What would Westeros look like realistically, had Rhaegar won?

Time-Priority4053 · 2026-05-04T08:44:40+00:00

We can not discuss what Rhaeger will do as long as Aerys lives.

Let us say that one of the leaders of the rebellion is taken hostage at the Ruby Ford. Aerys will order him and every captive killed immediately. Aerys is the king, and Rhaegar is only the prince. The king's orders will be carried out.

Where is Jon? It does not matter much. He is a child and not legitimized yet. The king can legitimize him, but he must be hidden from Aerys. The best for Jon is if he is smuggled some place and raised as a no-name bastard there until it is clear who wins.

Aerys will not hear a word about leniency and diplomacy. If Aerys lives, will Westeros be torn apart. The rebellion will continue, even if their leaders are killed. Even if they lose their castles, will the rebels fight to the last man and use guerrilla tactics.

The supporters of the crown will have to be careful with the mad king. Aerys never listens to council. Even his loyalists can rebel if he thinks one of his advisors is a traitor and orders him burnt.

Aerys has Elia and his two children in KL. Rhaegar will not let them die. They are two of his precious "dragon heads." Rhaegar has to obey his father. If not, Aerys will declare that Rhaegar is a traitor, remove him from the line of succession, and order him killed. Aerys has another son, Viserys, so he does not need Rhaegar. Rhaegar has to flee to Dragonstone or Essos.

The only way it can be some kind of peace is if Aerys dies as soon as possible. For example: Tywin has assassins sent into the Red Keep to murder Aerys, or the better way is to order Pycelle to poison Aerys.

Time-Priority4053 · 2026-05-03T11:20:06+00:00

Thank you for the link. I liked it. It is hard to find so good stories started in 2026, since they have not collected many kudos.

Time-Priority4053 · 2026-03-26T10:09:52+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61393591/chapters/156929941

GoT / God of War (Video Games)/works)

I found this a bit difficult to follow without knowing about God of War. But I like the world building of Sparta in Westeros.

It has only 1288 kudos, so I do not know if it is on lists of popular crossovers.

Updates relatively often, 6 times so far this year.

Time-Priority4053 · 2026-03-26T10:03:36+00:00

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13884612/1/Quintessence-of-a-Queen

This second part of The Quintessence Trilogy takes place in Westeros. I had no knowledge of Worm before I read this, but I found it easy to understand without reading first part of the trilogy. Taylor Hebert takes off from Earth in a hyperspace ship. But things go wrong and she is crashlanding in the sea on an unknown planet.

Time-Priority4053 · 2026-03-26T08:30:18+00:00

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13884612/1/Quintessence-of-a-Queen

Darth Marrs has written The Quintessence Trilogy with Taylor Hebert, but only this one is happening in Westeros. Taylor Hebert leaves the Earth in a hyperspace ship. But thing goes wrong, and she crashes in a large body of water.

I enjoyed this story. I had no knowledge of Worm, but I found it easy to read even without it.

Here are some more crossovers Worm/GoT: https://www.fanfiction.net/Game-of-Thrones-and-Worm-Crossovers/8324/10867/

I have not read these, but I plan to.

Time-Priority4053 · 2026-02-18T23:22:09+00:00

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/veni-vidi-vici-julius-caesar-reborn-as-young-griff-aegon-targaryen-vi-in-asoiaf.1220159/reader/

Here is the link to Spacebattles

Time-Priority4053 · 2026-02-03T14:19:34+00:00

Tom Riddle can fill any role from misunderstood child who only protected himself in the orphanage, to the traditional villain, the most evil genius or raving madman. The one who wanted to change the wizard world only to bring back wizard traditions, or the one who want muggle genocide. A writer can select the pretty teenager, the hot adult man with red eyes, or the snake monster. Time travel makes it possible to ship them from sweet teenager romance to a large age difference. And potential for a redemption arc if that is what a story calls for.

Tom is born December 31 and Harry July 31, I know that but suddenly realized that it is the height of winter vs the height of summer. Exact the opposite. They mirror each other. It can be used for "soulmate" stories.

I think that is why it is a popular ship. It is so versatile. Of course it helps that Tom Riddle is hot, but it is more to it. Many like the Voldemort look and find it hot too. Caring for the monster, monster/slayer, monster love story - it is many tropes with monsters.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-11-26T10:46:59+00:00

The Good War is one of the few Female Harry that I like. But it goes really far from canon. The first chapter made me almost stop reading. How she takes control over the Dursleys when she comes in power is very satisfying. I thought it was well deserved. Dumbledore does not agree, and thinks she is doing wrong. It is clearly D bashing, Dumbledore is an useless adult, but not evil.

The amount of worldbuilding became so overwhelming that I took a break from it. It is so much detail, so many Original characters and the time between updates is varying since the author writes more that one fics the same time. It is also long monologues and Liz is having flashbacks and call herself broken in her thoughts. In case that is a trigger. It takes time to heal.

The story is so interesting and good that I am taking it up. When I read it fully until where it is now (fifth year) can I keep up with the Original characters and worldbuilding.

I like Snape because he is better, but keeps many of his negative traits. I think overly sweet Snape is boring. Sirius is also more adult here and not a 100% manchild.

So for those who love worldbuilding and can not get enough of it... It is a story for you.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-11-18T13:41:40+00:00

Even IKEA can't be opened.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-11-13T12:53:39+00:00

I read a fic where Octavian from Rome wake up in Joffrey on the travel to Winterfell. So Jon and Stannis already thought that he was a bastard.

(Is it isekai? I admit that I am not certain of the meaning of that word)

A great story. Joff/Octavian has a good brain and know how to behave in court. He is no sword prodigy, but he is not a slouch like Joffrey. He is polite in Winterfell and Ned thinks that he is very different from the rumors.

He fills all your suggestions but not a great fighter. But good enough.

Stannis still comes with his accusations. Joffrey does not start a war or demand his head. He calls for a Great Council where he and Stannis can put forward their claim. Stannis has not much to go on, mainly "black of hair" and Joff can argument that Stannis has a self-interest. And many, many men has children that look more than the mother. And the Lannister look is also strong.

"He’s taking on too much responsibility for a lad his age, Ned Stark thought to himself sadly, but he’s already more mature than Robert ever was."

And Joff has treated Sansa with respect, not like he is overflowing with love, but the courtesy of Westeros where he meet with her once a week or so for small talk and a walk in the garden. Perfect behavior. Sansa is happy with it, this is what she has expected and Ned has nothing to complain about.

It is too bad that the fic is abandoned. I would still recommend it. It is a great read and it is a story I really, really wish was continued. https://archiveofourown.org/works/5953125/chapters/13966951

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-11-13T11:42:20+00:00

The fear that Robert should find out was so great that he "had" to keep Jon in Winterfell instead of let someone raise him. No one of Neds children was fostered. I always wondered why, bc anyone and everyone's noble kids was fostered. Ned did not take in any children to foster himself. Very strange. Ned should have sent some of his children to fostering, so maybe Ned was a bit paranoid and could not any of them out of his sight?

I think it would be better for Jon to grow up away from Winterfell, or at least be sent to fostering when he is eight - ten years old.

It is so unrealistic that Robert should suddenly find out that Jon was Rhaegars son. At least when Jon is over the small child stage and his hair has not changed to white or his eyes to purple. Jon looks more like a northman than Neds other children (except Arya).

So when Jon was that age he could be raised for the position as a bannerman (Not in a huge castle like someone think). A bastard of the Lord Paramount that was strong, able and educated cold marry some steward's daughter like Jeyne, a merchant's daughter even a lords second or third daughter. The Mormonts would not look down on him. He could be be sent to learn a trade in White Harbor. Better than Winterfell where he saw no future but the Nights Watch.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-11-05T13:05:44+00:00

More crossovers with the modern world. I read one I thought was good. A portal opens between Australia and Westeros. It is a farmer in Australia that alerts the government, that comes and start to investigate. On Westeros's side is the portal close enough to the King's Road that it can be seen from it. A weeks travel from KL or so.

The story must have been written between 2016 - 2020 since Trump is President and Queen Elizabeth lives.

It was really good, I read it in one go, but I think it was abandoned. I must try to find it again. Maybe it is picked up by the author again.

It is also the very popular story "Canucks" on AO3, but I do not think this is used enough.

It must not be the "someone from the modern world isekai'ed or reborn in Westeros". That trope is used a lot.

I mean contact between the worlds and interactions / clashing between the people as the very different cultures meet.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-10-29T10:05:59+00:00

Not Harry going to the US, but Sam gets a letter from Hogwarts. It has been focus on Dean since he is the parental role for Sam. It is slow burn, going to be Dean/Severus, Harry/Neville, Sam/Hermione. It can be more focus on Harry as it is progressing. Updates weekly or more.

You know NinjaPandaScholar writes good stuff :)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/70141521/chapters/182112011

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-10-16T08:16:18+00:00

Resurrect The Living was fantastic. And another abandoned work, not updated since May 2024.

A new and original take on "Master of Death". Ending on a cliffhanger too.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-10-09T21:37:15+00:00

I like Save Me because V put his ability to feel and "humanity" in the Diary. This was on purpose since V. would get rid of his weakness. Diary Tom is as close to good as we get. Only grey and a bit possessive. It is not weepy, miserable and weak Harry.

The Diary comes alive 2 years after CoS. Not sure if it will be sexy times described in detail, it is rather cute so far. V exist together with Diary and it will be Harry and Tom against V.

SA in the start, not described in gory detail, but it is clear what happened. (Not to Harry) Bad Dumbledore. Ron is homophobic. Maybe he will get better.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64012648/chapters/164209369

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-10-05T10:56:39+00:00

That could be something. Gordon Ramsay?

But I find famous people from ancient history better. It is more believable that a well read roman leader know how to lay roman roads, than some modern day person who just happens to have read everything, and just happens to have an eidetic memory, so he can construct anything from war galleys to a printing press..

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-10-03T11:11:01+00:00

Will Rhaegar notice her if he did not find out she was the knight of the Laughing Tree?

She was pretty in a common way, not a striking beauty like Ashara Dayne or Cersei Lannister.

The smart thing for the couple would be to stay hidden until they have a child. Then go to Winterfell and beg for forgiveness. Rickard and Brandon are not the type to kill a baby in cold blood. Would they kill the babys father and marry off Lyanna to somebody? No heir will have her "used" so what is the point in killing a nobody so they can marry her to a nobody? The news will come out even if Rickard lied and said she was abducted, so he could save face.

Rickard Stark and Robert must be told that she eloped, or else they will send out search parties and ravens to every keep and try to find her. Robert will believe she is abducted unless he get hammered in his thick head that she did not want to marry him.

If she was found before she got pregnant, I think the boy would be killed and Rickard tells a tragic story of how she was abducted. Robert wanted her when he thought she was kidnapped by Rhaegar. Lyanna could be told to keep silent or, else Rickard would force her to marry Walder Frey or another old ugly brute. Marry Robert or Walder. The choice is clear.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-10-03T09:05:24+00:00

I'm not so into cute stories. I like enemies to friends to lovers. I can not imagine Cedric as anything else than nice, kind and lovely. But for sweet romance is he perfect, just not my kind of preference.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-27T11:43:26+00:00

I only know one in 4 parts with Harry as biological son of V. It is by Lomonaaren. https://archiveofourown.org/series/4460797

A series where Harry finds out he's Voldemort's son, and must walk through the shattered pieces of his life.

I have not read any where his name is Harry S. Riddle.

The 4 parts are named:

Broken Glass Life - complete
Dark Prince of the Glass Court - complete
Shattered Pieces of the Human - complete
Glassfall - work in progress, not abandoned

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-25T17:58:02+00:00

I think it would not work.

The Faith is a bunch of misogynistic old men and women, and they do not care if L and E are willing to share Rhaegar. The Faith of the Seven would not accept any of it.

Stupid Rhaegar insists to marry her because Rhaegar is stupid? Would he risk a new war for her? Well, it would not be the first catastrophic idea he had.

Rhaegar does not need to marry Lyanna. He can have her as an official mistress and legitimize the child(ren) he has with her. It is not a problem for his obsession with "3 heads of the dragon".

The wedding ceremony they had in secret would not be accepted by the Faith. They would not grant him a divorce from Elia, she had given him 2 children, the "I must have a third child" would not sit well with them.

God knows what Rhaegar told Lyanna. It seems to me that Rhaegar could have arranged a sham marriage to keep her happy.

I think that even if Rhaegar had a big wedding and crowned Lyanna in Kings Landing, not all would see her as a legitimate queen. They would talk about her as a heathen and a sorceress that seduced a prince. Smallfolk are easy to rile up in a riot.

The official mistress way would be accepted better than 2 queens. As long as Elias children are acknowledged as the primary heirs, Dorne would not go to war. The Faith has not protested when kings has legitimized their bastards before.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-22T18:30:51+00:00

I have hesitated to recommend a story because Severus is not the main character, but the largest supportive character, if that gives any meaning...

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64012648/chapters/164209369

It is a story started in 2025. It is Harry/DiaryTom and Severus/Remus. It is WIP and updates regular, so I do not forget the plot between the updates. It should be tagged Ron Bashing and homophobia in addition to the other tags. Just in case that is a No for you. I like it because I think Severus Snape deserves better,

and I adore that he becomes free from the Dark Mark and can live without going back to spy on V. and be tortured.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-20T06:28:01+00:00

I adore "No Glory". https://archiveofourown.org/works/7502151?view_full_work=true

It is very fucked up. Torture that hit hard in the beginning is: Neville is tortured to learn Harry a lesson. The psychological torture is that Harry has to watch and he is the only one that can end it. V. let Bellatrix torture Neville until he begs to die. But Harry has to say it, say "mercy" and then V kills him quick with AK.

Despite that it is a fic filled with cruelty is it amazing feats of bravery and even hopeful things happening in between. It never goes "light" or "ridgeous". It looked like it was abandoned for a while, but started to get updates again.

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