[the smiling weirwood]

Together Boaz and I have completely derailed the thread, but let's keep rolling.

One might say that the ideas presented in your post constitute true love, but let's not argue semantics.

My main point was that as much as one might wish for Sandor to find happiness, once he did so he would become someone else and cease to be Sandor. Perhaps it is different for others, but Sandor is a very compelling character for me precisely because he is so broken and scarred. If he were not, would you really care about him at all?

Maybe I am a jaded cynic, but happy shining people are so boring. I would hate to read about them.