History Fridge / ASongOfIceAndFire

* When Cinderella story happens in Westeros (a young girl gets mocked and abused, gets married to a prince/ into power) it gets twisted beyond recognition and doesn't have a happy ending. It happens to at least five characters.
** Daenerys. Physically and verbally abused by her brother Vyserys, gets sold to and marries Khal Drogo, a barbarian warlord. Forced to have sex with him as 14 year old, she starts to love him once Stockholm syndrome sets in. He kills her abusive brother, only to get wounded in battle himself. She loses her child she had with him and is forced to kill him herself because the wound gets worse.

** Ellaria Sand. A bastard daughter of Dornish lord, she gets courted by Dornish prince Oberyn Martell and becomes his mistress. It is a happy and loving relationship but they never get married. She has four daughters with him. Then her lover gets killed in front of her eyes by Gregor Clegane in a duel he fought in to avenge the murder of his sister.

* Given how many Westerosi lords are willing to support usurpers like the Blackfyres and Renly Baratheon, the entire succession system is doomed in the long run. All it takes is one successful usurper and the precedence for MightMakesRight succession would be set. Westeros will see endless wars as anyone with an army can take whatever they want without proper claim.

* Given how many Westerosi lords are willing to support usurpers like the Blackfyres and Renly Baratheon, the entire succession system is doomed in the long run. All it takes is one successful usurper and the precedence would be set for MightMakesRight to be law. Westeros will see endless wars as it will become acceptable for anyone with an army to take whatever they want.

** Alternatively, as Tyrion himself points out, there exists a possibility that all current Plumms are descended from an extramarital affair between Alaena Targaryen and Aegon IV, which would give Ben two recent Targaryen ancestors instead of just one like Quentyn. His slightly purer Valyrian blood might have made all the difference.

** Fat Walda Frey. Mocked her whole life by her thinner sisters and stepsisters, Walda is nevertheless a girl with sharp wit and sharper tongue. The lord she marries who might be called King in the North? SoftspokenSadist Roose Bolton who is over twice her age. He likes her, as much as any sociopath can like anyone, but he is well aware that he can't protect her and their future children from his son Ramsay forever. And he is still a sadist and psycho, who would flay a man as easy as other men kick dogs.

** Ellaria Sand. A bastard daughter of Dornish lord, she gets courted by Dornish prince Oberyn Martell and becomes his mistress. It is a happy and loving relationship but they never get married. She has five daughters with him. Then her lover gets killed in front of her eyes by Gregor Clegane in a duel he fought in to avenge the murder of his sister.

** Fat Walda Frey. Mocked her whole life by her thinner sisters and stepsisters, Walda is nevertheless a girl with sharp wit and sharper tongue. The lord she marries who might be called King in the North? SoftspokenSadist Roose Bolton who is over twice her age. He likes her, as much as any sociopath can like anyone, but he is well aware that he can't protect her and their future children from his son Ramsay forever. And he is still a sadist and psycho, who would flay a msn as easy as other men kick dogs.

** Pretty Pia. A pretty teenage peasant girl who lives her whole life in cursed castle Harrenhall. Once the war starts, she gets verbally, physically and sexually abused and raped multiple times. All of her friends get killed and her nose and teeth get broken by her rapist Gregor Clegane. Gets saved by queen's brother who she sees as gallant knight, but doesn't get to marry him. She is instead gently courted by said brother's squire on his urging. The squire is a kind person but the best ending a peasant girl like Pia can hope for is that he will become a knight and lord, marry some highborn lady and keep Pia as his mistress.

* Ellaria Sand. A bastard daughter of Dornish lord, she gets courted by Dornish prince Oberyn Martell and becomes his mistress. It is a happy and loving relationship but they never get married. She has five daughters with him. Then her lover gets killed in front of her eyes by Gregor Clegane in a duel he fought in to avenge the murder of his sister.

* *Fat Walda Frey. Mocked her whole life by her thinner sisters and stepsisters, Walda is nevertheless a girl with sharp wit and sharper tongue. The lord she marries who might be called King in the North? SoftspokenSadist Roose Bolton who is over twice her age.

** Jeyne Poole. The best friend and lady-in-waiting of a classic princess archetype Sansa Stark, her life sucks. Her father gets killed during a coup when she is 13, Jeyne gets sent to a Littlefinger's brothel where she gets whipped, raped and sexually abused multiple times. She gets let out so she can marry a 'prince'. That prince? CompleteMonster Ramsey Snow, son of above-mentioned Roose Bolton.

** If he found out from a more sympathetic or romanticized account, it still leaves him with the knowledge that his whole life was a lie, Ned Stark is still not his father, his brothers and sisters are still not his siblings, everyone he just discovered are his family are all already dead (his grandparents dead, his ''real'' half-siblings Rhaenys and Aegon gruesomely murdered before he could ever meet them, and he already sent Maester Aemon away with the old man dying before Jon could find out the truth)[[note]]Daenerys and possibly Aegon are still kicking, but they're not exactly rushing to the Wall to shake his hand first and neither might react too well to him being Lyanna's kid/a Stark after everything[[/note]], and his parents ''caused a war'' by running off together and breaking marriage vows to their respective partners [[BecauseDestinySaysSo specifically]] to conceive baby [[HonorBeforeReason Jon]], in the process causing many deaths and getting themselves killed. Yeah, as an EmoTeen who spent his whole life growing up with '''''massive''''' insecurity issues, surely none of ''that'' would ruin his life!

** The Crone represents wisdom and guidance. Selyse does not think for herself and relies upon the decisions of Melisandre, whose own ability to correctly foresee the future is questionable (and Maester Aemon believes she is making a big mistake declaring Stannis to be TheChosenOne). She also seems incapable of understanding certain facts, such as the fact that the wildlings don't base their leadership on the descendants of royalty, or that leaving all the wildlings at Hardhome to die would leave them vulnerable to becoming Others.

** The Mother represents nurturing, compassion and mercy. Cersei has been killing people or ordering their executions ever since she was a young girl at Casterly Rock. As for nurturing, she is not very involved with raising her own children.
** The Crone represents wisdom and guidance. Selyse does not think for herself and relies upon the decisions of Melisandre, whose own ability to correctly foresee the future is questionable. She also seems incapable of understanding certain facts, such as the fact that the wildlings don't base their leadership on the descendants of royalty, or that leaving all the wildlings at Hardhome to die would leave them vulnerable to becoming Others.

** The Crone represents wisdom and guidance. Selyse does not think for herself and relies upon the decisions of Melisandre, whose own ability to correctly foresee the future is questionable. She also seems incapable of grasping certain facts, such as the fact that the wildlings don't base their leadership on the descendants of royalty, or that leaving all the wildlings at Hardhome to die would leave them vulnerable to becoming Others.

** The Crone represents wisdom and guidance. Selyse does not think for herself and relies upon the decisions of Melisandre, whose own ability to correctly foresee the future is questionable.

** "The valonqar shall wrap his hands about your throat and choke the life from you." This one is not necessarily inevitable regardless of circumstances, but allowing for a bit of stretch, Cersei's tendency to treat nearly everyone around her terribly leads to her making a lot of enemies, even her own family members. Her IrrationalHatred of Tyrion, believing he is her valonqar, has led to him becoming her worst enemy. As of ''A Dance of Dragons'', it seems her AllTakeAndNoGive treatment of Jaime has turned him against her and made him another candidate for the valonqar, as seen when he reads her letter pleading for help when she's imprisoned by the High Sparrow and throws it in the fire. Extra brilliance because it turns valiryan language doesn't have genders, so valonqar means younger sibling and it really doesn't have to be Cersei's sibling. That leaves possibilities open for Arya, Sansa, The Hound and any other character who has older brother or sister.