tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57147207760403713.post6118238073081447949..comments2023-09-19T07:15:01.677-04:00Comments on Willmark's Darkside Blog: Greatest Warriors of the Westeros- #5 Sandor CleganeWillmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13554909606828004686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57147207760403713.post-19727260691755769242014-04-10T14:23:42.837-04:002014-04-10T14:23:42.837-04:00he shouldnt be no.5......the two clegane brothers ...he shouldnt be no.5......the two clegane brothers should be no.1 n 2 respectively with gregor bein #1, jaime n selmy come as 3 n four.....oberyn is 5Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902050470717821177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57147207760403713.post-66718783319752616152013-03-14T21:29:05.931-04:002013-03-14T21:29:05.931-04:00I think youre reading me wrong. The Hound is somew...I think youre reading me wrong. The Hound is somewhere in the middle of the spectrum of the Westros. He is certainly not pristine like Ser Arthur Dayne nor is he as abhorrent as his brother, but he is certainly no angel.<br /><br />Martin writes him to have a certain sympathy for the character but he is hardly morally just, for example killing Mycah the Butcher boy because Joff told him to? http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Mycah Following orders doesnt get a free pass. Willmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554909606828004686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57147207760403713.post-76012261447064880742013-03-01T20:47:10.245-05:002013-03-01T20:47:10.245-05:00Think your interpretation of sandor is a bit diffe...Think your interpretation of sandor is a bit different to mine.. You seem to view him slightly as a villain, but i disagree.<br /><br />See, whilst he enjoys killing, and may do bad things, he only does what is necessary to look after himself, rather than being sadistic like gregor or ramsay bolton. He has a conscience, and it appears so many times throughout the book.<br /><br />1.He does do some evil things, such as try to go and sell Ayra. However, when he sees the red wedding, rather then letting her die, he takes care of her.<br /><br />2.Then there's him saving Sansa multiple times (and even offering to take her back to Winterfell, when even not-so villainous characters might've sexually assaulted her)<br /><br />3.Saving the knight of flowers.<br /><br />4.Honourably defending KL at the battle of blackwater, when he could've just fled.<br /><br /><br />So, the way I see it - is that he is simply a bitter individual. Imagine how much mockery he has suffered, and it's not surprising really lol. His only place in society, and his only worth, is when he kills people. He couldn't even be a knight, because frankly, he's face is too mortifying. People cringe when they look at him. <br /><br />And it's this imo, (the process of accepting he is only good for killing) that has made him relish killing so much.<br /><br />But observe that you never see him just killing random peasants. He only enjoys killing other fighters. The sight or thought of hurting the innocent necessarily and just for a sadistic pleasure repulses him.<br /><br />So whilst I would never make him out to be a hero, I would compare him to a mercenary, and I happen to think he is morally very just.<br /><br /><br />As a warrior? I would say he is on par with Gregor. As a commander, I would say neither are competent in the slightest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13149395511388741813noreply@blogger.com