he smiled a lot, as if the world was a secret gift

a fanworks exchange from theon greyjoy from a song of ice and fire/game of thrones; runs from may18th, 2017.

[theongreyjoyexchange]

round three masterpost!

... a bit later than we had planned but we’re finally wrapping things up with the usual masterpost ;) not that anyone has to claim anything this round but if you want it all in one place, this year we had:

king on the salt throne (moodboard, gen), by @mrs-storm-andrews for @hard-as-iron;

purple is a lucky color (fanfic, theon/robb), by @owlsinathens for @realakai;

gut-wrenching frenzy (fanfic, theon/robb), by @robb-greyjoy for @wynafryd-manderly;

theon/sansa reunion (art, theon/sansa), by @hard-as-iron for @starcallerstag;

you’re worth hell (fanmix, jon/theon), by @themailmanwonthelottery for disneyprincebuffyannesummers;

theon by the sea (fanart, gen), by @starcallerstag for @salazarastark

psycho killers (fanvid, theon & roose), by @selkiewife for @loveyourcrookedneighbor;

I’m gooey in the middle, baby, let me bake (fanfic, theon/jon), by @robb-greyjoy for @owlsinathens;

disarm you with a smile (fanmix, gen-ish), by @janiedean for @themailmanwonthelottery;

taking winterfell’s prizes (fanfic, theon/domeric + theon/ros + theon/ros/domeric), by @loveyourcrookedneighbor for @quilljoy;

a path to lead you back to me (fanfic, theon/robb), by @rainhalydia for @janiedean;

I love that face (fanfic, theon/robb), by @realakai for @rainhalydia;

mercy (fanfic, roose/theon), by @quilljoy for @incblackbird;

the raven spoke my name (fanfic, theon & bran), by @blueagia for @randomlut;

theon on the salt throne + theon & sansa five years after the show (photoset/picspam + ficlet, theon/sansa), by @janiedean for @mrs-storm-andrews;

theon & robb at disneyland doing cheesy couple things (fanart, theon/robb) by @theon-greyjoy-stark for @queenblackbetha

don’t you want a life like we saw on the picture show? (fanfic, theon/robb), by @janiedean for @theon-greyjoy-stark;

art & photography students au (fanfic, theon/robb), by @salazarastark for @robb-greyjoy;

theon being brave (gifset, gen), by @incblackbird for @blueagia;

you’re too good a ship to wreck (fanmix, theon/robb), by @janiedean for @atthewolfden;

the kindness of strangers (fanfic, theon & pia gen), by @janiedean for @selkiewife.

AAAND WE’RE DONE, I hope y’all enjoyed this round and your gifts, remember to leave a comment at your giftee if you haven’t done so already ;) and see you all next year if the old gods will it and thanks for participating everyone :)

[janiedean]

fic: the kindness of strangers (theon & pia, others), r, for theonexchange

the kindness of strangers, theon & pia + theon & jon + theon & asha + pia & jaime, r, warnings for canon typical violence and past rape/abuse/torture, 5,2k ca, further warnings on ao3; for @selkiewife for @theongreyjoyexchange 

“Theon,” she says, “it would take being blind to not see that we might have something in common.” She sounds sorry about it. And as if she truly understands it. For a moment he’s speechless, because until now it’s been just Jeyne understanding it, but Jeyne —

Jeyne doesn’t know how that feels. Good for her, honestly, but —

But.

“Would it be too much,” he asks, “if I was wondering how — how it happened to you?”

for the prompt: book based (or combination) Theon meeting Pretty Pia and both of them learning to smile again. hopefully it’s along the lines of what you wanted ;_;

[janiedean]

fanmix: you’re just too good a ship to wreck, for @atthewolfden​ // @theongreyjoyexchange​; [download on mediafire] [listen on playmoss]

1. tangled up in blue - k. t. tunstall

Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’ I was layin’ in bed Wondrin’ if she’d changed at all If her hair was still red Her folks they said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough (..)

So now I’m goin’ back again I got to get to her somehow All the people we used to know They’re an illusion to me now

2. boats & birds - gregory and the hawk

If you’ll be my boat, I’ll be your sea A depth of pure blue just to probe curiosity Ebbing and flowing and pushed by a breeze I live to make you free, I live to make you free But you can set sail to the west if you want to And past the horizon, ‘til I can’t even see you Far from here where the beaches are wide Just leave me your wake to remember you by

3. bed of roses - bon jovi

When you close your eyes Know I’ll be thinking about you While my mistress she calls me To stand in her spotlight again Tonight I won’t be alone But you know that don’t Mean I’m not lonely I’ve got nothing to prove For it’s you that I’d die to defend I want to lay you down on a bed of roses For tonight I sleep on a bed on nails I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is And lay you down on bed of roses

4. soul driver - lowlands

Now no one knows which way love’s wheel turns Will we hit it rich Or crash and burn Does fortune wait or just the black hand of fate This love potion’s all we’ve got One toast before it’s too late If the angels are unkind or the season is dark Or if in the end Love just falls apart Then here’s to our destruction Baby let me be your soul driver

5. stranger than kindness - nick cave & the bad seeds

You caress yourself And grind my soft cold bones below Your map of desire Burned in your flesh Even a fool can come A strange lit stair And find a rope hanging there Stranger than kindness

6. don’t cry (alt. lyrics) - guns n’ roses

I thought I could live in your world As years all went by, with all the voices I’ve heard Something has died And when you’re in need of someone, my heart won’t deny you So many seem so lonely with no one left to cry to, babyDon’t you cry tonight I still love you, baby Don’t you cry tonight Don’t you cry tonight There’s a heaven above you baby And don’t you cry tonight

7. is your love in vain? - bob dylan

Are you so fast that you cannot see that I must have solitude? When I am in the darkness, why do you intrude? Do you know my world, do you know my kind? Or must I explain? Will you let me be myself? Or is your love in vain?

8. always gold - radical face

We were opposites at birth I was steady as a hammer No one worried 'cause they knew just where I’d be And they said you were the crooked kind And that you’d never have no worth But you were always gold to me

9. leap of faith - michelle branch

And it’s a leap of faith, When you believe there’s someone out there, It’s a leap of faith When you believe that someone cares, oh, And when I call out to you, Will you be right there, Right there? And I’ll be waiting by the window for your smile to come through, And I’ll be waiting in the darkness when I call out to you, And I’ll remember when you told me, I could trust in you

10. come wander with me - brian fallon

Oh but you, you always said, “you’re just too good a ship to wreck” You said, “never mind nothin’, there’s a summertime humming once the bandages come off” Yes, and you always believed there was some kind of diamond in me Oh but if you still burn every night in the hurt I know a place where the pain doesn’t reach Come wander with me Come wander with me

11. shining in the light - jimmy page & robert plant

From this shore my memory wandered And I danced upon the sea Can I dance with you upon the sea? Oh! how I love your brown-eyed madness And your beauty was exposed Now your memory’s grained into my bones

12. christmas tv - slow club

It’s okay to have scars; they will make you who you are It’s okay to have fears, as long as you’re not scared of coming here And in the middle of the night, just call if you want to talk 'Cus you know that I want to talk too It’s not bad of you to think of what might go wrong But you can’t blame me for secretly hoping that I’ll prove you wrong It’s okay that I pray that you will miss your flight and have to stay with me another night

13. drive all night - bruce springsteen

There’s machines and there’s fire waiting on the edge of town They’re out there for hire but baby they can’t hurt us now Cause you’ve got, you’ve got, you’ve got, you’ve got my love, you’ve got my love Through the wind, through the rain, the snow, the wind, the rain You’ve got, you’ve got my, my love heart and soul

[incblackbird]

THEON BEING BRAVE A much needed gifset asked for by @blueagia for the @theonexchange

I hope you like it dear, and sorry it’s so late. I honestly could think of a thousend more moments of him being brave but I picked out the very obvious and in my opinion most beautiful ones.

[niewanyin-deactivated20220725]

@theongreyjoyexchange and @robb-greyjoy, here’s my entry into the Theon Greyjoy Exchange. Sorry it’s a couple days late! I hope you like it. I took the art/photography student route, though I added in parts of the other prompts.

Be honest and enjoy!!

Continua a leggere

[janiedean]

don't you want a life like we saw on the picture show? (theon/robb, explicit content), for theonexchange

don’t you want a life like we saw on the picture show?, theon/robb & others, nc17/explicit sexual content, 20k ca, further warnings on ao3; for @theon-greyjoy-stark // @theongreyjoyexchange;

“Does it console you if I tell you that my first gig was me playing the son of some crook because someone in production looked me up and figured that if my father was locked up for not having paid taxes on his business for about twenty years and a few other not so menial things, then I was the perfect choice?”

“… Not really because it just confirms that this industry is shitty and we’re two masochists for even wanting to work in it.”

“You won’t find me disagreeing,” Theon says, “but hey, could’ve been worse. Imagine if they cast in our place anyone from the prissy kind of acting school who doesn’t get the point of scrubbing come off cinema chairs for the love of the craft.”

“Shit,” Robb grins, “right, you’ve got a point. Well, to surviving the next month.”

“Hell, we’re going to need it,” Theon says, clinking his glass against Robb’s again.

Yeah, Robb thinks, we’re going to need a lot of alcohol to get through it.

A lot of it.

for the prompt: they are both actors for a hallmark type shitty movie and fall in love on set despite obvs not acting as the main couple (BONUS POINTS if they are supposed to be the two male rivals of the straight love triangle).

or: I’M LATER THAN I WANTED TO BE I’M AWFULLY SORRY I HOPE YOU LIKE IT <3

[theongreyjoyexchange]

psa

all right guys, the technical posting period is over but we have a few extensions throughout the next week so don’t worry the last few gifts will be posted soon ;) sorry for the extra wait but we’ll hopefully be wrapping things up asap! 

[esichiamaceleste-deactivated202]

My @theongreyjoyexchange present for @queenblackbetha ! <3 

the prompt was:  1.) A cute throbb picture doing something really cheesy couple stuff

I honestly couldn’t think of anything cheesier than a couples’ vacation to Disneyland XD The second fanart features them sporting *actual* Disney couple’s merch and the first one was inspired by Hercule’s “weak ankles” scene <3 aaaaand sorry for the slight delay :D 

I really hope you like and enjoy your present! It was really fun to draw <3 

[janiedean]

theon on the salt throne & theon and sansa five years after the show, for @mrs-storm-andrews // @theongreyjoyexchange; [x]

“It’s been quite some time, hasn’t it?”

It has, Theon thinks, for the both of them. He’s not going to speak for himself, but he can speak for her - five years later and she looks thriving. Her hair is longer and still that bright, beautiful auburn, she’s not as thin as she looked when they jumped from the ramparts a life ago, and she’s holding herself up straight like a queen would. She was also during the Long Night, but they never had much of a chance to talk then.

They seemingly do now.

“Yes,” he agrees. “And - you chose the only good time of the year to be here, I think.”

“Really. Why’s that?”

He shrugs, looking at how the sunlight hits her hair, at how they seem the only bright and vibrant thing in this entire shore.

“It rains most of the time,” he shrugs. “If not, there’s not much sunlight to spare anyway.”

“You seem to have grown to like it, though.”

“Like it?” He almost smiles, almost. She moves closer, looking up at him.

“Well, you sound almost fond talking about it.”

Fair - he might have grown to… maybe not like it, but embrace it. Not that he had planned to, but after he did save his sister and killed his uncle, and good riddance to him, people did apparently want him to have what should have been his from the beginning.

And seems like now that he doesn’t really want it as much, he’s doing better with it than he might have had a lifetime ago.

“Could be worse,” he says, cautiously.

“I cannot say it did you any bad,” Sansa says. “You look good.”

“Do I?” He asks, figuring that he might, if anything because it would be hard to look worse than he had when they - when they ran.

“I daresay that crown becomes you,” she says. He has to smile back, slightly. He’s learned to do it so that what of his teeth were broken don’t show.

“And being in Winterfell again has become you, I think,” he says. She’s here on a diplomatic visit, and she’s supposed to stay a while, and Theon doesn’t know what Jon sent her here to discuss, but she does seem to be happy to be here, at least. Her eyes turn a warmer shade of blue as she moves to his side.

“Good to know we seem to be doing better than we had imagined a while ago then.”

He nods. “That’s - that’s for sure.”

“Well,” she says, “I suppose you should show me around some, shouldn’t you?”

“I should hope I learned at least to be a decent host,” he says, and it comes out dry, the way it might have when - before King Robert ever showed up in Winterfell, truth to be told. He holds out an arm, shivering for a moment, realizing that maybe he shouldn’t have -

Sansa links hers through his own a moment later without hesitation. Her cheeks are slightly tinged because of the cold, but she looks right at home in Pyke’s pale sunlight. “I shall be glad to find out,” she smiles, and he smiles back, not thinking about hiding the broken teeth.

He thinks he shall be, too.

[blueagia]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Written for @randomlut as part of @theongreyjoyexchange !

Prompt: Theon meeting Bran again (directly or in a dream) 

Summary: Bran and Theon take turns reminding each other of who they really are. 

This fic is based mostly on events and characterization from the show, with some elements from the books.

[theongreyjoyexchange]

Hiiii! I finished my gift but tumblr seems to be misplacing it :( it's not linking so I'm not sure u got it!

sometimes it does that but don’t worry I reblogged it ;) ty!!! 

[keyjamm]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Pain hurts all the more when laced with sweetness. In Barrow Hall, Roose Bolton rebuilds Theon into something he can use.

Or, as I like to call it, Roose Bolton’s Guide on Reek Care :D 

My (belated and unbetaed, apologies!) @theongreyjoyexchange​ ‘s gift for @incblackbird​ ‘s lovely lovely prompt. 

[realakai]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Here’s my gift for you @rainhalydia !

Story is kinda weird but I hope you like it.

And thanks @theongreyjoyexchange for organizing this campaign

[rainhalydia]

Here’s my entry for the @theongreyjoyexchange! @janiedean asked for something in a western setting and I kinda… didn’t deliver. I cheated a little, because Robb and the Stark drama took over my western piece + lack of reading comprehension. Well, have a sorta western instead, and the other one is for you too when it gets ready XD

Here’s the link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16020704

[loveyourcrookedneighbour]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Theon and Ros meet a handsome stranger. ;)

Happy Theon Greyjoy Exchange week to @quilljoy!!! I had a lot of fun writing this and I sort of went off the rails based on you mentioning Domeric and trying to push the envelope with regards to gore and dark content hahaha! for @theongreyjoyexchange!! also a big thanks to @justmyluckmk and @tender-vittles for beta-reading

[janiedean]

fanmix: disarm you with a smile: songs modern au!Theon would like, for @themailmanwonthelottery​ // @theongreyjoyexchange​ [listen on playmoss; download on mediafire]; nfsw lyrics

1. my michelle - guns n’ roses

Your daddy works in porno Now that mommy’s not around She used to love her heroin But now she’s underground So you stay out late at night And you do your dope for free Drivin’ your friends crazy With your life’s insanity Well, well, well you just can’t tell Well, well, well my Michelle

Everyone needs love You know that it’s true Someday you’ll find someone That’ll fall in love with you But oh the time it takes When you’re all alone Someday you’ll find someone That you can call your own

2. ADT - fake problems

Where am I supposed to go? What am I expected to say? Who the hell am I gonna pretend to be today? If I disappear somehow, far away from this crowd I would hide and hide and hide from every fear I can’t confide in them

Tap your feet along with your heartbeat And don’t say a word to anyone, anyone

3. poor, poor pitiful me - warren zevon

I lay my head on the railroad track And wait for the Double “E” The railroad don’t run no more Poor, poor pitiful me

Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me These young girls won’t let me be Lord have mercy on me Woe is me

4. the black angel’s death song - the velvet underground

Cut mouth bleeding razor’s Forgetting the pain Antiseptic remains cool goodbye So you fly To the cozy brown snow of the east Gone to choose, choose again

[..]

And if epiphany’s terror reduced you to shame Have your head bobbed and weaved Choose a side to be on

5. in the pines - danny farrant & paul rawson

Hey girl, hey girl where will you go I’m going where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines where the sun don’t ever shine I will shiver the whole night through

6. dirt - alice in chains

One who doesn’t care, is one who shouldn’t be I’ve tried to hide myself from what is wrong for me, for me You, you are so special You have the talent to make me feel like dirt And you, you use your talent to dig me under And cover me with dirt

7. sir psycho sexy - red hot chili peppers

Hello young woman that I love Pretty punk rock mama that I’m thinking of Hold me naked if you will In your arms in your legs in your pussy I’d kill To be with you, to kiss with you, I do miss you I love you Lay me down, lay me down, lay me down, lay me down Lay me down, lay me down, lay me down, lay me down Descending waves of graceful pleasure For your love there is no measure Her curves they bend with subtle splendor

8. stagger lee - nick cave

So he walked through the rain, and he walked through the mud Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood Stagger Lee He said “Mr. Motherfucker, you know who I am?” The barkeeper said, “No, and I don’t give a good goddamn.” To Stagger Lee He said, “Well, bartender, it’s plain to see I’m that bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee.” Mr. Stagger Lee

9. mordred’s song - blind guardian

Nothing else, But laughter is around me Forevermore No one can heal me Nothing can save me No one can heal me I’ve gone beyond the truth It’s just another lie Wash away the blood on my hands My father’s blood In agony we’re unified I never wanted to be What they told me to be Fulfill my fate then I’ll be free God knows how long I tried to change fate

10. film noir - the gaslight anthem

But nobody never gonna tell you the way You gotta figure it out boys and suffer the rain And the fools in the night and the heat of the day When all you ever really wanted was for someone to understand

And I lit a fire that wouldn’t go out Until it consumed the walls and roof of this house Until all I remember was burnin’ away And all I remember, you burned it away

11. warbrain - alkaline trio

“Thoughts are the shadows of feelings, always darker, emptier, and simpler. I don’t care if they’re fake or real, I just thank that they’re showing up at all. I have black periods. Who does not? But they are not a part of me; they are not a part of illness, but a part of my being. Some might say I have the courage to have them. It’s four o’ clock in the morning. This sucks.”

I can’t go on You said my head’s too heavy I need that song Those trusty chords could pull me through and early on they saw the warning signs and symptoms all day long We sit and dream of better days

Where we’d hit the ground running on empty stories we’ve been told And all those nights we spent together never felt this fucking cold

12. disarm - smashing pumpkins

I used to be a little boy So old in my shoes And what I choose is my choice What’s a boy supposed to do? The killer in me is the killer in you My love I send this smile over to you Disarm you with a smile And leave you like they left me here To wither in denial The bitterness of one who’s left alone

13. the end - the doors

The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall He went into the room where his sister lived, and…then he Paid a visit to his brother, and then he He walked on down the hall, and And he came to a door…and he looked inside “Father?” “Yes, son.” “I want to kill you.” “Mother, I want to…”

This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end

It hurts to set you free But you’ll never follow me The end of laughter and soft lies The end of nights we tried to die

[robb-greyjoy-deactivated2019082]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

PROMPT:  Theon/Jon, enemies to lovers, smut

for @owlsinathens - @theongreyjoyexchange

NSFW/ EXPLICIT - MODERN AU - tw: enemies to lovers, eventual smut, spanking, bickering, shameless oreo product placement towards the end, jon being reluctant but with reason, theon is his flirty self, they discuss food so food talk ? 

Theon chuckled, amused, bit his bottom lip. “Are you always like this?” “How?”, Jon asked, coldly furious. Theon’s lips bloomed open, “Stiff.” “If you find me so boring, why are you here?” “I didn’t say boring. – Theon’s eyes gleamed – I chose my words very carefully.” Jon moved away and checked the lamb stew bubbling behind them. “So… – Theon continued – Would you cook for me?” “… is rat poison okay?” Theon snorted, “So you do have a sense of humour there, buried under too many years spent listening to Nirvana and reading Palahniuk.”