arya deserves more credit for literally saving sandor's life. he was the one who walked into the crossroads, got too drunk to fight and received the ass beating of his life. arya told him not to go in there. she was forced to fight bc he put her in that situation. but arya was the one who took care of him. arya took care of him!!! she cleaned the wounds and stopped the bleeding and if not for the care she administered he would have died long before the elder brother ever found him.
did arya still hate him? sure did! but that just makes it all the more impressive that she was able to do what she did. with her own hands she touched him; not to hurt but to help and to heal. this is one of the most impressive moments of compassion in asoiaf and it utterly unacknowledged by the fandom. in the end arya could not condemn him to death, but nor could she absolve him of his crimes. thats not her cross to bear. its his. regardless, arya is still the reason sandor's even alive to try and do better.
when i was a kid i found an anti-new jersey fb group & as someone from new jersey i took it really personally for some reason, so I'd go on there and on an almost daily basis I'd make posts like "wont you visit our beautiful coastline? :)" and all the comments were like "i hope you get run over by a car" and it would give me insane anxiety but i kept doing it
i just know grrm was giggling like a school girl as he threw blonde haired purple eyed edric in between arya looking like lil lyanna and gendry with his baratheon af genes. a single glimpse of this scene wouldve sent ned stark off the deep end.
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Ned was trying to apologize for upsetting her, but she did not want to hear it. She pressed her heels into her horse and left them both.
arya choosing to ride off from them both is def a reference to the lyanna, rhaegar, bobby b situation. tbh i really cant see arya risking it all for some nerd with a harp.....