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Fanfic suggestions (G Fandoms, part one)
Game of Thrones (TV)/A Song of Ice and Fire (books)
(I have some pretty strong issues with both, see here and also here for my comments if you care.)
Fanfic suggestions (G Fandoms, part one)
Game of Thrones (TV)/A Song of Ice and Fire (books)
(I have some pretty strong issues with both, see here and also here for my comments if you care.)
- &lit, by sdwolfpup. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
One Sunday, Jaime Lannister sends an email to the new King's Landing Times crossword editor. It does not go over as planned. (Taken from author's summary.)
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e., 'Game of Thrones') section.
NB: Please note this is a modern AU. - (a love) a lantern in the dark, by sameboots. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne stalks to him, standing in front of him as he shakes the ash and soot out of his hair and clothes. He looks up to find her standing there, the shock writ heavy across his brows, in the slackening of his jaw. She cups his face, thumbing at the smut on his cheeks.
“Are you okay?”
He blinks several times before a beatific smile spreads across his face. “I am.”
She nods once, decidedly. “Good.”
Then she pulls back and punches him square in his nose.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e. Game of Thrones) section. - Afterwards, by RogueBelle. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea and Angela.
Author's summary: The Battle of Winterfell is over, and somehow, they're still alive, a painful miracle. Jaime and Brienne turn to each other for solace and celebration in the aftermath. “It’s only fair, isn’t it?” he asks. “You knelt last night -- gods, was it only last night? -- and now it’s my turn.”
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - All Choked Up, by theworldunseen. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne of Tarth marries Jaime Lannister, and neither are happy about it. Until, one day, they are. Just an AU arranged marriage.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - All the Roads are Winding, Addendum 1: Prince/Princess, by ShirleyAnn66. Rated R (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
A Prince/Princess arranged marriage AU.
Note: I am recommending a single chapter, which works as a stand alone, but feel free to read the rest (i.e., it is a multiverse fic).
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and in our Game of Thrones section. - Alright, outta sight, by Samirant. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Ain’t no party like a Lannister party (whether you meant to invite a Lannister or not).
NB: More fic by this author can be found here (see also other fics in our 'Game of Thrones' recs section). - battlefield between us (the), by robotsdance. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Author's summary) Secret Marriage AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current section (i.e., 'Game of Thrones'). - Beast and the Beast, by SigilBroken. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Modern AU where Jaime is a rich kid and Brienne is his paid 'babysitter'.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Brienne the Bold, by Julieoftarth (Wherethereissmoak).PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Jaime is coming home from his life of squiring for a visit, curious to see who this Brienne is that Tyrion said is protecting him these days. Brienne takes one look at Jaime and her life goals become significantly altered.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Butterfly Effect, by Aviss. Rated PG-13 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Author's summary) On his way to meet with Cersei at the inn, a recently knighted Jaime sees a girl about to be attacked and intervenes, saving her. He never makes it to the inn, though. Where one simple decision changes not only Jaime's life but the shape of all Westeros.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e. Game of Thrones) section.
NB: Bea's only quibble with this one was that the ending felt (IMO) a tiny bit abrupt. PLEASE NOTE also that in order to read this fic you need to register at AO3 (free!). - Come Home, by catherineflowers. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: In a world where Jaime never came North after the Dragonpit, Cersei still sits the Iron Throne, and Daenerys lies dead at the hands of the Kingslayer. The Lannister army wages endless war in the south, just waiting for the snows to melt before they take the North.
Injured and alone at Winterfell after fighting the dead, Brienne receives a raven from her Lord Father, asking her to come home. There, something surprising awaits.
Jaime and Brienne find themselves on opposite sides of a war that could change the fate of Westeros forever.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Competition, by astolat. Rated R (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
A competition of sorts.
Note: This one was just hilarious. :)
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in our Game of Thrones section. - Courage of Stars (The), by Lady_in_Red. Rated G (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea and Angela.
Author's summary: "Ask me in ten years," Tyrion said.
Brienne, ten years after the Last War.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Dance with Ice and Fire (A), by ShirleyAnn66. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea and Angela.
Author's summary: This is how it ends (or Jaime and Brienne and End Game).
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and in our Game of Thrones section. - dance with me and shake your bones, by Samirant. Rated PG-13 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
This is a hilarious follow-up to the series 'two halves of a sword', by angel_deux (PG-13), which Bea recommends reading first/prior to this one.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - dealbreaker, by robotsdance. Rated R (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Brienne meets someone while on vacation.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current section (i.e., 'Game of Thrones'). - Deep Fried Drinks, by cytara. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne, Jaime and eighteen other men and women hope to find love on a show called “Love Is Blind”. For ten days in a speed dating format, the men and women date in different “pods” where they talk to each other but not see each other. In order to meet, participants need to get engaged, plan and celebrate their wedding-all in the span of six whirlwind weeks.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current section (i.e., 'Game of Thrones').
NB: This is a modern AU. - Deliverer, by angel_deux. PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne gives birth to her daughter on the same day she returns Sansa to the Starks. A season 3/4ish AU where the Red Wedding failed, Jaime and Brienne slept together while she was still in Kings Landing, and Brienne has to somehow get Sansa back to Riverrun while pregnant.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current section (i.e., 'Game of Thrones'). - Drunk Dialled, by SeeThemFlying. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
After years of being best friends, Brienne gets a late night phone call from Jaime that could change everything forever.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
NB: Please note this is a modern AU. - Fable Verse (The), by sdwolfpup. Rated NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Catelyn sends Jaime and Brienne on a quest.
NB: Please note this is a modern AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current section (i.e., 'Game of Thrones'). - Feeling Blue at the Zoo, by EmpressM. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary:“That will be 5 dragons for one hissing cockroach,” said the cheerful girl at the checkout. A brightly colored sign behind her declared that today, Valentine's Day, featured the "Quit Bugging Me" special at the King's Landing Zoo. The smaller print read, "Name a cockroach after your ex, and feed it to our animals!"
Brienne dug through her wallet. “Make that two. Actually, just give me that whole box.”
NB: Please note this is a modern AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - First, Last, and Always, by thinlizzy2. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary (abridged): Through a series of firsts, Jaime discovers how sweet a second love can be.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and in our 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' section. - five little ducklings, fierce as lions, by miss_universe. Rated G (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne's journey to fulfill her oaths contains much more children than she had planned.
Or: 5 times Brienne adopted a child and 1 time her children adopted somebody else.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - 41 Nights, by rhye. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea and Angela.
Author's summary: Jaime and Brienne together in Winterfell, during a brief interlude of happiness before the world comes crashing back in.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - from the ashes, by pastequefolle. Rated R (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Incomplete/ongoing fic)
(Author's summary) A post 8x05 fixit fic. Jaime lives, and both he and Brienne have to reckon with what that means.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
NB: Please note that although this is WIP it actually does wind up in a good place by the end. :) - Full Fathom Five, by hardlyfatal. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne loses herself, and Jaime is forever changed. A conjecture about how Jaime might reunite with Brienne, now that he's left Cersei and KL to go north and fight ice zombies. A what's-next after the end of Season 7.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Gentlest Schism (The), by SandwichesYumYum. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea and Angela.
(This fic is technically incomplete/WIP, but don't let that prevent you from reading it because A LOT has been posted and it gives a really nice idea of what life could have been like for those two characters. Bea also really liked what the author did with the people of Tarth.)
Author's summary: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth. The war is over. Some of them hadn’t thought that they would outlive it. And yet...
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in our Game of Thrones section. - Gift (The), by cytara. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Edited author's summary) Set in the world of The Handmaid's Tale, Brienne meets Jaime Lannister. The story exclusively follows Brienne's perspective as she struggles to survive in a male dominated and oppressive dystopia, all while trying to maintain her honor.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current section (i.e., 'Game of Thrones').
NB: Please note that this fic is rather dark, but does wind up in a good place by the end. - Great Fountain (A), by kirazi. Rated R (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Author's summary) “What I want isn’t possible,” Jaime says, his throat aching. He can repair every broken place in this city before he’ll be able to fix what he’d just seen, torn and unmended, when he’d finally looked into the deep well of her eyes. (Jaime survives the collapse of the Red Keep, but it's going to take a long time to rebuild his life, and a number of other things that have been left in ruins.)
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Happiness Is Only Real When Shared, by LuxEvergreen. NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: “The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.” ― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
Note: The link is to a series of fics, wherein I have cited the first fic's summary.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Head, Hand, Heart, by ddagent. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Incomplete/ongoing fic)
(Author's summary) When Jaime slays King Aerys, there is no one to take his place. Ned, fearing a Lannister rise to power, suggests his father’s ward, Brienne of Tarth, take the throne. She reluctantly agrees, and finds an ally in Ser Jaime. His loyalty is given by asking just one question: why.
As the Maid of Tarth becomes Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, the Kingslayer becomes Hand to the Queen. And, the longer they spend together, possibly more…
NB: More fic by this author can be found here, as well as in our Babylon 5 section.
NB: PLEASE NOTE also that in order to read this fic you need to register at AO3 (free!). - Heaven of our Misery (A), by StoriedSiren. Rated PG-13 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Incomplete fic)
Author's summary: An AU Braime story in which Brienne and Jaime are forced into an arranged marriage...and then discover that she is the heir to the Iron Throne.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Highgarden Series (The), by seamscribe. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea and Angela.
Author's summary: Brienne of Tarth is an ugly maid of four and ten, and she will be his wife.
Jaime meets his betrothed for the first time at Highgarden, where she's been fostered since their match was made.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Hold This Threadbare Heart at Needlepoint, by nire. Rated NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea and Angela.
Author's summary: Jaime wielded a sword well enough with his left hand, but a quill was a different beast altogether. Brienne found an ingenious solution, proposed in the form of a wager. Or, Jaime learned how to embroider to train the fine motor skills of his left hand.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e. 'Game of Thrones') section. - I get by (with a little help from my friends), by aelangreenleaf. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Jaime helps Brienne...
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in our 'Game of Thrones' section. - I will always hold you close but I will learn to let you go, by angel_deux. Recommended by Bea.
(Author's summary) Jaime is gravely wounded in the battle against the dead. When he thinks he's dying, he kisses Brienne. After, he heals, kept asleep with milk of the poppy. Brienne worries about what will happen when he wakes up.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e. 'Game of Thrones') section. - I'm dying to be born again, by angel_deux. Rated R-ish? (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
After the wars are done, Daenerys is queen of the six kingdoms. Jon and Sansa Stark rule the north. And Jaime serves as a hostage in Kings Landing to ensure his brother's good behavior. When Tyrion schemes to see Jaime married off and removed from the city, Jaime is allowed to choose his wife.
He should be happier that the woman he loves is quick to accept his proposal. Except maybe it's too quick. And she just says, "all right". And she calls it sensible.
aka Jaime and Brienne get married to keep the friendship alive, and Jaime pines for his literal wife.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e. 'Game of Thrones') section. - In Her Eyes, by sea_spirit. Rated PG-13 (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Jaime, having arrived at Winterfell, reflects on the long journey he and Brienne have taken in and out of each other's lives. And when the opportunity presents itself, he decides to tell her the truth about how he feels.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e. 'Game of Thrones') section. - It's Getting Hot In Here, So Take Off All Your Clothes, by dancinginthecenteroftheworld. Rated G (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Author's summary) Brienne Tarth likes working at Winterfell coffee, but she seems to attract the strangest customers. (Prompt: Jaime Lannister's cheesy pick-up lines)
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e. 'Game of Thrones') section.
NB: Please note that this fic is a modern AU. - Jaime and Brienne and What We All Deserved, by EwanMcGregorIsMyHomeboy12. Rated R-ish? (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Every morning, Jaime Lannister wakes in a panic.
All his life, to be found in bed with the woman he loves meant death and war and the collapse of his family.
But now he's in Winterfell. His children and family are long gone. Cersei is a thousand miles away and the bed he shares is not only safe, but should be a comfort.
Every morning, Jaime, Lannister wakes in a panic.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - La belle fleur sauvage, by sdwolfpup. Rated G (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
(Author's summary) Once he's gazed upon her, a man is forever changed.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in the current (i.e. 'Game of Thrones') section. - Let It Burn, by SandwichesYumYum. Rated R (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth). Recommended by Bea.
Herein lies an extremely unlikely ending.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in our 'Game of Thrones' section.