![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I've been re-reading McKillip's Riddle-Master Trilogy, bout which I have little to say except that it's one of my old comfort reads. I'm also starting Martin Goodman's History of the Jewish People as my serious book.
And I've been reading some fanfic, and thought I would provide links to some of the longer ones I've enjoyed.
The Westerosi (120333 words) by Mal3
Chapters: 40/40
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Star Trek (Sort Of)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Series: Part 1 of The Westerosi
Summary: Being an account of the Green Witch, the Fallen Star, known also as Captain Jade Hasegawa, Federal Worlds Starfleet Ranger, who crash-landed in the North of Westeros in the year 298 AC and what she did there afterwards. Feudal lords, ancient aliens, terrible threats and snarky heroics: all in a day's work for the Starfleet Rangers.
This is a delightful fish-out-of-water crossover, although the nature of the story means that it's mostly ASOIAF content not Star trek content -- and it's also got references to the Martian, because it's clearly a kind of Martian pastiche, but with ice zombies. I think the OC's name owes something to Homestuck, too, but I actually know nothing about that canon so can't be positive. In any case, the narrative voice is great. The first story is complete, and covers the first book of ASOIAF; the second story is not complete and was last updated in November, so who knows.
Six Pomegranate Seeds (185965 words) by Seselt
Chapters: 46/46
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Series: Part 1 of a Season in Hades
Summary: At the end, something happened. Hermione clutches at one fraying thread, uncertain whether she is Arachne or Persephone. What she does know is that she will keep fighting to protect her friends even if she must walk a dark path.
I really love Harry Potter AUs -- in this one, something goes very wrong at the final battle, and Hermione has to go back in time, not as herself, but as a Slytherin, to fix it without upsetting all the things that didn't go wrong. If you like Hermione when she's smart and angry you might like this. The story is complete in itself; there's a "what happened next" sequel which has not been updated recently.
After the end of Game of Thrones, I went looking for stories that dealt with some stuff I found unsatisfactory about the last season. Here are two:
No End and No Forgiveness (104351 words) by chss
Chapters: 49/49
Fandom: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen, Sansa Stark/Original Male Character(s), Yara Greyjoy/Gwyneth Yronwood
Summary: The Three-Eyed Raven rules in King's Landing; a boy who never wanted to be king, aided by largely untested advisors. Dorne and the Iron Islands do not see why they should remain under his rule. The North is experiencing the realities of independence as winter takes its hold. In the east, the Lord of Light decides that Daenerys Targaryen's story is far from over.
Daenerys lives, and comes back to get her revenge. I feel like this sags a little toward the middle but it is extremely satisfying nonetheless. I read a lot of stories along these lines and this was one I particularly liked.
The Prince That Didn't Come (276039 words) by IGotNothin
Chapters: 63/63
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jon Snow & Arya Stark, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen
Summary:
This is a tough read, no doubt about it, but it's so well done that it's worth it. If you felt like the war against the Others deserved more time and more weight, this is the story for you. Arya-centric, and there is a high likelihood that one or more of your favourite characters are either already dead when this starts or die in the course of the story. The violence is more than canon-typical, too.
And I've been reading some fanfic, and thought I would provide links to some of the longer ones I've enjoyed.
The Westerosi (120333 words) by Mal3
Chapters: 40/40
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Star Trek (Sort Of)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Series: Part 1 of The Westerosi
Summary: Being an account of the Green Witch, the Fallen Star, known also as Captain Jade Hasegawa, Federal Worlds Starfleet Ranger, who crash-landed in the North of Westeros in the year 298 AC and what she did there afterwards. Feudal lords, ancient aliens, terrible threats and snarky heroics: all in a day's work for the Starfleet Rangers.
This is a delightful fish-out-of-water crossover, although the nature of the story means that it's mostly ASOIAF content not Star trek content -- and it's also got references to the Martian, because it's clearly a kind of Martian pastiche, but with ice zombies. I think the OC's name owes something to Homestuck, too, but I actually know nothing about that canon so can't be positive. In any case, the narrative voice is great. The first story is complete, and covers the first book of ASOIAF; the second story is not complete and was last updated in November, so who knows.
Six Pomegranate Seeds (185965 words) by Seselt
Chapters: 46/46
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Series: Part 1 of a Season in Hades
Summary: At the end, something happened. Hermione clutches at one fraying thread, uncertain whether she is Arachne or Persephone. What she does know is that she will keep fighting to protect her friends even if she must walk a dark path.
I really love Harry Potter AUs -- in this one, something goes very wrong at the final battle, and Hermione has to go back in time, not as herself, but as a Slytherin, to fix it without upsetting all the things that didn't go wrong. If you like Hermione when she's smart and angry you might like this. The story is complete in itself; there's a "what happened next" sequel which has not been updated recently.
After the end of Game of Thrones, I went looking for stories that dealt with some stuff I found unsatisfactory about the last season. Here are two:
No End and No Forgiveness (104351 words) by chss
Chapters: 49/49
Fandom: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen, Sansa Stark/Original Male Character(s), Yara Greyjoy/Gwyneth Yronwood
Summary: The Three-Eyed Raven rules in King's Landing; a boy who never wanted to be king, aided by largely untested advisors. Dorne and the Iron Islands do not see why they should remain under his rule. The North is experiencing the realities of independence as winter takes its hold. In the east, the Lord of Light decides that Daenerys Targaryen's story is far from over.
Or: An exploration of the consequences of the bizarre end of S8.
Daenerys lives, and comes back to get her revenge. I feel like this sags a little toward the middle but it is extremely satisfying nonetheless. I read a lot of stories along these lines and this was one I particularly liked.
The Prince That Didn't Come (276039 words) by IGotNothin
Chapters: 63/63
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jon Snow & Arya Stark, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen
Summary:
On an normal winter day, Hot Pie happily delivered two meat pies and a jug of ale to a waiting table.
There was no interruption from his ordinary work. No happy reunion, no thrilling tales, and no missing Stark girl to steal his food and change the world. There was nothing but another group of hungry mouths to feed.
Or Arya Stark does not visit the Crossroads Inn, and the world of ice and fire is changed forever.
This is a tough read, no doubt about it, but it's so well done that it's worth it. If you felt like the war against the Others deserved more time and more weight, this is the story for you. Arya-centric, and there is a high likelihood that one or more of your favourite characters are either already dead when this starts or die in the course of the story. The violence is more than canon-typical, too.
