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  1. Puzzled
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    "A Song of Ice and Fire" stories

    I suspect Republic was alluding to the fact that there's tons of stories about the North getting magic powers and dunking on everyone else while alternating between mentioning how Ned Stark was too Andalized and honorable while simultaneously bashing the south for being full of dishonorable snakes. It's not especially fair to you, except that you're sort of following in the footsteps of a lot of edgy fourteen year olds who make their boring lives more exciting by picturing themselves as...
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 14, 2020 in forum: Story Search
  2. Puzzled
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    I’ve enjoyed this one: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/harry-potter-and-the-king-of-night-eternal-hp-asoiaf.805063/
    Post by: Puzzled, Jun 21, 2020 in forum: Story Search
  3. Puzzled
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    I found a lot of canon parallels to be forced to be honest.
    Post by: Puzzled, Jun 11, 2019 in forum: Story Search
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    I was sort of onboard with this story until that fact came out. I’m not going to pretend uplifts and SIs are known for being high quality work but I’ve enjoyed a few. Having the SI be a nine year old makes it abundantly clear the author just looked at the ASOIAF timeline and picked a number that meant he was born after Robert’s Rebellion and before the events of the book. Does the author remember being nine or know any nine year olds? The SI would either be the creepiest kid in the world or...
    Post by: Puzzled, May 8, 2019 in forum: Story Search
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    Despite what many are saying I tend to think that a motivated modern person with the appropriate resources could give Westeros a terrific push, but that would almost strictly be a local phenomena in the short term. Look at our world, we’ve had electricity for a hundred years and yet there’s places that are pitch black at night. An SI could make a printing press, a steam engine or gunpowder, but you’d come out with a single library, one mine pumped dry of water, and a few castles taken by...
    Post by: Puzzled, Feb 19, 2018 in forum: Story Search
  6. Puzzled
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    The other thing with Batman, this newest chapter ended with Bruce wanting to kill the knight who killed his parents. In America that was seen as a negative, here that's something to be lauded. Everyone in the setting who matters would be completely onboard with the desire, with the only negative being the reasonable fact he's a small nine year old. Batman's code of conduct doesn't make a lot of sense in Westeros.
    Post by: Puzzled, Jan 6, 2018 in forum: Story Search
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    Summer Crowns' first arc has finished, and if you don't have an AH account it's entirely worth getting one.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 21, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  8. Puzzled
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    Perfidious Albion, the writer of Knees Falling, has started another story "Scream Against the Storm" with the premise that Stannis is the one who goes into magic instead of Euron. It's delightfully creepy so far, and I have high hopes for the rest. It's on Ah.com now, and perhaps he has or will post it other places. It's worth a look either way.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 18, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  9. Puzzled
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    Don't be crazy, we need a cool Ned who's independent. He'll hang out with the Boltons and ignore honor, he won't be good or bad, he'll be a Greystark!
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 18, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  10. Puzzled
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    You're right. That's exactly what happened the last time Westeros was invaded by a conqueror with three dragons.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 9, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  11. Puzzled
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    While there's nothing in canon to say that he can't do that, much of warging is unexplained, I've only ever seen that in Stark wanks which makes me somewhat biased against the idea. If dragons were that easy to steal you'd think that one or two wargs would have gone on a field trip to Valyria given they had literally thousands of years to try.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 9, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  12. Puzzled
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    She then sets them on fire with her dragons. It's not a democracy.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 9, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  13. Puzzled
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    I enjoyed it I'll admit. There are a lot of things I'll forgive for an entertaining story, and flaws in grammar are one of them. Having a semi-SI who knows how to uplift the world instead decide to focus on making better alcohol and self-aggrandizement is inspired.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 8, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  14. Puzzled
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    Willingness to accept criticism depends on the member obviously, but the literary standards are lower than the ones here. It might be a deal breaker for some, but I'm pretty ok with rudimentary prose as long as it comes with interesting repercussions.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 7, 2017 in forum: Story Search
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    I agree the Freys and Boltons will see the writing on the wall, but the Red Wedding worked because Robb was the last Stark capable of acting. The Northerners lost all their leadership in one night, which they wouldn't if they still had Bran and Rickon as figureheads in Winterfell. Things will go badly in a different way.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 6, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  16. Puzzled
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    Theon getting caught would be an interesting divergence in of itself. Winterfell doesn't fall so Robb probably won't seem as weak, or be grief stricken enough to sleep with Jeyne, but the Northerners are still massively outnumbered. The Red Wedding wouldn't work with Bran still in Winterfell, and without the fait accompli I doubt many would cooperate with the Boltons when there's a viable alternative. It would be messy, and the only thing that would probably save them is Daenerys or Aegon...
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 6, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  17. Puzzled
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    I feel this argument falls because it's Cersei. Honestly the whole southern plot made no sense all season, but seeking help from Cersei was the dumbest part. The last people who joined her side she systematically alienated and then blew up. Having Cersei on your side is even worse than having her as an enemy.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 4, 2017 in forum: Story Search
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    So SerpentGuy's Dragons of Ice and Fire updated. [SPOILER]
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 3, 2017 in forum: Story Search
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    King of Ice, Queen of Fire is a new story that I've enjoyed so far. It's too short to be reviewed, but the premise is that Joanna doesn't have Tyrion and Cersei marries Rhaegar where she then dies in childbirth. It picks up at Harrenhal, where things fall apart in an entertaining fashion. There are parts I don't like, but it's still new enough that I think you can test it out yourselves.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 2, 2017 in forum: Story Search
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    It's not new, it was from AH.com at least a year ago. It never really got going as I remember, maybe the author will continue it.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 1, 2017 in forum: Story Search
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    Yeah, her nephew was blonde, Gerold Dayne had silver hair, and we don't know anyone else for sure. I said occasionally, because it happened on at least one occasion.
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 6, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  22. Puzzled
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    In ASOIAF Lyanna looks like Arya who has brown, not black, hair. Past that the leading contender for Jon's parentage in the minds of Winterfell is Ashara Dayne, and the Daynes occasionally have Targaryen features. Jon would be thought to look like her, and while it would be odd no one is going to go with the crazy story to accuse the king's best friend. Past that, I don't know of any, past this short one by the same author who did Allies in a Time of War. Out Where the Dreams all Hide
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 6, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  23. Puzzled
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    Of course Aegon himself had two wives. If Rhaegar had won and deposed his father he could have kept Lyanna and court and called her his wife because he'd have killed everyone who could stop him. However, everyone would probably treat it as bizarre and Lyanna as no more than a mistress. I doubt Eddard, or most, would see it as a valid marriage even if it was a fait accompli.
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 1, 2017 in forum: Story Search
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    My original plot was to have not too much change, the Starks are overmatched by the power of the South and one more talented warrior isn't enough to shift things. The divergence I planned on was that Jon would find Arya, probably killing Sandor, just prior to the Red Wedding. Jon wouldn't make it to the wedding, but as a male pseudo Stark he's a prime target for the Boltons. His little marauding band would be decimated, only he and Arya would escape, and since the North is lost he,...
    Post by: Puzzled, Jul 2, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  25. Puzzled
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    Allies in a Time of War is what made me write my version, I'm not sure anything else really covers it. To Go Forward had a few scenes which touched on it, but it's hardly a focus. I'd like to continue Snow in the Morning, but I don't have a clear vision of where it would go and that's bit me before.
    Post by: Puzzled, Jul 1, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  26. Puzzled
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    Of course, the somewhat crackish "The Honorable Lord Hand."
    Post by: Puzzled, Jan 29, 2017 in forum: Story Search
  27. Puzzled
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    Perfidious Albion is a very solid writer and has an excellent understanding of ASOIAF. Knees Falling is his first long form work, but he has a few other things worth reading for a general analysis. These are all AH links, so it is restricted to members, but despite the mods' slowness I do think it's a worthwhile forum to join. Mutiny at Storm's End: During Robert's Rebellion the garrison's spirit doesn't hold. A short story. Stormbroken: An analysis of the Blackfyres winning....
    Post by: Puzzled, Jan 9, 2017 in forum: Story Search
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    I'm on the same page with you there, I kind of like reading her justifications for her increasingly unhinged actions, but psychic dragon powers seem a bit out there considering I don't remember them being set up at all. Of course, I've been anti-Sansa since approximately chapter 1. All of the problems she's facing are of her own making and if she'd just stayed in the North without trying to take over Westeros things would have gone far better, instead of setting up for the Dance of...
    Post by: Puzzled, Oct 5, 2016 in forum: Story Search
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    Atri's the Lion of the North has him becoming a pirate king, but he's a secondary character. AndrewJTalon has a self insert into Theon, but that's thoroughly and unapologetically crack. Past those two nothing really springs to mind.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 18, 2016 in forum: Story Search
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    "A Song of Ice and Fire" stories

    Bryndentully on AO3 has written some decent stuff, particularly in the name of the mother, defend the young and innocent where Barristan decides he owes Westeros one last quest.
    Post by: Puzzled, Sep 8, 2016 in forum: Story Search
  31. Puzzled
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    Robb at the time had the goal of getting his father back, all out war was probable at this point but not necessarily certain. Keeping his army in being while moving closer to King's Landing lets him influence his father's fate, hopefully he'd relieve Riverrun, pull together the Tully armies with his cavalry force and present a sufficient threat that some face saving fiction can be invented to send Eddard, Sansa and Arya back north. Eddard dying changed his strategic goals, and the...
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 29, 2016 in forum: Story Search
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    The real thing with the Twins is that Hoster knew that Walder was an untrustworthy dick and didn't do anything about it for fifteen years during which he had unquestioned authority and solid alliances with other kingdoms. Walder showed up late, and Hoster didn't do anything, something that had to be a factor in Walder not marching.
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 26, 2016 in forum: Story Search
  33. Puzzled
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    Not really no. It's occasionally tossed in as a background pairing in Rhaegar/Lyanna dross, but it's pretty rare. Turtle_paced, the author of Disengagement and other excellent things, did do a decent series about a possibly canonical version here though.
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 19, 2016 in forum: Story Search
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    Presumably beaten down in the North seething. Ramzes is a good writer technically, but I hate the whole Dornish deification thing they do.
    Post by: Puzzled, Jul 11, 2016 in forum: Story Search
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    As I recall the Rebellion kicked off per canon, Rickard and Brandon getting killed. However one of Aerys's additional kids protested the action before all of the kids and Rhaella escaped to Dragonstone at the cost of a few of the Kingsguard. Rhaegar shows up with an army after the Rebels have won their first battle claiming to have rescued Lyanna and proposes that the rebels work to crown him and depose his insane father. Since Robert has what he wants he goes with it, only for...
    Post by: Puzzled, Jun 16, 2016 in forum: Story Search
  36. Puzzled
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    I've argued before that the audience of AH is looking for something different than most readers here, which doesn't mean literary complaints are without merit. The real flaw of that story to me is that author doesn't seem to be happy with people disagreeing with his or her story's direction which is kind of the whole point of AH. Some things on AH are better than others, but a lot of the fun of the forum is arguing about the plot and large scale events which isn't for everyone. I...
    Post by: Puzzled, Jun 8, 2016 in forum: Story Search
  37. Puzzled
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    Yes, I personally felt that it captured the spirit of A Feast for Crows very well too.
    Post by: Puzzled, Jun 7, 2016 in forum: Story Search
  38. Puzzled
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    "A Song of Ice and Fire" stories

    To Go Forward is one I've recommended before, a Jon Snow Peggy Sue. A Better Fate which is here is about Jon becoming a knight and the butterflies from that. A Dragon of the North is a quest that can be read as a story about Jon with Dragonborn powers. Vows Unspoken has Jon go south with Robb, as does Allies in a Time of War. Hopefully one of them is to your taste.
    Post by: Puzzled, Jun 4, 2016 in forum: Story Search
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    Some god wanted to see if Stannis could suck all the fun out of having a flying pet superweapon the same way he did everything else.
    Post by: Puzzled, Jun 3, 2016 in forum: Story Search
  40. Puzzled
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    "A Song of Ice and Fire" stories

    I'm really enjoying The Open Way by Oberon Sexton. It's a realistic treatment of the result of a Targaryen victory in Robert's Rebellion and it's done really well. The realm is half broken, there's maneuvering everywhere and Rhaegar still searches for the prophesied future. It's been around for some time, but he's updated a few times in the past months to finish the second volume. His other stuff is decent as well.
    Post by: Puzzled, May 28, 2016 in forum: Story Search
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    Sir Rabby, the author, tends to start off with an interesting idea and then drive it into the ground. He did an archive Taylor and a Dresden SI that both slowly went off the rails. That said, what he produces is novel and technically unobjectionable, two things which go a long way for me. His SIs are also paranoid as a rule, something that amuses me when so many just blithely go along.
    Post by: Puzzled, Nov 18, 2015 in forum: Story Search
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    It is fun but with only five planned chapters how much can really happen? The events of chapter one are such a massive divergence that at the current pace the story will be over before everyone is even aware something happened. I am following it though.
    Post by: Puzzled, Oct 13, 2015 in forum: Story Search
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    To Go Forward is a Jon Snow Peggy Sue. It's not great but it doesn't suffer from any of the common flaws of ASOIAF fanfiction which means it's better than the vast majority. It's also nice that he's proactive, not an angsty loser as he's usually shown. Jaska The timeline doesn't work for Brandon and Ashara primarily because he'd be four or five months older than Robb, which is enough to be evident. Brandon dies well before Robb was conceived.
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 27, 2015 in forum: Story Search
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    Are there any new good non-angsty stories? I was reading Our Choices Seal Our Fate and seeing the Jon in that story made me want anyone who could be happy without moaning about how terrible everything is.
    Post by: Puzzled, Aug 5, 2015 in forum: Story Search
  45. Puzzled
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    Sight unseen I'm cautious because before the events of canon Tyrion is seen as a whoremongering drunken embarrassment who no one respected. As readers we know him but for most he's just a joke and I tend to doubt Robert would listen to a Lannister regardless.
    Post by: Puzzled, Jul 10, 2015 in forum: Story Search
  46. Puzzled
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    There's another Harry dropped into Westeros and changes things with magic story, The Difference One Man Can Make. It's not the best written story ever, but I'm a sucker for building stories that cause butterflies.
    Post by: Puzzled, May 18, 2015 in forum: Story Search
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    The youngest Starks start over by CDA on alternate history and Salomon I think on AO3.
    Post by: Puzzled, Apr 23, 2015 in forum: Story Search
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    I like Our Choices Seal Our Fate too, I'm just sick of Jon/Sansa. It came out of nowhere and it seems to be his most popular pairing.
    Post by: Puzzled, Apr 14, 2015 in forum: Story Search
  49. Puzzled
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    Except its been thousands and there are so many; the Starks, Arryns, Boltons, Lannisters, Daynes, Tullys etc. Its also been the middle ages for at least two thousand years, Martin took all the cliches and then at some arbitrary point in time decided that it was now a gritty and realistic world. The setup doesn't match the story.
    Post by: Puzzled, Mar 18, 2015 in forum: Story Search
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    I know that Martin's goal was to show that the hero became a bad king, that's fairly clear. I'm trying to say that the world is fundamentally different before the novels and behaves according to fantasy cliches, kingdoms led by single families stretching thousands of years, the magical bastard with a raven shaped birthmark and an evil deformed pretender with two heads. Martin wants everything to be super realistic, except his entire setting relies on the cliches to be built. To me its...
    Post by: Puzzled, Mar 18, 2015 in forum: Story Search
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