YOU DO NOT FUCK WITH MY SANSAN.

^^lol!

But yeah, I loved that scene in the books, it was a great start to the weird Sansa/Hound interactions (I think relationship/friendship/hatred would be innacurate, it's a weird thing they have back and forth...)

On a side note, totally loving Littlefinger so far, he's one of my favourite characters in the books and I really like how he's being portrayed so far. Don't know if anyone here ever watched HBO's prison drama 'OZ' but I always saw Littlefinger kinda like Ryan O'Reilly....

It's one of my favorite scenes in the book, so i was really disappointed that they changed it...and based on everything i have read about future episodes there won't really be any Sansa/Sandor scenes this season.

Saejima, yeah, I've heard the same thing, which really disturbs and saddens me. I REALLY hope they just don't write Sandor/Sansa off, their relationship is really important to both characters in the long run.

I had no idea Sandor and Sansa have a thing going on in the books, but I think I kinda like it in a weird way.

I plan on starting the books soon so I guess I'll find out then ;)

there are quite a few hints in the books re: a potential romantic relationship between sansa and sandor.
- sandor asks her to go away with him and says he'll kill anyone that gets near her
- sandor cries when she sings to him
- sansa huddles in his cloak when he's gone then keeps it hidden in a drawer
- more than once, sansa recalls kissing sandor (when in fact, she did not - he nearly did)
- sansa wishes more than once that he were where she is and what he would say if he were
- the overall protectiveness he showed to her while she was tormented by Joffrey.

Sandor has all the qualities of the romantic knight sansa dreams of, except the appearance of one. I think that's the whole basis behind their connection throughout the story. Her romanticizing the kiss is more proof that some instinctual part of her knows he is, it's just a matter of getting past all the superficial nonsense she's believed in.

As for Sandor being noble or "knightly", I personally think he is. I also think that’s intentionally done – that he hates knights, but is more like a textbook version of one than most others (and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it was a toy knight he was playing with that got him burned by his brother). He is the sworn shield of prince Joffrey, so the things he is ordered to do as such, he MUST do or leave (which he ends up doing). Although he has an immense amount of rage - and how not considering what happened to him as a child?- he protects Sansa as best he can under the circumstances and even tries to rescue her and take her with him. He is everything she's wanted Joffrey and the knight of Flowers to be, except that he isn't beautiful – and yet, that’s the point the author is trying to make.

As for Sandor, he is clearly getting a much needed soul cleansing at the Quiet Isle and will eventually head back out into the world and when they meet next, Sansa will see beyond his appearance. I'm convinced it's inevitable. Oh, and Sansa does mention when she thinks Sandor is about to kiss her, that it isn't so much his scarring that puts her off, but the rage in his eyes (and that will be gone now).

I agree with ebathory.

That was so Stupid! On a sidenote I loved the fight between The Hound and The Mountain! That was Great! And I love Littlefinger's portrayal as well!

@ Sensho God that was so beautiful... Truly, this is the most beautiful couple ever.

it bothers me a little ....

@Sensho, every word you say is absolutely right, beautiful analysis!
Although I'm a huge SanSan-Fan and would have liked it, if they had kept the scene as in the book, I wasn't so much bothered as I expected. The way they threat this whole SanSan-thing in the show makes it much more subtile, much more secretive and so I think, kind of deeper and more fascinating.
Only thing I missed, was the delected scene of season 2 with both of them.

I don't mind it. I would of liked Sandor to tell Sansa, but having Littlefinger told Sansa... It kinda makes me think what would happen if Sansa does tell Sandor in the future... If she does :)

A LOT.