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Stones in the Mountains by sophiahelix (Mature)
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire
Pairing: Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
Length: 10764 words
Author: sophiahelix
Author Website: sophiahelix on AO3
Why this must be read:
This is an excellent, long and compelling fic that uses the complex world of the canon and its characters with confidence. It has a beautiful voice, sad without being sentimental. Sansa becomes Alayne, grows up, and goes about her daily life, growing further and further away from where she comes from – but Westeros is at war, and even the Vale can’t remain untouched forever. Sansa is one of my favourite characters, and she really is perfectly drawn here, but I was also particulary impressed with Dany’s characterisation. Hers is a slightly different interpretation from many, but it really works in a way that unsettles – and makes you wonder if something like this might not actually be the canon outcome.
Extract: “I don’t want to go to King’s Landing,” Alayne said to Harry that night as he pulled off his boots.
“Don’t be silly,” he said, chucking a boot into the corner. “We must go. It’s death otherwise.”
“I know that,” she said. “But why must I go? I – the children need me. And I run the house.”
“Whatever visiting lady is here runs the house,” he laughed. “But you must be there as well. The queen demands loyalty from all her subjects.”
She frowned. “Must we stay long?”
“I shouldn’t think so,” he said. “Just let her know the Vale is hers, if she wants a valley full of rocks and snow and the finest standing army left in Westeros, and then leave for home. But
don’t you want to see the capital? You’ve never been west before.”
The truth almost bubbled up then, the secrets she scarcely even thought of any longer, and she bit her tongue to stop it. “I – I have. Once. My father took me.”
Stones in the Mountains
Pairing: Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
Length: 10764 words
Author: sophiahelix
Author Website: sophiahelix on AO3
Why this must be read:
This is an excellent, long and compelling fic that uses the complex world of the canon and its characters with confidence. It has a beautiful voice, sad without being sentimental. Sansa becomes Alayne, grows up, and goes about her daily life, growing further and further away from where she comes from – but Westeros is at war, and even the Vale can’t remain untouched forever. Sansa is one of my favourite characters, and she really is perfectly drawn here, but I was also particulary impressed with Dany’s characterisation. Hers is a slightly different interpretation from many, but it really works in a way that unsettles – and makes you wonder if something like this might not actually be the canon outcome.
Extract: “I don’t want to go to King’s Landing,” Alayne said to Harry that night as he pulled off his boots.
“Don’t be silly,” he said, chucking a boot into the corner. “We must go. It’s death otherwise.”
“I know that,” she said. “But why must I go? I – the children need me. And I run the house.”
“Whatever visiting lady is here runs the house,” he laughed. “But you must be there as well. The queen demands loyalty from all her subjects.”
She frowned. “Must we stay long?”
“I shouldn’t think so,” he said. “Just let her know the Vale is hers, if she wants a valley full of rocks and snow and the finest standing army left in Westeros, and then leave for home. But
don’t you want to see the capital? You’ve never been west before.”
The truth almost bubbled up then, the secrets she scarcely even thought of any longer, and she bit her tongue to stop it. “I – I have. Once. My father took me.”
Stones in the Mountains