Tonya's Fandom Recs

This is my blog to rec fandom stuff that I've enjoyed. Not all will be well-written, drawn, or perfectly in character, however, I will only share the ones personally enjoy. This is a multi-fandom rec blog and the frequency of each fandom's appearance depends...

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Planning for Life

Link: AO3 Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Pairing: Brienne/Jaime Author: WauryD Summary: When tragedy befalls the family of her mentor, Brienne Tarth uproots her life to attempt and foster two of the remaining children. As a single woman of 23 who has neither children of her own, nor the expected maternal looks, however, social services aren’t too keen on releasing the kids into her care. Enters an option, complex in its legality, that is only going to complicate things further...

Marriage of Convenience!! I love that trope. Modern AU, they're doing it to save the kids. Mentions of incest and sexual abuse. Suicide mention. Also, fair warning: We're on chapter 21 and there's no nookie yet. It's a slow one, y'all. Strap in.

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Wicked Seas

Link: AO3 Fandom: Vampire Diaries Pairing: Caroline/Klaus Author: @cupcakemolotov Summary: Caroline has spent decades, rebuilding her life after her divorce. A happenstance meeting with Klaus Mikaelson changes her life, for the better. But as her past begins to reveal itself, she has a decision to make.

Selkie!Caroline is an interior designer and Klaus pretty much has her design a house for the two of them. Klaus plays the long game.

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Why Jon will survive: the beginning of subverting Westerosi classism

Link: Tumblr Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Focus: Jon Snow / Subverting Themes and Expectations Author: @lostlittlesatellites Summary: N/A (I couldn't find a nice summary sentence)

While I'm always a sucker for a "Jon Lives" theories, this has the added bonus of explaining why Jon's version of "the hidden prince" trope as well as his experience leading mean there's a good chance Jon will survive the series.

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Jonsa: Inspired by Lord Byron’s own life and work

Link: Tumblr Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Focus: Influences / Pairings / Jonsa Author: @shinynewrevulsions Summary: More tellingly, I believe GRRM is using Byron’s own biography and literary works to establish a precedent for a half-sibling/cousin love story.

While all metas / speculation that looks toward outside sources should be taken with a grain of salt, this has the weight (IMO) of GRRM being a known fan of Byron and being influenced by him in the past.

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GRRM’s commentary on resurrections

Link: Tumblr Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Focus: Resurrection / Jon Snow Author: @shinynewrevulsions Summary: According to his comments on Gandalf, Beric, and Lady Stoneheart, we can predict Jon’s transformation

A nice reminder that, just like with pre-resurrection Jon, the book version of post-resurrection Jon will probably be more morally ambiguous than the show version. It also goes into what that might look like.

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Targaryen Madness and Chekhov’s Gun

Link: Tumblr Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Focus: Targaryen Madness Author: @jen-snow Summary: One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep. - Anton Chekhov In ASOIAF, the rifle on the wall is Targaryen madness. If a Targaryen isn’t going to go ‘mad’ or isn’t going to commit acts which can be perceived as madness, GRRM should never have mentioned it at all.

Short and to the point review of why Daenerys is the Targaryen most likely to display "madness" if it shows up in the series.

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The Tourney at Ashford

Link: Tumblr Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Focus: The Tourney at Ashford / Sansa Stark / Jonsa Author: @wintersqueen Summary: For those not familiar with this event, the tourney at Ashford was held in order to celebrate the 13th birthday of the namesake Lord’s daughter, the Lady Ashford. In this tourney, the knights would joust each other for the honor of being her champion and, at the end, the final champion would decide if she was to remain the queen of love and beauty (sound familiar?)

This speculates that, much like Lady Ashford didn't end up with a final champion, Sansa won't end up married to her final "suitor" (f!Aegon). Has a Jonsa lean.

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Why Melisandre’s  prophecy is about Sansa

Link: Tumblr Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Focus: The Girl in Grey / Sansa Stark Author: @loveroflemons Summary: First thing, I know that many people have already mention why its Sansa who is going to Jon, but I always felt that it wasn’t convincing enough; that there needed to be more evidence to support this theory (from the books, not the show, since we know what happens in season 6). So, I decided to go back to the books to support this meta. We all know that GRRM is a complete troll and is always making us think with his choice of words, and meanings behind vague things, such as visions and prophecies.

There. Is. A. Map! I'm a visual learner, I like to have words and maps to help me visualize the words I'm reading. And it all. Makes. Sense. The only way this could be better is if the map had three color-coded lines to show the routes that were or could be taken.

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The Great Outdoors

Link: AO3 Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Pairing: Brienne/Jaime Author: upsgirl88 Summary: It's just two friends going camping together, right? Brienne agrees to spend a week camping with Jaime, but she quickly starts to notice he's acting a little different. But is it real? Or just a little fun since she's the only option available? This one is filled with laughs, teasing, tent smut, drinking games and more. It's a feel good kind of story, nothing too heavy.

Does exactly what it says on the tin. With the added bonus of hinting/revealing (in chapter 12, where I currently am) that Jaime set it all up. Gotta love the "Oooh, how odd that we ended up being the only two on this trip and, no, I totally didn't plan this at all!" flavoring.

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Nights in Lace

Link: AO3 Fandom: Game of Thrones / ASoIaF Pairing: Brienne/Jaime Author: upsgirl88 Summary: Jaime is an artist and Brienne works at a lingerie shop. Lots of smut, of course some nude modeling and sexy lingerie (job perks). It's a sexy story, but also very sweet as Jaime tries to make something of himself on his own, without daddy's money and both him and Brienne finally find out what it's like to be in love.

I'm a sucker for modern!Braime, and I love the characterization for both Jaime and Brienne. It's currently on chapter 12, and I'm on edge from the cliff hanger.

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Tagging Update

For those of you following this blog, I’ve added tags for genre / au / fusion as well as a page where those tags are listed.

For any of you who weren’t aware, if you check out the about page of this blog, there’s some information on submitting fics for me to read and possibly rec.

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Always Waging Wars

Link: AO3 Fandom: Vampire Diaries / The Originals Pairing: Caroline/Klaus Author: @cupcakemolotov Summary: When the Gemini Coven comes for the twins, Caroline makes the choice to protect them. Even if that means walking away. But first, she needs to make sure that the coven can never find them and for that she needs Klaus.

I'm a sucker for fics where Caroline needs to get away / needs to have something taken care of and Klaus does so with no strings. It's so very them.

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true north

Link: AO3 Fandom: Game of Thrones Pairing: Jon/Sansa Author: bythunder Summary: The Night’s King had been defeated, but Jon… he hasn’t been seen since. “Assumed dead, my lady,” one of the survivors told her, but Sansa could not believe it, refused to believe it. If Jon had died, she would’ve felt it. She would have known.

Some of you may not know this, but I'm a sucker for bleak and/or dark stories. This one packs that punch in 500 words.

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Thaw

Link: AO3 Fandom: Game of Thrones Pairing: Brienne/Jaime Author: francoeurs Summary: He didn’t miss the way Brienne leaned into his touch immediately, even as her eyes widened in surprise. He didn’t miss the way they fluttered shut, her near-white lashes fanning over her flushed cheeks. When he removed his hand, he didn’t miss the quick flash of distress on her face before she remembered to hide it behind a mask of indifference. Jaime didn’t miss any of it.

It's got a few of my bullet-proof buttons, including sleeping together for warmth, and the beauty of this fic can be summed up by the line “When have things ever been pretty or ideal for us?”

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Something Wicked

Link: AO3 Fandom: The Vampire Diaries / The Originals Pairing: Caroline/Klaus Author: @cupcakemolotov Summary: When Caroline inherited Bloom, she’d expected bridezillas and occasional need for witchery. But her summer is interrupted by the noisy renovations of the tattoo parlor across the street. Then hushed rumors start to float around New Orleans about missing witches and vampires. And where vampires walk, demons follow.

I'm calling this at Supernatural AU since it changes the supernatural creatures. As always, Ravyn delivers so wonderfully and I cannot recommend her fics enough. Though I only list Caroline and Klaus, this has the whole family, Bonnie and Enzo, and some of the TO crew involved as well. GO READ!

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More than Wednesdays

Link: AO3 Fandom: Game of Thrones Pairing: Jon / Sansa Author: @myrish-lace-love Summary: Sansa can't stop staring at the handsome guy at the laundromat who looks like a hot history professor. When he asks her for soap one day, they get to know each other better. Fluff and angst ensues.

Modern AU is my crack in this fandom.

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like a map that traced her pain

Link: AO3 Fandom: Game of Thrones Pairing: Jon / Sansa Author: graceverse Summary: Like a map that traced her pain, the aches and the sorrows of her soul, a network of intertwined lines, veins and rivers and roads that aimlessly meander across her skin, Jon follows the latticework of scars with his fingers, his skin barely grazing hers, gentle and calloused.

It's full on hurt/comfort sex done so beautifully.