Comment fic meme #2

[gotexchange_mod]

After the first round of got_exchange we had a surprisingly successful comment fic meme going for a while (here's a list of all the fics that were written last time), so I thought it might be fun to do this again. (Like last time, it's posted on the mod account journal because I don't want to enable anonymous comments on the exchange community.)

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Viserys + Elia + Rhaenys

[ishi_chan]

He misses them most of all.

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[opheliahyde]

Uh, totally seconding this. It's been my headcanon for forever that Viserys adored Elia and Rhaenys was basically his only playmate.

FILLED: Viserys + Elia + Rhaenys - leave me your wake to remember you by

[juno_chan]

Most days his rage is black and red and smoke, smoldering and sparking at turns, the destruction of his house, the extermination of the dragons, his father cut down by a traitorous knight, his brother, the crowned prince, slain by a grasping usurper that now sits upon his throne. He thinks of silver hair and violet eyes and white skin, he thinks of nobility and honor and purity.

And then some days the rage is blue and softer and something inside him curls like a dying leaf, trembling and withered, and he thinks of silver hair atop of black, spread out on the carpet before a roaring fire.

(The fire is always roaring, Princess Elia in her chair watching them at play says the warmth reminds her of home, reminds her of Dorne. His father sneers, calls her foreign, calls her impure, calls her weak, frail, but Viserys thinks he must be wrong, that Elia must be a dragon, too, to enjoy a blazing fire so, he thinks she belongs

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[lainemontgomery]

So, so beautiful. There's such a humanity to Viserys here that can be easy to forget when reading the book/watching the show and seeing what a jerk he becomes. I love the tenderness of the relationship you've established between him and Elia, especially this line:

Viserys thinks he must be wrong, that Elia must be a dragon, too, to enjoy a blazing fire so, he thinks she belongs.

Flawless. And his fondness for Rhaenys, how he promises to marry her one day if she has no brother...I teared up a bit.

Really top-notch work.

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[juno_chan]

Thank you so much! Viserys is just such a sad, broken character, and honestly I never really thought about his relationship with Elia and Rhaenys, but something about the prompt was just 'yes, this is right.' And I just adore Elia so I can imagine her taking Viserys under her wing, and at the same time, him being a comfort to her, as well, one of the only Targaryens who she is just enough for, just as she is.

Thank you again for the wonderful feedback, I'm so glad you liked it!

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[sternflammenden]

This is so heartbreaking and adds a real human side to Viserys that must have been, that isn't seen in canon. Beautifully done.

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[juno_chan]

Thank you!! He's such an awful character in canon, but he's obviously extremely fragile - it's interesting to wonder what he was like as a child. I'm glad you enjoyed! :)

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[scorpiod1]

This is so gorgeous, how is this both heartwarming and heartbreaking at once? He wanted to marry Rhaenys, just kdjfasd. THAT LAST LINE. This is lovely and perfect.

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[juno_chan]

Thank yoooooou! Ugh, I can just imagine everyone being so disappointed in Rhaenys's birth because she's a girl and not a prince, and Viserys just not getting what the big deal is, duh he'll just be the king and Rhaenys can be his queen, and FEELINGS HAPPENED. Thanks for the lovely comments!! <3

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[opheliahyde]

Ugh, this is so utterly beautiful. I really love the human quality bring to Viserys' voice, which is not something you see often in fics that feature him. This is so, so very heartbreaking because of what he becomes after everything's been stripped from him and twisted and broken him, but I love how you portray his relationship with both Elia and Rhaenys, there's such a great fondness that it's almost palpable in your words. This is really stunning work!

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[juno_chan]

*squee!* Thank you!! Honestly I never really thought of writing for Viserys but for some reason the prompt really resonated with me, maybe because he's such a sad, desperate, broken person that I like to think that at one point he was happy and warm and cared for. Thank you for the lovely words!!

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[ishi_chan]

Wow, just wow. I'm trying to pick out my favourite parts here, but it's all so beautiful and sad.

Viserys thinks he must be wrong, that Elia must be a dragon, too, to enjoy a blazing fire so, he thinks she belongs.)

but at night he dreams of those unbowed, unbent, unbroken, and wishes words would make it so.

Viserys was such a tragic character, thank you for bringing him back to life for a little while! *hugs for him and you*

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[juno_chan]

Yay, I'm so glad you liked it!! :D He really is such a tragic character, he's so awful at the start of the series but you wonder how his life could have been. Thank you for the wonderful prompt, I never considered writing for him before!

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[lydzi]

Heartbraing and beautifully written <3

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[juno_chan]

Thank you!!! <3

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[vaznetti]

This is so beautiful and sad -- you've made Viserys human and sympathetic here. Lovely.