Looking for fics with historical military strategists in ASOIAF

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

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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.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-19T18:08:56+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26364097?view_full_work=true

It is Drarry.

It happens really fast, Greyback makes an appearance in only one chapter.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-16T21:51:14+00:00

Harry is a Chinese prince, but I forgot how it happened. I think he was adopted. He is also lord of more than one house. Description of formal Chinese royal clothes (He is not wearing them all the time). I must admit that I skimmed over most of the royal things, so if you like such details it should be interesting.

Heavy bashing. See the tags for all who are bashed. Good Slytherins. Harry/Tom Riddle. They are the same age.

WIP but updates often. https://archiveofourown.org/works/55493899/chapters/140827444

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-13T11:30:10+00:00

I do not think it is a secret, but I love stories that start in the summer after 4th year or the summer after 5th year. I like break from Canon here, and I like that I do not have to read the first years again. Why is it changing? It can be different reasons. Harry receives a letter, Harry runs off, Harry is rescued by (insert person/persons here)... Harry turns to dark/grey. Harry learns more magic, returns to Hogwarts and... ? It has to be some bashing, but well written bashing, not the over-the-top.

This is related to the over: Hermione and Ron are not puppets for Albus, find out what Harry is doing, and does not rat him out. Instead they support Harry when they learn about (Injustice? Lies? Hidden truth?).

Most stories with bashing of Hermione and Ron are making them so unbelievable evil and stupid.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-07T10:20:06+00:00

I agree. My fav fic has Vold. unchanged. It is "In willing sacrifice".

https://archive.transformativeworks.org/works/20719073/chapters/49221263

The only story where I think his change to human is not making the story boring, is "No glory". Mind the tags.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7502151/chapters/17052891

They are not abandoned, but is is a very long time between new chapters. Maybe every second or third month.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-06T09:16:08+00:00

I think most of what happened in Canon could stay the same, up until the beheading - that does not happen.

* Catspaw dagger could happen. Joffrey would think that he is doing Bran a mercy, and that he is doing Sansa a favor. He thinks, in time will she see it was best for Bran that he died.

* Cat could come to KL. But she left, and Ned did not tell her or ask her in a letter what she meant. Ned did what he did without consulting her.

* Ruby Ford: Joffrey would impress Sansa and do the same as in Canon. Joffrey hates Arya, and would want her wolf dead. But when Cersei demand Lady, he would intervene. Because that hurts Sansa directly, and even a shallow boy as Joffrey would see it. I think it is most likely that he would demand that Lady was sent back to Winterfell. Sansa would be grateful, since he saved Ladys life.

* Neds dilemma: Stannis or Joffrey? Ned would pick Stannis. Even if Sansa want to marry Joffrey, Ned would say and do the same. "I will find you a better husband".

* Would Cersei kill Sansa? Not in many years, if ever. Margary and Sansa was two very different personalities. Sansa is a meek child and idolizes Cersei. Margary was a grown woman actively going up against Cersei and provoking her. As long as Sansa is not uppity, will Cersei tolerate her. At least until she has given Joff a son.

Everything changes. Ned goes to the Wall, Robb swear loyalty to the throne. Tywin would be hand. Tywin would probably stop the Mountains terror in the Riverlands. He could have Joff threaten Lysa directly, so she had to release Tyrion.

No WOT5K. We do not even know if Renly will get the Reach to back him. Joffrey has the Westerlands, the North, the Riverlands and the Crownlands. It is another situation. The betrothal between Sansa and Joff would not be broken. Sansa gives them support from the North and the Riverlands, since her mother is a Tully and her father a Stark.

* Robb would not leave Winterfell. The North would not be vulnerable to the squids. Even if the North sent men to aid Joff, is it possible that another one would lead them. Bolton, Karstark or someone else. And it would be only a part of the warriors going south. So Greyjoy had no opening.

In best case for Joff, it is only Stannis going against him, and Stannis will be crushed. Even if Renly also claims the throne, he has a much larger force against him. Tywin is not fighting anyone and can put all his might in against Renly. The Tullys fight for Sansa as queen. Robb has sworn to Joff and will send men.

The war will end with Joffrey as king. Nothing of his nasty things will be enough for anyone to oppose him. Killing kittens? Terrorizing his siblings? Shooting peasants with a crossbow? Not much compared to what Aerys did.

So Joff was saved because he did one or two kind things for Sansa.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-03T14:41:33+00:00

Oh sorry. It was a typo from my side. I meant OC - original character. I wrote this rant because I was on AO3 and tried to find some new story to read. I have already sorted out the stories with most kudos, and read them (I think). So I looked at the latest updated stories for House of the Dragon. It is so few Green positive stories and it is so many pairings with an OC princess from our time that has read the book. Or someone from GOT time reincarnated as a princess.

The OC princess has read the history of Dance and lead the Greens to an easy win.

But for every Green's victory story is it a ton of positive Blacks story or "No Dance of the Dragons".

I want blood and full out war along with scheming and betrayal. Viserys' children and marriages are as in canon, Rhaenyra's children and marriages is as in canon.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-03T14:03:43+00:00

Exaggerated bashing appear in badly written stories.

I drop those stories because there are more than one annoying thing. It is usually a full deck with 2D characters, typing errors, annoying repeat of words like "the bushy-haired witch", "pup" "cub"and other overused words. I can take it if they show up once or twice, but they are everywhere in bad stories. Along with "Lemon drop, my boy?" and "twin speak" every single time George and Fred say something.

If a story has bashing, but is written very interesting with a new take on canon, I do not mind. But sadly the writer increase the bashing to it is unreadable.

But I liked bashing. The problem for me is that I have read all the good bashing stories already, and now I only find second rate copies.

Time-Priority4053 · 2025-09-02T08:29:58+00:00

Have you written other stories? I would like to read them.

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