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crack_van2012-06-19 02:10 am
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The Joinery by arbitrarily (Teen and up)
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smirnoffmule and my van is running pretty late this month, sorry about that. I’m reccing fic from George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and I’ll try to keep them coming in for the rest of the month.
Fandom: A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
Pairing: Cersei Lannister/Ned Stark
Length: 14k
Author on LJ:falseeeyelashes
Author Website: arbitrarily on AO3
Spoilers? This fic goes AU before the events of the first book, so technically contains no actual spoilers for the series. I would advise caution if you haven't yet read A Game of Thrones, though.
Why this must be read: By what right does the wolf judge the lion -- Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne, and with it, a Lannister for a wife. This is an excellent and haunting fic that takes a pivotal character moment from the series and turns it into an AU. I am so impressed at how well the author made this very unlikely couple work without compromising on characterisation. Both Cersei and Ned walk very different paths but remain palpably themselves. This is an excellent character study of Cersei particularly. I really love the unusual, lyrical style, and the way the universe we know keeps trying to assert itself through the story.
“When you least expect it,” Jaime muses, “you Starks can be full of surprises.”
And then, clad in full armor, a stained cloak, he stands.
Ned Stark had ridden in with Robert Baratheon’s van, finding King’s Landing already mid-sack, courtesy of the Lannisters. What Ned would later learn are the whys, why Jaime Lannister slew the king, why the king’s Hand, why he broke their vows. But this will be later, much later, as one king’s secrets becomes the next’s curse.
Jaime takes each step slow; the sound of his boots against the stone echo, the horses Ned and his men had ridden in on stand still. He meets Ned at the bottom of the stairs, and then Ned ascends.
The next men who enter the hall take the knee and say, Your Grace. Jaime merely laughs; he still wears the cloak of the Kingsguard. He still wears it when he exits.
King Aerys is still dead upon the floor.
When Ned Stark entered the hall, Jaime had called to him. “Ah, so it is to be King Robert Baratheon then?”
Ned dismounted from his horse, and then he replied, simply: “No.
“I am.”
The Joinery.
smirnoffmule and my van is running pretty late this month, sorry about that. I’m reccing fic from George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and I’ll try to keep them coming in for the rest of the month. Fandom: A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
Pairing: Cersei Lannister/Ned Stark
Length: 14k
Author on LJ:
falseeeyelashesAuthor Website: arbitrarily on AO3
Spoilers? This fic goes AU before the events of the first book, so technically contains no actual spoilers for the series. I would advise caution if you haven't yet read A Game of Thrones, though.
Why this must be read: By what right does the wolf judge the lion -- Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne, and with it, a Lannister for a wife. This is an excellent and haunting fic that takes a pivotal character moment from the series and turns it into an AU. I am so impressed at how well the author made this very unlikely couple work without compromising on characterisation. Both Cersei and Ned walk very different paths but remain palpably themselves. This is an excellent character study of Cersei particularly. I really love the unusual, lyrical style, and the way the universe we know keeps trying to assert itself through the story.
“When you least expect it,” Jaime muses, “you Starks can be full of surprises.”
And then, clad in full armor, a stained cloak, he stands.
Ned Stark had ridden in with Robert Baratheon’s van, finding King’s Landing already mid-sack, courtesy of the Lannisters. What Ned would later learn are the whys, why Jaime Lannister slew the king, why the king’s Hand, why he broke their vows. But this will be later, much later, as one king’s secrets becomes the next’s curse.
Jaime takes each step slow; the sound of his boots against the stone echo, the horses Ned and his men had ridden in on stand still. He meets Ned at the bottom of the stairs, and then Ned ascends.
The next men who enter the hall take the knee and say, Your Grace. Jaime merely laughs; he still wears the cloak of the Kingsguard. He still wears it when he exits.
King Aerys is still dead upon the floor.
When Ned Stark entered the hall, Jaime had called to him. “Ah, so it is to be King Robert Baratheon then?”
Ned dismounted from his horse, and then he replied, simply: “No.
“I am.”
The Joinery.