10 Great Characters Game Of Thrones Ruined

10. Sandor Clegane

This is what happens when show writers pay too much attention to what folks are saying on the internet. The fan-dubbed "Clegane-bowl" became the epitome of what GOT represented by the final season: spectacle over plot, every time.

Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, was a fan favourite. Starting out as a gruff and cynical henchmen to the Lannisters, he seemed ambivalent to death and violence, would follow (most) orders blindly, and didn't appear to have any strong ideology or moral compass. But he wasn't innately cruel.

As the show started exploring the Hound, it was obvious he had little love for his masters, and certainly didn't share in their perverse cruelty. Sure, he killed the Butcher's Boy in season one, but the man was complicated; his arc mirrored that of Jaime's. Someone we had every reason to hate, but over time couldn't help but have affection for. By the time Clegane told Joffrey to go f*ck himself, he'd won us over.

Even when the writing was going to pot in season 7, Clegane still gave us some of the best moments in the show - particularly his interactions with Tormund. But, considering the show writers loved throwing around the line "we wanted to subvert exception", they could have come up with a different ending for the Hound, rather than the predictively obvious "Clegane-bowl".