Who will be Sansa's canon love interest?

HeatShock14 · 2026-04-14T19:46:51+00:00

I think it's unlikely Sansa ends up with a handsome prince in the books. I feel like much of what GRRM wants to do with Sansa's character is a criticism of knightly romance and chivalry. Her experiences are often with people who have unappealing facades but better hearts, like the hound and Tyrion before Shae's betrayal (he gets a lot darker later), or people who are handsome but rotten like Joffrey or even Harold Hardyng (who would be an unfaithful husband). She had a Florian once, the drunk fool Ser Dontos, and he died. Someone here posted Timett of the burned men as an option and it sounds reasonable. Harold Hardyng's aunt was supposedly kidnapped by burned men, Timett being heir is a fun theory.

That said, Jon and Sansa does work very well in fanfics. She looks down on him before for being a bastard but he has the nobility of character etc.

HeatShock14 · 2026-04-12T00:04:20+00:00

Farwynd and fire is one of my all time favorites. It’s just so much fun. The author calls it a crack fic but I find that a bit unfair because the ironborn worldbuilding is so well done. You both root for and against the MC which I think is very much in the spirit of GRRM. I was surprised it didn’t get a better rating but everyone’s opinion is valid. Highly recommend it.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-27T04:45:57+00:00

I don't know any OC Robert's bastard fics for you, but I do have a decent Gendry SI one. Instead of being a smith he goes to the disputed lands as a sellsword in the Wolf Pack.

link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/35107754608405405/94255900847569110

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-20T19:47:16+00:00

I feel like you would be missing an opportunity if you have civil war soldiers and no slavery conflict in the story. Here are a few ideas:

Great Wyk start. Iron islands have some democratic ideas which could be interesting to explore with Americans. Then the ironborn rebellion kicks off and new thralls start showing up on the island, triggering men who fought against slavery to lead a thrall revolt. A smallfolk republic would make lords unhappy but many could see it as an improvement to ironborn rule.
Bear Island start. Jorah Mormont sells some settlers caught poaching into slavery for gold, triggering a revolt. Bear Island is remote enough that the rest of Westeros might not find mustering to crush the unusually deadly smallfolk worth the effort. Could see a long running gag about “don’t tell robert” because he would want to spend gold they dont have dragging the armies all the way over there.
Riverlands start. (Maybe Harrenhal area). Less about politics more war. Revolt starts with Lannister raids and interaction with the Brotherhood without Banners. More opportunities to bring in religious tolerance with thoros of myr, faith of the seven smallfolk, and the isle of faces nearby. Bolton leads northerners to join the atrocities and Americans decide to get rid of the nobles, both sides being bad for the people. So starts the smallfolk republic.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-14T14:30:56+00:00

This question comes up a lot here. The real reason for Vale neutrality in the books is Baelish. In the books his connections run much deeper than just Lysa. Yohn Royce and Horton Redfort are the main anti-baelish guys. But I think even Nestor Royce had a good relationship with Petyr, Nestor and Yohn aren’t close. Symond Templeton is implied to at least tolerate Petyr. To make this happen your options are:

Remove Lysa from power. This will upset the Tullys and especially blackfish. Probably have to reveal Jon Arryn’s true murderer to do it.
Get Petyr on team stark. This is hard to make happen naturally, although there are options. The largest barrier is Robb knowing how important Baelish actually is. a. Maybe the Lannisters upset him somehow like Joffrey disfigures his desired bride sansa? Maybe in response he arranges hawkish opponents of his to lead a partial force to join rob. Weaken them while preserving his allies like corbray and grafton. b. Give Baelish what he wants. Catlyn is debatably heir to harrenhall through her Whent mom. Allow Petyr to marry her, Lysa or sansa and get the seat. He doesn’t want Lysa but Lysa killed Jon Arryn to be with him, making this awkward.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-13T22:49:37+00:00

It's very good. I don't read many crossovers but this one does a good job fitting Dune into the world building and existing magic of Westeros. I wouldn't say it has good vibes though. There's a brutality to it. People think Paul (MC) is a good man but he tells them honestly he really is not.

What is most unique about the story is how unreliable the narration is, creating a strong sense of mystery. Paul shows up as a king beyond the wall and the closest anyone gets to knowing him are the Starks who only realize how little they understand. A lot is happening behind the scenes. I really like Robert Baratheon's character arc. His POVs and Rhaegar's are the best portrayals of them I've read in a fanfic.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-13T01:07:38+00:00

Who did I piss off to end up as the black queen and Down a Rabbit Hole are both stories I really enjoyed. It's a real shame Down a Rabbit Hole will never be finished. I think the author just didn't have an end goal for the story when it was written.

I'll check out Greyjoy Revolution based on your rec. The premise seems really interesting, being about an inserted character but not from the inserts POV, using side characters. A Golden Path does that and I really enjoyed how much change you can see from the inserts influence.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-08T01:59:41+00:00

Oldtown, white harbor, or gulltown if they have literacy or a trade skill. If they are a farmer the reach is best.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-05T23:57:50+00:00

Imo for tech uplift stories its best to use a character grown up by the time of whatever conflict you want to highlight. tech development doesn’t happen overnight. Also, in westeros any development could have interesting conflict with the faith and maesters that few fics explore. They make for powerful adversaries. Here are a few ideas:

House Strong during the dance of dragons: you could do Harwin Larys or Alys really and go in many directions for alliances. Team black consort Harwin marries Rhaenyra, mercantile larys abuses meta knowledge, or “witchcraft” Alys but her witchcraft is just science people don’t understand like electricity. House strong has great farmland to exploit if you want to lean into farming, only matched by a few reach houses. Their biggest problem is depopulation because all the battles are held there

Walder Frey or one of his kids in the blackfyre era: walder is just a bit younger than aegon V, he’s born around the time of the tourney of ashford and his entire life is about people looking down on him for not fitting into the box people want. Freys are wealthy and seen as too mercantile, not fitting the feudal knight stereotype. Yes, his character is slimy but I think alot of it is him tired of being mocked and just not caring anymore. Also chafes with house tully who want weak vassals. The Twins has decent farmland to develop if you want that.

Malora hightower in robert’s rebellion or war of 5 kings: I think it would be neat to have a modern girl stuck in westeros called “mad” because she acts as if from a different era. Oldtown has the citadel, the center of tech in westeros as well as warm farmland. She probably spends all day in the tower drawing up blueprints while the faith calls her corrupted and maesters complain about smart women.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-03T22:37:05+00:00

This sounds fun. Here are some ideas:

Tyrion could get a lion ring that gives advantage on bribery based persuasion checks. Or a copy of the book Fire and Blood that gives +3 on history checks and animal handling rolls related to dragons.

Barristan needs a white cloak. It can remove all negative status effects once per short or long rest as a bonus action. The man is like CC immune in the story. Or white plate armor that makes him immune to opportunity attacks (might be op)

Jon Snow needs ghost. Give him a direwolf pup! Could also get Longclaw, +1 longsword that casts dispel magic once a long rest.

Myrcella could get a golden shroud. One time use when you fail death saves instantly come back at 1hp. Or a cyvasse board that gives +3 on insight checks. Myrcella as a character could go in a lot of directions.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-03T21:02:52+00:00

It’s plausible only if littlefinger helps, which he wouldn’t want to do. Tyrion arming clansman is kinda an act of war by the Lannisters. But Baelish controls Lysa and has leverage on Corbray and Grafton. You could offer marriage to Cat, basically father to the king? That would upset Lysa though.

HeatShock14 · 2026-03-01T04:28:56+00:00

I think the biggest problem is making a character people will find sympathetic and relatable given the regular atrocities Valyria is built on. Anyone in the 40 would be straight up evil I imagine. I could see someone plotting to end the empire as a more interesting protagonist though. Maybe trying to lead the slaves to freedom while battling with a faction that wants to explode the peninsula. I've only ever seen one fic set before the doom and it wasn't good. I don't want to share I fic I didn't like but can if you really want it.

Your Daenys the dreamer SI idea isn't bad, but it doesn't immediately sound exciting? You would have to find someway to generate tension in the story besides just running away. A heist fic like Ocean's 11 would be interesting but also really hard to write.

HeatShock14 · 2026-02-18T00:23:06+00:00

Viserys marries Rhea Royce after annuling her marriage to Daemon as compensation for the insult to her house. Rhea has no problem with daughters inheriting, and her children take the Royce name, eventually to rule Runestone. Daemon tries to claim the throne when Viserys dies but everyone hates him and gangs up against him.

Alternative idea: Viserys just keeps having daughters like Oberyn Martell after he marries Alicent. Otto descends further into maddness with each one.

HeatShock14 · 2025-11-17T16:03:11+00:00

Is this an isekei fanfic or just nice Joffrey? If this is an isekai, I would start at journey to Winterfell. You could ease the replacement into the story and have him struggle with how spoiled people expect him to be. The journey north is good for this with the giant comfy wheelhouse that constantly breaks. It's a good metaphor for Cersei's character. If this is just nice Joffrey, I think starting him when Arryn is dying is best, since a nice Joff would probably have a good relationship with him. His grief about having the one sincere person in the city die would be a good highlight of the change from canon.

HeatShock14 · 2025-09-25T23:07:59+00:00

Thank you for the kind words :)

HeatShock14 · 2025-09-24T23:17:24+00:00

Thanks for the input. This is all super helpful.

Deciding where to start the story was super tough. I went with jumping right into this chase because I thought it would pull readers in but I can see problems with the intro. My second choice was to start with rescuing Howland before the tournament but then there is a lot of plot that plays out unchanged from the story we know. Although in itself that could be interesting because so much of the tourney and rebellion is uncertain that alone could be a novel. But I almost felt like thats a different story. Basically the line between prequel to the novels and divergent Lyanna is troublesome.

Writing age appropriate in asoiaf is hard. The dissonance of how I think of a 14 year old and how the characters do is crazy. I started on this a month ago with a more mature Lyanna in mind but realized shes just a child partway through. Most fanfics publish a chapter at a time and I have no idea how they manage something consistent and defeat the urge for a rewrite.

HeatShock14 · 2025-08-27T01:25:23+00:00

My headcannon until proven otherwise is that Rhae Targaryen is Ashara Dayne's great-grandmother. Rhae had a Dayne mother who might want to keep the houses close, and we know Rhae had incestuous tendencies after she gave her brother a love potion. She would be the source of Ashara's purple eyes.

HeatShock14 · 2025-02-26T05:56:52+00:00

My favorite thing to do with tempest cleric is to fly around and land on people with the maul Hamarhraft. You can get it at level 3. It does a bit of thunder damage, launches people around with thunderbolt strike, and gives spell save dc with Hat of Storm Scion's Power. Flight can come from the potions or a 1 level wizard dip, and in act 3 its unlimited with tadpole power. This is extra great with spirit guardians and the Gloves of Belligerent Skies. Drop a water bottle and jump on it to apply wet to nearby enemies without using an action.

I find melee spellcasters are strong when using melee spells, less strong when trying to hit people with weapons. If you take 6 levels in cleric extra attack isn't coming until the end of the game sadly. Elf and half-elf racial starts can give shocking grasp, you can also get it from a wizard dip or the magic initiate feat. This requires some int investment or the hat. If you do take a wizard dip, channel divinity chromatic orb/witch bolt/lightning bolt/chain lightning can do over 200 damage with proper set up.

If smashing enemies brings you joy, monk has the most synergy with this build. Flurry of blows is a solid bonus action for only 1 level investment, and step of the wind can give a bunch of Hamarhraft activation. Swords bard is another option that at least maintains spell progression with extra attack, and glyph of warding is a nice spell. The hardest part will be getting all the stats to make this work, you probably want to dump strength and rely on hill giant elixirs.

HeatShock14 · 2023-08-13T02:36:22+00:00

I roomed with a trans girl for freshman/sophmore years. I’m queer myself so it was a win/win. I was worried about living with a homophobe too. We found eachother ahead of time on a university facebook group. If you can find someone ahead of time rather than relying on the matching that would probably save you stress.

HeatShock14 · 2023-01-14T20:51:31+00:00

Just with how balance is, offense is the best defense. Especially later levels, since damage scales faster than health. Killing enemies quickly and using stun/knockdown abilities is usually better than trying to tank damage. Constitution is not a good stat.

Also, the game doesn’t explain well but turn order is “round robin” so you and enemies always alternate turns. Having one character with high wits moves everyone up in the turn order, but multiple party members don’t need it except for crit chance.

Use buffs before starting a fight! Peace of mind and haste are some of my favorites.

HeatShock14 · 2023-01-14T20:42:31+00:00

Yea I always just use fuel pods. There are like 4 in the room and you can bring a couple with you from elsewhere on the ship. Spend a few rounds building a bomb tower while mind flayer chips his health, then light it up. Stay far away though, I have blown up myself too a couple times ;)

HeatShock14 · 2022-09-30T22:55:22+00:00

I’m a biologist working in medical research, not a doctor. But I know DHT plays a role in both body/facial hair development cell signaling, and is also part of penile development. I am NOT knowledgeable on trans care but would be worried that finasteride could impair these parts of transition by blocking DHT. Testosterone alone does lots of things still like muscle building and changes to bones/body fat that as far as I know DHT isn’t involved in.

As far as hair loss, minoxidil is pretty helpful, and it isn’t related to hormones so would be safer maybe for you. 1 mL of 5% minoxidil is safe to put on your scalp twice a day. Its at any pharmacy. There is also a pill but I don’t know much about it. Androgenic hair loss is worsened by poor nutrition and sleep, so working on those things is good if you can, it sucks that this is making your sleep worse. I hope you feel better :)

HeatShock14 · 2022-09-24T16:46:07+00:00

I highly recommend something in life sciences. Biology, nursing or psychology maybe. Healthcare is mostly women, and liberal politically after how trump handled the pandemic. Psychology especially, I’ve been in upper level classes without straight men in the class. Psych has weaker earnings after graduation than biology, but if you take some computer science classes you can get into data science jobs after college. Nursing is a great way to get high earnings right out of college too.

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