Game of Thrones/ASOIAF Fic: Nights Without Armor (Chapter 1 - Podrick)

[bratanimus]

Author: bratanimus
Title: Nights Without Armor (Chapter 1 - Podrick)
Fandom: Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire
Pairing: Jaime/Brienne, Podrick/Sansa
Word Count: 6,047 this chapter (~ 32,000 entire story)
Rating & Warnings: M for gory violence and character death in this chapter (sexual content in later chapters)
Summary: An unlikely trio - Jaime,

Comments

[gilpin25]

WHAT A START! When I began reading I had this half-baked idea that Littlefinger would naturally manage to wriggle his way out of this one, taking Sansa with him, and our heroes would be left cursing in the wind. Instead I was open-mouthed by the end! Such good storytelling and pacing, and the shock of Petyr’s bloody death, helped by his own emblem, is reminiscent of GRRM himself. (What was that nonsense you were saying about rust?;))

Pod makes a wonderful narrator; the self-doubts and fear that live alongside the determination and courage are all captured here, as well as showing that he may lack for quick wits but still sees things far more clearly than most. I loved how he was permanently correcting himself with the Ser and My lady routine, and his boyish, rather adorable crush on Sansa. This made me laugh like mad: Well, he’d thought her gentle until she’d stabbed Baelish in the eye, but she was still lovely.I also loved his fascination with Brienne and his awe of her fighting prowess; he never mentions her face but, like

[bratanimus]

Thank you SO much for reading and leaving such wonderful, thoughtful comments as always! You've made my day yet agin. *hugs

[gilpin25]

Wowee, those icons! I love them ALL, from the bath scene ones to Brienne moving her eyes (hee) and then looking so vulnerable, obviously all of the Jaime ones, this one of Pod (LOL), and I really, really like Davos smiling. A shame you can only use one at a time!

[bratanimus]

Hee hee, thanks for taking a peek at my collection. I love them with a ridiculous intensity. Thank goodness I know how to drag to desktop, lol. I think this one of Brienne being her BAMF self is one of my favorites. :D

[huldrejenta]

This was amazing. Amazing!
The choice of words, the pacing, the narrative... It's simply wonderful.

Podrick really is a character I've never thought much about, but this certainly made we want to get to know him better.

I find Petyr Baelish' character interesting, and I enjoyed you showed much of his diversity in his final scene. And Jaime away from Cersei is awesome!

I'm writing this in a sailboat on my iPad with little battery, so I better stop here. But you've really got me eager for more!

[bratanimus]

Ooo, I don't think I knew you were a GoT/ASOIAF fan, too! *squee* Have you read the books and/or watched the HBO series? I don't want to spoil you!

Thank you SO much for your lovely feedback. I'm pleased that you liked the Pod chapter enough to want to know him better! Glad you liked Petyr, too; he was a lot of fun (if 'fun' is the right word) to write. And yes, Jaime away from Cersei is delightful, isn't he? In case you hadn't noticed, my OTP is Jaime/Brienne. Who do you ship?

The news of you being on a sailboat just made me smile! I hope you had a beautiful day, and thank you again for your kind words. :D

[huldrejenta]

I'm definitely a GoT fan :-)
I've been watching the HBO series and read some of the books, but I'm not up to date on the books. No worries about spoilers though, I've already been spoilt quite a lot. For some reason GoT is a series where I don't find spoilers ruining things when watching. Not a lot, at least.

I'm very fond of Loras/Renly. And I love Sansa as a character. Jaime has really grown on me, and even if Jaime/Brienne may not be my OTP, I certainly like them!

Vacation on a sailboat is great these days, when summer in Norway actually is summer! Sunny, long, warm days. We don't sail very long, but have lots of time for bathing and just enjoying life :-)

I hope your summer is great too!

[bratanimus]

Hooray! Glad to hear you are a GoT fan, too, and I love Loras/Renly, as well. Glad you're not worried about spoilers, because I wrote this story as speculative fic after GRRM's most recent book. I'm also glad you can tolerate Jaime/Brienne, as this story mainly revolves around them. :D

I'm growing to love Sansa, too, particularly after writing her chapter (which will be chapter 4 in this series. (I've just posted chapter 2, Brienne Part 1 of 2).

Oh, sailing and sunbathing sound divine! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! :D