A “Sansan” or Sansa Stark and Sandor Clegane (the Hound) fanart. A 2011 painting vaguely inspired by one of their encounters in Game of Thrones, the first A Song of Ice and Fire book.
I’ve also painted some ASoIaF landscapes and misc. drawings with Arya/Gendry/Hot Pie.
The ASOIAF book scene (Spoilers)
Sandor Clegane stopped suddenly in the middle of a dark and empty field. She had no choice but to stop beside him.
“Some septa trained you well. You’re like one of those birds from the Summer Isles, aren’t you? A pretty little talking bird, repeating all the pretty little words they taught you to recite.”
“That’s unkind.” Sansa could feel her heart fluttering in her chest. “You’re frightening me. I want to go now.”
“No one could withstand him,” the Hound rasped. “That’s truth enough. No one could ever withstand Gregor. That boy today, his second joust, oh, that was a pretty bit of business. You saw that, did you? Fool boy, he had no business riding in this company. No money, no squire, no one to help him with that armor. That gorget wasn’t fastened proper. You think Gregor didn’t notice that? You think Ser Gregor’s lance rode up by chance, do you? Pretty little talking girl, you believe that, you’re empty-headed as a bird for true. Gregor’s lance goes where Gregor wants it to go. Look at me. Look at me!” Sandor Clegane put a huge hand under her chin and forced her face up. He squatted in front of her, and moved the torch close. “There’s a pretty for you. Take a good long stare. You know you want to. I’ve watched you turning away all the way down the Kingsroad. Piss on that. Take your look.”
His fingers held her jaw as hard as an iron trap. His eyes watched hers. Drunken eyes, sullen with anger. She had to look.
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Sansa and Sandor in Game of Thrones (the show)
Slight spoilers about the first book and Game of Throne’s first season:
Their interactions can get pretty tense in the books, but they’ve been a bit “softened” (and almost romanticized, maybe?) in the series.
I see them as a beauty and the beast trope and am both amazed and scared to see the sheer amount of fanfiction and fanart the internet is creating with ‘Sansan’ pairings, lol.
I can imagine how amused both Sandor and Sansa would be if they knew about their fandom.
Observation about the HBO series: Cersei (Lena Headey) can look disgusted, happy, thoughtful and constipated in a single expression and I find this absolutely mind-blowing.
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