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%% * KickTheSonOfABitch: Jon towards Roslin, though he has misgivings and lessens her punishment somewhat. Though it is implied that this is based more on principle than sympathy for her.
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%% * CourtlyLove: The characters often joke about it, though it is both subverted and played straight. Edmure tries to play the courtly lover to Margaery. Jon and Sansa have shades of this, with Sansa making Jon favors and handkerchiefs, and Jon’s manners towards her. Gendry makes some rebuffed attempts at this to [[spoiler: Arya]]. Val tries at this with Arianne. At the same time, there are major subversions of this, with the gallant-seeming Marq Piper turning out to be a villain, some parts of Sansa and Jon’s relationship, [[spoiler: Arya]] rejecting these overtures from Gendry in favor of a less traditional relationship, Leona’s obsession with Jon, and the overall commentary by several characters about the whole system more or less being a lie.

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%% * CourtlyLove: The characters often joke about it, though it is both subverted and played straight. Edmure tries to play the courtly lover to Margaery. Jon and Sansa have shades of this, with Sansa making Jon favors and handkerchiefs, and Jon’s manners towards her. Gendry makes some rebuffed attempts at this to [[spoiler: Arya]]. Val tries at this with Arianne. At the same time, there are major subversions of this, with the gallant-seeming Marq Piper turning out to be a villain, some parts of Sansa and Jon’s relationship, [[spoiler: Arya]] rejecting these overtures from Gendry in favor of a less traditional relationship, Leona’s obsession with Jon, and the overall commentary by several characters about the whole system more or less being a lie. %%Lots of individual entries, no context on how any of them fit this trope.

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* TheAlcoholic: Edmure

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%% * TheAlcoholic: Edmure



* AmbiguouslyBi: Satin Flowers

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%% * AmbiguouslyBi: Satin Flowers



* AnimalEyeSpy: [[spoiler: Arya]] employs this to a devastatingly effective level.
** In one of the sweeter moments of the story, while away at Pyke, Jon wargs into Ghost (whom he'd left behind on Dragonstone with a pregnant Sansa) to look in on his wife and see her.
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Arya Stark]]

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* AnimalEyeSpy: In one of the sweeter moments of the story, while away at Pyke, Jon wargs into Ghost (whom he'd left behind on Dragonstone with a pregnant Sansa) to look in on his wife and see her.
%% **
[[spoiler: Arya]] employs this to a devastatingly effective level.
** In one of the sweeter moments of the story, while away at Pyke, Jon wargs into Ghost (whom he'd left behind on Dragonstone with a pregnant Sansa) to look in on his wife and see her.
%% * AntiHero: [[spoiler: Arya Stark]]



* AwesomeButImpractical: Sansa’s wedding dress.
* AxCrazy: Victarion literally becomes this.

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%% * AwesomeButImpractical: Sansa’s wedding dress.
%% * AxCrazy: Victarion literally becomes this.



** Lady Stoneheart is mentioned, but she was executed by Sansa prior to the events of the story.

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%% ** Lady Stoneheart is mentioned, but she was executed by Sansa prior to the events of the story.



** [[spoiler:Tyrion Lannister in the sequel]].
* BadassBoast: Jon, Daenerys, and [[spoiler: Arya]] have some incredible ones.
** Jon, to the High Sparrow:

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%% ** [[spoiler:Tyrion Lannister in the sequel]].
* BadassBoast: Jon, Daenerys, and [[spoiler: Arya]] have some incredible ones.
** Jon,
to the High Sparrow:



* BadassFamily: The Starks, Targaryens, Martells, Tyrells, Greyjoys, Mormonts… Essentially every major family.

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%% * BadassFamily: The Starks, Targaryens, Martells, Tyrells, Greyjoys, Mormonts… Essentially every major family.



* BigBrotherInstinct: Jon, toward [[spoiler: Arya]], Sam, and Daenerys. Willas towards Margaery.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Marq Piper and The High Sparrow.

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%% * BigBrotherInstinct: Jon, toward [[spoiler: Arya]], Sam, and Daenerys. Willas towards Margaery.
%% * BitchInSheepsClothing: Marq Piper and The High Sparrow.



* BoisterousBruiser: Tormund Giantsbane
* BreakTheCutie: Sansa, Arya, Lynette Rivers, Carallen Smallwood
* BreakTheHaughty: Roslin Frey
* BringMyBrownPants: Not exactly, but Jon does manage to make one character piss himself from fear
* BrokenBird: Sansa, Arya, and Carallen are perfect examples.

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%% * BoisterousBruiser: Tormund Giantsbane
%% * BreakTheCutie: Sansa, Arya, Lynette Rivers, Carallen Smallwood
%% * BreakTheHaughty: Roslin Frey
* BringMyBrownPants: Not exactly, but Jon does manage to make one character piss himself from fear
%% * BrokenBird: Sansa, Arya, and Carallen are perfect examples.



* BrotherSisterIncest: Played with. The main pairing in the story is Jon and Sansa.
** Jon and Sansa were raised as half-siblings, but embrace their status as cousins with ease, having never been particularly close as children. It is established that Jon and Sansa don't exactly relate to one another as siblings even before they begin their romance. Jon reacts with disgust at the idea of having a romantic relationship with Arya, whom he was far closer to, and clearly sees the relationships he has with Sansa and Arya as entirely different. [[spoiler: Arya feels some initial squick over it, but eventually learns to reconcile her feelings.]]

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* BrotherSisterIncest: BrotherSisterIncest:
**
Played with. The main pairing in the story is Jon and Sansa.
** Jon and Sansa
Sansa. They were raised as half-siblings, but embrace their status as cousins with ease, having never been particularly close as children. It is established that Jon and Sansa don't exactly relate to one another as siblings even before they begin their romance. Jon reacts with disgust at the idea of having a romantic relationship with Arya, whom he was far closer to, and clearly sees the relationships he has with Sansa and Arya as entirely different. [[spoiler: Arya feels some initial squick over it, but eventually learns to reconcile her feelings.]]



* BullyHunter: Jon, Arya, Loreza and Dorea Sand, Daenerys, and Margaery.
* ButtMonkey:
** Edmure Tully
** Sansa Stark
** Victarion Greyjoy
* CallingTheOldManOut: Jon does this, in a fashion, to a vision of Eddard that he sees.
* CelibateHero: Barristan Selmy
* ChekhovMIA: [[spoiler: Arya]] and Nymeria
* ChildSoldiers: Jon, Arya, Sansa, The Mormonts, Daenerys…
* TheChosenOne: Daenerys
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is Westeros, after all. Some of it is even rather friendly.
* CliffHanger: A lot of the chapters end with this.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Numerous examples onscreen and off, physical, mental, emotional, and sexual.
** [[spoiler:Arya Stark]]: does not hesitate to torture the shit out of people who have harmed Sansa.
** Petyr Baelish sadistically and continuously abused Sansa, raping her, exploiting her, beating her, exposing her to dangerous situations (including forcing her to brave cold weather in skimpy outfits when pregnant, nearly causing her to miscarry), and playing sick, twisted headgames with her.
** The Faith does this to Carallen Smallwood and Sansa
** It's implied that Sansa suffered this at the hands of some of the Vale Lords.
* ContinuationFic
* ConsummateLiar: Sansa Stark, Roslin Frey, Margaery Tyrell, and others.
* CoolUncle: Ser Brynden Tully.

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%% * BullyHunter: Jon, Arya, Loreza and Dorea Sand, Daenerys, and Margaery.
%% * ButtMonkey:
%% ** Edmure Tully
%% ** Sansa Stark
%% ** Victarion Greyjoy
%% * CallingTheOldManOut: Jon does this, in a fashion, to a vision of Eddard that he sees.
%% * CelibateHero: Barristan Selmy
%% * ChekhovMIA: [[spoiler: Arya]] and Nymeria
%% * ChildSoldiers: Jon, Arya, Sansa, The Mormonts, Daenerys…
%% * TheChosenOne: Daenerys
%% * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is Westeros, after all. Some of it is even rather friendly.
%% * CliffHanger: A lot of the chapters end with this.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Numerous examples onscreen and off, physical, mental, emotional, and sexual.
** [[spoiler:Arya Stark]]: does not hesitate to torture the shit out of people who have harmed Sansa.
**
Petyr Baelish sadistically and continuously abused Sansa, raping her, exploiting her, beating her, exposing her to dangerous situations (including forcing her to brave cold weather in skimpy outfits when pregnant, nearly causing her to miscarry), and playing sick, twisted headgames with her.
%% ** [[spoiler:Arya Stark]]: does not hesitate to torture the shit out of people who have harmed Sansa.
%%
** The Faith does this to Carallen Smallwood and Sansa
%% ** It's implied that Sansa suffered this at the hands of some of the Vale Lords.
%% * ContinuationFic
%% * ConsummateLiar: Sansa Stark, Roslin Frey, Margaery Tyrell, and others.
%% * CoolUncle: Ser Brynden Tully.



* CostumePorn: Lots and lots of it. The discussion of the importance of dressing well as a political tool becomes a plot point.
* CourtlyLove: The characters often joke about it, though it is both subverted and played straight. Edmure tries to play the courtly lover to Margaery. Jon and Sansa have shades of this, with Sansa making Jon favors and handkerchiefs, and Jon’s manners towards her. Gendry makes some rebuffed attempts at this to [[spoiler: Arya]]. Val tries at this with Arianne. At the same time, there are major subversions of this, with the gallant-seeming Marq Piper turning out to be a villain, some parts of Sansa and Jon’s relationship, [[spoiler: Arya]] rejecting these overtures from Gendry in favor of a less traditional relationship, Leona’s obsession with Jon, and the overall commentary by several characters about the whole system more or less being a lie.
* CriticalStaffingShortage: The Palace Guards and Daenerys’s Small Council

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%% * CostumePorn: Lots and lots of it. The discussion of the importance of dressing well as a political tool becomes a plot point.
%% * CourtlyLove: The characters often joke about it, though it is both subverted and played straight. Edmure tries to play the courtly lover to Margaery. Jon and Sansa have shades of this, with Sansa making Jon favors and handkerchiefs, and Jon’s manners towards her. Gendry makes some rebuffed attempts at this to [[spoiler: Arya]]. Val tries at this with Arianne. At the same time, there are major subversions of this, with the gallant-seeming Marq Piper turning out to be a villain, some parts of Sansa and Jon’s relationship, [[spoiler: Arya]] rejecting these overtures from Gendry in favor of a less traditional relationship, Leona’s obsession with Jon, and the overall commentary by several characters about the whole system more or less being a lie.
%%% * CriticalStaffingShortage: The Palace Guards and Daenerys’s Small Council



* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Jon’s initial reaction to Roslin, though he goes back on this somewhat. [[spoiler: Also, Arya’s approach to people who threaten her family]]
* CycleOfRevenge: Played with. Sansa perpetuates this with the Freys, which ends up biting her in the ass with Roslin. However, aside from that, she, Daenerys, and Jon all seem pretty determined to break the cycle.

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%% * CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Jon’s initial reaction to Roslin, though he goes back on this somewhat. [[spoiler: Also, Arya’s approach to people who threaten her family]]
%% * CycleOfRevenge: Played with. Sansa perpetuates this with the Freys, which ends up biting her in the ass with Roslin. However, aside from that, she, Daenerys, and Jon all seem pretty determined to break the cycle.



* DecadentCourt: King’s Landing used to be this, and there are some who seem interested in restoring that. The main characters try to resist those efforts. Roslin Frey also lives a particularly decadent lifestyle.

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%% * DecadentCourt: King’s Landing used to be this, and there are some who seem interested in restoring that. The main characters try to resist those efforts. Roslin Frey also lives a particularly decadent lifestyle.



* DomesticAbuse:
** A source of guilt and angst for Barristan, over the abuse Queen Rhaella suffered at the hands of King Aerys. When Jon comes to him seeking advice on how to settle a fight with Sansa, Barristan uncomfortably reflects that the common advice to Jon would be to beat his wife. He does not voice this observation.
** Jon fears this may end up being Margaery's fate when she marries Edmure.
* DragonRider: Daenerys. Jon becomes one full time over the course of the story as well.
* DyingClue: Marq Piper’s doll.

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* DomesticAbuse:
**
DomesticAbuse: A source of guilt and angst for Barristan, over the abuse Queen Rhaella suffered at the hands of King Aerys. When Jon comes to him seeking advice on how to settle a fight with Sansa, Barristan uncomfortably reflects that the common advice to Jon would be to beat his wife. He does not voice this observation.
%% ** Jon fears this may end up being Margaery's fate when she marries Edmure.
%% * DragonRider: Daenerys. Jon becomes one full time over the course of the story as well.
%% * DyingClue: Marq Piper’s doll.



* EvilChancellor: Littlefinger.
* EvilCounterpart: Roslin, to Sansa. Victarion, to Jon.
* EvilDetectingDog: Ghost tends to be a good judge of character.
* EvilMatriarch: Roslin Frey Tully and Cersei Lannister

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%% * EvilChancellor: Littlefinger.
%% * EvilCounterpart: Roslin, to Sansa. Victarion, to Jon.
%% * EvilDetectingDog: Ghost tends to be a good judge of character.
%% * EvilMatriarch: Roslin Frey Tully and Cersei Lannister



* FallenPrincess: Sansa and Arya Stark, Margaery Tyrell, Daenerys Targaryen, Myrcella Baratheon, and Shireen Baratheon. Oddly enough, in many cases, this ends happily, with Myrcella finding a quiet, happy life in Dorne, Shireen ruling the Stormlands in peace, Margaery finding happiness with her court life, Arya finding peace and a calling ruling in the North, Daenerys taking the Iron Throne, and Sansa finding happiness as Jon's wife and an advisor to Daenerys.
* FatalFlaw:
** [[spoiler: Arya Stark: violence and anger control issues.]]
** Daenerys: ChronicHeroSyndrome and poor impulse control
** The High Sparrow: religious mania and bigotry
** Jon Snow: Some GenreBlindness and poor PR skills
** Roslin Frey: selfishness
** Sansa Stark: pessimism and temper, her difficulty accepting love.
** Victarion Greyjoy: maniacal devotion to tradition

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%% * FallenPrincess: Sansa and Arya Stark, Margaery Tyrell, Daenerys Targaryen, Myrcella Baratheon, and Shireen Baratheon. Oddly enough, in many cases, this ends happily, with Myrcella finding a quiet, happy life in Dorne, Shireen ruling the Stormlands in peace, Margaery finding happiness with her court life, Arya finding peace and a calling ruling in the North, Daenerys taking the Iron Throne, and Sansa finding happiness as Jon's wife and an advisor to Daenerys.
%% * FatalFlaw:
%% ** [[spoiler: Arya Stark: violence and anger control issues.]]
%% ** Daenerys: ChronicHeroSyndrome and poor impulse control
%% ** The High Sparrow: religious mania and bigotry
%% ** Jon Snow: Some GenreBlindness and poor PR skills
%% ** Roslin Frey: selfishness
%% ** Sansa Stark: pessimism and temper, her difficulty accepting love.
%% ** Victarion Greyjoy: maniacal devotion to tradition



* FlowerMotif: Winter roses are a pretty significant romantic symbol for Jon and Sansa. Also, the gold roses of House Tyrell.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The poison, the troubles with the Faith and the Ironborn, Jon's breakdown, among other things.
* FourStarBadass: Jon and Daenerys.
* FreudianTrio: Daenerys (id), Sansa (ego), and Jon (superego)
* FrontlineGeneral: Jon and Daenerys. To a lesser extent, Sansa, who served as more of a figurehead.
* TheFundamentalist:
** The High Sparrow, for the Faith of the Seven
** Victarion Greyjoy, for the Old Way
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Daenerys to Jon, Daenerys to Arya, Jon to Arya, Sansa to Jon, Jon to Sansa. There are a lot of these moments.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Marq Piper to Lynette
* GoodShepherd: Various members of the Most Devout
* GossipEvolution: Sansa's trial is based on this. Later exploited by Loreza and Dorea Sand to help Sansa and Jon identify her rivals.
* GuileHero: Sansa, Arianne, and Margaery
* HadToBeSharp: Basically everyone, in order to survive the war, famine, winter, and upheaval of the last several years.

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* FlowerMotif: Winter roses are a pretty significant romantic symbol for Jon and Sansa.
%% **
Also, the gold roses of House Tyrell.
%% * {{Foreshadowing}}: The poison, the troubles with the Faith and the Ironborn, Jon's breakdown, among other things.
%% * FourStarBadass: Jon and Daenerys.
%% * FreudianTrio: Daenerys (id), Sansa (ego), and Jon (superego)
%% * FrontlineGeneral: Jon and Daenerys. To a lesser extent, Sansa, who served as more of a figurehead.
%% * TheFundamentalist:
%% ** The High Sparrow, for the Faith of the Seven
%% ** Victarion Greyjoy, for the Old Way
%% * GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Daenerys to Jon, Daenerys to Arya, Jon to Arya, Sansa to Jon, Jon to Sansa. There are a lot of these moments.
%% * GlorifiedSpermDonor: Marq Piper to Lynette
%% * GoodShepherd: Various members of the Most Devout
%% * GossipEvolution: Sansa's trial is based on this. Later exploited by Loreza and Dorea Sand to help Sansa and Jon identify her rivals.
%% * GuileHero: Sansa, Arianne, and Margaery
%% * HadToBeSharp: Basically everyone, in order to survive the war, famine, winter, and upheaval of the last several years.



* HeirClubForMen: Westeros, aside from Dorne, is rigidly patriarchal.
** It's mentioned that the idea of Jon taking the throne instead of Daenerys for this reason was proposed, something Jon rejected.
** Asha Greyjoy's hold on power is threatened by this, despite her triumphs in warfare and responsible ruling.
** Jon purposely seeks out to change this regarding the Iron Throne, pushing for egalitarian gender laws so that if his first child is a daughter, she will be his heir.

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* HeirClubForMen: Westeros, aside from Dorne, is rigidly patriarchal.
** It's mentioned that the idea of Jon taking the throne instead of Daenerys for this reason was proposed, something Jon rejected.
** Asha Greyjoy's hold on power is threatened by this, despite her triumphs in warfare and responsible ruling.
**
patriarchal. Jon purposely seeks out to change this regarding the Iron Throne, pushing for egalitarian gender laws so that if his first child is a daughter, she will be his heir. heir.
%% ** It's mentioned that the idea of Jon taking the throne instead of Daenerys for this reason was proposed, something Jon rejected.
%% ** Asha Greyjoy's hold on power is threatened by this, despite her triumphs in warfare and responsible ruling.



* HellHolePrison: Pretty much every prison in Westeros.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Jon.
* HeroicBastard:
** Jon Snow
** Gendry

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%% * HellHolePrison: Pretty much every prison in Westeros.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Jon.
%% * HeroicBastard:
%% ** Jon Snow
%% ** Gendry



* HeroWithBadPublicity: Poor Sansa.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: A couple of examples.
** Daenerys and Missandei
** Jon and Samwell Tarly
** [[spoiler:Arya Stark]] and Lyra Mormont
** Sansa Stark and Myranda, to a certain extent.
** Daenerys and Sansa are developing into this.
** Sansa and Margaery as well.
* TheHighQueen: Daenerys

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%% * HeroWithBadPublicity: Poor Sansa.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: A couple of examples.
%% ** Daenerys and Missandei
%% ** Jon and Samwell Tarly
%% ** [[spoiler:Arya Stark]] and Lyra Mormont
%% ** Sansa Stark and Myranda, to a certain extent.
%% ** Daenerys and Sansa are developing into this.
%% ** Sansa and Margaery as well.
%% * TheHighQueen: Daenerys



* HonorBeforeReason: Something Jon recognizes Eddard Stark being guilty of. He resolves to find his own path and moral code.
* HopeSpot: Sansa is especially wary of this.
* AHouseDivided: The Greyjoys.

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%% * HonorBeforeReason: Something Jon recognizes Eddard Stark being guilty of. He resolves to find his own path and moral code.
%% * HopeSpot: Sansa is especially wary of this.
%% * AHouseDivided: The Greyjoys.



** Roslin, upon being found out.
* ICouldaBeenAContender:
** Edmure
** Victarion
** Roslin
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler: Arya]]

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%% ** Roslin, upon being found out.
%% * ICouldaBeenAContender:
%% ** Edmure
%% ** Victarion
%% ** Roslin
%% * IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler: Arya]]



** Marq Piper, carrying the doll around with him.
** Jeyne Westerling, for approaching Sansa
** Arianne rushing into Jon's chambers.
** Jon, chasing after a figure in Sansa's window.

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%% ** Marq Piper, carrying the doll around with him.
%% ** Jeyne Westerling, for approaching Sansa
%% ** Arianne rushing into Jon's chambers.
%% ** Jon, chasing after a figure in Sansa's window.



* ILetGwenStacyDie:
** Jon feels this way about Ygritte, Rickon, and Arya. And while Sansa didn't die, he feels guilt over the hardships she's faced, feeling he should have protected her.
** Sansa feels this way about her son, Eddie.
** Daenerys regarding Drogo.
** [[spoiler: Arya about Robb, her mother, and Eddie.]]
** Gendry regarding Arya
** Asha regarding Theon

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%% * ILetGwenStacyDie:
%% ** Jon feels this way about Ygritte, Rickon, and Arya. And while Sansa didn't die, he feels guilt over the hardships she's faced, feeling he should have protected her.
%% ** Sansa feels this way about her son, Eddie.
%% ** Daenerys regarding Drogo.
%% ** [[spoiler: Arya about Robb, her mother, and Eddie.]]
%% ** Gendry regarding Arya
%% ** Asha regarding Theon



* InferredSurvival: Sandor Clegane and Varys
* InLoveWithLove:
** It's implied that this is the case with both of Edmure's marriages
** Sansa seems to view her old infatuation with Joffrey this way. Her wariness of this makes it difficult for her to come to terms with her feelings for Jon.
** Carallen Smallwood and Leona Tyrell may have both felt this way regarding Jon.

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%% * InferredSurvival: Sandor Clegane and Varys
%% * InLoveWithLove:
%% ** It's implied that this is the case with both of Edmure's marriages
%% ** Sansa seems to view her old infatuation with Joffrey this way. Her wariness of this makes it difficult for her to come to terms with her feelings for Jon.
%% ** Carallen Smallwood and Leona Tyrell may have both felt this way regarding Jon.



* ItIsNotYourTime: Sansa has a number of hallucinations that imply this.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Jon in particular fears this regarding himself, being the product of the inbred House Targaryen.
* KangarooCourt: Daenerys manages to improve this. But the beginning of the story is a prime example.
* KickTheDog: The High Sparrow is especially vicious about this regarding Sansa.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jon towards Roslin, though he has misgivings and lessens her punishment somewhat. Though it is implied that this is based more on principle than sympathy for her.

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%% * ItIsNotYourTime: Sansa has a number of hallucinations that imply this.
%% * ItRunsInTheFamily: Jon in particular fears this regarding himself, being the product of the inbred House Targaryen.
%% * KangarooCourt: Daenerys manages to improve this. But the beginning of the story is a prime example.
%% * KickTheDog: The High Sparrow is especially vicious about this regarding Sansa.
%% * KickTheSonOfABitch: Jon towards Roslin, though he has misgivings and lessens her punishment somewhat. Though it is implied that this is based more on principle than sympathy for her.



* KnightInShiningArmor: Ser Barristan, Ser Loras Tyrell, Ser Garlan Tyrell, Ser Podrick Payne, Ser Daemon Sand, Brienne of Tarth. Sansa sees Jon as this, even though he isn't technically a knight. Subverted with Marq Piper.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: It's implied that Shireen, Sansa, and Asha Greyjoy were all pretty happy to bend the knee.
* TheLadysFavor: Sansa makes one for Jon when he duels Stafford Pryor.
* TheLancer: Jon to Daenerys
* LaserGuidedKarma: Roose and Ramsay Bolton, the Frey clan, Roslin Frey, Wallace and Damon Coldwater, Rhys Moore, and Marq Piper
* LeeroyJenkins: Arianne and Arya both have moments like this. To a lesser extent, so do Jon and Daenerys.
* LittleMissBadass: Arya, Daenerys, to a lesser extent, Sansa, Loreza, and Dorea Sand.
* LostTechnology: The plumbing in Dragonstone
* MadLove: Leona to Jon. Marq Piper to Roslin.
* TheMagnificent: So many examples. Daenerys and Jon's lists of styles and titles become a running gag. Then there is Tormund Giantsbane...

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%% * KnightInShiningArmor: Ser Barristan, Ser Loras Tyrell, Ser Garlan Tyrell, Ser Podrick Payne, Ser Daemon Sand, Brienne of Tarth. Sansa sees Jon as this, even though he isn't technically a knight. Subverted with Marq Piper.
%% * KnowWhenToFoldEm: It's implied that Shireen, Sansa, and Asha Greyjoy were all pretty happy to bend the knee.
%% * TheLadysFavor: Sansa makes one for Jon when he duels Stafford Pryor.
%% * TheLancer: Jon to Daenerys
%% * LaserGuidedKarma: Roose and Ramsay Bolton, the Frey clan, Roslin Frey, Wallace and Damon Coldwater, Rhys Moore, and Marq Piper
%% * LeeroyJenkins: Arianne and Arya both have moments like this. To a lesser extent, so do Jon and Daenerys.
%% * LittleMissBadass: Arya, Daenerys, to a lesser extent, Sansa, Loreza, and Dorea Sand.
%% * LostTechnology: The plumbing in Dragonstone
%% * MadLove: Leona to Jon. Marq Piper to Roslin.
%% * TheMagnificent: So many examples. Daenerys and Jon's lists of styles and titles become a running gag. Then there is Tormund Giantsbane...



** Anya Waynwood is similarly protective of Sansa.
** Ellaria Sand has shades of this as well.
* ManipulativeBastard: Roslin.
* MasterPoisoner
** Tyene Sand, the heir to her father Prince Oberyn the Red Viper. Though she uses her skills to heal someone
** Roslin manages to track down and use a poison so subtle and rare it is discovered entirely by accident.
** Littlefinger, who used his skills to help Sansa build up a resistance to any and all poisons.

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%% ** Anya Waynwood is similarly protective of Sansa.
%% ** Ellaria Sand has shades of this as well.
%% * ManipulativeBastard: Roslin.
%% * MasterPoisoner
%% ** Tyene Sand, the heir to her father Prince Oberyn the Red Viper. Though she uses her skills to heal someone
%% ** Roslin manages to track down and use a poison so subtle and rare it is discovered entirely by accident.
%% ** Littlefinger, who used his skills to help Sansa build up a resistance to any and all poisons.



** The Northern Lords fear Jon may be using this. He isn't.
** Jon is fairly conscious of this, being very careful not to exploit this.

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%% ** The Northern Lords fear Jon may be using this. He isn't.
%% ** Jon is fairly conscious of this, being very careful not to exploit this.



* MentorArchetype: Jon sees Barristan as potentially playing this role. Podrick sees Brienne this way.
* MindRape:
** Petyr to Sansa, along with literal rape.
** [[spoiler: It's implied that the House of Black and White inflicts this on Arya]]
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Marq Piper
* MinoredInAssKicking: Sansa, very reluctantly. She prefers her role as a GuileHero.
* MoodWhiplash
* MoralityKitchenSink: Something Jon in particular takes issue with.
* MotiveRant: Roslin Frey gives a pretty epic one.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Daenerys, Jon, Edmure, and Sansa all have moments of this.

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%% * MentorArchetype: Jon sees Barristan as potentially playing this role. Podrick sees Brienne this way.
%% * MindRape:
%% ** Petyr to Sansa, along with literal rape.
%% ** [[spoiler: It's implied that the House of Black and White inflicts this on Arya]]
%% * MinionWithAnFInEvil: Marq Piper
%% * MinoredInAssKicking: Sansa, very reluctantly. She prefers her role as a GuileHero.
%% * MoodWhiplash
%% * MoralityKitchenSink: Something Jon in particular takes issue with.
%% * MotiveRant: Roslin Frey gives a pretty epic one.
%% * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Daenerys, Jon, Edmure, and Sansa all have moments of this.



* {{Necromancy}}: Jon was brought back this way.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Or, in this case, never bring an axe to a dragon fight.
* NeverFoundTheBody: In Arya's case.
* NeverSayThatAgain: Jon, regarding insults towards Sansa. The High Sparrow doesn't listen. it doesn't end well.

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%% * {{Necromancy}}: Jon was brought back this way.
%% * NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Or, in this case, never bring an axe to a dragon fight.
%% * NeverFoundTheBody: In Arya's case.
%% * NeverSayThatAgain: Jon, regarding insults towards Sansa. The High Sparrow doesn't listen. it doesn't end well.



* NoKillLikeOverkill: Marq Piper by Arya's hand. [[spoiler: Victarion Greyjoy is given a mortal wound by Asha, before being burnt to cinders by Jon and Rhaegal.]]
* NobleFugitive: [[spoiler: Arya]]
* NonHumanSidekick: Ghost, the dragons, [[spoiler: Nymeria]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Arya Stark]] and [[spoiler:Tyrion Lannister in the sequel]].
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Daenerys's approach to Sansa's trial. Sansa's approach to handling Arya. Some of Jon's actions on Pyke.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Sansa is a master of this. Jon uses it from time to time. It's implied that Tormund Giantsbane does this as well. Nani the Maid is in fact Nani the Medical Mastermind.

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* NoKillLikeOverkill: Marq Piper by Arya's hand. [[spoiler: Victarion Greyjoy is given a mortal wound by Asha, before being burnt to cinders by Jon and Rhaegal.]]
%% ** Marq Piper by Arya's hand.
%%
* NobleFugitive: [[spoiler: Arya]]
%% * NonHumanSidekick: Ghost, the dragons, [[spoiler: Nymeria]]
%% * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Arya Stark]] and [[spoiler:Tyrion Lannister in the sequel]].
%% * NotQuiteTheRightThing: Daenerys's approach to Sansa's trial. Sansa's approach to handling Arya. Some of Jon's actions on Pyke.
%% * ObfuscatingStupidity: Sansa is a master of this. Jon uses it from time to time. It's implied that Tormund Giantsbane does this as well. Nani the Maid is in fact Nani the Medical Mastermind.



* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Merys and Nani
* OrderVsChaos: The main plot tends to revolve around the characters fighting this exact war and maintaining order.
* ParentalAbandonment: Jon, Sansa, and Arya all feel this way regarding Eddard and Catelyn. Jon fears becoming guilty of the same thing with his own children.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Margaery and Edmure's marriage looks like it may turn out to be this.
* PolitenessJudo: As in canon, Sansa is a master of this. But by the time of Tricks, she's perfected it to a magnificent level. She's able to make even Tormund Giantsbane act like a gentleman.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Sansa seems to have an odd Achilles Heel when it comes to [[spoiler: Arya]]. Jon struggles with this in general. Sansa is the odd exception.
* PostRapeTaunt: Littlefinger was a master of these, often leaving Sansa a complete wreck. It's no wonder she had a complete breakdown.
* PowerTrio: Daenerys, Jon, and Sansa
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Ironborn and the Dothraki.
* PuppyLove: Jon and Sansa's relationship is seen this way at first [[spoiler: by Arya]]
* RapeAndRevenge: Sansa to Petyr.

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%% * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Merys and Nani
%% * OrderVsChaos: The main plot tends to revolve around the characters fighting this exact war and maintaining order.
%% * ParentalAbandonment: Jon, Sansa, and Arya all feel this way regarding Eddard and Catelyn. Jon fears becoming guilty of the same thing with his own children.
%% * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Margaery and Edmure's marriage looks like it may turn out to be this.
%% * PolitenessJudo: As in canon, Sansa is a master of this. But by the time of Tricks, she's perfected it to a magnificent level. She's able to make even Tormund Giantsbane act like a gentleman.
%% * PoorCommunicationKills: Sansa seems to have an odd Achilles Heel when it comes to [[spoiler: Arya]]. Jon struggles with this in general. Sansa is the odd exception.
%% * PostRapeTaunt: Littlefinger was a master of these, often leaving Sansa a complete wreck. It's no wonder she had a complete breakdown.
%% * PowerTrio: Daenerys, Jon, and Sansa
%% * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Ironborn and the Dothraki.
%% * PuppyLove: Jon and Sansa's relationship is seen this way at first [[spoiler: by Arya]]
%% * RapeAndRevenge: Sansa to Petyr.



* RealMenWearPink: A concept that Sansa tries to get Jon to warm to, with varying success.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jon delivers an absolute devastating one to the High Sparrow.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Quite a few, actually. Dany, Jon, and Sansa all take turns assuming this role, along with Barristan, Arianne, Val, Tormund Giantsbane, Asha Greyjoy, Anya Waynwood, and Edmure Tully.
* RedOniBlueOni: Played with and addressed with meta-commentary regarding Sansa and Daenerys. Both of them have shades of both sides, but are cast exclusively in one role (Daenerys as Red, Sansa as Blue). They acknowledge and exploit this fact.
* RescueThePrincess: Completely subverted with Sansa's trial.

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%% * RealMenWearPink: A concept that Sansa tries to get Jon to warm to, with varying success.
%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jon delivers an absolute devastating one to the High Sparrow.
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Quite a few, actually. Dany, Jon, and Sansa all take turns assuming this role, along with Barristan, Arianne, Val, Tormund Giantsbane, Asha Greyjoy, Anya Waynwood, and Edmure Tully.
%% * RedOniBlueOni: Played with and addressed with meta-commentary regarding Sansa and Daenerys. Both of them have shades of both sides, but are cast exclusively in one role (Daenerys as Red, Sansa as Blue). They acknowledge and exploit this fact.
%% * RescueThePrincess: Completely subverted with Sansa's trial.



* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Daenerys, Jon, and Sansa.
* RunningGag: Jokes about the volume of titles that the royals have.
* SacrificialLamb: It's implied that Stannis served as this.
* SecondLove: Sansa for Jon. Podrick for Daenerys. Margaery for Edmure.
* SecretRelationship: Jon and Sansa try at this.
* ShamefulStrip: Jon orders one for Roslin, but stops it just in time. The aspects of this are examined and rejected by the characters.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Jon, Sansa, Daenerys, Arya, and others.
* ShipperOnDeck: Daenerys for Jon and Sansa.
* ShowDontTell: Partly responsible for the fic's length.
* SigilSpam
* SlutShaming: Sansa's often a target for this. Carallen as well.

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%% * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Daenerys, Jon, and Sansa.
%% * RunningGag: Jokes about the volume of titles that the royals have.
%% * SacrificialLamb: It's implied that Stannis served as this.
%% * SecondLove: Sansa for Jon. Podrick for Daenerys. Margaery for Edmure.
%% * SecretRelationship: Jon and Sansa try at this.
%% * ShamefulStrip: Jon orders one for Roslin, but stops it just in time. The aspects of this are examined and rejected by the characters.
%% * ShellShockedVeteran: Jon, Sansa, Daenerys, Arya, and others.
%% * ShipperOnDeck: Daenerys for Jon and Sansa.
%% * ShowDontTell: Partly responsible for the fic's length.
%% * SigilSpam
* SlutShaming: SlutShaming:
%% **
Sansa's often a target for this. Carallen as well.



** Sansa's trial is basically a parade of this.
** Carallen Smallwood, in how she is treated by her family and the court.
* SmugSnake: Roslin Frey, Stafford Pryor, Damon Coldwater, Rhys Moore
* StandardRoyalCourt: The setting for almost the entirety of the story.
* StayInTheKitchen: An overwhelmingly common attitude in Westeros. It causes trouble for both Daenerys and Asha. An attitude Sansa goes out of her way to exploit and play with, often playing the more traditional feminine role of hosting guests, sewing, wearing pretty clothes, planning parties, and "obeying", while secretly being one of the most powerful people in Westeros.
* StockholmSyndrome: According to Sansa herself, she had a brief period of this with Petyr.
* StrawMisogynist: The High Sparrow and Victarion Greyjoy.
* StupidEvil: Marq Piper and Victarion Greyjoy.
* SuccessionCrisis: There is one in The Vale. There is nearly one in The North when Sansa is nearly killed, and the Iron Throne is similarly in peril. There are struggles over the control of the Iron Islands as well.
* SwitchingPOV: Like the books.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Satin Flowers
* TangledFamilyTree: The Starks and Targaryens.
* ATasteOfDefeat: Sansa especially. Jon, Asha, Victarion, Edmure, and Daenerys as well.

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%% ** Sansa's trial is basically a parade of this.
%% ** Carallen Smallwood, in how she is treated by her family and the court.
%% * SmugSnake: Roslin Frey, Stafford Pryor, Damon Coldwater, Rhys Moore
%% * StandardRoyalCourt: The setting for almost the entirety of the story.
%% * StayInTheKitchen: An overwhelmingly common attitude in Westeros. It causes trouble for both Daenerys and Asha. An attitude Sansa goes out of her way to exploit and play with, often playing the more traditional feminine role of hosting guests, sewing, wearing pretty clothes, planning parties, and "obeying", while secretly being one of the most powerful people in Westeros.
%% * StockholmSyndrome: According to Sansa herself, she had a brief period of this with Petyr.
%% * StrawMisogynist: The High Sparrow and Victarion Greyjoy.
%% * StupidEvil: Marq Piper and Victarion Greyjoy.
%% * SuccessionCrisis: There is one in The Vale. There is nearly one in The North when Sansa is nearly killed, and the Iron Throne is similarly in peril. There are struggles over the control of the Iron Islands as well.
%% * SwitchingPOV: Like the books.
%% * TallDarkAndSnarky: Satin Flowers
%% * TangledFamilyTree: The Starks and Targaryens.
%% * ATasteOfDefeat: Sansa especially. Jon, Asha, Victarion, Edmure, and Daenerys as well.



* ThickerThanWater

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%% * ThickerThanWater



* TookALevelInJerkass: Roslin and The High Sparrow.
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Played with.
* TortureTechnician: [[spoiler: Arya]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sansa -- lemon cakes
* TheTrickster: Sansa, Roslin, and Jon.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: A common joke among the characters.
* {{Tsundere}}: Daenerys and Arya.
* TurbulentPriest: The High Sparrow
* UndyingLoyalty:
** Daenerys's Unsullied
** Patrek Mallister to Sansa.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Sansa's outlook
* VicariouslyAmbitious: The Tyrells.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** Littlefinger apparently really lost it near the end
** Victarion Greyjoy, who is killed during a manic attack on Asha, after years of him psychologically fracturing.
** The High Sparrow, who has basically become a fire-and-brimstone lunatic and ends up alienating his own followers
* WarIsHell: Acknowledgment of this is one of the guiding motivations for the protagonists
* WarriorPrince: Jon

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%% * TookALevelInJerkass: Roslin and The High Sparrow.
%% * TortureAlwaysWorks: Played with.
%% * TortureTechnician: [[spoiler: Arya]]
%% * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sansa -- lemon cakes
%% * TheTrickster: Sansa, Roslin, and Jon.
%% * TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: A common joke among the characters.
%% * {{Tsundere}}: Daenerys and Arya.
%% * TurbulentPriest: The High Sparrow
%% * UndyingLoyalty:
%% ** Daenerys's Unsullied
%% ** Patrek Mallister to Sansa.
%% * VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Sansa's outlook
%% * VicariouslyAmbitious: The Tyrells.
%% * VillainousBreakdown:
%% ** Littlefinger apparently really lost it near the end
%% ** Victarion Greyjoy, who is killed during a manic attack on Asha, after years of him psychologically fracturing.
%% ** The High Sparrow, who has basically become a fire-and-brimstone lunatic and ends up alienating his own followers
%% * WarIsHell: Acknowledgment of this is one of the guiding motivations for the protagonists
%% * WarriorPrince: Jon
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* AssKickingEqualsAuthority: Daenerys’s control of the Seven Kingdoms is asserted through winning the War of the Dawn. Sansa’s control of the North comes from beating the Boltons. Asha Greyjoy finally cements the her hold on the Iron Islands when her people witness her beating Victarion in a one on one fight.

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* AssKickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Daenerys’s control of the Seven Kingdoms is asserted through winning the War of the Dawn. Sansa’s control of the North comes from beating the Boltons. Asha Greyjoy finally cements the her hold on the Iron Islands when her people witness her beating Victarion in a one on one fight.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Sansa delivers a couple to Jon.

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* WeaponOfChoice:
** Asha and her axe
** Daenerys prefers the Dothraki arakh
** Sansa and her throwing knives

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* WeaponOfChoice:
** Asha and her axe
** Daenerys prefers the Dothraki arakh
** Sansa and her throwing knives

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* EvilIsDumb: Marq Piper and Victarion Greyjoy


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* StupidEvil: Marq Piper and Victarion Greyjoy.

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