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
