Le Cygne

Romance Thread --

• Sansa and the Hound ~ Beauty and the Beast
• Sansa and Sandor ~ Jaime and Brienne parallels
• Sansa and Sandor ~ Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester parallels

Show Scenes --

• Sansa and the Hound as La Belle et la Bete (scene written by GRRM)
• The rose leads to the Beast for Beauty (I'm no lord) ~ the rose leads to the Hound for Sansa (I'm no lord/ser)
• Beauty and the Beast bond over stories ~ Sansa and the Hound bond over songs
• The Beast saves Beauty's life from the wolves ~ Sandor saves Sansa's life from the "rats"
• Beauty says to the Beast, Thank you for saving my life  ~ Sansa says to Sandor, Thank you for saving me
• Beauty and the Beast both drink from the bowl ~ Sansa and Sandor both drink from the bowl (hers and his)
• The Beast lets Beauty decide to go because he loves her ~ Sandor lets Sansa decide to stay because he loves her
• The Beast dying of heartbreak ~ The Hound dying of heartbreak
• More scenes - Beauty missing the Beast, contrast between the Beast and the Prince, the Beast carrying Beauty to safety, a hallway meeting and another hallway meeting (and another view) and another hallway meeting, the Beast standing by Beauty's bed, more marriage symbolism (Sandor gives Sansa his cloak and she faces him wearing his cloak), more Beast symbolism (get her a dog, she'll be happier for it and he protects her when she's with Lady and again when he takes off the Hound helm), and beauty and beast references (gingers are beautiful, kissed by fire, like you, etc.), and more (ask her who came back for her, didn't you steal something from Joffrey before you left?, etc.)