The septon called upon the Smith to lend strength to Joffrey’s sword and shield, the Warrior to give him courage, the Father to defend him in his need. Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.
Usually I’m a big fan of Sansa’s compassion, but wow I loved this scene.
Access: One of the things that was so sweet this season was Sandor… his affection for, and protection of Sansa. Will anything continue or is he out the door at the end of 9?
Sophie: I don’t think you see much after Episode 9 of Sandor until next season, but hopefully there will be a development yet again in Sansa and Sandor’s relationship. I love their relationship, I think it’s a very complicated one, but I think it’s very beautiful, in a way, because Sandor’s been through so much and he’s been at the hands of bullying from his older brother, and he’s seeing this happen to Sansa, who is very vulnerable, not in terms of mental ability, but in terms of physicality.
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Access: Speaking of music, Rory [McCann, who plays The Hound] told me at the very beginning of the season that he had a guitar on set and the kids on set would ask him to play songs from ‘Glee.’ Is this true and were you a part of it?
Sophie: Oh, I didn’t know this… I remember once, we were in Scotland and we were shooting the pilot, Rory got up on the piano and started playing in this bar in Scotland and everyone was joining in. It was really nice.
Access: He seems like a fun guy, but I would be weary of his pranks.
Sophie: Rory? Yeah, I can definitely see this. He’s a really cool guy though. He’s so nice and I don’t think he gets enough credit for his work. He’s awesome. I love him.
(vía Access Hollywood)
Or what I assume will be the last Sansa/Sandor scene. :-/
I definitely think aspects of it were the weakest in an episode that was undoubtedly the strongest for Sansa’s characterization since season one (sassing Joffrey about Robb? Taking up the mantle of leadership when Cersei runs?? Elated to…
First I thought Sansa’s well wishing to Tyrion as a snide remark, but honestly someone here made a more realistic POV to her comment. Sansa did actually meant it genuinely to wish Tyrion good luck, but when he wanted to know if she meant it Joffrey came and then and only THEN she said: “Yes. Just like I do my king”. And maybe that’s why Tyrion wasn’t offended at all. Because he got her what she meant just like in the season premiere “The North Remembers”
I thought he looked kind of hurt…he’s always looking for love, after all. Not that I’d blame Sansa for being wary around him. Her prayers were private, after all. And that’s an interesting point about Joffrey’s proximity.
…an interesting phenomena this season that is becoming more and more apparent as it progresses: more and more people seem to qualify their high enjoyment of the series with the caveat that they have to “separate” the novels from the TV show.
-Elio Garcia, Jr. aka Ran of WesterosOrg
The thing is, I think this is true for any adaptation. There will always be changes from the source material, and the books will almost always be far more detailed and alluring. At the end of the day maybe its just a continuum. There are things that I like and don’t like based on GoT as an adaptation and GoT as a tv show. And obviously everyone comes into this with their own desires and expectations. It’s not all or nothing, perhaps. Not for me anyway.