister who died under mysterious circumstances. The implication is that Gregor killed her. This would explain why Sandor is repeatedly shown protecting young girls, such as the Stark sisters. He has a soft spot for the defenseless ones who remind him of the sister he lost. And it's also another way of getting back at his brother.
what about the little girl whose skeleton he buries in one of the clips here after robbing all of her father's silver earlier in the series and declaring that he's leaving them to die?
I feel like this is part of it and a love the theory especially in relation to Arya (I’m a SanSan shipper so it makes it weird to think about that relationship with Sansa). But as Semechki has pointed out, he doesn’t protect all girls. I think it has something to do with the Hound’s code of honour, which is honesty in a world that is harsh. The Hound “know the way the world works” and therefore he knows that there is jo chance trying to save the farmers daughter bc there’s no way she could be saved. However Arya and Sansa stood a chance - Sansa because she was a Stark and Sandor believed that she would survive under Robb’s protection (as he was still a alive at that time), and Arya at first for the same reason but also because she’s a badass who can look after herself and also reminds him of himself. But he’s not going to waste time on a girl who is likely to die anyway
@@BournetoRead Hound is an old pervert, holds her against a wall, touching her, and commands his "little bird" to sing for him. she's also underage during that scene. it's not only weird to think about that relationship, it's gross.
that moment and when sansa held his hand. it was so funny because tormund put his hands on him before that and he muttered 'don't touch me.' idk why tormund felt such kinship with the hound. it's inexplicable like his love at first sight for brienne (which made her go for her sword)
"I fought for you, didn't I?" When he said that line, eyes all gentle, that broke me into tears. I wish their parting could have been as dramatic as that episode.
Like winning the award for skinniest kid of fat camp, not a lot of characters avoided getting shat on from seasons 5-8. Don't get me wrong though, I definitely "stan" for the Hound. (is that how the kids say it?)
I would have also said Jaime had one of the best character arcs but in episode 5 they threw it away in my opinion, yes of course he will still love Cersei but it didn't sit right with the rest of his character arc
Nah he’s a good guy on a bad world and raised under bad circumstances. His qualities only began to shine through once he rebelled against said bad world
The scenes with the dead farmer and daughter were heartbreaking, for the Hound and the audience both. It was almost like he was surprised to discover that he cared. At the same time, though, it was a validation for him of how heartless and cruel the world was. He predicted that they would starve and that was exactly what happened. "I'm sorry you're dead. You deserve better - both of you." He truly means it. Clegane has no reason to say anything that the doesn't mean - ever. He has an affection for young girls, and the farmer's love for his daughter was clear. It's perhaps the only time we truly see Clegane grieve.
I mean, they starved because he took all their money. There's a very good chance they died directly because of his cruelty. That would have been the guys life savings, it could have been enough to get them both transport further south. Sandor took away any hope or chance of their survival. It's like me stealing all of your money and then being surprised to find you hungry and struggling the next week - like, what else would you expect?
@@elizabethannemillar3013 Exactly. You can’t predict an outcome if you directly intervene in the course of action lol, even when uttering a prediction you change fate (see prophecies etc)
@@elizabethannemillar3013 the money would not have helped at all. they would have starved regardless because the father and daughter wouldn't have been able to use such funds in their situation. you can't exchange money for food if you live in the middle of nowhere and there is no one nearby to exchange it with.
The way he turned to Arya and said "I fought for you didn't I?" Was just so endearing and perfect. I loved their relationship. His character was one of the only ones that remained solid beginning to end even if the show didnt
Fire was the Hound's one fear, and yet he was willing to jump into it as long as he did the one thing he always wanted to do - kill his brother. What a character arc.
Do you think he know there was fire pit down there? He pushed through the wall probably without thinking of whats below. Beside youre gonna die from falling from such height regardless, doubt fire was the thing on his mind.
“The only one who needs protecting is the one who gets in her way” very very true 😂😂😂 and his happy smile afterwards reminds me of a proud father, like ‘That’s my good murderous wolf pup’
3:20 "You come with me, you die here". It seemed to me like there was a subtle shift in his voice at that moment. A tinge of desperation. The closest Sandor ever came to emotionally cracking up. He really did care for Arya, and the way he spoke at that moment betrayed it clearly.
Well, Arya probably realized it was a very small chance that they would meet again after the battle ended. So, I guess that was the best farewell/last words to him that came to her mind
Why do people always write it as 'Fook' he doesn't have an accent like that, the hounds accent is alot more posh that people seem to remember, if anything he pronounces it as "Fack"
That "proud (foster) parents" moment between Sandor and Brienne seems underappreciated to me. They violently disagreed about her education... but both are so proud of her.
The legacy of the Cleganes was one of violence and cruelty. Sandor was the one that brought honor and dignity to it. A true Knight of the realm, even when he never claimed to be.
@@nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978 he chose not to be a knight since he realised they're all monsters with fancy titles. He did his fair share of bad things so he refused it since knighthood is described as something held for honourable men. Only one who lived up to it was Barristan Selmy tbh.
Clegane did some horrible things but actually tried to atone for them. I loved the short lived relationship he has with Pastor Al Swearengen and you could tell how comfortable they were with each other. Probably the only true friend Clegane ever had. It broke my heart when he was burying the dad and daughter he robbed in the snow and then Thoros of Myr can tell that Clegane was really hurting and helped him bury them. Clegane even tries to say a prayer. He came so far and has the best arch of the series.
And when he did the horrible things it was because he was ordered to. He did them out of loyalty because the Lannisters gave him a home when he had none left with his family. It was when he realized that they didn't feel the same loyalty toward him (Tyrion ordering him to fight in the fire when everyone should have understood he'd had a bad experience with it) and that they were going to let Joffrey continue to abuse an innocent girl that he finally got fed up.
Always absolutely loved that line by Sophie turner, "you won't hurt me". She has an expression kind of like epiphany as she finally understands the difference between someone like the hound and someone like joffrey.
essentially goes Dad mode. Half imagine him taking both Sansa and Arya to Winterfell where Robb and Catelyn are, and they ask who he is, and he says: I'm their guard dad".
I'm pretty sure it's young girls in general. In the books he had a sister when they were kids but his brother killed her. So now if he sees a young girl in peril it flips a switch in him. You can do whatever you want to a man in front of him and he won't flinch but if you hurt a young girl he's probably going to gut you. Unless of course you're the king and he's sworn as your guard then he couldn't but you could tell he really wanted to.
@@colecampbell1906 maybe because Ned gave a harsh punishments to The Mountain when he was the hand. He stripped him from all titles and own lands. If Robert wasn't dead, that will came true even though Beric Dondarion can't killed him. This is the near justice given to The Mountain, and we all know Gregor was Sandor worst enemy which he can't defeat.
I do enjoy that Tyrion made sure to thank The Hound for rescuing Sansa. I've always enjoyed the way Tyrion interacts with "the help" in comparison to the rest of his family.
The last time they spoke, when he goes off to kill his brother, was a really heart warming scene. It was the most love he showed towards her and care and she actually called him Sandor for the first and last time. I loved that moment between them.
Can’t believe you didn’t add the part where he shields Arya after he realizes her family has been slaughtered by the Freys. He knew she’d try to rush to them so he knocked her out and took her away. Looked even a bit sad when they paraded Rob’s body with his head replaced with the dire wolf’s.
I love the bit where he stops Arya continuing on her revenge.He makes her see what revenge will do to a person, what you become.And there, she suddenly acts like a person again, showing emotion, seeming lost and scared once more, and leaves instead of look for Cersei. She even tries to save people, and here we see the real Arya again, brought out by Sandor who helped her see past her revenge.Maybe that's why she journeyed west at the end, to fix herself by sailing out, where she can't be consumed by revenge, anger, and other things, and so if she ever comes back to Westeros, she'll do so whole once more, not the asassin, not the faceless man, not the killer, the no one, but as the real Arya Stark. That's his best deed, stopping someone else going down a path he took long ago, and saving her from herself.
I love this take, how come no one has mentioned it before?? But Sandor goes and does his own revenge anyway. A part of me hoped cleganebowl didn’t happen honestly
@@crowsguardthats the entire point, Sandor was already too consumed by his revenge to turn around now, whereas Arya could yet be saved. That's why he stops her, and talks sense into her
@@tortyreus2384 yes and no. Sandor did talk sense into Arya (which is a good decision) but then why didn't he talk sense into himself if he already knew vengeance and hatred could only lead to darkness? Clearly he was only after Gregor for revenge because he literally let Cersei slip right past him. Also, he must have known Gregor would die from dragonfire anyway - so why go after him, when he was doomed and not hurting anybody anymore, and literally let one of the biggest villains in the series run right past, if not for revenge?
Hardly, but's kind of a good guy, though really tough. :/ Love that about him, though. He's a very grey character, but actually pending more towards good then towards evil.
@@maverickmurphy he is the realistic portrayal of a true knight in contrast to jaime how we think they were like. Look it up knights were murderous rape-y mofos. Sandor looks and acts like a historically acurate good knight
@@vhaleryanadamant1975 True, however if his brother hadn't done what he did when they were kids, he would've been. Maybe he's not the classic theatrical tragic hero, but definitely cinematic.
Anti-hero, a tragic hero is someone who’s heroic trait is the cause of their death (such as bravery, a heroic trait, which in excess could cause hubris or a situation they can’t get out of). The hound’s on the “good” side because he’s good at, enjoying even, killing the “right” people, with singular focus targeting his brother. He’s not a hero for heroic traits, he a hero out of his vengeance lining up with the goals of others, thus anti-hero.
@@flamingmuffin666 I do believe he has a code of honour, such as: looking out for the Stark girls; when he stopped his brother killing the other jouster; and also when he sought revenge on the deserters who murdered his friend and the villagers. He was just a soldier following orders, for the most part previously. He also, in regards to the butcher's boy, proclaims that, it's not his place to question royalty. His negative traits were brought about due to how his brother and father treated him, whether the burning in regards to Gregor, or ignoring what Gregor did and not protecting and defending him from his brother. Tormund even notes that Sandor has sad eyes and doesn't believe he is really mean. Being in Arya's company, causes Sandor to reclaim his soul, figuratively, for the most part, and only his need for revenge/closure is what makes him do what he does, regardless of how he has changed and mellowed to a point. It is what many of us do when we think of, or can't let go of the past, we contemplate "What if..." He was a boy, who became pragmatic about the harsh realities of the world he is in and the cruelty of it's people, especially the ones who should be caring of him, and therefore developed into the man he was. Along the way he came to realise he could care about others, be selfless. When he finally finds peace with himself, when he confronts his brother, and before that, warns Arya of being like him, he dies. That's the tragedy, making the full journey, which most of us will never do, and then dying.
@@harimadhavan1712 A tragic death does not a tragic hero make, and I believe you are also mixing definitions. Anti-heroes commonly have codes of honour, can be personable to others, have strong bonds with others, have redemption arcs etc., none of this adds or takes away from the concept of an anti-hero. The iconic tragic hero is Achilles, his drive for glory (an traditionally heroic trait) causes him to be seen as a hero, drives him to fight the city of Troy, suffers loss and claims vengeance as a result of his glory drive bringing him there in the first place, and dies because of it. The core concept is that a heroic trait, causing the death of the character, is what makes a tragic hero. Depending on the character, they can progress and change, they can fully change through various hero/villain types, but The Hound doesn't do this. The Hound's vengeance drive ( a non-heroic trait), is a fundamental constant of his character, he probably has the most fleshed out idiosyncratic morality of any character ( a very common but not 100% necessary anti-hero trait), and gives his life for his vengeance. The Arya and Sansa plots serve, for the hound, the point of splaying out his morality, by showing how he responds to the trope of a Morality Pet. The Morality Pet trope is finely executed in Sandor's arcs, such that its natural and non-obvious, but they are not the main point of his arc, vengeance still is. He goes north because of vengeance over the Sept that healed him, he never valued the "making a new life" goal, but he valued those that did, and they can't do that if the night king comes. He even fails in that goal when Winterfell is being overrun, but springs into action when the Morality Pet is threatened. Nothing drives an anti-hero like the threat to their Morality Pet (John Wick is entirely about an anti-hero who loses their Morality Pet). Once that's done, all that's left is his brother. Sandor remains an anti-hero for the entire series, what he does do, is a Heel-Face Turn, this "lightens" his morality or at least how he's seen by the viewers, without changing his core drives. Other Anti-heroes: Bronn, Deadpool, Wolverine, Richard B Riddick, The Punisher, V. To contrast, an obvious Tragic Hero in GoT is Eddard Stark, with his duty/honour drive.
@@MrTchou i understand but think of sandor who was a "dog" a weapon for the throne before he made a good decision to leave the false king and save the stark girls , not in his best interest but made that choice , good hearted and good killer
He was nearly dead without many good memories, and his greatest ambition never fulfilled, and the people he tried to protect always treated him like shit even when doing things for them. So yes, if his end was a shameful one of being killed by a woman he’s never heard of ( even if it is brienne of Fucking Tarth🤤) where he’s given no quarter or mercy from even the one he protects!! It seems like a pretty fucking tragic moment😞
Are you forgetting about him riding down and murdering Mycah? I mean ultimately that darker element needs to be there to make his redemptive arc more full and interesting. But I can't see how you could consider killing an unarmed kid "nice"....
To be fair to Sandor, there wasn’t much he could do. If the prince tells you that kid attacked him, you don’t have much choice but to obey, unless you want your head chopped off too.
"Im not a thief" Also he steals the last remaining gold from a struggling family leaving them to die terribly in the winter. He isnt quite as constant as you might remember.
The look in his eyes when he says 'You come with me, you die here.' was that of such horror and concern. It was the only time he didn't have confidence in his eyes pretty much the entire show. The thought of being there to see her die and him being helpless to stop it for the first time would have broken him. It was the first and only time he ever looked weak.
Sandor is by far one of my favorite characters. A hardened killer who puts on a facade to keep himself from getting close to anyone. His own brother scarred him for life and made him terrified of fire. But underneath it all he was a good guy who was dealt a bad hand
@@TheBrokenGods there was no more valid reason for Jaime to live (at least for the sake of the plot). The moment he left Brienne to go back to KL and to Cercei, only meant that he never really changed. That's a death of good character development right there. It's as if the Brienne+Jaime scene was just done for the sake of the fans, as much as the Gendry+Arya scene.
He's the best character in the show & in the books. Rory Maccan did a phenomenal job at bringing the hound to life. No one could have played him better.
He had a heart of gold, I got the impression he was a peaceful man, just born in to the body of a warrior. So he did that reluctantly. A true gentle giant.
Often men become what they need to be to make it to the next day. Littlefinger needed to be cunning, Varys needed to be well informed, Tyrion needed to be clever, and Sandor needed to be brutal. Humans were made to survive it is hardwired into all we are, for that reason we will always be most likely to become what we perceive we need to be to keep on living.
The Hound remains my top 5 characters of this entire series. He’s never waned from who he was and what he plans on doing. Plus, he’s funny af with out even trying.
@@purplexninjamom He would've lived a terrible life had he survived, plagued by nightmares and poverty, possibly alcoholism and depression as well. He probably wouldn't want to take a wife and start a family after everything he went through, either.
@@Vlad_Tepes_III hmm it would seem he would want to travel a lot if he had survived. My my if only we knew someone who was out to explore the world. *(fucking cries in the corner)*
MadRonnie97 He was a great man. All his actions and words prove it. Noble, brave and fearsome as needed and as required. Killing his "brother" was not worth his death but he was human and as humans we each have our weaknesses. Truly one of the best characters ever on screen. Bravo!
Or... growing up in the shadow of sadisitic/unhinged evil people like his brother and father and the trauma of it catalyzed him into being a better person. Without that hate of what they were, maybe he wouldn't have strived to become better and wound up just as bad or worse. Something to consider.
Honestly one of the only characters who I think got a full story arch (with a proper, good ending). We saw him naturally grow and begin to care for others, saw the man he truly was, and in the end, he embraced the fire to finally vanquish his brother. Great character.
Ive not seen anyone mentioning Arya calling him Sandor... he gets called dog, the hound, Clegane or just insulted... I was happy when he got to hear someone call out to him using his real name, not because they needed something or were giving an order but just a friend saying thank you.
Meanwhile I'm the absolute idiot in everyone's eyes who chooses Theon just because I'd want to be able to talk with him. Boi is a great character and deserves the absolute world
Love his feelings for the stark girls. Glad they never really explained why he was so attached to them. Frustrating but i love him. His acting is on par. And consistent. Thank you hound.
What makes his character so sad is that there was this implication that he wanted to be a knight growing up. That the whole chivalory and honour was something he wanted, but seeing his brother and the monster he was be a knight destroyed that dream for him. That and the lore video talks about how the Clegane boys were born and bred to be killers, you get this sense that Sandor, at heart, is a good man who wants to do good. And we see that throughout the show in different ways. He has to constantly say he enjoys killing and its the sweetest thing to him, but like to me it comes off as him trying to convince himself to be okay with what he does. Not to be like "oh poor wounded bird" since he obviously has no qualms about killing, but I do wonder what would of been if he had been born to another house or if Gregor never existed. What I like about him is that he's a realist, something that was a hard learned lesson for him, and tries to impart it onto the Stark sisters without being overly cruel. He's a good man and the only character completely done right from start to finish.
I always thought that the reason why he was so cruel/mean was that he truly was a good man on the inside trying to convince himself he was evil like everyone else, just to shield himself from all the awful stuff going on in Game of Thrones.
My favorite character of all time.. Funny crazy, caring, realistic and brutal but above all his character showed a lot of maturity. Hats off to rory mccann!
What about when Sandor wiped the blood from Sansa's mouth or when he laid his cloak over Sansa? Or when he ran after Arya at Winterfell? Those were sweet moments. He is the best character in the whole serie, in my opinion. Just too in love with Sandor! Oh how i cryed...
2:10 “we ask the father to judge us with mercy. We ask the mother to… fuck it I don’t remember the rest. Sorry you’re dead.” I fucking died laughing at this 😂
Good video, although missing some other moments of the Hound being nice and thoughtful: 1) When he tore off his cloak to cover Sansa after being stripped and beaten by Meryn Trant 2) Wiped the cut on her mouth after -again- being slapped by Meryn Trant when Joeffrey forced her to look at her father's head mounted on the wall 3) Helping build that Sept at the small village
Arya's thanks had almost the quality of an absolution. The Hound knew what he was, or thought he knew, but his friendship with Arya so slowly built let her words touch him. There was no room for peace in his heart until his brother was dead, but I can imagine Arya's words giving him some kind of hope.
1:13. I love the way the Hound considers this from Arya, wondering how thieving is beneath him, but he’s fine with murdering little boys.. Great acting from Rory McCann.
When Sandor calls Sansa "little bird", that's as close as he'll ever come to telling a woman he loves her. In another life, where Sandor hadn't been disfigured by his evil brother, he'd have been a handsome, dashing knight who could've wooed and won Sansa. The Hound was a man who could've been a better man in a better world, but he was good as he could've been in this one.
Sandor in the TV show thought of Sansa as a little sister. Sandor in the books was attracted to her, but my theory is she accidentally warged him. It explains her false memory of a kiss that didn't happen -- Sandor regretted not kissing her (and not doing certain other things) and thought about that at least once where she could pick it up long-distance. There's precedent in the books that warging a human being is possible, and among the wildlings it is forbidden. That's going to be interesting if I'm right and they find out she managed it.
Deep down he was a good man. Just living in the darkness of his evil brother's shadow. So consumed by anger and pain that he did whatever he needed to o to survive. He died a hero and a good man.
My headcannon: Sandor didn't die, He somehow survived the fall, and the flames, killed his brother - escaped out of King's Landing. And lived happily ever after on a farm, watching the sun rise on a grateful universe.
Sandor Clegane is one of the most interesting characters in Westeros. He is not exactly evil but rather some kind of an antihero and the world he lives hin forces him to be the way he is. Still, Sandor Clegane is one of my all time favourite characters :)
Heartbreaking. Such a tragic character. He was my favorite. I think his character arc is the only 1 D&D didn’t shit on this season. He went out by getting revenge on his brother. Very pleased. RIP Hound
I love the hound. I hated him in the beginning but he really had a change of heart… I was more shocked by that than anything in the series 😂 He didn’t have to take care of Arya after they found out Lysa died but he did. And he nearly died at the hands of Brienne doing it. I wish he had gotten a happy ending, but I’m glad he got to kill his brother, as weird as it may seem to say 😅
Even if he didn't look like it, he always was a good man. He did cruel things, but only to survive or to protect those who needed his help. He really had a hard shell, but was real nice on the inside.
I think it's amazing. Up until Blackwater he was just a lost, battle hardened soul who didn't care about anything but revenge. But then he found purpose for his life. And he went down achieving his life goal.
The hound. Probably the greatest warrior in westeros. His was one of the few story arcs not completely destroyed by the last 2 seasons. Great character, amazing actor!!!!
D&D have demonstrated to future writers the perils of not finishing what you start, with the same enthusiasm and conviction you begin with, with this series. Understated by the fact that the source material was already created for them.
When sandor first came across Arya, he wanted to get ransom for her from her relatives. But the fates wouldn’t allow it. All of Arya’s siblings kept dying.
