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[[File:Sir Heartsalot SandorSansa.jpg|"...sing me a song, why don’t you? Go on. Sing to me. Some song about [[knight]]s and fair maids. You like [[knight]]s, don’t you?" - Sir-Heartsalot ©|thumb|300px|right]]
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See also: {{Main|Sansa Stark/Theories}}
The '''UnKiss''' is the nickname given by fans of the series for a kiss that did not happen between [[Sansa Stark]] and [[Sandor Clegane]].
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[[File:The_hound_and_the_little_bird_by_zippo514-d7v3q7y.jpg|thumb|300px|right|"The Hound and the little bird", by zippo514©, depicting the kiss that never was]]
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[[File:Luaprata91 sandor sansa eve of battle.JPG|© Luaprata91|thumb|300px|right]]
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[[File:M.Luisa Giliberti SansaSandorBlackwater.jpg|© M.Luisa Giliberti|thumb|300px|right]]
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The '''UnKiss''' is the nickname given by fans of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' for a kiss remembered by [[Sansa Stark]] between her and [[Sandor Clegane]], but which did not actually happen.
  
When asked about this discrepancy [[George R. R. Martin]] simply said that [[Sansa]] is an “unreliable narrator”<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Sansas_Memory/ SANSA’S MEMORY]</ref>
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When asked about this discrepancy [[George R. R. Martin]] said this will eventually mean something and that Sansa is an "unreliable narrator". This has led to much speculation by fans on what he means and intends.  
{{Quote|Well, not every inconsistency is a mistake, actually. Some are quite intentional. File this one under "unreliable narrator" and feel free to ponder its meaning. . .}}
 
He has added that the kiss “will eventually mean something”.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/SF_Targaryens_Valyria_Sansa_Martells_and_More/  Sansa misremembering]</ref> 
 
{{Quote|You will see, in A STORM OF SWORDS and later volumes, that Sansa remembers the Hound kissing her the night he came to her bedroom... but if you look at the scene, he never does. That will eventually mean something, but just now it's a subtle touch, something most of the readers may not even pick up on.}}
 
This has led to much speculation by fans on what he means and intends.
 
  
One thing is certain, for reasons known only to [[Sansa Stark]], she remembers a kiss.
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==Recent Events==
==About==
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:John_Picacio_Sansa&theHound.jpg‎|“I’ll have that song. [[Florian]] and [[Jonquil]], you said.” - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|250px|right]]
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[[File:John_Picacio_Sansa&theHound.jpg‎|“I’ll have that song. [[Florian the Fool|Florian]] and [[Jonquil]], you said.” © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]
Towards the end of the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] [[Sandor Clegane]], who had been broken during the fighting, finds his way to [[Sansa]]’s bedroom. He lies down on her bed falls asleep waiting for her.   
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Towards the end of the [[battle of the Blackwater]], [[Sandor Clegane]], whose courage had broken during the fighting, finds his way to [[Sansa Stark]]'s bedroom. He lies down on her bed and falls asleep waiting for her.   
  
Sansa eventually arrives.  The Hound is very drunk, drunker than she had ever seen him. He offers to take [[Sansa]] with him as he intends to flee the city. He mentions going north somewhere. She refuses.  He pushes her on her bed holds a knife to her throat and drunkenly demands that he sing her the song that she had promised him earlier. She sings, but not the song of [[Florian]] and [[Jonquil]].  Instead a terrified [[Sansa]] sings the Mother song: {{Ref|aCoK|62}}
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Sansa eventually arrives.  The Hound is very drunk, drunker than she had ever seen him. He offers to take Sansa with him as he intends to flee the city. He mentions going north somewhere. She does not understand what he means.  He pushes her on her bed, holds a dagger to her throat, and drunkenly demands that she sing him the song that she had promised him earlier. Sansa is too terrified to remember the words of the song of [[Florian the Fool|Florian]] and [[Jonquil]], but instead sings [[Mother (the Seven)|the Mother's]] Hymn:
  
{{Quote|''"Gentle Mother, font of mercy,
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{{Quote|Gentle Mother, font of mercy,<br>save our sons from war, we pray,<br>stay the swords and stay the arrows,<br>let them know a better day.<br>
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Gentle Mother, strength of women,<br>help our daughters through this fray,<br>soothe the wrath and tame the fury,<br>teach us all a kinder way.{{Ref|aCoK|62}}}}
  
save our sons from war, we pray,
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The Hound falls silent and removes the dagger from her throat, and Sansa gently touches his cheek, feeling a wetness that was blood and a wetness that was not blood (tears). Shortly thereafter he gets up, rips off his bloody white cloak, and leaves. Sansa shakes out the torn and bloody cloak, and huddles beneath it, shivering. Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] eventually comes to tell her the battle is won and [[King's Landing|the city]] is saved.{{Ref|aCoK|62}}
  
stay the swords and stay the arrows,
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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Sansa comes to remember this scenario slightly differently, remembering that [[Sandor Clegane]] also kissed her.
  
let them know a better day.
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Sansa remembers the (un)kiss:
 
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{{Quote|[[Megga Tyrell|Megga]] couldn't sing, but she was mad to be kissed. She and [[Alla Tyrell|Alla]] played a kissing game sometimes, she confessed, but it wasn't the same as kissing a man, much less a king. Sansa wondered what Megga would think about kissing [[Sandor Clegane|the Hound]], as she had. He'd come to her the night of the battle stinking of [[wine]] and blood. He kissed me and threatened to kill me, and made me sing him a song.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}}}
Gentle Mother, strength of women,
 
 
 
help our daughters through this fray,
 
 
 
soothe the wrath and tame the fury,
 
  
teach us all a kinder way"''. {{Ref|aCoK|62}}}}
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In contrast, as he lies dying, Sandor thinks of the song Sansa had sung to him but does not mention a kiss. He tells [[Arya Stark]]:
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{{Quote|And the little bird, your pretty sister, I stood there in my [[Kingsguard|white cloak]] and let them beat her. I took the bloody song, she never gave it. I meant to take her too. I should have. I should have fucked her bloody and ripped her heart out before leaving her for [[Tyrion Lannister|that dwarf]].{{Ref|aSoS|74}}}}
  
The Hound falls silent and Sansa gently touches his cheek feeling the wetness that was blood and the wetness that was not blood (tears). Shortly thereafter he gets up, rips off his bloody white cloak, and leaves. [[Sansa]] shakes out the torn and bloody cloak and huddles beneath it shivering.  Ser Dontos eventually arrives to tell her the city is saved.  
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===''Feast for Crows''===
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In the [[Eyrie]], [[Sansa Stark]] again remembers the (un)kiss in some detail: 
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{{Quote|As the boy's lips touched her own she found herself thinking of another kiss. She could still remember how it felt, when his cruel mouth pressed down on her own. He had come to Sansa in the darkness as green fire filled the sky. He took a song and a kiss, and left me nothing but a bloody cloak.{{Ref|aFfC|41}}}}
  
Afterwards Sansa comes to remember this scenario slightly differently, remembering that [[the Hound]] also kissed her.
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Sansa thinks of the (un)kiss again when she's asked if she knows what goes on in a marriage bed:
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{{Quote|She thought of Tyrion, and of the Hound and how he’d kissed her, and gave a nod.{{Ref|aFfC|41}}}}
  
==Recent Events==
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==Quotes==
===A Clash of Kings===
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{{Quote|You will see, in A STORM OF SWORDS and later volumes, that Sansa remembers the Hound kissing her the night he came to her bedroom... but if you look at the scene, he never does. That will eventually mean something, but just now it's a subtle touch, something most of the readers may not even pick up on.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/SF_Targaryens_Valyria_Sansa_Martells_and_More]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}
Sandor comes to Sansa’s bedroom during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and takes a song from [[Sansa Stark]]
 
  
===A Storm of Swords===
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{{Quote|File this one under "unreliable narrator" and feel free to ponder its meaning...<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Sansas_Memory/ Sansa's memory]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}
Sansa remembers the (un)kiss:
 
{{Quote|[[Megga Tyrell|Megga]] couldn't sing, but she was mad to be kissed. She and [[Alla Tyrell|Alla]] played a kissing game sometimes, she confessed, but it wasn't the same as kissing a man, much less a king. Sansa wondered what Megga would think about kissing [[the Hound]], as she had. He'd come to her the night of the battle stinking of [[wine]] and blood. He kissed me and threatened to kill me, and made me sing him a song. {{Ref|aSoS|6}}}}
 
In contrast as he lies dying he thinks of the song Sansa had sung to him and tells [[Arya]]:
 
  
{{Quote|''"And the little bird, your pretty sister, I stood there in my [[Kingsguard|white cloak]] and let them beat her. I took the bloody song, she never gave it. I meant to take her too. I should have. I should have fucked her bloody and ripped her heart out before leaving her for [[Tyrion Lannister|that dwarf"'']].{{Ref|aSoS|74}}}}
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==References==
 
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===Feast for Crows===
 
In the [[Eyrie]],[[Sansa]] again remembers the (un)kiss in some detail. 
 
{{Quote|''"As the boy's lips touched her own she found herself thinking of another kiss. She could still remember how it felt, when his cruel mouth pressed down on her own. He had come to Sansa in the darkness as green fire filled the sky.  He took a song and a kiss, and left me nothing but a bloody cloak"''. {{Ref|aFfC|41}}}}
 
 
 
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Revision as of 06:22, 7 February 2019

See also:

"The Hound and the little bird", by zippo514©, depicting the kiss that never was
© Luaprata91
© M.Luisa Giliberti

The UnKiss is the nickname given by fans of A Song of Ice and Fire for a kiss remembered by Sansa Stark between her and Sandor Clegane, but which did not actually happen.

When asked about this discrepancy George R. R. Martin said this will eventually mean something and that Sansa is an "unreliable narrator". This has led to much speculation by fans on what he means and intends.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

“I’ll have that song. Florian and Jonquil, you said.” © 2012 John Picacio

Towards the end of the battle of the Blackwater, Sandor Clegane, whose courage had broken during the fighting, finds his way to Sansa Stark's bedroom. He lies down on her bed and falls asleep waiting for her.

Sansa eventually arrives. The Hound is very drunk, drunker than she had ever seen him. He offers to take Sansa with him as he intends to flee the city. He mentions going north somewhere. She does not understand what he means. He pushes her on her bed, holds a dagger to her throat, and drunkenly demands that she sing him the song that she had promised him earlier. Sansa is too terrified to remember the words of the song of Florian and Jonquil, but instead sings the Mother's Hymn:

Gentle Mother, font of mercy,
save our sons from war, we pray,
stay the swords and stay the arrows,
let them know a better day.
Gentle Mother, strength of women,
help our daughters through this fray,
soothe the wrath and tame the fury,
teach us all a kinder way.[1]

The Hound falls silent and removes the dagger from her throat, and Sansa gently touches his cheek, feeling a wetness that was blood and a wetness that was not blood (tears). Shortly thereafter he gets up, rips off his bloody white cloak, and leaves. Sansa shakes out the torn and bloody cloak, and huddles beneath it, shivering. Ser Dontos Hollard eventually comes to tell her the battle is won and the city is saved.[1]

A Storm of Swords

Sansa comes to remember this scenario slightly differently, remembering that Sandor Clegane also kissed her.

Sansa remembers the (un)kiss:

Megga couldn't sing, but she was mad to be kissed. She and Alla played a kissing game sometimes, she confessed, but it wasn't the same as kissing a man, much less a king. Sansa wondered what Megga would think about kissing the Hound, as she had. He'd come to her the night of the battle stinking of wine and blood. He kissed me and threatened to kill me, and made me sing him a song.[2]

In contrast, as he lies dying, Sandor thinks of the song Sansa had sung to him but does not mention a kiss. He tells Arya Stark:

And the little bird, your pretty sister, I stood there in my white cloak and let them beat her. I took the bloody song, she never gave it. I meant to take her too. I should have. I should have fucked her bloody and ripped her heart out before leaving her for that dwarf.[3]

Feast for Crows

In the Eyrie, Sansa Stark again remembers the (un)kiss in some detail:

As the boy's lips touched her own she found herself thinking of another kiss. She could still remember how it felt, when his cruel mouth pressed down on her own. He had come to Sansa in the darkness as green fire filled the sky. He took a song and a kiss, and left me nothing but a bloody cloak.[4]

Sansa thinks of the (un)kiss again when she's asked if she knows what goes on in a marriage bed:

She thought of Tyrion, and of the Hound and how he’d kissed her, and gave a nod.[4]

Quotes

You will see, in A STORM OF SWORDS and later volumes, that Sansa remembers the Hound kissing her the night he came to her bedroom... but if you look at the scene, he never does. That will eventually mean something, but just now it's a subtle touch, something most of the readers may not even pick up on.[5]

File this one under "unreliable narrator" and feel free to ponder its meaning...[6]

References