Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-28146644-20160407172925/@comment-217.132.153.187-20160408121224

The Hound is a scumbag, a monster. I don't understand what's to like about him. He is not better than his brother: the Hound murdered a small kid, the Mountain murdered a baby - because they were given orders. Being a monster is a matter of quality, not quantity, namely it is not the number of victims that counts but the cruelty.

Somehow, I don't think the Hound deserves a medal of honor for not raping and killing Mycah's mother after butchering the poor unarmed harmless kid, as his brother did with the baby.

Funny that when a highborn is in danger (Loras, Sansa, Arya), suddenly the Hound is filled with chivalry. How unfortunate for Mycah that he was lowborn. Any good deed the Hound performed is greatly outweighed by his monstrous act.

The Hound never showed any regret or remorse about killing Mycah. On the contrary, he laughed and joked about it (once to Ned in the first book, and twice to Arya in the third book). Very funny indeed.

If the Hound had had even a bit of conscience, who would have let Mycah get away. No one expected him to help the child actively, but he could have done what Jory did about Arya's direwolf - return and claim that he did not find him. Very simple.

The Hound is a monster, and deserves death. Jaime was right "be glad the gods made seven hells. One would never be enough to hold both of the Cleganes".

What happened to the Hound as a child is very sad, but by no means it justifies or eases what he did to Mycah.