#dreadwulf

[reloha]

Everything has gone wrong. Brienne delivered Jaime to the Brotherhood Without Banners, but before she could enact the rest of her plan, Ser Ilyn Payne interrupted her and rescued Jaime. Now Brienne is a prisoner, despised by all, with no allies left. Where does she go from here?

Fic rec: Ring of Fire by dreadwulf

[dreadwulf]

Chapter 6: The House that Heaven Built Summary: Jaime surrendered himself to the White Walkers to find Brienne. Will he be too late?

Zombie AU is complete! Hopefully it's worth the wait.

[daenystheedreamer]

ZCREAM

[ilynpilled]

actually that was great 😭 and i pretty much agree. also i think on some level maybe jaime resents them never asking? like in their eyes (and tywin’s) he killed aerys to protect his father and align himself with the lannisters as they enter KG and they don’t care for any other reason he could have. but its the opposite. he warns aerys not to let his father in. also then out of all people why does he choose to tell brienne… i mean i have some ideas but what are your thoughts?

The thing is we do not really know if they asked lmao. I mean I will assume Tywin didn’t give a fuck. Not for the right reasons, anyway. That’s Tywin. I am not certain of that assumption regarding Cersei and Tyrion. Anyway, I think what distinguishes them from Brienne, is how distinctly they view Jaime as a result of the fact that they are Lannisters, as well as what their respective struggles are as individuals. They have a history. They have an established relationship with him. It is a relationship with insane baggage. With that baggage comes a lot of blindspots. They knew him before Aerys, but they did not truly know him after. As much as they love Jaime, as he is the glue of the family, they also loathe him in some form for meeting the standards that their horrid abusive father set. He is the only one of them that was gifted with the potential to gain Tywin’s approval (not that such a thing is possible lmao). The other two do not even have the chance. Jaime then took up a role in life that was never really an option for either of those two. Knighthood is reserved for Jaime, both meta textually, as that is what his story is mainly deconstructing, and within the text itself, as that is what he dreamed of being as the young boy prodigy. This experience completely changed Jaime and his outlook on the world. It sent him down the path of amorality, nihilism, and cynicism, specifically regarding the feudalistic constructs of morality, knighthood, and honor. This is something that Cersei and Tyrion can never truly grasp, just as Jaime will never understand their respective struggles. These blindspots the three siblings have concerning each other are always very apparent in their POVs. I talked about JC and how they put each other into boxes, but Tyrion and Jaime also do this with each other. Despite their bond, we never gain that much insight into Jaime from Tyrion’s POV in the first two books. Like even he reduces post Aerys Jaime to “my impulsive and flippant big brother who loves murder”, (however he gives us glimpses of the fact that Jaime loved him, unlike the rest of them). The person that Jaime presents to Brienne is a person that nobody has seen. That is how the narrative is set up. Brienne is the one that is interlinked with the deconstruction of knighthood. She is such a necessary foil to him in the beginning. I said this before: Brienne and Jaime’s dynamic in ASOS is “the goodhearted and naive idealist vs the jaded, cynical, and callous asshole who is a disappointed idealist that recognizes their old self in the former, making it a battle of who succeeds in pulling the other closer to their side of the spectrum.” The conclusion to this question of knighthood is something they have to come to together. I kinda elaborate more on this here:

So he lays this side of himself bare to the reader and Brienne only, bc that is how his development is meant to happen. This is a side that only us and Brienne are meant to see, because it is who it is most relevant to.

[dykedivorce]

being exposed to 3 seconds of a jaime/brienne fanvid and immediately opening up a man for all seasons chapter 1 'the long walk' jaime is on foot by the time he reaches winterfell and nearly delirious

[jaimexbrienne-fic-finder]

Wedding

May is Wedding month, so here are stories about weddings! Some are only about a wedding, some just have a bigger part about a wedding. There are lots more I can't remember right now, if I think of many more there will be a part 2!

Found Wanting by dreadwulf

Brienne is still convinced that the entire affair is a joke on her. Surely there is a real bride somewhere in the castle, who will be brought out once the crowd has had a good laugh at the cow in a satin gown. When she said as much to her intended, he said it was surely a joke on them both. Let them laugh, he said. What’s funnier is that Queen Daenerys made the match in the first place – she must have thought them intolerable to one another. The Beauty and the Kingslayer. Surely Brienne could see the humor in it?

Something Drastic by bearsofair

Brienne ducks out of a wedding reception early. Her "date" comes looking for her.

the battlefield between us (isn't here tonight) by robotsdance

“I missed you, ” Brienne says like she’s admitting something else, and Jaime wants to say it back to her in exactly the same way: loaded with all of the things they’re not saying. Let that truth settle between them, unsaid but at least somewhat spoken. That could be enough. To share that quiet understanding with Brienne, here, alone together in the middle of the woods, in the middle of a war, in which one of them will be on the losing side. That could be enough. I missed you too.

Brienne would understand.

What Jaime says instead is “Marry me.”

The Lion, the Wench, and the Wardrobe Trailer by GilShalos1

Jaime Lannister’s entire acting career has been built on playing reckless cads and heartless villains – ever since a scandalous death on his first film, Kingslayer, was quickly hushed up at his father’s behest. Nearly fifteen years later, acclaimed director Olenna Tyrell has announced her retirement: after one last film, Oathkeeper, inspired by the mythic story of the Long Night. She wants Jaime to do what he does so well, play into his on-screen persona and off-screen reputation, and be a villain for the ages in her final film. But to make sure his infamous ways don’t interfere with production, she requires his personal assistant to keep him on the straight, narrow and sober. Brienne Tarth, in her first job on a film set, finds herself tasked with keeping the impossible Jaime Lannister under control …

Something Blue by Aviss

Jaime Lannister was a wedding planner, though he sometimes missed his old job where he was actually allowed to kill people. Ten minutes with his latest clients and he was already convinced they should not get married. He wasn't a marriage counsellor though, he wasn't invested in this Hunt and Tarth wedding beyond the planning of the ceremony.

Never A Bride by CourtingDisaster

(Modern AU) Wedding bells are ringing in Westeros. After an unpleasant first meeting, Brienne and Jaime find themselves being thrown together over and over as their friends and family marry off. After all, as Tyrion likes to point out, there really aren't any other groomsmen tall enough to escort everyone's favorite bridesmaid...

Over the course of several weddings and receptions, Brienne and Jaime form a sort of truce, perhaps they even become friends. But Brienne isn't going to let the atmosphere of romance carry her away, no matter how handsome Jaime is...is she?

Vows by theworldunseen

Jaime Lannister profiles the most interesting and romantic weddings in the country for his super popular blog, The only problem? His own heart has been stomped on, and it might have ruined weddings for him forever. When he finds out about a woman who’s going to be in her twenty-seventh wedding party, he thinks writing about her might be his way back to loving weddings. But Brienne Tarth isn’t anything he ever expected.

What happens in Sunspear (doesn't) stay in Sunspear Series by Luthien

Brienne wakes up the morning after a night on the town in Vegas Sunspear, with unexpected company in her bed - and that's just the first surprising discovery she makes.

My Best Friend's Wedding by wildlingoftarth

A desperate Brienne hires a “professional party date” to accompany her to Renly’s wedding on Tarth. It’s just a weekend – what could go wrong?

so keep me close. by SeeThemFlying

Brienne pines for her husband, Jaime, who she is convinced is not madly in love with her.

[ladym-rules]

This is what I imagine Jaime Lannister riding down the Kingsroad in search of his Blue Angel in @dreadwulf's amazing post-apocalyptic story, After the End.

The maker, Keith Young, calls it the "The Holy Bike." I wasn't able to get a clean shot of the bike without either lots of people or stuff in the background, unfortunately.

[pearly--rose]

Ok @venisehiatt commented on this post that I should link some Quiet Isle fics, and they are absolutely right! Here’s a few I had in my bookmarks and to-be-read list, that either take place entirely on the Quiet Isle or feature it in some way. (Please feel free to reblog and add to this list!)

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I Should Live in Salt by dreadwulf ( @dreadwulf ) - Rated M Jaime and Brienne have survived the confrontation with Lady Stoneheart, at a terrible price.

From This Day Until the End of My Days by dreadwulf ( @dreadwulf ) Jaime Lannister should have returned to King's Landing weeks and weeks ago. Instead he brought an injured Brienne to the Quiet Isle and somehow ended up married to her. Now he's riding for the Vale with a strange assortment of companions on an impossible search for Sansa Stark, and Brienne won't even look at him anymore, and why does that bother him so much? Why is he even here? He should just go home. He'll do it any day now.

A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action Please by earthwindandfiber ( @sapphiresandsunlight ) - Rated T Everyone who's anyone knows you can't shack up at the Quiet Isle if you're not married. So, Brienne's posse of Dudely Hangers-On decides to do the next-best thing, and set up camp right outside her door for an all-night jam sesh. What could go wrong?

Honor Thy Regard by SigilBroken - Rated E Everyone’s favorite post-ADWD series, taking Jaime and Brienne from Stoneheart, to the Quiet Isle, to the Vale.

None But the Lonely Heart by OccasionalAvenger - Rated T featuring: the quiet isle, chekhov’s wolfpack, someone's bloody wedding, brienne in king's landing, a messy custody battle, dad jaime, a long night that lasts considerably more than a night, and endgame.

Yield by PrettyThief ( @pretty--thief ) - Rated T Five times Jaime and Brienne fight one another and one time they both lose.

dream deep heavy sleeper (dream light heavy heart) by djelibeybi - Rated T Five nights Jaime and Brienne break the Quiet Isle's rules, and one night they don't.

pieces of me (are pieces of you) by SeeThemFlying - Rated T Banned from seeing Brienne, Jaime spends his time on the Quiet Isle mulling over his feelings for his wench......and looking after Podrick.

Presents and Promises, or The 7 Days of Cronemas by greyathena - General Audiences In which somehow, after the events of existing book canon and taking care of the Lady Stoneheart situation, Jaime and Brienne and Podrick (Ser Hyle . . . has gone somewhere) have found themselves looking for Sansa together . . . and have ended up passing through the Quiet Isle at precisely the wrong time. Or the right one.

(and finally, yeah, I’m gonna be completely shameless and link my own fic) Hesitate by pearly_rose - Rated M He had never known her to be an adept liar. Too righteous, too…good. Right now, she wears her guilt like a shroud. It’s written all over her, in how stiffly she holds her shoulders, in the way she won’t quite look him in the eye. Still he follows her into the Riverlands without question, with the same swirling intensity in his stomach as when he galloped back to Harrenhal to save her from the bear pit.

[swordmaid]

What is a briame fic you would always recommend?

From This Day Until the End of My Days by dreadwulf/ @rubyvroom solely for the fact that the confession scene altered my brain in such a way that I don’t even remember the person that I was before reading the fic and my years are dated by BFTDUtEoMD (before From This Day Until the End of My Days) and AFTDUtEoMD (after From This Day Until the End of My Days)

[nossbean]

Endless Works in Progress

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Ever delightful @pearly--rose tagged me to play! Like, two months ago, but still! All of these bar number 8 are JB wips.

ALIOL

Lion Husband

PAU

The TNAU sequel no one asked for

the beloved

PLSH draft

we held our breath

Copy of Lara x River

crack!fic

FSF

I haven’t included the Thor AU here but happy to talk about that one if anyone’s interested: it is going to be put up for adoption at some point though, once I get my ducks in a row 🔨🌩️ 🦆🦆🦆

Tagging!! I don’t know who’s already played so soz in advance if you’re being double-tapped 💕 And if you have played, pls link me to your list because I have questions! @albatrossisland, @angelowl-fics​, @captainelliecomb, @commarogue, @dreadwulf, @halfagod, @im-auntie-social , @ladym-rules, @littledeconstruction, @the-world-unseen, @greenmtwoman & anyone else who wants to play or play again, consider yourself tagged and consider me to be all aflutter for your list!

[vayalda]

I've been tagged by @musing-and-music, thank you!

3 ships: Braime (ASoIaF/GoT) - if we summarize ships as "reading fanfic about them” that’s the only one I have, but I’m also Team Katniss/Peeta (Hunger Games) and Team Jane/Michael (Jane the Virgin) - and yup, I’m totally beginning to see a pattern in the fictional guys I like. Lol.

Last song: Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill

Last movie: Does TV show count? I haven’t seen any new movies in some time because I’m on a spree to catch up on all the series of the last years that I missed... And the last one was “Jane the Virgin” (which I stopped watching at Season 5, Episode 7, Minute 36:45 btw., cause I’m done with crappy endings after GoT and this was the best one I could get... ;))

Currently watching: Sherlock

Currently reading: The Guest List by Lucy Foley (very good, that’s a rec)

Currently consuming: A Man for All Seasons by dreadwulf (I’m not usually reccing unfinished fics, but this one is so good and intense with some bloody awesome characterizations!)

Currently craving: Cookies

Tagging @merianana @tsubame17 @gesssekai @merfilly @albatrossisland @ulmo80 @oathmarveljpg14 @welkinalauda @we-were-all-born-mad @rattesbite and whoever wants to do it!

[wickedjaime]

@swordmaid tagged me to post 10 songs and tag 10 people. This one's for you babeee

Baby Queen - Gorillaz

Ghost in the Machine - SZA ft. Phoebe Bridgers

Which Witch - Florence + the Machine

Summertime Wine - Sizzy Rocket

Florida Blues - Cruel Youth

West Coast - Lana del Rey

Skinnydipped - BANKS

Gas Up - TeZATalks

Heaven in Hiding - Halsey

Two Weeks - FKA twigs

I tag:

@villainanders @iris-bllues @prince-luffy @lodessa @boboodenkirk @francy-sketches @weirdwoodeyes @kidenxo @dreadwulf @plavoptice and anyone else who wants to do it!

[dreadwulf]

Relationship:

Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

Additional Tags:

Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse

of course the canon is already a zombie apocalypse but this is a Modern one

Mutual Pining

Grief/Mourning

Post-Break Up

the canon story is still there just a little bit sideways

and it's already over

Heavy Angst

Chapter 5 of 6 :  Jaime gets closer and closer to the place where Brienne was taken, at the foot of the Black Mountains. But what will he find when he gets there?

[daenystheedreamer]

do you have any fic recs?

ao3 went down when i went to check my bookmarks and i had to shamefully search twitter and am now among the ranks of kpop pfps freaking out over ao3 being down. BUT YES I DO!! i dont read much asoiaf fic because im very picky and judgy but here's some!

Not So Lonely, Not So Long a Life by @the-perfunctorily: it's a satin-centric fic and follows him from the journey to the wall until just after the attack on castle black. it's an expressive and often sweet little view into a young gay person finding their place. It's not really a ship fic but it's pre-slash.

Noli Me Tangere by @mummer: satin-centric, very kind and builds a three dimensional world with this character and the wall. more explicitly jonsatin though as a sort of like, undercurrent. beautiful and evocative!

The Body is a Blade by @mummer: post-resurrection jon is left in the care of an utterly bewildered and terrified satin. again more explicitly jonsatin though more about devotion and fidelity than about like getting them together. lovely. can be read as a sequel to noli me tangere :)

Velvet by JeanJacquesFrancois: very sad very tragic. garlan and willas try to comfort a half-mad dying loras.

Renly's Ghost by JeanJacquesFrancois: again very sad very tragic loras fic. gendry pov, his odd interactions with a grieving knight of flowers which mostly leave him bemused.

Hearts and Bones by honey_wheeler: yes ok its sad tragic renloras. i haven't re-read it in a while because it makes me sad and also it's rated explicit for like smut (scandalised voice). it's charming its tragic its heartwarming its heartbreaking its sensual its doomed!!

From This Day Until the End of My Days by dreadwulf: jaime/brienne fic. post-adwd. jaime has to marry brienne for propriety while seeking help on the quiet isle and now brienne's avoiding him. really sweet briame fic!! love both a literal marriage AND a symbolic marriage. also pod is there i love pod

A Lady's Wildling Husband by Space_Samurai: harrion karstark finds out his sister is married to a wildling and with child. sweet little fic, i love alys but there's such a lack of content for her :( anyway its a nice breather after all the tragedy and doom i recommended :)

i'm very fussy about writing and characterisation and relationship dynamics but these are some i really like that i could find in my bookmarks! i probably need to read more... if fact if anyone has fic recs drop them pwease ^x^

[ao3feed-briennejaime]

Found Wanting

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/qg3LHZp

by dreadwulf

Brienne is still convinced that the entire affair is a joke on her. Surely there is a real bride somewhere in the castle, who will be brought out once the crowd has had a good laugh at the cow in a satin gown. When she said as much to her intended, he said it was surely a joke on them both. Let them laugh, he said. What’s funnier is that Queen Daenerys made the match in the first place – she must have thought them intolerable to one another. The Beauty and the Kingslayer. Surely Brienne could see the humor in it?

Words: 3983, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth

Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

Additional Tags: Arranged Marriage, Post-Canon, after the long night, I was asked for smut and I will provide, it will be in Part 2 though and I'll add the rest of the tags then

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/qg3LHZp

[volchitsa-of-winterfell]

Dreadwulfs's A Man for All Seasons is incredible, a WIP, but absolutely worth the read.

Can also recommend Ring for Fire and From This Day Till the End of My Days, those are complete and AHHHHHH worthy.

Happy reading!!! ☺️☺️☺️

AMAZING thank you so much!!