#please be gentle with kids

[sabiartrin]

Sandor, my beloved character of the series!

I have been attached to this character for years. He vividly portrays an innocent curious soul, charmed by romance and chivalry, and then so brutally maimed by cruelty and roughness.

He has no mercy for himself; he literally allows others to call him a dog, harbors hatred towards the world and himself, towards his childhood dreams that never came true. If he couldn't receive love and compassion in his childhood, then he'll have to convince himself that he never needed it anyway.

Sandor's father had a choice, he could have punished Gregor, but he didn't. Thus, he made it clear to Sandor that strength solves everything, and his feelings don't matter. His pain and loss of face don't matter to the closest person, to his father. If he couldn't get understanding and sympathy from his father, why would he expect it from anyone else in the world?

Oops, Sansa!

Of course, he mocks Sansa because she mirrors his inner child, maimed, crying, devoted, and misunderstood by everyone.

BUT! Sansa broke through that long-hardened shell. She brought him to tears. She broke something in him, an impenetrable stone cracked, and now something can grow from it. Deep inside, he doesn't lose faith in the goodness in this world, that's why he saved Sansa, that's why he cried. In the end, he managed to turn his principles upside down and send the Lannisters to hell, although before, his service to them was the only thing that kept him in this uncertain balance and prevented him from completely succumbing to self-deprecation or destroying himself over Gregor Clegane. He realized that care, sympathy, and love don't look like what the Lannisters showed him, like what his father and his people showed him.

He realized that things can be different.

Why does he call himself a dog?

Loyalty. Honesty. Sincerity. His ancestors' dogs gave their lives for their master. True knights acts similar in songs. They sacrifice themselves for a higher goals, for their lord, for their beloved woman. In my opinion, some part of Sandor still dreams of chivalry, of this fairy-tale chivalry that exists only in songs and in the minds of young girls.

But since the cruel world has so desecrated the concept of "chivalry," he gave it a less glamorous name, somewhat derogatory, because that part of him that tries to protect his inner child from even greater horrors deliberately mocks his love for knights and makes him hate this concept... It's simple, but at the same time catchy, simple but aggressive.

The Loyal Hound.

...and it still reflecting the essence of what both Sansa and Sandor crave.

[the-juicywizard]

Give the wheel a spin! I tried my darndest to get as many Fallout 3, 4, New Vegas, and Fallout Prime characters as possible on here! There are 360 characters at present on the wheel. Do with this whatever you want!

[firefistfiri]

🐇🐇 THE CUNNING HARES!!

They've taken over my brain ... they're my everything ....,

[kerryweaverlesbian]

Dean Winchester of Supernatural fame is NOT reading parenting books he is putting on Cheaper By The Dozen, Daddy Daycare and Honey I Shrunk The Kids taking notes.

[kestreleve]

went shooting for the first time in 16 years today

[kissnpunch]

pepito can be the most loved and protected person for team bolas, you know? that kid has a red shirt, the mask looks so cute on him, is so small and need to be protected, he appears after purgatory and is a good example of bolas vibes.

is q!roier and q!carre son, q!cellbit too after q!roier confirming he’s officially his son because they were married when he appeared, in the lore, nobody of team bolas have seen pepito and is so sad, either q!phil who loves eggs, if they were here, maybe q!roier would feel more supported and more gentle with him.

[sysig]

Scriabin and Edgar eating crepes for requestober !!

Day 8 - Delicious silence

[walmartbrandwhatever]

Thinking about Mathew Trip and how in love Marcia and Trip were when I saw the show...

[itspileofgoodthings]

I love that my favorite me and a student exchange of all time (“Miss K. I can read you like a book” “but I’ve seen how you read a book”) has gone down in (minor) Maria lore because it’s one of those things that’s so cinematic in storytelling and in real life I just kind of mumbled it while putting something away on a bookshelf

[motordyk]

maybe this vacation was a good idea

[whenthegoldrays]

💡

[antiloquist]

Playing Lethal Company with randos when you're 20+

[katyobsesses]

You would hope that "morals over money" wasnt a radical thought but alas to boomers it is

[emmaspolaroid]

i’ve got headaches and bad luck, but they couldn’t touch you, no

rayvio sketchdump. i will drag you all down with me 💜🖤

[allieisacrybaby]

i’m washing my bedding and all my blankets and stuffed animals I sleep with and tell me why washing my stuffies is so sad. like you’re not supposed to be in there but you need to be clean😭😂

[b-blushes]

a little bit of drawing on this fine tuesday