SER SIMON STRONG YOU ARE VERY DEAR TO ME

SER SIMON STRONG YOU ARE VERY DEAR TO ME

(I have more edits here!)

next chapter is a daenerys chapter and then maybe catelyn? don’t think i’ve done a chapter from her pov.

locked in on the next chapter i’m so excited

Counterintel… that’s… that’s against spies, right? Exactly. Oh. I’ll have to make sure I don’t do any spying around here.

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Plotting a new fic let's goooo

about to post all my little edits i’ve done over the past month i think

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the relationship between Alysanne and Arianne. Would you say they're friends?

This is a dynamic I'm excited to explore more!!! In short they're not enemies, but neither are they friends exactly.

Ultimately they should be, right? They're two powerful women, who both feel overlooked by their fathers in some ways, navigating this society that does not want to allow women to do much but what is expected of them.

I think the downfall of that could-be friendship is that they are both prideful (to a degree) and headstrong with goals that, ultimately, do not align. Arianne did not want Aegon to cede the North. If she had things her way, Robb would have knelt to Aegon. She wants justice for Elia and Rhaenys, and Alysanne has already spoken in defense of Jaime. In Arianne's mind, Alysanne might do the same for Tywin.

And Alysanne does not trust that Arianne won't push for Jaime's head. And as much as she recognizes it as a smart political move (and would have done the same), she doesn't like that Arianne out played her in a way with the betrothal offer for Arya-Aegon (Aegon played a part too, of course, but does Alysanne view it that way?).

In another life I think they would have been great friends. They would be formidable if they worked together!

Thank you for the ask 😊