Dear Just Married Creator 2025,

[chronicbookworm]

Thanks for creating things for me! Should you so want, I can be found at both Tumblr and AO3 also as ChronicBookworm, for any stalking purposes.
In general, I like most things. I’m a multishipper, and I read slash, het, femslash, and gen. I also like most genres: fluff, angst, adventure, case fic, humour, get-together, established relationship, character study, slice of life/domestic, you name it – or a mix of them all!
The prompts below are there to help, not box you in, so please feel free to write/make something different if none of my prompts below grab your imagination or inspiration strikes you in a different direction.
If I request the shippy version of a relationship, I am also very happy to consume the gen version (it sometimes but not always goes the other way as well – feel free to check via the mods if you’re at all unsure). This goes even if the prompts are romantic in nature – I’m also very fond of deep platonic relationships that are the most important to the characters and relationships that straddle the line between platonic and romantic.
The length of the sections has nothing to do with how much I want the request, only with how many different prompts I have for each. I want to read them all very badly, so I’m sure I’ll love whatever you write!
This got quite long – feel free to just read the parts that are relevant to you. There’s also quite a lot of repetition between the sections, if things apply to several sections, to make it easier for you to find what you’re looking for in the place you’re looking for it, but that means the letter seems to be a bit longer than it actually is.


General likes
DNWs

Andor
Bridgerton
Crossover Fandom, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones and Narnia
Crossover Fandom, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon/Fire & Blood
Crossover Fandom, Mansfield Park and Pirates of the Caribbean/Master and Commander 2003/Pride and Prejudice
Game of Thrones
The Goblin Emperor
House of the Dragon
A Song of Ice and Fire


General likes

• found families, especially ones that don’t try to fit characters into traditional family roles (“team mom”, etc.)
• ride or die friendships
• characters who are kind even when it’s difficult, kindness as a choice
• loyalty, both strong, reciprocated loyalty, and more complicated forms such as conflicting loyalties, loyalty to the undeserving, etc.
• “us against the world” plots and relationships (whether it’s true or just what the characters imagine)
• friends to lovers
• arranged marriages (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• marriages of convenience (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• pining
• hurt/comfort
• trauma recovery
• characters with low self-worth being loved and accepted
• characters being shown warmth and kindness when they’re expecting or used to being hurt (verbally or physically)
• characters uniting forces against a common enemy
• complicated politics and shifting alliances
• characters navigating power differentials and power dynamics
• cultural differences, characters trying to communicate when they have wildly different expectations or frameworks for understanding the world
• complicated and messy relationships (can be platonic, romantic or familial)
• conflicts between characters based on differences in opinions, wants, and needs (rather than misunderstandings or erroneous assumptions), conflicts between characters without easy solutions, conflicts between characters where neither side is completely right or completely wrong
• moral dilemmas, trying to do the right thing in situations where there is no good choice
• characters making mistakes, and dealing with the consequences, characters reacting in non-optimal ways, characters lashing out due to pain or trauma
• secrets (both kept and revealed)
• characters working with limited knowledge
• competent characters, characters being recognised for their competence
• women supporting other women
• canon divergence
• outsider POV
• partisan and resistance movements, small groups of people going up against or being pursued by large, powerful governments or organisations
• case fic/mission fic
• time travel (both Peggy Sue style and physical time travel)
• worldbuilding
• longfic


DNWs
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• uncanonical infidelity or jealousy within relationships except where prompted (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)


Fandom-specific DNWs:
• ASoIaF/GoT: requited Petyr/Sansa (his canonical desire for her is fine)
• House of the Dragon: Aemond/Lucerys
• Narnia: the rift between Susan and her family, explicitly making Christianity the only way to find Aslan in the real world

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Andor
Characters/ships
• Leida Mothma/Stekan Sculdun

Freeform Tags
• Arranged Marriage - Spouses Agree to Remain Platonic Despite Marriage
• Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining
• Established Marriage - Rescuing One's Spouse From Danger
• Arranged Marriage - Arranged By Third Party With Dubious Motives
• Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
• Arranged Marriage - Spouses Intend to Stay Platonic But Get Feelings
• Arranged Marriage - Couple discovers the marriage is lavender after the ceremony
• Marriage of Convenience - For Financial Security
• Established Marriage - Dealing With In-Law(s)
• Established Marriage - Slice Of Married Life During Wartime
• Arranged Marriage - Actually Just Friends and in Love with Other People
• Established Marriage - Faking It In Loveless Marriage
• Established Marriage - Falling in Love with Spouse
• Established Marriage - Repressed Housewife
• Established Marriage - Slice Of Married Life During Wartime


General thoughts
I love this show! I love the complicated and messy politics, both in the Senate and among the rebellion groups! I love the clashing viewpoints, how cynicism and faith, despair and optimism are intertwined, and how the same character can represent both sides of the argument. I love how the rebellion is made up of people making hard choices and sacrifices, and how oppressive the Empire is, but how people still find community amongst each other, how they decide to trust each other, and how that is often rewarded (but not always)! I love the characters and the communities they inhabit, and the worldbuilding of Ferrix, of Chandrila, and all the other worlds we see!

Leida/Stekan
I love a good arranged marriage! I love that it’s not easy for them, that they struggle to communicate, that they are so young, and so unsure of who they are and what they want in life, and then they’re forced into proximity! Do they reach an understanding, or does their marriage turn as distant and loveless as Leida’s parents?
We don’t see much of what Stekan is actually like, so I’d love to see some exploration of his character, and how he relates to Chandrilan traditional culture? Does he embrace it the way Leida does, or does he find it oppressive, the way Mon and Vel do, or does he have a mixed or different relationship with his culture, being slightly on the outskirts of Chandrilan high society? Does he feel like they look down on him, and does his marriage to Leida change his position in society?
What is Stekan’s relationship with his parents like, and how does Leida fit into it? What do they do during the days? Are they still in school, or does being married and thus considered adult mean they have to leave school? What do they do instead?
How do they react to Mon’s defection—are there any consequences for them? Do they suffer from Imperial suspicion, and how do they deal with that? Does it tie them together or separate them? Leida’s relationship with Mon is already fraught (to say the least)—I’m sure that doesn’t help!
What do they do when the Rebellion becomes more active, and there is a galactic civil war? Do they support the Empire, and, if so, how actively? And what do they do afterwards, in the New Republic? How do they adapt to that? Do they reunite with Mon, and how does that go?

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Bridgerton
Characters/ships
• Alfred Debling/Penelope Featherington
• Benedict Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
• Benedict Bridgerton/Edwina Sharma
• Colin Bridgerton/Marina Thompson
• Cressida Cowper/Alfred Debling
• Daphne Bridgerton/Prince Friedrich
• Prince Friedrich/Edwina Sharma
• Simon Basset/Marina Thompson

Freeform Tags
• Royal Marriage - In Order to Produce Heir
• Marriage of Convenience - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
• Marriage of Convenience - For Financial Security
• Marriage of Convenience - Lavender Marriage
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Agree for Both Practical Reasons and Love; Neither Believe This
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Agree for Both Practical Reasons and Love; One Doesn’t Believe This
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Distrust Love Because of Trauma; Fall in Love Anyway
• Marriage of Convenience - Spouses Mutually Help Each Other Gain Status From The Marriage
• Marriage of Convenience - Remains Platonic
• Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection
• Marriage of Convenience - Marriage To Save Character From Abusive Family
• Historical - Regency Marriage
• Marriage of Convenience - Characters Marry So Pregnant Character's Baby Won't Be Born Out Of Wedlock
• Marriage of Convenience - Marriage To Avoid Scandal
• Marriage of Convenience - Marriage to Legitimize Unborn Baby
• Marriage of Convenience - Marriage to Save Reputation(s)
• Marriage of Convenience - Marrying Pregnant Person So Child (Not Theirs) Will Be Born In Wedlock
• Marriage of Convenience - To Avoid Destitution
• Marriage of Convenience - To Save Friend From Worse Arranged Marriage

General Thoughts
What I like about this show is the characters, and the conflicts between them, the different points of view that are explored as they try to find love. I am fully aware that historical realism has been thrown out of the window, and it’s essentially Regency fairyland. If you want to write something more historically accurate (for instance, a world in which the Napoleonic wars are a thing), by all means go ahead—but I’m also quite fond of the ridiculousness of the show and would be equally delighted by something that adheres to the same level of fantasy as the show itself. I’m interested in getting a better ending for the characters who didn’t get their happy ending on the show! If there is a canonical couple that’s in the way of the requested ship, feel free to have them never get together, break things off before the wedding, or kill off any character to make the ship work.

Alfred Debling/Penelope Featherington
I have to admit, this almost-romance really charmed me! They were so wonderful together, and I really liked the connection between them! I like how they were open to each other’s eccentricities and how they are both considered odd by society, yet have found a niche of their own. Given Debling isn’t interested in society, Penelope being Lady Whistledown would be much less of an issue! What would have happened if Colin hadn’t shown up to ruin Debling’s plan to propose? How does Penelope settle in as the mistress of Debling’s estate, and how does she get on with managing it throughout his absence? What sorts of challenges does she face, and what sorts of tales does he have to tell on his return?
It might be interesting to explore how they reconcile Penelope’s romanticism with Debling’s pragmatism, and how Penelope’s wish to be placed first conflicts with Debling putting his work ahead of his family?

Benedict Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
I think they’d do really well together! Benedict is easy-going and would probably take Penelope being Lady Featherington a lot better than Colin did! He might be more inclined to help and support her, rather than want her to quit: he doesn’t have much patience for the ton, and might see a kindred spirit in her. She might also encourage him to keep up with his art even when he’s discouraged. They’re both kind, quite sensitive people, even if they express it differently, and I think Benedict could help Penelope out of her shell, and Penelope could help Benedict find some direction with his life!

Benedict Bridgerton/Edwina Sharma
I just want poor Edwina to have a happy ending! Perhaps she and Benedict bond over their ridiculous siblings? Perhaps Benedict gets her attention first, before Anthony? How would he go about courting her? How would that change things for Anthony and Kate, if there was no Edwina to throw them together and keep them apart? Or maybe Benedict consoles her after everything goes wrong, and gives her an outlet for her anger, frustration, and sorrow? I don’t really have that many prompts for this pairing, but I’d love to see whatever you come up with!

Cressida Cowper/Alfred Debling
I love Cressida in all her petty, spiteful, insecure, lonely glory! I love how complicated she is, how she is what her parents made her be, how she becomes a better person when exposed to better influences but can’t quite shake herself free from her parents’ hold over her. She made bad decisions, but so understandable ones, scrabbling for whatever power she could get. I would love to see her gain happiness and independence, and be valued for who and what she is—maybe some of her rough edges are sanded off if she no longer feels under threat.
I also love Alfred Debling’s openness and frankness—he’s a man who knows who he is and what he wants, and doesn’t let anyone make him ashamed of that. I love his practicality and pragmatism, his kind-heartedness and willingness to accept people as they are, not trying to please him!
I can see this as a marriage of convenience: Debling get his wife who can manage his estate and be someone to come back to after his travels, and Cressida gains the freedom she’s been looking for! Maybe they grow to find that they have more in common than they thought, or that even if they are very different, they complement each other well? Maybe love grows slowly after marriage, as they navigate society and their duties on the estate as a couple?
I would also be happy with this as a lavender marriage, with either or both of them being gay or ace, and them just growing into good friends who support each other and are happy to cover for each other!

Colin Bridgerton/Marina Thompson
I feel so bad for Marina, trapped by circumstances and trying to make the best of the hand she’s been dealt! I have a great deal of sympathy for her actions in trying to save herself a horrible future. I would love to see her gain a better end than she got in the show, and a chance at real happiness, real love to grow from her marriage!
. Maybe she confesses to Colin and he decides to go through with it regardless, out of love for her and compassion at her circumstances? How do they navigate that imbalance of feelings, does Marina fall as in love with Colin as he is with her?
Or maybe Penelope doesn’t write her exposé, and he finds out after the marriage? How does Colin react, and how do they navigate that, very different relationship than the one described above? How do they reach an equilibrium and reconciliation under those more difficult circumstances?
Or maybe they fall in love later, after they’ve both matured and grown, as a second love or second marriage for both of them? How does their shared past colour that kind of relationship, and how have they changed in the meantime?
I would also be interested in seeing Colin deal with Marina’s children. Does he ever grapple with the fact that they aren’t his, or does he simply step into the father role without any second thoughts?

Daphne Bridgerton/Prince Friedrich
Prince Friedrich was such a sweetheart! I loved the care with which he courted Daphne, and how gallant he was! I loved how kind, understanding and non-possessive he was, and how considerate he was of Daphne and her wants and wishes.
I would love to see a story in which his courtship of Daphne was successful. Does she accept out of obligation (one doesn’t simply turn down royalty, no matter how kind) and love grows afterwards, or does she fall in love with Friedrich over the course of the courtship? How does she adjust to being Princess—even though she’s the daughter of a Viscountess, that’s still a massive step up in the social hierarchy! Everyone who sees Friedrich and her together agree that she’d make a very good Princess—are they right, or does she struggle getting her feet under her in her new role, like she did as Duchess? How does Friedrich adapt to living in England? Does he miss Prussia, and how does he deal with that? What’s their family like—both the one they make on their own, and their relationships with their new in-laws and extended family?

Prince Friedrich/Edwina Sharma
What I like about Edwina is her sweet temperament, her shyness, her charm, her willingness to please, and her ability to get on with a range of different people, coupled with an integrity that makes her take a stand when it’s something she feels strongly about! I like how she clearly cared for both Kate and Anthony, and how she was willing to forgive and move on after they both hurt her deeply and caused a scandal for both families. I would love to see her find love and happiness and a suitable match with someone who can give her what she wants! As I said in the above request for Friedrich/Daphne, I love Friedrich’s openness, chivalry, and kindness.
The season 2 ending implied that the Queen would introduce her to Friedrich—what does that look like? How does their courtship proceed? Maybe he arrives a season later, and is charmed by Edwina, sponsored by his aunt’s dear friend, thus avoiding heartbreak for them both? While they might get on personally, there is still the vast class difference to contend with—how doe they overcome that? How does Edwina face being thrust into the spotlight as a Princess of one of the major powers of Europe? Do they get involved in the Prussian court, or do they live a more quiet life in England, such as Friedrich was willing to for Daphne? Or do they go to India, and what do they do there? I imagine that wherever they go, there would still be some amount of politics that they would need to play, just by virtue of Friedrich’s connections to several royal houses of Europe!

Simon Basset/Marina Thompson
As I said in my above request for Colin/Marina, I feel so bad for Marina, trapped by circumstances and trying to make the best of the hand she’s been dealt! I have a great deal of sympathy for her actions in trying to save herself a horrible future. I would love to see her gain a better end than she got in the show, and a chance at real happiness, real love to grow from her marriage!
Maybe Simon decides the best way to spite his father is to have the Hastings name continue through children with none of his blood? How does Simon find out—before or after the wedding? How does he react if it’s after the wedding? How do they deal with rumours and the threat of scandal if it’s before, given that they would have to have a very quick wedding and the children would still be quite premature yet healthy!
How does Marina cope with being Duchess, and how do her Featherington relations react? Is there any jealousy? Does her relationship with Penelope remain intact if Penelope isn’t put in a position to choose between her and Simon, or does Penelope still choose to disclose her pregnancy to everyone?

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Crossover Fandom, Narnia and A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Characters/Ships
• Sansa Stark/Edmund Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Peter Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Susan Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Lucy Pevensie

Freeform Tags
• Political Marriage - Strengths Balance Each Other Unexpectedly Well
• Second Marriage - Not As Over Traumatic First Marriage As They Thought
• Political Marriage - For the Lands and Titles
• Political Marriage - Only Means of Saving One's Homeland
• Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining
• Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
• Political Marriage - To Secure an Alliance
• Political Marriage - Real Feelings Develop
• Second Marriage - For Someone Whose First Marriage Was Abusive
• Arranged Marriage - Mutually Beneficial Arranged Marriage That Turns To Deep Love
• Arranged Marriage - For Royal Alliances
• Established Marriage - Spouses Who Unconditionally Trust Each Other
• Arranged Marriage - Expecting Hurt; Receiving Kindness
• Arranged Marriage - Spouses Stay Platonic
• Political Marriage - To Save Kingdom
• Arranged Marriage - Arrangement Made to form Union Between Two Cultures
• Historical - Agreeing to Marriage to Save Kingdom
• Historical - Marriage in the Middle of a War
• Historical - Marriage to Symbolize Peace After a War
• Historical - Royal Marriage

General thoughts
I'd just like anything that crosses these two worlds – both fairly similar in that they borrow from mediaeval Europe to create a fantasy world, but so very different in tone and content. Use Narnia to fix things for Sansa or throw the Pevensies into Westeros and see how they cope, either way, I just love the thought of the potential of these groups of people with such different experiences and expectations meeting and interacting!
Maybe the Pevensies (one or more) get transported to Westeros and find Sansa in the Eyrie, helping her escape Petyr Baelish’s creepiness? Or the story could be set afterwards, when she’s returned to Winterfell, preparing for the winter and the war against the Others? The Pevensies have experience fighting against a very long winter, after all. Maybe Sansa somehow ends up in Golden Age Narnia, a magical land of summer with good and just rulers where she can heal from her past? Or maybe she ends up in Narnia during their long winter, and has to use the skills she learned from Westeros to survive and help the Pevensies defeat the White Witch?
There is a grab-bag of tags here, and the ships chosen have different dynamics. Some of the tags will be more obvious how they apply to some ships than others—but I am quite happy for you to combine them in any way: I left them as one request on purpose! The categories Arranged Marriage, Political Marriage, Forced Marriage and Marriage of Convenience are to some extent interchangeable, if I request a tag from one category, I’m more than happy to see the same tag but with another category (e.g. a request for Arranged Marriage – Remains Platonic is also a request for Marriage of Convenience – Remains Platonic, I just had to restrict myself to twenty tags). Feel free to also use the tags from the Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire and House of the Dragon requests (or the Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon and Game crossover request)!

Sansa/Peter
Peter is the shining noble knight she always dreamed of, both without and within, in a way that no one in Westeros seems to match: he’s handsome, noble, chivalrous, dependable, and kind. He’s also a very good monarch, and Sansa hasn’t had much experience with those. He might restore her faith in songs, stories, and knights, and she would help him be the best High King he could possibly be.

Sansa/Susan
Sansa and Susan have a lot in common: they’re both noble ladies, used to being coveted for their looks and having their intelligence overlooked. They’re also both good leaders, diplomatic, and practical. Together they would be nigh unstoppable. They also have similar experiences of being wanted not for who they are but for what they represent. Would they bond over Sansa’s experiences in the Vale, King’s Landing, and, if you go with show canon, with Ramsay, and Susan’s experiences in Calormen? Or is the story set before the trip to Calormen, and Susan hasn’t quite experienced the downsides of being a beautiful woman with political connections yet? How does Sansa relate to a more open and unaware Susan, and is that the balm she needs?

Sansa/Edmund
Sansa and Edmund also have a lot in common, but differently than Sansa and Susan. They both have experience of being slightly resentful of their circumstances and family, being charmed beguiled by a beautiful but terrible Queen and trusting the wrong person, and suffering vastly disproportionate consequences from it. Both Edmund and Sansa value justice very highly, partly due to what happened to them. They would understand each other in a different way than the other Pevensies would understand Sansa, and might even be able to share some of the darker aspects of their pasts with each other.

Sansa/Lucy
In contrast to Susan and Edmund sharing some of the darker parts of Sansa’s past. Lucy is light and faith and innocence, and maybe that’s what Sansa needs from Narnia! Maybe Lucy shows her to have fun again and just delight in life, and not worry about the past or the future? Maybe Sansa and Lucy go on adventures in Narnia together? Maybe she helps Sansa in Winterfell, keeping everyone’s spirits us during the Long Night? Lucy is a healer, so maybe she teaches Sansa valuable skills? Maybe

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Crossover Fandom, House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones (Fire & Blood and A Song of Ice and Fire also welcome)
Characters/Ships
• Sansa Stark/Jacaerys Targaryen
• Aegon II Targaryen (HotD)/Margaery Tyrell (GoT)
• Margaery Tyrell (GoT)/Viserys I Targaryen (HotD)
• Sansa Stark (GoT)/Viserys I Targaryen (HotD)

Freeform Tags
• Political Marriage - Strengths Balance Each Other Unexpectedly Well
• Political Marriage - For the Lands and Titles
• Royal Marriage - In Order to Produce Heir
• Forced Marriage - Coerced or Manipulated into Marriage
• Arranged Marriage - Marriage Arranged to Legitimize Right to the Throne
• Forced Marriage - Leads To Genuine Feelings
• Political Marriage - To Gain Control of Large Fortune
• Political Marriage - To Secure an Alliance
• Political Marriage - Real Feelings Develop
• Arranged Marriage - Mutually Beneficial Arranged Marriage That Turns To Deep Love
• Arranged Marriage - For Royal Alliances
• Marriage of Convenience - Spouses Mutually Help Each Other Gain Status From The Marriage
• Arranged Marriage - Arranged By Third Party With Dubious Motives
• Royal Marriage - Needing to Produce an Heir
• Royal Marriage - To Legitimize Right to the Throne
• Royal Marriage - To Secure an Heir
• Arranged Marriage - Slow Seduction of Spouse
• Historical - Marriage Arranged for the Purpose of Having an Heir
• Historical - Marriage for the Lands and Titles
• Second Marriage - Not As Over Traumatic First Marriage As They Thought

General thoughts
I love both shows (the quality of the latter half of GoT notwithstanding) and I would love to see them crossed over! I love the politics, the intrigue, the characters all having their own motivations, goals and desires that sometimes align and sometimes conflict, and the way even good characters make bad choices! I have also read both ASOIAF and Fire & Blood, so if you want to use the book versions of any characters, feel free!
Time travel would be a lot of fun: either the later era characters going back to the time of the Dance, and having to make their way while knowing there is a civil war coming: how much do they try to change, how much can they change, or the Dance characters coming to the later era: how does the arrival of a historical figure with potentially a dragon upset the War of the Five Kings, or the lead-up to it, or the War for the Living, or any other point of the show?
Or maybe the characters have always been there, with the Tyrells of the Dance being the later-day characters we know, and the Starks being related to either Rickard or Cregan somehow, or the Targaryens being lost Targaryens that survived Robert’s Rebellion? Either way, it would be really fun to see how the addition of new characters changes the political dynamics and outcomes of the show(s)!
There is a grab-bag of tags here, and the ships chosen have different dynamics. Some of the tags will be more obvious how they apply to some ships than others—but I am quite happy for you to combine them in any way: I left them as one request on purpose! The categories Arranged Marriage, Political Marriage, Forced Marriage and Marriage of Convenience are to some extent interchangeable, if I request a tag from one category, I’m more than happy to see the same tag but with another category (e.g. a request for Arranged Marriage – Remains Platonic is also a request for Marriage of Convenience – Remains Platonic, I just had to restrict myself to twenty tags). Feel free to also use the tags from the Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire and House of the Dragon requests (or the Game of Thrones/Narnia crossover requests)!

Aegon/Margaery
I think this pairing would be really intriguing! Margaery has a talent manipulating recalcitrant kings, as evidenced by her relationship with Joffrey, and unlike Joffrey, Aegon in some way does care about smallfolk and does want to be loved, not just feared. I think she could be a fantastic addition to the Green Council—would that change things? Would having Aegon married to Margaery leave space for Helaena to be married to Jace, thereby avoiding the Dance, or would the battle lines still be drawn? Would having Margaery by his side make Aegon want to do better, and does that change how he’s seen by the smallfolk, and the course of the war. Can she avoid Aegon being injured, or does he still insist on riding to battle, and how does she manage when Aemond takes over as regent? Does Margaery ever chafe against the role assigned to her as a woman, and how does she manage that?

Jacaerys/Sansa
These two would be so sweet together! They’re both kind, considerate people who care about the others around them, and they both have a skill with politics and getting people to want to follow them. Maybe they get engaged before the Dance, or maybe it’s part of the negotiations for Northern support? Maybe Sansa is at Dragonstone as part of Team Black, and counsels Jacaerys through his impatience? Maybe she’s able to use either her cunning, or her knowledge of the future, to help the Blacks to victory and allow Jace to survive the Dance? How would they do, ruling a war-torn kingdom? How would they ensure peace in the Seven Kingdoms? I would also be really interested in seeing Sansa interact with Vermax, and how she as a non-Targaryen deals with the dragons—maybe she even has Lady, still, and Lady and Vermax have to reach an equilibrium?

Margaery/Viserys
Margaery as Viserys’ Queen would be so fascinating! Given how well she managed Joffrey, I am confident about her ability to manage Viserys, and he’s definitely a step up as a husband (not that that’s saying much…). She would know how to play politics, and would manage him to be better than he was—but what would “be better” mean for her? Would she manage where Alicent failed, and get her sons put before Rhaenyra in the succession? Would she see that it’s hopeless, and work on cultivating Rhaenyra instead, and betroth their children? Would she be an active part in helping her family cultivate allies for the coming war, like the Hightowers did, and not be blindsided like Alicent was? Or would she find a compromise solution to avert said war? How would her relationship with Viserys be? Would it be fond but platonic, or would they grow to love each other? Or would it be one-sided, with Viserys in love, and Margaery appreciating him for what he can give her, but ultimately not interested in him herself? So many different possibilities to explore!

Sansa/Viserys
What if Sansa was in Alicent’s position as Viserys’ second wife? No idea how she got there—perhaps Baelish was pushing for her, or it was a political choice to bind the North closer to the Iron Throne, or perhaps when Otto pushed for Alicent, Viserys took it as encouragement to go after Sansa, or perhaps it was actually love? How would Rhaenyra react, and how would Viserys not choosing Alicent change the relationship between Viserys and Rhaenyra? What would Sansa be like as Viserys’ Queen, both in his prime and as his health started to fail him? How would she navigate the time leading up to the Dance? Would she bind Rhaenyra closer, and cultivate a relationship between her children and Rhaenyra’s, or would she, like Alicent, try to shore up their position? How would that change the alliances and factions during the Dance? Would having someone who also knows about the threat from beyond the Wall and the Song of Ice and Fire, but from a Northern perspective, mean they were more likely to be working towards the same goal? Would that even come out, given it’s a secret they were both keeping, or would they keep their motivations hidden and marvel that the other part was being so cooperative in avoiding bloodshed—or maybe they wouldn’t even reflect on it, as avoiding bloodshed is generally seen as a good thing, even when you’re not trying to prevent a calamity that will have repercussions generations down the line?

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Crossover Fandom, Mansfield Park and Master and Commander 2003/Pirates of the Caribbean
Characters/ships
• Fanny Price/Tom Pullings
• James Norrington/Fanny Price
• Fanny Price/Charles Bingley

Freeform Tags
• Courtship - Elaborate Courtship with the Intention of Marriage
• Second Marriage - Not As Over Traumatic First Marriage As They Thought
• Marriage of Convenience - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
• Marriage of Convenience - To Avoid Otherwise-Likely Marriage To Unbearable Third Party
• Marriage of Convenience - Spouses Mutually Help Each Other Gain Status From The Marriage
• Second Marriage - For Someone Whose First Marriage Was Abusive
• Marriage of Convenience - For Financial Security
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Agree for Both Practical Reasons and Love; Neither Believe This
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Agree for Both Practical Reasons and Love; One Doesn’t Believe This
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Distrust Love Because of Trauma; Fall in Love Anyway
• Marriage of Convenience - Remains Platonic
• Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection
• Marriage of Convenience - Marriage To Save Character From Abusive Family
• Established Marriage - Dealing With In-Law(s)
• Second Marriage - Character A Worries That Second Marriage Will Be Unhappy Like First Was
• Second Marriage - One Party Is Uncertain About Getting Married Because Of Unhappy First Marriage
• Marriage of Convenience - To Avoid Marriage to Someone Else

General thoughts
I just want Fanny to marry a dashing man who will respect her thoughts and opinions and treat her right! This request is mainly due to my desire to see a better outcome for Fanny than she got in canon – she deserves someone who will respect her and listen to her, which neither of her canonical suitors did (they both came close, but they also both put their own desires and wants above hers).
I’m very fond of the Regency period, and would be delighted with something that leaned into the aesthetics and trappings of the time era, and the ritualised etiquette of courtship and marriage. It might be fun to contrast the quiet stability and elegance of life at home with the dangerous and rough life of a sailor, even an officer.

Fanny/Norrington
Someone said that Norrington’s only flaw was to be an Austen hero in the wrong genre – so let’s make him an Austen hero!
Fanny Price has connections to the Navy, maybe she meets Norrington through her brother? Or maybe they meet by chance in Portsmouth while Norrington is in dock and she’s with her family? Or maybe Sir Thomas meets him on his trip to the Caribbean, and introduces him to his family in England? Maybe he sees how they treat her at Mansfield Park and wants to do something about it?
Norrington would also be in a position to help William, and unlike Henry Crawford, he’d do it because he’s a good person, without any ulterior motives. I feel like she’d be quietly supportive of him and his supernatural pirate-related trauma, and he would appreciate her inner strength.
Or perhaps Sir Thomas took his family with him on his trip to the Caribbean! How does the family settle into Port Royal? Are they swept up in the pirate-related excitement, or do they stay out of it? Maybe Norrington is stationed on the ship they take to get over there, or maybe they meet while already there?
Perhaps Fanny even marries Crawford or Edmund, and her husband turns out to be controlling and emotionally abusive. Maybe Norrington meets her while she’s in the abusive marriage (cue pining), or maybe he only meets her when she’s already widowed and is taken by her endurance and fortitude.

Fanny/Pullings
I must admit, this is about 40% because of how handsome James D’Arcy looks with the ponytail, scar, and the naval uniform! The other 60% are because I think they would work quite well together. Pullings is easy-going and cheerful enough to balance out Fanny’s more serious side, but he’s also hard-working, loyal, and dutiful enough that she’d still be able to admire and respect him, unlike Henry Crawford. Like in the above request, Fanny has a naval connection through William, perhaps they serve together when William’s made lieutenant and he introduces them to each other? Or perhaps they meet in Portsmouth when she’s banished from Mansfield? Perhaps he sees her being relentlessly pursued by a man she doesn’t want and steps in to rescue her? Or maybe he can offer her an escape from her family’s poverty and dysfunction? Although, as is pointed out with William, it’s hard to have a successful career when you lack connections in the navy, so they might have to deal with that as well during their married life.
Or, again, just as in the above request, perhaps she even marries Crawford or Edmund, and her husband turns out to be controlling and emotionally abusive. Maybe Pullings meets her while she’s in the abusive marriage (cue pining), or maybe he only meets her when she’s already widowed and is taken by her endurance and fortitude.
I haven’t read the Aubrey/Maturin books, but I am more than happy for you to use material from them, as long as it can be understood by someone who just knows the film!
Historical accuracy very optional - as long as there's a general sense of the Regency period, I'll be happy (of course, I won't say no if you do want to painstakingly research how much a naval officer would make and what that meant for the kind of household his wife would be expected to manage, but that part is definitely not required)!

Fanny/Bingley
This is such an intriguing pairing! We know that Bingley has a fondness for reserved ladies with great moral character, which Fanny definitely is, and Bingley is a very good man who would be a great match for Fanny—outgoing enough to bring her out of her shell, but still amiable enough not to overwhelm her! How do they meet? How does her family react, when she’s courted by someone as wealthy as Bingley—do they claim the credit for her upbringing that allowed her to catch his attention, or do they begrudge her it, especially Mrs Norris, Maria and Julia? How do Bingley’s sisters and Darcy react to Fanny—do they try to separate them the same way they did Bingley and Jane, given Fanny’s low connections and lack of dowry, and is Bingley receptable? What other obstacles lie in their path towards happiness?

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Game of Thrones
Characters/Ships
• Doran Martell/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark & Loras Tyrell
• Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark
• Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark

Freeform Tags
• Political Marriage - To Secure an Alliance
• Marriage of Convenience - Spouses Mutually Help Each Other Gain Status From The Marriage
• Arranged Marriage - Mutually Beneficial Arranged Marriage That Turns To Deep Love
• Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining
• Forced Marriage - Mutually Forced Marriage
• Marriage of Convenience - Remains Platonic
• Marriage of Convenience - To Avoid Marriage to Someone Else
• Arranged Marriage - Arranged By Third Party With Dubious Motives
• Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
• Arranged Marriage - Expecting Hurt; Receiving Kindness
• Arranged Marriage - Spouses Stay Platonic
• Political Marriage - To Save Kingdom
• Arranged Marriage - Spouses Intend to Stay Platonic But Get Feelings
• Arranged Marriage - Couple discovers the marriage is lavender after the ceremony
• Arranged Marriage - Spouse as Hostage for their Family/People's Good Behavior
• Marriage of Convenience - Marrying to protect someone from danger
• Marriage of Convenience - Lavender Marriage
• Marriage of Convenience - They are each other's beard
• Political Marriage - Real Feelings Develop
• Second Marriage - For Someone Whose First Marriage Was Abusive

General thoughts
Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered. I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Stannis, Tommen or whoever you choose to give a crown to, maybe as Queen in the North, or maybe even Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
I’m really not fussed about book or show canon – if I want something for one canon, I’ll be equally happy to see it using the other canon.
There is a grab-bag of tags here, and the ships chosen have different dynamics. Some of the tags will be more obvious how they apply to some ships than others—but I am quite happy for you to combine them in any way: I left them as one request on purpose! The categories Arranged Marriage, Political Marriage, Forced Marriage and Marriage of Convenience are to some extent interchangeable, if I request a tag from one category, I’m more than happy to see the same tag but with another category (e.g. a request for Arranged Marriage – Remains Platonic is also a request for Marriage of Convenience – Remains Platonic, I just had to restrict myself to twenty tags). Feel free to also use the tags from the A Song of Ice and Fire or House of the Dragon requests (or the Game of Thrones/Narnia and Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon crossover requests)!

Sansa/Doran
I think Doran and Sansa would make an excellent power couple! Doran would be patient and kind as she healed and moved on from her traumas in King’s Landing, and she would be compassionate and helpful when he suffered from his gout. They’re both clever, political people, who are capable of reading others and making long-term plans. Sansa would probably do very well in Dorne, where women have more agency, and she would also be an asset, with her connections and her cleverness.
Perhaps Dorne and the North make an alliance for independence from the Seven Kingdoms? Or maybe the point of divergence is later, and she claims her brother’s crown? How does that work, with their two power bases being so geographically far?
Dorne is a complicated place – how does Sansa navigate the Dornish court? Perhaps she manages to make peace between Ellaria and the Sand Snakes and Doran? Does she manage to convince them that killing Myrcella is not in their best interests and that there are better paths to revenge? Or perhaps she manages to discover their treachery in advance, and she and Doran can outmanoeuvre them without it leading to Doran’s death?
I don’t mind how you deal with Doran's wife – maybe they were never married and his children are legitimised bastards (since Dorne is more accepting of such things), or maybe she’s dead, or they’re legally divorced, or any other way you can think of.

Sansa & Loras
What if the Tyrells had managed to marry Sansa and Loras? Sansa gets her handsome gallant knight, and Loras gets to save a pretty damsel! They’re both Romantics, in that they believe in songs and the ideals of chivalry, which might lead to a strong friendship and companionship, but there is still the barrier that Loras can’t love her the way she’s dreamed of. I don’t mind if this goes slightly bittersweet, given their respective situations, dreams, and hopes, but I do have a fondness for arranged marriages that end not in love, but with deep, enduring friendships, and relationships that straddle the line between romantic and platonic love.
Would they go to reclaim Winterfell? Would they go to Highgarden for Loras to rule while Mace is in King’s Landing? Or would they stay in King’s Landing? How would Tywin react to being outmanoeuvred – and would he try to retaliate? How does Cersei react to having her hostage ripped away from her control? How would Sansa’s marriage to Loras change the position she played the game of thrones from? Would she learn from Olenna and Margaery, and would they be able to outplay the Lannisters together? Would having Sansa in the family change how they killed Joffrey, as they’d want no risk of suspicion to fall on anyone close to them? Would Cersei still suspect Tyrion, or would she blame Sansa, and how would they deal with that?
Perhaps Sansa might have been able to save Loras at his trial by the Faith (maybe she would point out that a squire having seen his knight master undressed is not incriminating in the slightest)? Or maybe there wouldn’t have been a trial if they managed to convincingly fake a romantic relationship?

Sansa/Podrick
Podrick is so dependable and loyal, he would be a great match for Sansa! Maybe Tyrion/Shae and Podrick/Sansa come to an arrangement in King’s Landing? How does that change Sansa’s experience of King’s Landing? Does she still escape at the Purple Wedding, does Podrick come with her, and how does that change Petyr’s plans? Or does she stay in King’s Landing – and how does she fare after Tyrion is jailed? Is she also accused, and how does she get out of it?
Or maybe they meet instead when Podrick is with Brienne? Does Sansa go with them when they meet in the Vale – how does that change things when that means Petyr can’t marry her off to Ramsay and they arrive at Castle Black before Jon’s death? Or does love only grow between them after Brienne and Podrick have saved her from Ramsay and they’ve retaken Winterfell? Or even after the series, when Sansa’s Queen in the North and Podrick’s in the Kingsguard – perhaps he leaves the Seven Kingdoms to join Sansa’s Queensguard instead?

Tyrion/Sansa
I like that they’re both very clever and know how to play the game despite their relative lack of physical prowess, and I like how they are both kind, honourable people who will use their kindness and honour for their own ends.
Perhaps they were better friends before their marriage, thus setting better conditions for love to grow out of it? Maybe they work together to become the power couple of King’s Landing? Maybe Tyrion and Sansa escape together after the Purple Wedding or the trial? Is Sansa put on trial alongside Tyrion? Which escape do they follow – to the Vale or to Essos? How does Petyr react when Sansa won’t leave Tyrion behind? How does Sansa’s presence change Tyrion’s reception by Daenerys?
Maybe Sansa travels to Essos after her escape from Ramsay instead of going to Jon? Does having Sansa there in Meereen change things between Daenerys and Sansa? Perhaps they grow to understand each other better?
Or maybe Tyrion and Sansa reach an understanding later, when she’s Lady of Winterfell (or maybe even Queen in the North) and he’s Hand of the Queen, and they’ve both grown and matured. How do they reconcile Tyrion being Hand to Daenerys and Sansa being such a staunch Northern loyalist? Does that make Tyrion have doubts about Daenerys earlier, and how does that change how things play out?
Or maybe he stays in the North, post-canon, and is Hand to Queen Sansa as they rebuild the North after the many wars they have lived through?

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The Goblin Emperor
Characters/ships
• Arbelan Drazharan/Maru Sevraseched
• Arbelan Drazharan/Original Character
• Arbelan Drazharan/Eiru Berenar
• Chenelo Drazharan & Thara Celehar
• Chenelo Drazharan/Lord Deshehar
• Chenelo Drazharan/Original Character

Freeform Tags
• Political Marriage - Strengths Balance Each Other Unexpectedly Well
• Second Marriage - Not As Over Traumatic First Marriage As They Thought
• Political Marriage - To Secure an Alliance
• Political Marriage - Real Feelings Develop
• Marriage of Convenience - Lavender Marriage
• Marriage of Convenience - They are each other's beard
• Second Marriage - For Someone Whose First Marriage Was Abusive
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Agree for Both Practical Reasons and Love; Neither Believe This
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Agree for Both Practical Reasons and Love; One Doesn’t Believe This
• Marriage of Convenience - Both Distrust Love Because of Trauma; Fall in Love Anyway
• Second Marriage - Character A Worries That Second Marriage Will Be Unhappy Like First Was
• Second Marriage - One Party Is Uncertain About Getting Married Because Of Unhappy First Marriage

General Thoughts
This is such a nice comfort read book! I loved Maia finding his feet in court, how he started to flourish and come into his own, and how he, through his kindness and consideration, managed to win people over and start making changes for the better! I also love the politics, how people use subtle cues to signal favour or disfavour, the thought that goes into appearances, and back-room deals where people trade favours with each other!
I’d also be incredibly interested in seeing how the women’s court functions, politics among the ladies—both their own politics, but also how they move things in the national politics that’s usually seen as the men’s domain, how they wield influence over other ladies and over men, the different factions among the women – not just Csoru’s faction and Csethiro’s, but what other factions, among the older ladies, and to what extent does it mirror the men’s factions, what Csethiro is like as the Empress, Vedero’s circle and who is included in it, and how it interacts with other factions in the women’s court, what role Arbelan has at court and how she fits in, or what role Chenelo would have in Maia’s court if she survived?

Arbelan Drazharan/Maru Sevraseched, Arbelan Drazharan/Original Character, Arbelan Drazharan/Eiru Berenar
Look, after 30 years in isolation, Arbelan deserves someone who she can lean on and spend her time with! She deserves someone who will treat her right!
She danced with Maru during the WInternight Ball—perhaps they hit it off then? That would be politically a good match as a second marriage for both of them: the Great Avar with the great-aunt of the Empress of Ethuveraz (and also a member of the Drazhada), and I feel like Maru’s outgoing personality would be a nice contrast to the chilling frost of Varenechibel: she wouldn’t have to worry that she was doing something wrong or there would be unforeseen and unexpected repercussions for her actions when they were in private! Would they split their time between the Untheleneise and the Corat Dav? How would she fit in with his household, and with his court? What would her role be? How different are Barizheise customs, and how would she adapt?
Or what if she met someone at the Untheleneise instead? Lord Berenar and Arbelan are both politically minded, refined, cunning, but ultimately kind people who will reach out a hand to help someone in need. He’s slightly younger than Arbelan, but that might just be for the best, to have her be the more experienced partner and the one setting the tone, for once. I would love to see them join forces and attack a political problem from different angles, I feel like this would very much be a case of two highly competent people playing off each other’s strengths and working together for a common cause while also getting closer on a personal level. Maybe trying to push some kind of reform through together? Or perhaps sorting out who to trust and who not in the Chancellor’s staff? Or helping Maia understand the workings of court together? Or just getting the other to relax. With regards to Berenar’s wife, I’m happy for him to be a widower, or never married, or (scandalously!) divorced, or just pretend she doesn’t exist.
Or an original character? An older widower? A courtier, or politician, or perhaps someone of lower status, where she was the one who outranked her husband, rather than the other way around? Does her husband have an estate they move to, or do they stay at court? Arbelan would have a very good position there, as one of the first people outside his staff Maia let in behind his walls to have a personal relationship with, how does that affect her relationship with her new husband? What would the political implications of her re-marriage be? How does Maia react to her re-marriage? Although this says Original character, I’m also happy for you to pair her with one of the characters we saw in the book, like Lord Berenar, Pashavar, or anyone else.

Chenelo Drazharan/Lord Deshehar, Chenelo Drazharan/Original Character
I would love to see an AU where Chenelo came to court with Maia! How would she cope with being back at court? Would she feel out of place, due to the changes or due to being a goblin in an elf court, or would she find that without Varenechibel there, she was free to make court her own and set up her own power faction at court? She would be in a completely different position, as the Emperor’s beloved mother, as opposed to the unwanted fourth wife in a political marriage that the Emperor didn’t want and had in fact been manipulated into! How would that influence how she dealt with the court when she came back—those who had shunned her before who now want to be in her good graces (or would they still shun her due to being a goblin?)—did she have any allies then, and would they still be around to welcome her back, or would they have run afoul of Varenechibels’ temper and court politics?
And how would she meet her new husband? How would Maia react to his mother’s second marriage? How would them no longer being the only person who cared about each other change relations between Maia and Chenelo?
Lord Deshehar would be an intriguing fit: he’s young, and outspoken, and has liberal politics in line with Maia’s (and thus what I assume Chenelo’s would be): how do they balance his firebrand-style of arguing and debating with her quieter approach? Perhaps they would work very well together, or perhaps it would take some effort to adapt? How would Deshehar adapt to being the Emperor’s father-in-law? And what would the political implications of this be—I can imagine the more conservative nobles at court would not be happy that Maia would tie himself so overtly with the progressives as he does by allowing his mother to marry one of them! How do they navigate that? Would there be any assassination attempts at Chenelo or Deshehar? I imagine that would be one way to really get the normally so very calm and understanding Maia’s blood boiling!
Or, if you go the OC route, who is he? Who would court, and be accepted by, the Emperor’s mother? I imagine the former might be many (although fewer than if she hadn’t been a goblin, given the general racism in the Untheleneise), the latter would be much, much, fewer. What would get her to overcome her apprehensions about marriage, given how terribly Varenechibel treated her? Whoever it is, there would be political implications, what would they be, and how would Chenelo, her husband, and Maia deal with them?

Chenelo Drazharan & Thara Celehar
Lavender marriage! Politically it makes sense to tie the Celehada closer to the Drazhada again, given that Csoru is no longer Zhazan, and I think Thara and Chenelo would be very good friends: they have their faith to tie them together, and can explore their spirituality and their connection to their gods. And he would be so gentle and kind to her, which she would likely need after her experiences with Varenechibel and isolation, but she would also be good for him: Thara does better when he has someone who needs him and something to do!
Perhaps she also has an interest in her own sex and they cover for each other and give each other legitimacy and respectability, or perhaps she has no interest in romance or sex at all? Or perhaps she’s just been burnt too badly by her first marriage that she wants to know what she’s getting into?
Perhaps it’s a recognition of his efforts in uncovering the Curneise conspiracy? Would they go to Amalo when Thara gets posted there and sort things out there, as in canon? How would Chenelo’s presence impact the events of the Cemeteries trilogy? Would she be quicker at working out the politics of all the events that come together during the Tomb of Dragons with the Clunetheise conspiracy given she would move in those kinds of circles (or would she? Perhaps she’d find her kindred spirits among the scholars, or the prelates), or would they try to use her as leverage to get to Thara or Maia?
Or would Thara have to leave the prelacy to get married—what would that do to him, given how deeply it’s tied to his identity? What role would he have at court, as the somewhat scandalous ex-prelate father-in-law to the Emperor? And how would that affect relations between him and Csoru?

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House of the Dragon
Characters/ships
• Alicent Hightower/Viserys I Targaryen
• Viserys Targaryen/Rhaenys Targaryen
• Rhaenys Targaryen/Corlys Velaryon
• Tyland Lannister/Rhaenyra Targaryen

Freeform Tags
• Political Marriage - Strengths Balance Each Other Unexpectedly Well
• Forced Marriage - Coerced or Manipulated into Marriage
• Political Marriage - For the Lands and Titles
• Political Marriage - Arranged To End Conflict
• Royal Marriage - In Order to Produce Heir
• Arranged Marriage - Marriage Arranged to Legitimize Right to the Throne
• Political Marriage - To Secure an Alliance
• Marriage of Convenience - Spouses Mutually Help Each Other Gain Status From The Marriage
• Arranged Marriage - Mutually Beneficial Arranged Marriage That Turns To Deep Love
• Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining
• Political Marriage - Real Feelings Develop
• Arranged Marriage - For Royal Alliances
• Established Marriage - Spouses Who Unconditionally Trust Each Other
• Established Marriage - Rescuing One's Spouse From Danger
• Arranged Marriage - Arranged to Get Married While in Love with Someone Else
• Arranged Marriage - arrangement made when one or both was a child and now they're grown up
• Forced Marriage - Rivals Forced Into Unwanted Marriage To Bring Peace
• Political Marriage - To Avoid A Diplomatic Incident
• Marriage of Convenience - Claiming Marriage For Political Reasons While Actually Pining

General thoughts
I love the complicated and messy politics and family relations, the betrayals and loyalty, how there are multiple points where the characters can choose to be better people and don’t, how both the Greens and the Blacks have legitimate reasons to be upset with each other and how there are no easy answers! I would love to see an exploration of the dynamics, or an alternate universe where things end up better for the characters and they make better choices, or an alternate universe where they make different choices and everything still ends on literal or metaphorical fire! Maybe one in which the coalitions are different (what would it take for the Velaryons to support Aegon at the outbreak of the war? Or for the Lannisters to support Rhaenyra? Or what if the Greens and the Blacks came to an arrangement, and instead the Velaryons rebelled against the Crown? Or some other shift in circumstances that leads the alliances to turn out differently?) or one in which different characters die or survive, and how would that change either the lead-up to or the outcome of the Dance?
There is a grab-bag of tags here, and the ships chosen have different dynamics. Some of the tags will be more obvious how they apply to some ships than others—but I am quite happy for you to combine them in any way: I left them as one request on purpose! The categories Arranged Marriage, Political Marriage, Forced Marriage and Marriage of Convenience are to some extent interchangeable, if I request a tag from one category, I’m more than happy to see the same tag but with another category (e.g. a request for Arranged Marriage – Remains Platonic is also a request for Marriage of Convenience – Remains Platonic, I just had to restrict myself to twenty tags). Feel free to also use the tags from the Game of Thrones or A Song of Ice and Fire requests (or the Game of Thrones/Narnia and Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon crossover requests)!
I have read Fire and Blood, and would be happy to see something drawing from that canon rather than the show canon, or that mixes both.

Alicent/Viserys
This was such a complex, compelling relationship, with power dynamics and uneven feelings galore! I am really compelled by Alicent’s reticence and her powerlessness compared to her husband, yet she does grow fond of him in her own way (as a coping strategy? Genuine fondness? Up to you!), and as he grows weaker, the power dynamics start shifting in the other way, and she takes the position she has and makes something more of it (but still, she’s the one looking after him, his needs and wants are centred, not hers, and her value always lies in what she can provide for him and never the other way round). I would love something that explores the dynamics between them, perhaps early in their marriage, when they’re still unsure of each other, or perhaps later, when they’re more settled into the dynamics. There is plenty of opportunity to explore what a messy relationship this is, with Alicent’s resentment of her powerlessness, and Viserys’ resentment that she isn’t Aemma—but I would also be interested in a fix-it! Perhaps something where Viserys supports Alicent more unequivocally in her new role as Queen, and she grows to not just tolerate but love him? Perhaps Viserys takes a more active role in mending the fences between Rhaenyra and Alicent, and finds a compromise? Perhaps he doesn’t neglect his children by Alicent to such a degree that she fears for their lives when he dies, but instead ensures that their futures are safe even when Rhaenyra inherits?

Viserys/Rhaenys
What if the succession crisis and Great Council was solved with marriage instead? What if Jahaerys (or let’s be honest, Alysanne) saw the potential crisis looming and arranged a marriage between Viserys and Rhaenys to unite the two main branches of the Targaryen family (and to prevent Rhaenys being set aside by the misogynist men in their family and the country). How would that go—would it solve anything, or would it just move the power struggle that lead to the Great Council into the domestic sphere? What would Rhaenys be like as Viserys’ Queen? Or what would Viserys be like as Rhaenys’ King-Consort? Who would be in charge? Would that be a point of contention? Would they manage to find an equilibrium that suited both of them?
Is Rhaenys still in love with Corlys, and Viserys with Aemma, in this AU? How would that go? Would they resent each other for not being the one they loved, or would they accept that their life is what it is and buckle down and get on with it Rhaenys strikes me as the type who would buckle down and get on with it, Viserys as the type who would moan incessantly about the unfairness and unhappiness of his life—and might even cheat? How would Rhaenys react to that—and what would the political fallout be?
How would the Velaryons react? Who would Corlys marry? And who would Aemma marry? (Her life would probably be better—and longer—if she wasn’t Viserys’ wife and Queen…) How would the political landscape of Westeros look in this AU? Would Otto Hightower still have as much influence as in canon? Would the Baratheons be more present in King’s Landing, as Rhaenys’ family?
How would the pressures to beget an heir affect Rhaenys? Or would it be less of an issue, since she would be older than Aemma was, and doesn’t seem to have had fertility problems in canon?
I would quite happily read about how this outcome would make them miserable and would be worse for the Seven Kingdoms than canon (how??), but I would also be quite happy to read about Rhaenys compensating for Viserys’ vacillating and uselessness to steer the Kingdoms towards a better future—and perhaps also personal contentment or happiness within the marriage!

Rhaenys/Corlys
I love Rhaenys! I would love to see a story in which she got to shine! What would things have been like if she got to be Queen, and Viserys was passed over at the Great Council? How would she have dealt with the issues we saw Viserys fumble (the succession, the Stepstones, etc.)? How would her relationship with Corlys have been affected? How would she have managed the scheming nobles in King’s Landing, and the demands of her various bannermen? Would she have been able to navigate court life and keep balance between the various factions in a way Viserys utterly failed to do, or would she have to compromise and found she compromised too much one way? Would there still have been a Dance—Laenor’s inability to father children might have been more or an issue when he was the Crown Prince, rather than just the Crown Princess’ consort: we saw how much of an issue their potential bastardy was when Rhaenyra’s children’s claim to the throne went through her, not through Laenor, how much worse would it be when their claim (whoever his wife is) runs through him? Who would the challengers be? Laena’s in-laws/children? Daemon’s? Rhaenyra’s? Viserys’ surviving sons, assuming he has any in this AU? Someone else?
I also love the relationship between Corlys and Rhaenys, and would love to see more of it! Was it love, was it an arranged marriage, or somewhere in between? How did they navigate the early years of their marriage? How did she cope with Corlys’ long absences and ruling Driftmark in his place? Was she ever challenged due to her sex, and how did she deal with that?
Or maybe a story in which she survives, or at least survives longer—how would that have changed the events of the war? What would she have counselled Rhaenyra to do, and how would she have dealt with Rhaenyra’s Council?
Alternatively, I would love to see something with her relationship and interactions with any of her grandchildren (trueborn or claimed bastards)—what was she like as a grandmother? How much influence did she have over their rearing? What was her relationship like with her grown-up children?
Or something with her and Corlys’ bastards—how did she find out about them? How did she react? How did it affect her relationship with Corlys? Does she ever warm up to them (perhaps in an AU where Corlys dies), or does she always view them as a threat to her grandchildren, which isn’t entirely unfair, given Corlys in the books at least ended up naming Alyn his heir rather than Baela or Rhaena. In the show, we see Baela reject the Driftmark Throne, but maybe Rhaenys thinks it ought to go to Rhaena instead? Does that cause friction in their relationship in an AU where Rhaenys survives?

Tyland/Rhaenyra
Tyland is quite serious and awkward, both sexist but surprisingly open-minded when it comes to Sharako Lohar – what would convince him to support Rhaneyra’s claim instead of Aegon’s, and how would having him on her side change things? He’s very clever and strategic, so having him on hers ide might lead to her bolstering her political strength more in the later years? Or perhaps he can even bring about a reconciliation between Alicent and Rhaneyra, and find a solution that makes everyone, if not happy, then at least not openly declaring war?
Perhaps they were allies on some matter on the Small Council, and that lead to them working more closely together and becoming friends—perhaps Tyland even mentored her in politics? Perhaps Aegon takes his humiliation of Tyland one step too far, and makes him switch allegiances—or perhaps some incident before Viserys’ death makes Tyland question his suitability as King?
Or perhaps it’s Tyland, not Jason, who’s the candidate for Rhaenyra’s hand during Aegon’s nameday hunt? How would she react to that proposal—would his overtures be better received than Jason’s assumption that she would be grateful to marry into the Lannister family? Or maybe Rhaenyra picks him herself on her marriage tour—as a second son, he would be better placed to support her a consort without a seat of his own? How would they negotiate their marriage, either arranged or chosen, and what would that mean for the future of House Targaryen—and for House Velaryon, twice overlooked in a short period of time?

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A Song of Ice and Fire
Characters/ships
• Doran Martell/Sansa Stark
• Quentyn Martell/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark/Willas Tyrell
• Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark

Freeform Tags
• Political Marriage - Strengths Balance Each Other Unexpectedly Well
• Forced Marriage - Coerced or Manipulated into Marriage
• Forced Marriage - Promise to Delay Consummation Until Disempowered Party Gives Consent
• Political Marriage - For the Lands and Titles
• Political Marriage - Arranged To End Conflict
• Royal Marriage - In Order to Produce Heir
• Wedding Night - Faking Proof of Consummation
• Marriage of Convenience - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
• Arranged Marriage - One person arranged it to protect another
• Political Marriage - To Keep Enemy Under Control
• Marriage of Convenience - Mutual Pining
• Forced Marriage - Leads To Genuine Feelings
• Marriage of Convenience - To Avoid Otherwise-Likely Marriage To Unbearable Third Party
• Political Marriage - To Gain Control of Large Fortune
• Political Marriage - Only Means of Saving One's Homeland
• Arranged Marriage - Spouses Agree to Remain Platonic Despite Marriage
• Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining Due To Misunderstanding Cultural Differences
• Arranged Marriage - Promise of Chaste Marriage after Consummation but Both Are Pining
• Arranged Marriage - To Someone They Think Will Hurt Them
• Second Marriage - Not As Over Traumatic First Marriage As They Thought


General thoughts
Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered. I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Aegon, Stannis, Tommen or whoever you choose to give a crown to, maybe as Queen in the North, or maybe even Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
I’m a multishipper, and I’m happy with any of the ships I’ve given prompts for here, or any of the ships down in the GoT section, or most other ships, so if you ship something else, then go for it!
There is a grab-bag of tags here, and the ships chosen have different dynamics. Some of the tags will be more obvious how they apply to some ships than others—but I am quite happy for you to combine them in any way: I left them as one request on purpose! The categories Arranged Marriage, Political Marriage, Forced Marriage and Marriage of Convenience are to some extent interchangeable, if I request a tag from one category, I’m more than happy to see the same tag but with another category (e.g. if the request for Arranged Marriage – Remains Platonic is also a request for Marriage of Convenience – Remains Platonic, I just had to restrict myself to twenty tags). Feel free to also use the tags from the Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon requests (or the game of Thrones/House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones/Narnia crossover requests)!
I’m really not fussed about book or show canon – if I want something for one canon, I’ll be equally happy to see it using the other canon (except where noted).
Canon-typical age gaps are fine for this canon, but I still prefer only fake sex (if any) to occur if any parties in the relationship are below 15 – I am, however, very fond of the trope where one part (usually the man) cuts themself to fake the bedding sheets.

Doran/Sansa
I think Doran and Sansa would make an excellent power couple! Doran would be patient and kind as she healed and moved on from her traumas in King’s Landing, and she would be compassionate and helpful when he suffered from his gout. They’re both clever, political people, who have mastered the trick of appearing more harmless than they are. Sansa would probably do very well in Dorne, where women have more agency, and she would also be an asset, with her connections and her cleverness.
Perhaps Dorne and the North make an alliance for independence from the Seven Kingdoms? Or maybe the point of divergence is later, and she claims her brother’s crown? How does that work, with their two power bases being so geographically far? Or does Winterfell/the Crown in the North go to one of her younger siblings, while Sansa builds her own a power base in Done? Does she get involved with the Dornish plots to restore the Targaryen dynasty through Daenerys and/or Aegon (whether he’s a Blackfyre or Doran’s legitimate nephew is up to you)?
Dorne is a complicated place – how does Sansa navigate the Dornish court? Does she bring about reconciliation between Arianne and her father? Or does Arianne take against her, this stepmother who’s younger than she is? How does she get on with the Sand Snakes? How does she deal with their plot to put Myrcella on the throne? Does she meet with Arys Oakheart again, and how does that go, given he has very complicated feelings about Sansa and what he did to her in his chapter, and she probably does too, given all she went through in King's Landing?
I don’t mind how you deal with Doran's canonical wife - maybe they were never married and his children are legitimised bastards (since Dorne is more accepting of such things), or maybe she’s dead, or they’re legally divorced, or any other way you can think of.

Quentyn/Sansa
This fits in with my other “Sansa in Dorne” requests – I just think she’d do very well there! Quentyn is an interesting character, because we don’t see very much of him – only a few chapters before he dies, but what we do see is quite cool! He’s described as earnest and dutiful – two qualities that are like catnip to me, and his political position is quite interesting – having been raised by another the Yronwoods, and maybe feeling more like he fits in with them than with his biological family, and his insecurities about his place and purpose in the world, and reconciling him being Doran’s first choice of successor with the traditional straight primogeniture of Dornish tradition. What does he know of Doran’s plans? Maybe the death of Viserys made Doran change his plans? Maybe Quentyn wasn’t sent to treat with Daenerys, but instead married off to Sansa for influence in the North? How would that go? Would they be awkward with each other at first, and would there be any misconceptions and misunderstandings between them? How does the conflict with Arianne play out with Sansa thrown into the mix? Does Arianne think they are gathering Northern allies to displace her? How does she react? Can Sansa mediate the conflict, or does her presence only inflame it? Do they manage to set aside their differences and join forces against the Lannisters? Or do they instead go North, to reclaim Winterfell in an attempt to convince her that they have no interest in the stewardship of Dorne?

Willas/Sansa
So we haven’t actually seen Willas in the books yet, but what we’ve heard makes me believe that Sansa would have been very happy if the Tyrells had managed to get her out of King’s Landing and wed to him. His gentleness and kindness would be what Sansa needs after her harrowing experiences with Joffrey, and as a bonus, he likes animals and we know he doesn’t hold grudges, since he gets along with Oberyn even after Oberyn caused his jousting accident. Besides, he’s scholarly and clearly has political acumen, since he’s thought clever by no less a person than the Queen of Thorns! Does she have to manage her disappointment that he isn’t a knight and never will be, or has she had enough of knights?
Would they go to Highgarden to rule the Reach and protect it from the Ironborn? Would they live a quiet life, away from the politics of King’s Landing, dealing with the (slightly) smaller-scale politics of the Reach? Or would they be dragged into the game against their wishes? Or do they throw themselves into the game willingly and plot to take down the people who hurt Sansa’s family/raise the position of the Tyrells?
How would Tywin and Cersei react to losing their hostage – would they retaliate against the Tyrells in some way? Would the Tyrells pull out of the alliance with the Lannisters and join forces with the North? Would that change the course of the War? Or would they try to claim Winterfell after the Red Wedding? How would they deal with Margaery’s arrest and trial – would they go to King’s Landing to try to free her, and how would that affect Sansa?

Tyrion/Sansa
I like that they’re both very clever and know how to play the game despite their relative lack of physical prowess, and I like how they are both kind, honourable people who will use their kindness and honour for their own ends.
Perhaps they were better friends before their marriage, thus setting better conditions for love to grow out of it? Maybe they work together to become the power couple of King’s Landing? Maybe Tyrion and Sansa escape together after the Purple Wedding or after the trial? Is Sansa put on trial alongside Tyrion? Which escape do they follow – to the Vale or to Essos? How does Petyr react when Sansa won’t leave Tyrion behind? How does Sansa’s presence change Tyrion’s rather harrowing journey?
Or maybe they reach an understanding later, at an eventual reunion, when they’ve both grown and matured and come to terms with who they are and who the other one is. Feel free to follow show canon or make up your own version of the future for the books – the show changed both of their journey sufficiently that different outcomes for either of them are entirely plausible! Perhaps Tyrion becomes Hand of the King to Young Griff instead of Daenerys? Or perhaps he never becomes more than an advisor in the Second Sons? Perhaps Sansa makes her way back to Winterfell and claims her brother’s crown without first giving it to Jon? Perhaps she doesn’t make it out of the Vale, and Tyrion finds her there?

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