Oh, gosh, thank you! That's a lovely thing to hear. ♥
AND HONESTLY, IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THIS. Just swap the names, take out the kissing, and add in some gratuitous GRRM-style details, and there you have it. I really didn't do much work.
Your Brienne is so interesting. And I love the way she owns her sexuality, while Jaime is so hesitant. Also the fact that she is not inthe least shocked about Jaime's relationship with Cersei.
Brienne riding off to find Sansa for Jaimie's sake rather than Cat's seems perfectly in character with the way you've written her.
Of all the things I enjoyed about writing this, swapping the sexual dynamics was probably my favorite. I love me a woman who's comfortable with her sexuality. :D
aaaand, in my head!canon, after Stannis' letter, Jaime/Cersei has become one great, big in-joke in Westeros, like the peasants are always saying things along the lines of, "Son, don't look at your sister like that - you're not a Lannister!" and such. If only because it amuses me heavily.
Omg I want to marry everything this fic chooses to be. I love this version of Brienne to pieces, especially how she's a lot more sure of herself (and that she isn't a maid - this version of the bet in Renly's camp was so great I couldn't), that she doesn't want Jaime to call her my lady (and OF COURSE honorable!Jaime would call her my lady and she'd be like 'ser Kingslayer', lol- I can't even list all the ways in which I loved it) and that she isn't the insecure one out of the two of them (and I loved that in the alternate Harrenhaal she was the one kissing him first). And Jaime was so OMG PERFECT TOO - as stated I loved that he totally was oh so courteous and called her my lady and that he was the one telling her his name all over instead of the contrary (OT: I kind of snorted at Brienne being like 'how can he be courteous to CLEOS FREY), and that he's the one wanting to keep the vow to Catelyn. Also their reactions to the hand loss totally worked, but the best thing is that the core of their relationship isn't really changed - the
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The name thing was such fun, omggg. I imagine in this verse, somewhere along the line someone will refer to Jaime as 'Kingslayer' in front of Brienne, and she'll be all, "HIS NAME IS JAIME." And then beat the crap out of them, because, you know...
Basically, the intention with this fic was to not change anything at all about major events or the qualities of their relationship, just switch it around so that the threads connect differently, but it all unfolds the same. Because I am a dork and these kinds of things are interesting to me - SO I AM GLAD THEY WERE INTERESTING TO YOU, TOO. :D:D:D
Squeeeeeeeee! This was awesome! I adore the way the switching-roles challenge affects the dynamic between these two.
If only the bath scene had happened this way!
I do adore this version of Brienne - I wish she was more like this in the books - she frustrates me sometimes. And, come to think of it, Jaime does too. I'm like, c'mon guys, get it together! And really, I adore this version of Brienne because she's owning her talents and failures more - she's very Starbuck-ian in this story (don't know if you're a BSG person, or not) - she's both damaged and hardcore and she's got a brilliant smart mouth on her. Plus, she takes what she wants. ♥
I adore this version of Brienne because she's owning her talents and failures more
You know, the thing is - while I tend to love female characters like this and got so much enjoyment out of writing this version of Brienne - I think I prefer canon!Brienne for the specific reason that she is not like this. She is strong, certainly, and confident in her ability if not in herself, but there is something terribly interesting about the fact that she isn't particularly clever-tongued or swaggering - she is just earnest and good, which are too qualities that usually mark a character as boring. But Brienne is not boring, because she has all these fascinating issues and layers to her that go so far beyond just 'good
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AND HONESTLY, IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THIS. Just swap the names, take out the kissing, and add in some gratuitous GRRM-style details, and there you have it. I really didn't do much work.
Also, icon love! <3
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Brienne riding off to find Sansa for Jaimie's sake rather than Cat's seems perfectly in character with the way you've written her.
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aaaand, in my head!canon, after Stannis' letter, Jaime/Cersei has become one great, big in-joke in Westeros, like the peasants are always saying things along the lines of, "Son, don't look at your sister like that - you're not a Lannister!" and such. If only because it amuses me heavily.
ANYWAY, thank you! ♥
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The name thing was such fun, omggg. I imagine in this verse, somewhere along the line someone will refer to Jaime as 'Kingslayer' in front of Brienne, and she'll be all, "HIS NAME IS JAIME." And then beat the crap out of them, because, you know...
Basically, the intention with this fic was to not change anything at all about major events or the qualities of their relationship, just switch it around so that the threads connect differently, but it all unfolds the same. Because I am a dork and these kinds of things are interesting to me - SO I AM GLAD THEY WERE INTERESTING TO YOU, TOO. :D:D:D
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If only the bath scene had happened this way!
I do adore this version of Brienne - I wish she was more like this in the books - she frustrates me sometimes. And, come to think of it, Jaime does too. I'm like, c'mon guys, get it together! And really, I adore this version of Brienne because she's owning her talents and failures more - she's very Starbuck-ian in this story (don't know if you're a BSG person, or not) - she's both damaged and hardcore and she's got a brilliant smart mouth on her. Plus, she takes what she wants. ♥
Dammit, I need a Brienne icon!
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I adore this version of Brienne because she's owning her talents and failures more
You know, the thing is - while I tend to love female characters like this and got so much enjoyment out of writing this version of Brienne - I think I prefer canon!Brienne for the specific reason that she is not like this. She is strong, certainly, and confident in her ability if not in herself, but there is something terribly interesting about the fact that she isn't particularly clever-tongued or swaggering - she is just earnest and good, which are too qualities that usually mark a character as boring. But Brienne is not boring, because she has all these fascinating issues and layers to her that go so far beyond just 'good ( ... )
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