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FIC: See So Much, or Live So Long (Jaime/Brienne) for tehgiantsquid

Dec 17, 2011 00:32

Recipient: tehgiantsquidTitle: See So Much, or Live So Long ( Read more... )

!fic, 2011 winter, character: jaime lannister, pairing: jaime/brienne, character: brienne of tarth

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likeadeuce December 22 2011, 02:28:41 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. These characters were a ton of fun to write.

cold_clarity December 17 2011, 13:36:32 UTC

wow, I really enjoyed this. Jaime is one of my favorite characters and, though I am convinced he won't survive the Endgame, it's awesome to read a story that envisions a different situation.

also, your characterizations are dead-on. Jaime's unrelenting cynicism, his arrogance, his selfishness; everything about Brienne; even an older-and-hard-hearted Sansa--I believed them all.

great work.

likeadeuce December 22 2011, 02:33:56 UTC

Thank you! It's definitely hard to imagine Jaime getting a chance to grow old, which is why it's so interesting. I was a little surprised as I went on to discover how little most of them had changed. Well, most of them except for Sansa. . .

netgirl_y2k December 17 2011, 14:04:17 UTC

Gosh, this is outstanding. I love the Jaime/Brienne relationship here, the little kernels of backstory you've strewn throughout, and your older, colder Sansa. I adore Jaime thinking that Sansa probably outlived Littlefinger through the Moon Door, because it's so perfectly Jaime as well as being quite likely what happened.

I can't tell you how much I love this!

likeadeuce December 22 2011, 02:36:42 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked Jaime's speculation because I had to think about that part. "Wait, how would he ever know that happened? Obviously, because deep down he's still the type of person who thinks about throwing people who annoy him out of windows."

effet_catharsis December 17 2011, 17:15:07 UTC

Truly enjoyable. I was curious to see where this was going. You caught the essence of Jaime's swag and self-loathing. I'm afraid he'll meet a dire fate in the books, but your fic offers an adorable alternative. Who wouldn't want an elderly Jaime/Brienne to happen? :3

effet_catharsis December 17 2011, 17:24:05 UTC

Oh yes and aptly-chosen title! Who indeed will ever see so much as these three?

likeadeuce December 22 2011, 02:40:57 UTC

Thank you! It was really interesting to imagine a future that might actually (in a way) work out for them.

redcandle17 December 17 2011, 17:36:39 UTC

I love old-not!married-couple Jaime/Brienne. Great job with this.

likeadeuce December 22 2011, 02:41:42 UTC

Thank you!