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[jaimexbrienne-fic-finder]

Any recos of Braime fic. Childhood friends or roommates Jaime and Brienne

Childhood Friends:

if i should fall behind (wait for me) by theworldunseen

Brienne is trying to enjoy her last moments of freedom before another dreadful season in King's Landing when Ser Jaime Lannister comes crashing back into her life.

I Don't Want to Toe the Line by everydayescapeartist

Jaime and Brienne share a lot over the years, growing up the children of parents who are the best of friends.  There’s something Jaime realizes they have yet to share and he’s hoping this year’s holiday party will be their best one yet.  (Also known as that cheesy JB mistletoe fic you didn’t really ask for but I felt compelled to write anyway.  Cheers!)

Unrestrained Summer Fun by tall_wolf_of_tarth

Genna Frey has a solid plan for the summer. She will rent a house in the Riverlands and wait for her divorce to finalise there. The house has a lovely backyard where her son Cleos can play and most importantly, there’s a hot neighbour living right next door - a fact that hopefully will add great value for Genna’s summer plans. Selwyn Tarth even has a daughter who is the same age as Genna’s Cleos.

Nothing can go wrong with this plan. And it doesn't, not at least until Genna's favourite nephew Jaime shows up.

Triple Dog Dare by pearly_rose

Brienne was a good daughter. An excellent student. An amazing goalkeeper. She was a rule follower. She always used her turn signals. She’d never even had a late fee from the library.

But Jaime, he was—a bad influence. Whenever he was around she felt her center of gravity shift, drawing her into his orbit with his golden curls, his sharp cheekbones, his even sharper eyes. His white teeth, flashing dangerous as a shark whenever he’d catch her eye and say, “I dare you…”

There was really only so much charm a seventeen-year-old girl could be immune to before she’d begin making objectively foolish choices.

Roommates:

This is Halloween by captainellie

Halloween definition: Surprisingly, how two roommates plus two kids become a family.

Aisle 17B by ikkiM

Grocery shopping with Jaime Lannister was a nightmare.

Vändpunkt by Lady_in_Red

Furniture shopping can test any relationship, but a day of shopping at IKEA with the roommate you want in your bed is much worse.

Three Months by hillaryschu

And so for three months now, Brienne has been Jaime’s flatmate. For three months they’ve been doing practically everything together. She’s been sitting across from him at breakfast, while he rubs the sleep out of his eyes and shovels cereal into his mouth. They’ve been carpooling to work—Jaime insisting on controlling the music, whether he is driving or not, and then talking over whatever he selects. They’ve met up with friends who give Brienne knowing looks that she blatantly ignores. For three months, Brienne’s been forced to watch Jaime putter around the apartment, sometimes in just a pair of low-slung sweatpants, golden hair sleep-mussed, arms stretching high above his head in an indecent display of tan skin and muscles. He’s always there, giving Brienne a hard time while also being gentle and supportive in a way that feels completely foreign. For three months now, Brienne has been steadily falling in love with him.

[and then smut happens]

Who Killed Andressa Drumm? by Abouqetofdaylillies

This is the only incomplete one on the list and please carefully read the warnings, but they are very much roommates!

Brienne Tarth has made a good life for herself. She comes from a good family, went a good school, and works a good job, as a caseworker with the Riverlands sector of Child Protective Services. Her job is her life, and she's never been much of a romantic.

But one day, she gets a call about an emergency placement; an infant has been found in the same apartment as their murdered mother. Brienne accepts the case to find that the detective assigned the Andressa Drumm's homicide is Jaime Lannister, former workplace jerk turned to unlikely workplace friend.

Jaime needs her help to solve Andressa's murder, and Brienne isn't willing to say no. Jaime pulls her into the case, and later, into his life.

Beast and the Beast by SigilBroken

The Gift by sdwolfpup

Jaime and Brienne are roommates, friends, but not -- much to Jaime's chagrin -- lovers. Can one special Christmas gift change that?

I settled in slowly to this house that you call home by brynnmck

He shrugs. "My honor has been maligned, I have to--"

"Your honor is in your dick?"

"Oh, it's not just my dick," he tells her, his grin going wicked. "It's also my hands, my tongue, my--"

"Stop." She waves her hands in front of her, trying to ward off the images that are suddenly flickering through her brain like a pornographic slideshow.

He crosses his arms over his chest, making his biceps bulge in a way that she's positive is intentional. "All I'm saying is that I bet I could get you screaming my name. And you obviously know I'm right, since you're too chicken to let me."

Brienne grits her teeth. She is absolutely not going to fool around with her semi-drunk, rebounding best friend and roommate because he dared her to. She is not. She is--

"Fine," she snaps. "Give it your best shot."

Or, "Fucking Your Way To Feelings in Five Weeks or Less"

Catfish scheme by tall_wolf_of_tarth

“I’m pretending to be a hot girl on tinder so I can match with my roomate and tell him Im coming over so he’ll clean the apartment”

Brienne pretends to be a hot girl in Tinder so Jaime would clean the apartment. Based on a tweet.

Roommate Wanted by JustAGirl24

Brienne is living in King's Landing and needs to save up some money, so she decides to put an ad on Petyrslist for a roommate. Imagine her surprise when Jaime Lannister arrives on her doorstep.

[everydayescapeartist]

I’m much too late in sharing this (I think? Did I post it before? My tired brain needs help, lol) but @hillaryschu did such an amazing job and was really sweet and wonderful to make this L’il Oathkeeper gift for me above and beyond her awesome Bug Juice fic.  So, you all need to go check out this lovely JB art please and give the accolades it deserves.  Happy weekend, everyone!  Hope we all get to enjoy some JB fics/fanart during it!  :-D

[catherineflowers29]

@hillaryschu asked:

What's the SW in SW/GoT Crossover? Star Wars? The one that stuck out the most other than that was The Last Day. Wanna share what it's about? It sounds either sad or bittersweet.

The Last Day is a total angst-fest that is set in Jaime’s last day at Winterfell before he left. It was going to switch between Jaime and Brienne’s POVs contrasting Jaime’s suicidal nihilism with Brienne’s zealous excitement at her first love affair. I only have notes, sadly, but it was intended to HURT.

You’re right, the SW is Star Wars! I started writing it with @ohcaptaintarthister aaaaages ago. We had a cool idea about Captain Phasma being Brienne (sorta kinda) and Jaime being one of those First Order Nazi-types. Jaime had done the SW equivalent of Kingslaying and Phasmienne was transporting him for execution.

During this time they had a cat-and-mouse game that culminated in some quite kinky sex (because of course) but the twist was that things then got REALLY kinky when they fell in love. In the First Order, sadistic sex acts were very much the norm, but our two were sick perverts because they liked to be super fluffy with each other - love notes, teddy bears, candlelit bubblebaths etc.

Here’s an excerpt:

Star Wars/Game of Thrones Crossover Fic

She lets Lieutenant Stark lead her down to the brig, barely managing to keep the contempt from her voice. An escort mission was very much below her station, no matter who this man was.

“I’d bind him with every restraining device you have,” Lieutenant Stark says. “He’s already made two escape attempts, murdering one of my men and his own cousin in the process.”

She opens the door. Phasma steps into the cell. Lieutenant Stark turns the lights on. The prisoner blinks in the harsh tungsten glare.

“Is that a woman?” he says.

He’s unkempt and dirty, his beard and hair grown wild and his uniform rotted to rags. He wears a restraining collar, but he’s also physically bound to the bench. The smell of him is unbearable even through her helmet.

“He’s First Order?” Phasma says.

“Technically,” Lieutenant Stark all but spits. “He’s a deserter, a murderer and a traitor to boot. There’s some speculation he may be a spy for the republic.”

“Then why has he not been summarily executed?” That certainly would have saved Phasma this trip.

“General Hux,” says Lieutenant Stark with a growl in her throat. “Has made a deal with his father.”

“Who is his father?”

“Lord Lannister.” Lieutenant Stark sounds like she is going to be sick.

Phasma looks back at her prisoner. She knows Lord Lannister – has had dealings with him in the past. He’s one of the few civilians that genuinely strikes fear into Phasma. There’s something about the man – his cold, penetrating eyes, his icy, precise voice.

This – this thing is Lord Lannister’s son? She sees nothing of his father in his flashy green eyes, his easy, louche smirk.

Phasma signals to her guards. “Take him to my ship,” she barks. “Clean him. Find him a fresh uniform. Lord Lannister will be displeased he has been mistreated.”

“Keep him restrained,” Lieutenant Stark reminds her. Phasma bristles.

“You’ve become a real sarlacc in your later years, Stark,” the prisoner jibes as he’s dragged past the Lieutenant.

“I’d gag him too,” she says.

Hit me with the WIP MEME!

[ddagent]

hillaryschu said: Are you adding these to Cubs and Gemstones? Haven’t been keeping up on Tumblr.

I hadn’t planned to, but if that’s something people want I am more than happy to add them to the collection!

[twelvemonkeyswere]

Tagged by @pretty--thief & @hillaryschu - sorry this took so long guys, but thank you so much!! 💖

Rules: tag nine people you want to get to know better or catch up with, then answer these questions.

Three ships:

As usual, let me preface this by saying I’m not much of a shipper, so my ships have been few and far between, and this is always hard lol.

Jaime x Brienne (ASOIAF)

Tamaki x Haruhi (Ouran High School Host Club)

Miranda x Gary (Miranda)

Last song: “In Time” by Robbie Robb, courtesy of the Bill & Ted soundtrack.

Last movie: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). We already began our fam’s now traditional Halloween watch of horror movies and such and this year we decided to fill me and my sister in with classics we haven’t seen.

Currently craving: Some pumpkin pie would be nice. A coke too.

Currently reading: I’m behind the book club but I’m reading Jane Austen’s Persuasion!

I don’t think I’ll be tagging people since Idk who has done this already, but if you want to go ahead and tag me! 

[the-world-unseen]

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Pining, Baseball, Coaches, little league, Alternate Universe - You've Got Mail Fusion, You've Got Mail - AU, Twitter, Online Relationship, a boatload of GoT/ASoIaF characters that I didn't want to tag individually, Fluff, Fluff and Humor Summary:

to be read in 90s Movie Trailer RomCom Voice

Meet Jaime. He used to be the most infamous player in Major League baseball but a career-ending injury brought him back into the family business. He hates it. What he doesn’t hate is coaching the best Little League team in Kings Landing.

Meet Brienne. After her father’s death, she left behind a successful career in women’s competitive fastpitch to start over. She’s trying to balance life and love in a new city, all while coaching a down-and-out Little League team.

In a world where everyone is looking to connect, Jaime and Brienne discover the best way to meet someone is to never meet at all. What they don’t realize, is that they already have.

This fanfic exchange season, follow along with Brienne and Jaime as they take to one another on Twitter and battle on the ballfield. Then find out what happens when those worlds collide.

(a You’ve Got Mail AU)

OK EVERYBODY, MAKE SURE YOU READ @hillaryschu‘S FIC!!! IT’S THE BEST!!! even if u don’t like you’ve got mail, i think she like beautifully handled some of the things that make YGM “icky” for people, so i really think everyone in the whole world would like this. it’s the best!!!!! read it!!!!! ahhh!!!!!

[ao3feed-briennejaime]

Tell Me It's Real

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/clL9fdh

by hillaryschu

Jaime doesn't die in Kings Landing and seeks out Brienne, who is now back on Tarth.

Words: 1013, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Selwyn Tarth, Podrick Payne, Sansa Stark, Probably others too - Character

Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

Additional Tags: Fix-It, Who needs another fix-it?, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/clL9fdh

[gesssekai]

@knifeears

I limited myself with 1 fic/author but it still got long. Sorry I’m terrible at picking favourites.

Heart Full of Gasoline by sdwolfpup - 407k words - rated E - Formula One AU

Two Halves of a Sword by angel_deux - 90k words - rated T - Soulmate + High school AU

Everyone Has Secrets by ellaria - 113k - rated E - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo AU

Surfacing by ilikeblue - 98k - rated E - Surfer AU + dealing with trauma and recovery

if you push yourself then I will pull you on (I will be with you in the fray)  by  jellyb34n - 57k - rated E - Pacific Rim AU

One Good, Honest Kiss by winterkill - 53k - rated E - Neighbours AU + bodice rippers as seduction implements

I Owe It All To You by theworldunseen - 44k - rated M - Dancing with the Stars AU

Beast and the Beast by SigilBroken - 59k - rated E - Athletes + roommates AU

Freely Given by samirant - 73k - rated M - Neighbours AU with Brienne as a surrogate for Renly and Loras who have just died

Pilot Light by brynnmck - 71k - rated E - Masterchef AU with a sprinkle of fake dating

they say your body is full of sin (it's the door through where peace begins) by EllisJay - 55k - rated E - Jaime as a camboy (surprisingly intimate/came for the smut, stayed for the emotions)

A Love to Last by cardinagirl75 - 82k - rated E - Woke up married with a bit of fake dating AU

One the Night’s Watch by Miss_M - 105k AU - rated M - Detective AU

The One: Game of Thrones Edition by motorbike_on_the_avenue - The Bachelor AU

Fever by Lady_in_Red - 119k - rated M - Bull riders + roommates AU

Something Blue by Aviss - 37k - rated E - Jaime as a wedding planner

Right Off the Bat by  hillaryschu - 42k - rated M - You’ve Got Mail + baseball little league AU

Madonna of the Balcony by  QuizzicalQuinnia -  41k - rated M - Sculptor AU

WeGotThis by Dame_Lazarus - 43k - rated M - Office romance

Rubies and Rogues by ShirleyAnn66 - 48k - rated T - Brienne chasing the Stark girls on a tropical island and Jaime as her guide

[jaimexbrienne-fic-finder]

Do you have any good recs for fics inspired by films?

This is just off the top of my head, if anyone can think of any others please add them!

Right Off the Bat by hillaryschu

to be read in 90s Movie Trailer RomCom Voice

Meet Jaime. He used to be the most infamous player in Major League baseball but a career-ending injury brought him back into the family business. He hates it. What he doesn’t hate is coaching the best Little League team in Kings Landing.

Meet Brienne. After her father’s death, she left behind a successful career in women’s competitive fastpitch to start over. She’s trying to balance life and love in a new city, all while coaching a down-and-out Little League team.

In a world where everyone is looking to connect, Jaime and Brienne discover the best way to meet someone is to never meet at all. What they don’t realize, is that they already have.

This fanfic exchange season, follow along with Brienne and Jaime as they take to one another on Twitter and battle on the ballfield. Then find out what happens when those worlds collide.

(a You’ve Got Mail AU)

Vows by theworldunseen

Jaime Lannister profiles the most interesting and romantic weddings in the country for his super popular blog, The only problem? His own heart has been stomped on, and it might have ruined weddings for him forever. When he finds out about a woman who’s going to be in her twenty-seventh wedding party, he thinks writing about her might be his way back to loving weddings. But Brienne Tarth isn’t anything he ever expected.

Inspired by 27 Dresses

Battle is the Great Redeemer by Lady_in_Red

Jaime Lannister dies in a tunnel under the Red Keep, and wakes up days earlier at Winterfell. And then it happens again. And again. But he's not the first to live the same battle over and over again. Arya Stark, the slayer of the Night King, went through it first in the Battle of Winterfell.

Edge of Tomorrow AU

A Big Cop in a Small Town by SeeThemFlying

When Brienne Tarth, a tough London copper, is forced to move to a sleepy town in Somerset to be their new police sergeant, she is partnered with Jaime Lannister, who is not happy about the whole deal. However, things are not what they seem in Casterly, and Brienne and Jaime end up uncovering a conspiracy bigger than anything they were ever anticipating.

A bit of ridiculous, murderous fun to help us all forget about Series 8!

References to a certain 2007 buddy cop comedy abound.

Hot Fuzz AU

The Ice Cream Anthology by SeeThemFlying

A series of unconnected and semi-connected Jaime/Brienne fics based on various films starring Simon Pegg:

1) "A Big Cop in A Small Town" - Hot Fuzz (2007) - Complete 2) "Woman Up" - Man Up (2015) - Complete 3) "Run, Fat Knight, Run" - Run, Fatboy, Run (2007) - Complete 4) "Lannister and Tarth" - Burke and Hare (2010) - Complete 5) "A Good Knight Sleep" - The Good Night (2007) - Complete 6) "Zombie Horror Hordes" - Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Complete 7) "Many Flavours of Ice Cream" - A Series of One Shots drawn from the ICA universes - WIP

the time of my life by djelibeybi

When Brienne arrives in King's Landing for the first time, she expects two tedious months of uncomfortable gowns, embroidering with the queen, and her father's failed attempts at matchmaking. She does not expect the Kingslayer secretly teaching her to joust, under cover of darkness, so that she can compete as him in the king's nameday tourney. And she definitely does not expect to fall in love with him.

Dirty Dancing AU

With All Your Faults by sea_spirit

In 1943, small-town slugger Brienne Tarth is recruited to play for Tywin Lannister’s newest business venture: the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. There, she meets Jaime, a maimed former Major League pitcher who’s been talked into managing one of his father’s teams. She can't stand her arrogant coach, and he is definitely not interested in his annoyingly principled star player. They don't like each other at all, really...until they do.

Loosely inspired by "A League of Their Own," with slightly less baseball and lots more love story.

[brynnmck]

J/B Exchange Recs Round 1!

I have not been around Tumblr much lately because I was so preoccupied with stuff for @jaime-brienne-fic-exchange, but I am trying to get back into the swing of things, and I figured what better place to start than with some recs?

These are currently skewed a bit toward my amaaaazing gift fic and the amaaaaazing ones I beta-ed, since I am way behind on my reading, but there will be more to come!

Backpfeifengesicht by @samirant - I am so unbelievably grateful that I had both amazing prompts/amazing recipient for the fic I wrote, and such a fabulous gift fic too. I was still working on my own fic and very sleep-deprived and flagging when I read this for the first time and I think I may have actually left my body on a wave of sheer euphoria. IT IS ALL THE GOOD THINGS. So many of my favorite vacation/road trip tropes--drunken shenanigans! Intimate late-night conversations while everyone else is sleeping/elsewhere! Friends being too involved in your relationship! Unexpected forced proximity! And the banter is glorious, and the secondary characters are so well thought out and add such depth and vibrance to the story, and the Sansa/Margaery subplot was DELIGHTFUL, and I love the way this structured Brienne's relationship to Tyrion and then to Jaime as an extension of that, and the resolution was handled with an absolutely perfect balance of hilarity and heat. (There was also the stuff throughout that was very targeted to me specifically WHICH I APPRECIATED, so thanks to both Sami and @forbiddenfantasies1 for that). About 20% of the way into the story, I was deeply convinced it was Sami, and in the best possible way--it had the hallmarks I love about her writing: her sense of humor, her gift for banter, her clear affection for the characters, the richness of all the relationships. It was like showing up to a party and unexpectedly finding a friend there, and it was the loveliest feeling. I am thrilled that so many people have read and loved this story but I want everyone in the world to read and love it, so. Please check it out if you haven't! And also check out Sami's hilarious tale of woe regarding her writing process, which is amazing. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SUCH A PHENOMENAL GIFT SAMI.  ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

A favorite line: On any other day, Brienne would have left him - a relative stranger - to his wallowing, but an untold amount of imbibed Pentoshi Slammers stirred up a noble benevolence within her, a little voice that said they had something in common and what good were her broad shoulders if they weren’t offered as a place to rest a weary, heartbroken brow? SO GOOD.

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Lay Your Heartbreak and the sequel You could make me feel so good by @ajoblotofjunk / sdwolfpup - LISTEN. SDW sent me an early chunk of this and I was immediately OBSESSED and I have not stopped being obsessed since. Obviously worldbuilding is a huge strength of SDW's and her creativity with that is a constant astonishment to me. But pop culture is full of examples of people who can create amazing worlds and then utterly fail to populate them with interesting or dynamic characters, whereas SDW's ability to fill in those wonderfully creative spaces with her love for the characters and their love for each other that is just magic. And these fics are the perfect examples of that. The setup is not only fascinating but makes for such fantastically INTENSE feelings, omg, everything just feels like it's crackling off the page; even before Jaime and Brienne and Addam are admitting anything to each other, it's not so much simmering under the surface as boiling. The balance between the three of them is gorgeous, there are two incredibly hot fencing scenes as well as a very hot swimming scene (in addition to the sequel being just one big tangle of brain-scorching hotness), there's a perfect amount of sweetness and softness to play off all the blazing heat, and overall this is one that's going to stick with me for a long time. I know J/A/B isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if you aren't actively opposed to the idea of them, then I highly highly encourage you to check this out. 

A favorite line: That night she dreams of golden skin, hot and soft against her palm – yes, someone moans, yes – the rough scrape of callouses over the arch of her ribs, the scratch of red stubble between her thighs – like this? Yes, more, please more – legs sliding together and between each other, and two mouths touching her all over. Hnnnnngh.

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The Limit Does Not Exist by @agirlnamedkeith / sameboots - Fics with a power imbalance are something I approach with a lot of caution but I LOVED the way that sameboots handled it here. The fact that this fic includes her signature extremely hot feelings-forward porn as well as a thoughtful exploration of what it can mean to be a woman in STEM is like a beautiful multi-course meal; I cared a LOT about whether they were gonna do it and I was also equally invested in how Brienne’s thesis was going to turn out and where she would go from there. I love Brienne’s stubbornness and determination and even though she’s finding her way here (as you would be, as a grad student), those elements are VERY much on display and they spark fantastically against an initially guarded and caustic but eventually deeply admiring Jaime. And while I don’t want to spoil anything, I will say that I feel like the end is a perfect illustration of one of the major themes of the fic, and I love it so much for that. Watching this one take shape and watching sameboots geek out over her math research was a delight, and the result is excellent (and did I mention, extremely hot). Definitely worth all her work!

A favorite line: “Has anyone ever told you that you’re the worst liar?” (KIDDING HANNAH ILU HERE’S THE REAL ONE:)  The problem with smoothies was that it was hard to make them aggressively., Angrily pushing a button didn’t have the same release as whaling on a punching bag. Brienne didn’t have a punching bag, though, and she desperately needed to do something, and she was hungry. ANGRY SMOOTHING-MAKING. I LOVE IT.

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Right Off the Bat by @hillaryschu - A You’ve Got Mail AU where Jaime and Brienne are rival Little League coaches who unknowingly bond over Twitter is SUCH a great idea, and Hillary committed to it right down to the delightful rom-com-trailer summary. She also put an enormous amount of care into the details of the story--she had references for outfits, buildings, even Jaime’s cologne--and it shows in all the lush descriptions throughout. The banter is sparky, watching their two relationships gradually unfold is a lot of fun, there’s a particular tipsy (on Brienne’s part) Twitter DM exchange that I still get flustered thinking about, and there’s a batting cage scene that will be haunting my brain for a while. Especially given that Hillary had never written a story anywhere near this long before, I’m so impressed that she pulled it off (and fixed some of the most problematic elements of the movie, too). Congratulations to her on rising to the challenge!

A favorite line: But as they part from each other, Brienne lifts the hem of her tee to wipe the dirt and sweat from her face. Her exposed stomach is pale and toned, with softly defined muscles that gleam with perspiration. Jaime trips over home plate. SAME JAIME. SAME.

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X Marks the Spot (where I’ll find you again) by @pretty--thief - PIRATES. I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE PIRATES. And this fic is such a fantastic blend of snappy, exciting swashbuckling (and hilarious use of parrots) and a very poignant backstory that underlays the adventure with all this yeeeeeearning and it’s SO GOOD. The action scenes are thrilling, the descriptions are gorgeous, there is STARGAZING and BATTLE COUPLE, the Jaime snark is chefkiss, Brienne is so brave and committed and quietly full of feelings, there’s a really lovely discussion of the ethics of being in the military, and also Pod and Addam and Arya and PIRATES FOR JUSTICE. SO HERE FOR THAT. And did I mention the yeeeeeearning (which is paid off wonderfully--the penultimate chapter lived rent-free in my mind for about a week after I first read it)? Ugh SO GOOD.

A favorite line: When he had exited his quarters, Brienne had looked at him with so much concern in her eyes it threatened to swallow Jaime whole. He’d felt something similar when he was around Cersei, when they were fucking or fighting; a fire he had once thought he could never tire of, would never want to put out. But Brienne had reached out her hand, as if on reflex, and smoothed her thumb across his tired brow. The ship had continued to sway beneath them, and Jaime didn’t feel fire. He didn’t feel like he would be turned to ash at any moment. He felt a breeze, the wind in his hair and salty air in his lungs. as;lfkja;sldjgas;lfjas;lf 

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Federation Fliers by @elizadunc /Ladybugbear2 - A short and very sweet one! I adore the world that Megs created in this and would happily read many many more words in it, but this is a lovely glimpse in and of itself, and made me so happy. Established relationship (which I love), one of my favorite Jaime nicknames for Brienne, a wonderfully badass Brienne and a wonderfully besotted Jaime, all against a fascinating backdrop. So good!

A favorite line: She belonged in the sky. She had a grace to her movements on the ground, but in the sky she was ethereal. HEART-EYES

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And now for a few that I just read after they were posted like a normal person:

Wine Down by @slipsthrufingers - SOME MILD SPOILERS HEREIN FYI. Okay first of all, the summary of this fic is deliciously evil and I think we all need to appreciate that. Also, it starts out with Jaime and Brienne having lunch together and these glorious descriptions of food and he has taken note of the specific food she likes and is making sure it’s provided for her and that is SO VERY MUCH MY LOVE LANGUAGE YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW. I FLAILED. And then things go, shall we say, a bit downhill, but in the most achingly beautiful way--Jaime sacrificing himself for Brienne and Brienne determined to tether him to life through sheer force of will and steadfast devotion. Slips puts us right into Brienne’s headspace/heartspace while she’s worrying for Jaime and trying to negotiate the fucked-up Lannister family dynamics (and the observations on said dynamics are wonderful too), and this hits such an excellent balance of Brienne’s rigidly controlled surface and everything that’s roiling away underneath. I’m always fascinated by the idea of what could have happened during the time that Brienne was in King’s Landing and this is such a brilliant exploration of how things could have gone, and Brienne’s interactions with the rest of the Lannisters (and Sansa) give the world that much more depth as well. The descriptions throughout are beautiful, there are so many lovely turns of phrase, the intimacy between Jaime and Brienne is just devastating, and it all comes back around to an immensely satisfying conclusion. SO GOOD. 

A favorite line: The gods had seen fit to give her an unwomanly body, so she had taken up the sword. They had given her an ugly face, so she had perfected her manners and courtesies so they could never be frowned upon. But they had given her a maiden’s heart, and try as she might she had never found the right weapon to protect it. MY PRECIOUS GIRL.

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A Matter of Honor by @nire-the-mithridatist - I shrieked at nire in DMs basically the whole time I was reading this story, it made me experience like 90% of the range of human emotions in one night and I’m still mad about it. This features a fascinatingly flipped script where Brienne is the wealthy one and Jaime the supplicant, and an arrogant-ass supplicant he is. Brienne is an angy baby nineteen-year-old who is furious at the entire world and I fucking adore her for it, and watching all the events unfold through the lens of her (generally well-founded) suspicions was a delicious sort of torture where I trusted NO ONE and genuinely did not know exactly what was going to happen next. Nire turns a lot of marriage fic tropes on their head in this and it’s all done brilliantly, and there is EXTREMELY SEXY SWORD-FIGHTING (and as a sexy bonus, Brienne’s perspective on it feels so perfect for someone who is truly an accomplished swordswoman), and nire uses some common elements throughout to just pack in these layers and layers of meaning and significance, and there are many turns of phrase so perfect that they hurt, and then she’s like “hey would you like to re-feel all the feelings in this story again in a very concentrated burst” and it’s SO MUCH, and the conclusion pays everything off amazingly. And even though it’s very swoony and romantic (and HOT. I SHOULD MENTION VERY HOT), there’s a hint of melancholy to it too, reckoning with what it means to be a woman--even a wealthy one--in Brienne’s world, and it’s just the perfect crunch of salt on top of all the sweetness. LOVE. 

A favorite line: He brought her knuckles to his lips. As sweet as honeyed nettles, he declared, “Lady Brienne. You have made me the happiest of men.” As the crowd roared in approval, she felt the sting of his kiss. STING OF HIS KISS ARE YOU KIDDING ME. Also I’m including this for purely thirsty reasons but NO SHAME: He stood from the sofa and went to help his wife undress, and if she noticed his averted eyes and his trembling hands—oh gods, the laces went on endlessly down her back, and with each pull, a little more of her figure was revealed, barely veiled by her gauzy shift—she said nothing. I DIED. I ALSO SAID NOTHING BECAUSE I WAS DEAD. Fuck, man.

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The Riverlands Gang Go to the Zoo by @naomignome - Another shorter and very delightful one with Naomi’s typical brand of chaotic humor that I adore. It’s Hyle POV, for one thing, which is good times, and the structure of this is so clever--the way each section of the zoo is used to progress the story is so seamless and happy-making, and there are tons of little jokes and Easter eggs packed in along with a very sweet, snarky emotional storyline wherein Hyle is definitely doomed. Plus another EXCELLENT Brienne nickname in here. LOVELY. 

A favorite line: “Pixel!” he said laughingly, “You know if you fell in the bear pit, I would jump after you without a second thought.” “You need to have a first thought in order to have a second one.” Brienne said dryly. SUCH A GOOD BURN.

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all these people think love’s for show (but i would die for you in secret) by @naomignome - This is SUCH A FLEX because not only did Naomi write TWO fics for her recipient but they are WILDLY DIFFERENT and I’m so impressed with her for doing it! This one is SPIEEEEESSSS and Naomi packs so much tension into 5K, I was on the edge of my seat through the whole thing. Canon events are woven in astonishingly well, and it’s a delicious enemies-to-partners-to-lovers situation that involves some excellent hurt/comfort and excellent use of RAIN to moody/sexy effect and it’s just all very thrilling. YUM.

A favorite line: He lets off a single bullet and it grazes the inside of her thigh, enough to make her wince and draw blood, but not enough to stop her from tackling him to the ground and wrestling him into submission. She’s got both of his wrists pinned above his head and her knee is drawn up and pressed against his torso. Jaime’s chest is heaving under her knee. Her chest is heaving in tandem. From above him, Brienne can see the green of his eyes darken, and even in submission, he’s annoyingly beautiful. Her blood is rushing, and it’s not all adrenaline. WHEW. SAME.

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as stars once a year brush the earth by @ylizam / mazily - Another wonderfully bite-sized one (good job actually taking the minimum word count as a guideline, people who did that, unlike the rest of us dumbasses!) that packs a lot into a small space. A canon-ish soulmates AU that’s so understated and dreamy, but with the echo of all the turmoil they’ve gone through to get to this place that brings everything in sharp relief. It’s also funny and sexy and romantic as fuck, and there are gorgeous poetic descriptions, and they spar by a WATERFALL, and just. So much happens in just over 1600 words! IMPRESSIVE.

A favorite line: Her right hand goes numb, unfeeling; back in their rooms Jaime is waking up, and she knows the phantom ache of his missing hand is bothering him. Jaime is waking, and yawning, the bed linens pooling around his waist and highlighting his summer tanned skin. She misses him, suddenly, as wide as the endless sea in front of her. BEAUTIFUL.

OKAY THIS WAS A LONG POST. That’s all I’ve got for now--more to come as I continue my reading!!

[catherineflowers29]

meme!

Rules: tag nine people you want to get to know better!

tagged by: @seethemflying Thank you my dear <3

Favourite colour: Yellow

Currently reading: Mostly fanfic, I just don't have the mental energy for books at the moment.

Last Song: "The Void" by Muse. It was the theme tune for a documentary I watched recently and I wanted to listen to the whole thing.

Last movie: I watched Captain America: Civil War with my eldest a couple of weeks ago.

Last series: In the middle of watching The Good Fight season 4 at the moment. Last completed series was the aforementioned documentary series, The Planets, with Prof Brian Cox.

Sweet, Savoury or Spicy? Sweet, I'm such a sugar addict.

Craving: Mars Ice Creams

Tea or Coffee: I occasionally drink coffee, but I am an Englishwoman, so tea.

Currently working on: My exchange prompt, which has taken far longer than I'd hoped.

Tagging: @hillaryschu @meriwynlee @ohcaptaintarthister @it-may-be-dull-but-im-determined @arrow89 @agirlnamedkeith @fawnilu @firesign23 @ajoblotofjunk and anyone else who wants to give it a go.

[dame-lazarus]

One fun thing about joining the J/B discords this summer is #sprinting: a channel where fic writers can have a structured 30-minute chunk of group writing time. A dodderingly cheerful bot will tally everyone’s stats and wpm, then post them in ranked order with an inspirational quote that sometimes feels a little passive-aggressive. (But we love it.)

Tonight, the bot went AWOL. So @slipsthrufingers decided to fill in.

We at first thought she was kidding.

She was not.

So: we sprinted. This new @slipsthrufingers bot was not fucking around.

She was drunk on power.

The bot got wind of what was going on and was horrified. It had to seize back its power.

But @slipsthrufingers wasn’t going to go down without a fight.

In the end, it was no contest. After all: @slipsthrufingers had the support of Michelle Obama. (Probably.)

But, magnanimous gal that she is, @slipsthrufingers gracefully relinquished her power. She had touched the sun, and it was too much.

Let today (August 15, 2020, in deference to our god) be known in memory as The Great Slipso Sprint.

THE END

starring: @firesign23 @the-world-unseen @ajoblotofjunk @hillaryschu @agirlnamedkeith @brynnmck @writergirl2011 @dame-lazarus and of course @slipsthrufingers

[jb-reading-series]

Thank you to everyone who joined in:

@firesign23 (Roccolinde)

@im-auntie-social

@slipsthrufingers

@it-may-be-dull-but-im-determined (jencat)

@letters-to-theo

@agirlnamedkeith 💕 (sameboots)

@ajoblotofjunk (sdwolfpup)

@eryiscrye (SomberSecrets)

@primarybufferpanel

@ohcaptaintarthister

@seethemflying

@ladym-rules (EmpressM)

@luthienebonyx (Luthien)

@aviss

@virareve

@djeli-beybi

@scoundrels-in-love (ImberReader)

@hillaryschu

@aliveanddrunkonsunlight

@seaspiritwrites

@bussdowntarthiana

@catherineflowers29

@angelowl-fics

@cobaltzosia (PriortiesSorted)

@shipping-receiving (languageintostillair)

@ofaclassicalmind

@kiraziwrites

@dame-lazarus 😎

@feriferfer (thesarcasticone)

@angel-deux-writes

@cytarabi

@albatrossisland (tuliptoes)

@nire-the-mithridatist

@serjaimelannister (songofwinter)

@nossbean (jellyb34n)

@sapphiresandsunlight (earthwindandfiber)

@bananachef

@unadulteratedkr (Dialects_and_Costumes)

@albatros-assoiffe

@samirant

@the-lightless-star (aleighcarlisle)

@nightreaderenigma

@brynnmck

@wickedjaime (ofwickedlight)

@tall-wolf-of-tarth / @treadcareful

It’s been so lovely to hear all your voices!

And thank you to everyone who has been listening and following along!

See you all around the fandom.

[theunpaidcritic]

I was tagged by @seaspiritwrites and @cytarabi — thank you!! 

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

If you’ve seen me do this before ... you know the hilarity (inability to name things) that awaits you:

Project 1

Project 2

Project 3

Project 4

Project 5

Project 7

Project 8

Project 9

Project 11

(But hey, I’ve finished Project 6 and Project 10).

I’m tagging @the-world-unseen, @nossbean, @angelowl-fics, @im-auntie-social, @seethemflying, @eryiscrye, @hillaryschu, @aliveanddrunkonsunlight ... with apologies for double-tagging! 

[ajoblotofjunk]

Before I become scarce for a little while, another set of recs! A mix of canon and modern AUs.

the way you're bathed in light by @agirlnamedkeith (sameboots)

This is a show canon divergence-ish from season 4, where Jaime comes to Brienne at King’s Landing before she leaves with Oathkeeper. He feels guilty and filled with self-loathing and it still works monumentally well. Brienne is a warm light here but she still has agency in this, and the twist it gives to the tent scene from season 6 is especially emotional. A moody fic.

Texting in the Time of Quarantine by @hillaryschu

This is a short, cute modern AU where Jaime and Brienne are best friends separated by quarantine and Jaime is lonely. It’s VERY funny and ends in the most delightful way.

getting caught in the rain by @nire-the-mithridatist

In this modern AU, Jaime is a Punisher-like hero, Brienne is a superpowered superhero, and they’re married in their alter egos and unaware of each other’s secret jobs. This fic is stunning - shockingly intimate with lovely imagery and a genuine weight to their relationship and the work they do. I’ve probably thought about it once a week since I read it.

among the walking folk by @littledeconstruction​  (forpeaches)

In this canon-set au, Jaime is a captured selkie and Brienne is tasked with taking him to Casterly Rock. It’s spare and beautiful, as all of forpeaches’ writing is, and stuffed full of promise and magic and tension.

Lost and Found by @dame-lazarus

This is a Sansa POV long, one-shot modern AU. The premise is that Sansa joins her mom and Petyr’s weird cult, then Jaime and Brienne meet up, go on a terrible date, and find and rescue her. I love outsider POVs of my ships, and this is a very unique take on a modern AU version of canon events. Sansa’s voice is quite singular, but somehow totally feels like her at the same time. It’s fairly long for a one-shot (20k), but I was hooked the whole time. Warning for some deep-dive into cult life, including a scene I found surprisingly upsetting that I'd be happy to warn you about if you need it.

[hillaryschu]

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Pining, Baseball, Coaches, little league, Alternate Universe - You've Got Mail Fusion, You've Got Mail - AU, Twitter, Online Relationship, a boatload of GoT/ASoIaF characters that I didn't want to tag individually, Fluff, Fluff and Humor Summary:

to be read in 90s Movie Trailer RomCom Voice

Meet Jaime. He used to be the most infamous player in Major League baseball but a career-ending injury brought him back into the family business. He hates it. What he doesn’t hate is coaching the best Little League team in Kings Landing.

Meet Brienne. After her father’s death, she left behind a successful career in women’s competitive fastpitch to start over. She’s trying to balance life and love in a new city, all while coaching a down-and-out Little League team.

In a world where everyone is looking to connect, Jaime and Brienne discover the best way to meet someone is to never meet at all. What they don’t realize, is that they already have.

This fanfic exchange season, follow along with Brienne and Jaime as they take to one another on Twitter and battle on the ballfield. Then find out what happens when those worlds collide.

(a You’ve Got Mail AU) -------------------

This is the piece I wrote for the @jaime-brienne-fic-exchange​, a gift for the awesome @the-world-unseen. I was excited to get her because I feel like we have very similar tastes (I could have written her likes/dislikes list). If you haven’t read her work, go check it out (especially Bad Ideas 😍).

I chose two of her three prompts:

any riff on a you’ve got mail AU (we hate each other IRL but are anonymously communicating and actually love each other!)

anything even slightly involving baseball

I have never written ANYTHING this long and it was a huge lift. Having little kids at home means that not only do I barely have any time to write, but also that I can hardly have more than three coherent thoughts in a day. (I also newly think I have ADHD and am going to start working with a coach) POINT BEING this accidentally ballooned into something 10x longer than anything I’ve ever written and 42x the minimum word count. 

Anything in here that is more than slightly above average baseball knowledge was either researched or comes courtesy of my incredible beta reader @brynnmck​​ who not only edited this insanely long piece (the fifth longest), but did a good bit of it last minute, editing while traveling and ALSO while writing the THIRD LONGEST PIECE (and beta’ing other works in the exchange). I’m in awe and so so so so so thankful. 💗

Thanks to @seaspiritwrites​ who was a major cheerleader through writing this. I was immensely buoyed by her squealing. Also: her piece in the exchange is my favorite that I’ve read so far (I’ve read very few): The Shooting Party. Thanks, too, to Cloaca/Laihiriel for being a friend and sounding board.

I have a few pieces I cut from the fic that I’ll end up posting, probably just here on Tumblr. I made this little retro Topps baseball card header. I think I’m going to make J/B baseball cards, too, when I get a chance. Lastly, here’s Jaime’s power ballad Spotify playlist: ✨ GoldenGlove's Solid Gold Hits ✨  Thanks to all of you who were reading along and commenting while I posted chapters, especially @the-world-unseen​. I’m glad you like it! 💕 EDITED TO ADD (because I’m running on no sleep and also a jerk): thank you thank you thank you thank you to the amazing organizers of the exchange. @firesign23​ @nire-the-mithridatist​ and @slipsthrufingers​ (aka Slipso). I am thankful for all of your hard work and nagging and support! ❤️