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HotD:

*The Black kids are spending time at Driftmark with their paternal grandparents*

Aenys: Alys wrote that Lady Rhaenys had a dragon race with her and Jo, and Alys won!

Aenys: And that Lors Corlys has gifted a ship to Aemon, for him to sail whenever he wants once he is 16.

Aegon: That's nice, Otto had dinner with us last night and spent it poiting out the ways I am a disappointment.

Alayne: You think that’s bad? Aenys and I have a dinner with both the Brackens and Blackwoods celebrating our betrothal! There’s going to be so much bloodshed.

Alyssa, here to stir chaos and support Alayne: I mean I have lunch with Danielle and Roger tomorrow

Aemond: No one wants to hear about your DILF and his kid. Clearly Alayne and Aenys win with Aegon and I behind.

Helaena: Alaena and Maekar are making out in the shed. I think we can get them to suffer more than us if we tell Aunt Gael.

Everyone:……… Which shed?

[arielseaworth]

Stuff I wrote in the first half of 2021:

(I’ve written so few of the things I had planned to write this year. If this is an actual mid-year progress evaluation, I would totally fail 😅 Although I did finish my first ever John le Carré fic YAY! 🎉 I’m really proud of that.)

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Like Two Parents

There was the Brotherhood and there was this other chap. Said he was working for both of ’em. They were like two parents for him. Kept him going.” (A Perfect Spy, John le Carré)

“What is it about your husband, do you know, that gives us such a bad, bad conscience?” (A Perfect Spy, John le Carré)

Jack Brotherhood and Axel meet, after Pym’s death, to talk about a bad conscience and the balance of culpability, among other things.

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The Vanishing

On that last visit, though, [Asha] had found Lady Alannys in a window seat huddled beneath a pile of furs, staring out across the sea. Is this my mother, or her ghost? she remembered thinking as she’d kissed her cheek. (A Feast for Crows)

POV Swap: This scene from Alannys Harlaw’s POV.

An Inch of Your Broad Earth

"It was hard for all my brothers. That shadow Tywin cast was long and black, and each of them had to struggle to find a little sun.” (A Feast for Crows)

The Lannister brothers, from Gerion's POV.

when the hammer shall fall upon the dragon

And talk was heard in camp of a prophecy of ancient days that said, “When the hammer shall fall upon the dragon, a new king shall arise, and none shall stand before him.” (Fire & Blood)

For the prompt: Stannis and Maester Cressen discussing this prophecy after Robert’s win.

After Robert defeated Rhaegar with his warhammer on the Trident, Stannis and Maester Cressen debated the use of a prophecy to boost the morale of the people inside Storm’s End, who were still besieged by the enemy.

A Dance with Ashara

The crannogman saw a maid with laughing purple eyes dance with a white sword, a red snake, and the lord of griffins, and lastly with the quiet wolf … but only after the wild wolf spoke to her on behalf of a brother too shy to leave his bench. (A Storm of Swords)

Ashara Dayne’s appraisal of the four men she danced with at Harrenhal.

coming in from the cold

Elenei had spent countless years watching them, these mortals with their “poor little lives” as her mother called it, with their “nasty, brutish and short existence” as her father dismissed it. Their lives seemed no more than flickering candles in the eyes of the gods, but perhaps those lives were experienced far more intensely because of it.

Find Me

He was not lost, he protested, to a nameless accuser. He was not crying out for help, he insisted, to the absent figure he was reaching out for in the nightfire. He was merely holding on to her faith, her faith in him that was stronger than his faith in himself.

(Stannis/Melisandre, miles from where you are.)

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Robb Stark & Bran Stark

Rhaena Targaryen/Alayne Royce

Loras Tyrell/Renly Baratheon, a secret

Samantha Tarly & Sansara Tarly

Ned Stark/Catelyn Tully, “Ned loves my hair”

Maester Aemon & Aegon V Targaryen, Aemon’s dream

Archmaester Abelon & Alleras

Doran Martell/Mellario of Norvos, a memory

Ned Stark/Catelyn Tully, a lie

Argella Durrandon/Orys Baratheon, the opposite of love

Aegon V Targaryen/Betha Blackwood, a story

Quentyn Martell/Ynys Yronwood, unrequited

Stannis/Melisandre, shelter from the storm

Dacey Mormont & Alysane Mormont, promise

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As Ladies Die...No One Sings a Song About Them Part 2

Link for Part 1

Amethyst Empress, slain by her brother the Bloodstone Emperor.

Brave Danny Flint, raped and murdered by her Night's Watch Brothers at the Nightfort.

Lady Agnes Blackwood, killed by Harwyn "Hardhand" Hoare.

Queen Rhaenys Targaryen, reported to have died at the Hellholt after Meraxes was shot down from the sky in 10 AC, she was 35 or 36 years old.

Princess Meria Nymeros Martell died in 13 AC at around 95 years of age.

Lady Melony Piper, died in battle at the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye in 43 AC.

Queen Visenya Targaryen, died in 44 AC at age 73 or 72.

Septa in charge of Queen Alys Harroway's care during her pregnancy, executed in 44 AC.

Septa in charge of Queen Alys Harroway's care during her pregnancy, executed in 44 AC.

Midwife in charge of Queen Alys Harroway's care during her pregnancy, executed in 44 AC.

Lady Jeyne Harroway, died trying to protect her sister Queen Alys in 44 AC.

Lady Hanna Harroway, died trying to protect her sister Queen Alys in 44 AC.

Queen Alys Harroway, died at the hands of Queen Tyanna on King Maegor I's direction in 44 AC.

Queen Ceryse Hightower, at age 43 died either from an illness or had her throat slit in 45 AC.

Poxy Jeyne Poore, burned alive on orders of King Maegor I in 45 AC.

Queen Tyanna of the Tower, King Maegor I cut her heart out in 48 AC.

Lord Rogar Baratheon's 1st wife, died of a fever.

Septa at Jonquil's Pool who attacked Queen Alysanne Targaryen, slain by Kingsguard in 51 AC.

Septa at Jonquil's Pool who attacked Queen Alysanne Targaryen, slain by Kingsguard in 51 AC.

Septa at Jonquil's Pool who attacked Queen Alysanne Targaryen, hanged by Lord Mooton in 51 AC.

Lady Rosamund Ball, died from dagger to the belly in 51 AC.

Lady Samantha Stokeworth, poison by Androw Farman in 54 AC.

Lady Alayne Royce, poison by Androw Farman in 54 AC.

Lady Cassella Staunton, poison by Androw Farman in 54 AC.

Septa Maryam, poison by Androw Farman in 54 AC.

Lady Lianne Velaryon, poison by Androw Farman in 54 AC.

Princess Aerea Targaryen, officially died of a "fever" in 56 AC, the reality was much more horrifying.

Lady Lucinda Broome, married to Lord Prentys Tully, died from the Shivers in n 59 AC.

Ronnal Baratheon's wife, died of the Shivers in 59 AC.

Garon Baratheon's wife, died of the Shivers in 59 AC.

Ser Eustace Hightower's wife, died of the Shivers in 59 AC.

Septa Edyth, died from the Shivers at Dragonstone in 59 AC.

Lady Velaryon daughter of Lord Daemon Velaryon died of the Shivers in 59 AC.

Lady Velaryon daughter of Lord Daemon Velaryon died of the Shivers in 59 AC.

Lady Velaryon daughter of Lord Daemon Velaryon died of the Shivers in 59 AC.

Lady Jirelle of Maidenpool, died of from the Shivers in 59 AC.

Lord Staunton's wife, died of the Shivers in 59 AC.

Princess Daenerys Targaryen died of the Shivers in 60 AC.

Queen Rhaena Targaryen, died in Harrenhal at 73 AC at age 50.

Princess Viserra Targaryen, died at 15 years old in a drunk riding accident in 83 AC.

Septa Maegelle Targaryen, after treating people with Greyscale she became afflicted with the disease and died from Grayscale in 96 AC.

Princess Gael Targaryen, officially died from a summer fever in 99 AC, actually committed suicide.

Queen Alysanne Targaryen, died in 100 AC at age 64 AC.

Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, at age 55 died in battle with Meleys against Sunfyre and Vhagar at Rook's Rest in 129 AC.

Lady Caswell, threw herself from atop the gatehouse to hang herself when Lord Ormund Hightower arrived at her gates in 130 AC.

Queen Helaena Targaryen, died from suicide in 130 AC at 21 years old.

Lady Mysaria of Lys, died while being whipped through the city streets naked in 130 AC.

Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, fed to Sunfyre by King Aegon II in 130 AC at age 33.

Essie, mother of Gaemon Palehair, hanged in 130 AC on King Aegon II's orders.

Sylvenna Sand, Essie' paramour, hanged in 130 AC on King Aegon II's orders.

Lord Leowyn Corbray's mistress, died of the Winter Fever in 133 AC.

Queen Jaehaera's maid, died of the Winter Fever in 133 AC.

Queen Jaehaera's maid, died of the Winter Fever in 133 AC.

Queen Alicent Hightower, died of the Winter Fever in 133 AC at 45 years old.

Lady Hazel Harte, wife of Der Daeron Velaryon, mother of Queen Daenaera Velaryon, died in 133 AC from the Winter Fever.

Queen Jaehaera Targaryen, died from suicide or more likely murder in 133 AC at age 10.

A certain Septa who was heard to have said that Queen Jaehaera ought to never had children, died in the Black Cells in 133 AC.

Lady Buckler, drown in133 AC when her shop crossing the Blackwater sank.

Lady Buckler, daughter of Lady Buckler, drown in133 AC when her shop crossing the Blackwater sank.

Lady Buckler, other daughter of Lady Buckler, drown in133 AC when her shop crossing the Blackwater sank.

Tess, salt wife of Lord Dalton Greyjoy, threw herself into the sea after killing Lord Dalton in 134 AC.

Mother of Lord Toron Greyjoy, one of Lord Dalton Greyjoy's salt wives, put to death by Lord Dalton Greyjoy's Sisters and their husbands in 134 AC.

Lady Greyjoy, sister of Lord Dalton Greyjoy, died in the attack on the Ironborn by Ser Leo Costayne and the Lannisters forces in 134 AC.

Lady Greyjoy, sister of Lord Dalton Greyjoy, died in the attack on the Ironborn by Ser Leo Costayne and the Lannisters forces in 134 AC.

Lady Jeyne Arryn, died at 40 years old in 134 AC in Gulltown of a cold that settled in her chest.

Lady Myrmadora Haen, daughter of Magister Torreo Haen, attended the Maiden's Day Cattle Show scandalously dressed, poisoned with the rest of her family at the celebration for her father's election to First Magister in 135 AC.

Wife of Magister Torreo Haen, poison at her husband's celebration feast with their family and supporters in 135 AC.

Mistress of Magister Torreo Haen, poison at Torreo's celebration feast in 135 AC.

"Merry Meg" Megette, 2nd Mistress of Aegon IV, beaten to death by her blacksmith husband in 159 AC.

Lady Bethany Bracken, 7th Mistress of Aegon IV, executed by order of Aegon IV Targaryen in 178 AC.

Lady Larra Rogare, died in 145 AC at 30 years old.

Lady Alysanne Osgrey, died in the Great Spring Sickness in 209 or 210 at age 20, while working as a Silent Sister.

Lady Osgrey, committed suicide after the death of her daughter Lady Alysanne Osgrey.

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Thoughts on F&B and Violence

CFS has forced me to stop 100 pages before the end, but I’m loving Fire & Blood, yet I will acknowledge what I’ve heard people are saying: it��s brutal at points and there are more instances of sexualised violence towards women, etc. Various instances and thoughts below the cut

- The First Dornish War was so much worse than I’d realised, and especially what happened at the Oakheart wedding D: Felt a bit nauseous with that whole section

- Coryanne Wylde’s story sounds sad, poor girl

- There was an assassination attempt against Alysanne! (HVDU?!) Women fighting women... Explains Jonquil Darke’s later employment though

- Androw Farman, you dark horse. Though I can kinda understand how he snapped, but still...

- What happened to Aerea. Yeah, I’m pretty sure Euron never went to Valyria, or not properly anyway...

- Every rat catcher in KL being killed after Blood and Cheese. And poor Helaena :(

- Bloody ironborn making off with hundreds of women the first chance they got...

- Poor little Maelor :(

- Ugh, the Sack of Tumbleton >.<

But having said all ^that, we do get more interesting ladies and their stories as well:

- Melony Piper with Rhaena Targaryen <3 (it’s either light wlw or some very old dedicated female friendship, and I am happy either way)

- Lots more mentions of handmaidens and companions to the Queens/Princesses at court, with what sound like good friendships formed

- Rhaena’s dedication to her daughters despite what had happened

- I like that there was an Alayne Royce who was a close companion to Rhaena (*Sansa/Myranda shipping intensifies*)

- 13 year old Alysanne entertaining huge numbers of noble ladies for 7 days before her mother’s remarriage

- Jonquil Darke trying to become a kingsguard as a mystery knight (echoes of Brienne)

- Alysanne and Jaehaerys may be incest but they’re really fricking cute, and looks like they didn’t consummate until she was at least 15/16 (when she insisted they consummate!)

- Man, Lucinda Tully seems to get everywhere

- Elissa Farman! Elissa X Rhaena! “The Four-Headed Beast”! Doesn’t end happily though...

- Poor Elinor Costayne rose to become the mother of a large motherhouse in Lannisport

- definite midwives at Alyssa’s bed (page 216) as well as a maester

- Sabitha Frey! “fond of killing men and kissing women”!

- Cregan Stark might have inflicted thousands more deaths through battle, but for the acts of various women, it seems...

- Black Aly seems a very interesting woman...

- The Winter of the Widows!

- I wondered what had happened to Alys Rivers and she does come back into the story...

Miscellaneous:

- Rogar Baratheon sounds like he was reincarnated as Robert Baratheon...

- Following the rebellion against Aenys for marrying brother to sister, Jaehaerys’ councillors were afraid of marrying him to Alysanne and planned otherwise, but it was the siblings who sorted it themselves. And since she was only 13 THEY DID NOT CONSUMMATE IT *confetti*, but that meant the councillors thought they could undo it... but they did not reckon with our young BAMFs.

- The Widow’s Law! Alysanne fought for more than abolishing the First Night

- Even when Alysanne couldn’t go and hold Women’s Courts, she sent a trusted woman who could

- Ho shit, Elissa Farman stole dragon’s eggs! And they wound up in Braavos...

- Exceptionalism as a Doctrine, ah man, the politics

- Ohhhh, Harrenhal’s Widow’s Tower is named for Rhaena

“The queen’s fountains”! Good Queen Alysanne strikes again!

- Badness about the Nightfort, Alysanne confirms

- I don’t like Mushroom, or whoever’s writing in his name. There’s so much bullshit thrown in that I barely trust the bits that could be true :/

- Mysaria/Misery was involved in Blood and Cheese

- Blackwoods despoiling septs in the Dance v.v So much for them being the clear good guys

- Lord Tarly declared for Rhaenyra - either they weren’t as misogynistic as Randyll or maybe they were taken up with Daemon...

- Corlys Velaryon seems to be one of very few sensible people during and following the Dance. Larys Strong is an interesting enigma

- “The Lads”! As a British person, this sounds hilarious to me, even though it probably shouldn’t be

- Cregan Stark did at least get a large recruitment for the Wall in his time...

I’m sure there’s more, but I’ll have to come back to it another time.

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Daella lives!

Who Rhea marries here?

Harrold Blackwood producing Alayne Royce before his unfortunate death.

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HOTD:

What about Visenya? What happened to her?

Well since Daemon & Rhea never got married Visenya as in Daella Lives!!! is now Alayne Royce, her father is a Blackwood who dies shortly after her birth and has Aenys persuing her as they play out their Romeo & Juliet esque love story while Aemond is off studying runes in the library with Rhea.