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Black Queen AU (for ASoIaF):

Disclaimer & Word to the Wise: this blog is dedicated predominantly to ASoIaF (the literary-verse of the franchise … & there may be a few teensy allusions/references with regards to the TV-verse offshoots, but they’ll be few-&-far between, & are absolutely not the focus here).

Even though this blog focuses on a fictional verse based the medieval era, that does not mean that I, the creator of this blog, advocate or endorse the humans’ rights violations that are commonplace on Planetos. So, if you came here expecting to find this blog cheering on or condoning gross, horrible things like abuse, colorism, genocide, homophobia, incest, racism (white supremacy) rape, sexism, slavery, torture … you really are not welcome here, because this blog is aimed at examining & critiquing both the good & bad aspects of ASoIaF, & maintaining a humane, reasonable perspective throughout.

link: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2391439

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Timeline Divergences in the Black Queen AU

some highlights featured in this AU:

- more dragons are hatched in this timeline, & more dragons go on to live longer, healthier lives!

- there will be ZERO child-brides &/or child-grooms featured in this AU (while there may be some age-gaps mentioned here & there, they will be between ACTUAL adults (in both the biological/legal-sense))

- more POC characters, & a lot of them take on more proactive roles (in this AU-timeline, a few members of House Velaryon semi-routinely wed Naathi or Summer Islanders, &/or have at least 1 parent who is of Naath/Summer Islands)

- Alysanne Targaryen is the oldest (& only!) child of Maegor Targaryen & Ceryse Hightower

- Princess Vaella Targaryen survives infancy, & goes on to live her best life

- King Jaehaerys I & Queen Alysanne I Targaryen do much better urban-planning (& the residents of King’s Landing are so very, very grateful for that!)

- the Dragonpit in this AU-timeline is (re)named the Dragonkeep, & is superbly re-designed to provide shelter & adequate intellectual/physical enrichment for any lairing dragons there

- after escaping Maegor, Queen Rhaena I Targaryen (the Black Bride) goes off on an extended holiday with all of her lovely lady friends (this AU maintains a strict avoidance of the ‘Bury Your Gays’ trope!)

- Princess Aerea Targaryen survives Valyria & goes on to have a hella lot more adventure, autonomy, & agency than she ever did in the canon-timeline

- Lady Elissa Farman becomes world-famous for discovering a western route to Yi Ti & Leng, & also for being the 1st Westerosi ever to reach Asshai-by-the-Shadow, & the 1st known man or woman to circumnavigate the world

- more members of House Targaryen survive longer, & marry out into other families (which means less icky/disgusting incest, & more genetic diversity for all involved. Yay!)

- Harrenhal is fully rebuilt, & in this AU operates as a prestigious center of advanced learning for girls & women … so, kinda like the Citadel in Oldtown, but not as (covertly/overtly) misogynist

- Moat Cailin is rebuilt, bigger & better than before!

link: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2391439

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Black Queen AU for ASoIaF (Queen Rhaenys II Targaryen, daughter of Aemon & Jocelyn):

Below is a link to the group of works on AO3 I created, that I’ve tentatively named “Black Queen AU (for ASoIaF)” (this is an Alternate Universe for ASoIaF, in which there are a number of divergences from the canon-timeline, some of which I hope make the world of Planetos (Westeros, especially!) a bit less shitty.

This ‘Black Queen’ AU series was created as a critique/response to the lack of proper characterization & roles of the women (Targaryen, & otherwise) in F & B, the frankly-ridiculous infant & maternal mortality-rates, & the, uhm, disturbing number of child-brides featured. I’m not trying to create a perfectly utopian ideal of a Medieval-esque society, mind you—I’m attempting to create an AU/timeline that’s a little more realistic/fleshed-out than the canon we were given. While there’s a lot of Awful Things™️ that have occurred in both this ‘Black Queen’ AU & actual canon (oppression, abuse, incest, war, murder, mass-killings, torture, slavery, sexual assault, etc.), there’s not going to be any explicit/graphic, long-winded depiction(s) of nastiness in this series.

link: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2391439

In those handful of works are a smattering of world-building ideas, for anyone that would like to use them. Please give credit where credit is due, thanks. : ) Please also note that this is a work in-progress, & is subject to editing/expansion.

Feel free to leave (polite!) comments or critiques on what I’ve produced so far. Also note that this is a work-in-progress.