[Aegon the Unworthy]

I agree with everything Boaz and tSW have posted...even where they disagree.

Sandor needs a cause. More than any character he needs something to commit himself to because left to his own devices he is self-destructive to the extreme. Sadly I think he knows this as much as I do, hence his loyalty to Joffrey, Sansa and Arya in succession. He takes the fights of children as his own (Joffrey excluded) but tempers them with his own sense of self-loathing. He needs something to redeem his own childhood and prove he's better than the people around him. He talks tough but we know the truth...

So far he's been consumed by getting a chance to strike at Gregor. Thats been his cause, the hate, anger, sense of betrayal have consumed him and it shows in his outward demeanor. There is good inside Sandor but his mission drives it out.

I think if he found a cause to devote himself that at its core was a righteous endeavor he would slowly transistion to something else. He would never be "flat" and without an edge but I think we would be able to put him on the side of the heroes after he finds the right cause.

Dedication to the Boy King would have served....becoming Aryas protector full time, being Sansas sworn shield against Petyr, the sword arm of the church....any of these would have done....

My only fear is that Sandor will get to destroy the reanimated Gregor without finding a new cause and then be left with nothing inside to keep him from destroying himself.