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%%* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei as a result of Ned's influence, but this doesn't stop her having an affair with Jaime.

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%%* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei over time, turns out less cruel as a result of Ned's influence, but this doesn't stop her having an affair with Jaime.



* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon is named after Ned's late brother.

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* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon Ned and Cersei's first child, Brandon, is named after Ned's late brother.



* DoomedByCanon: The story warns [[SpoilerOpening from the start]] that Ned and Jon Arryn will die the same way.



%%* HonorBeforeReason: Ned.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Cersei reacts poorly when Ned tries to bring his bastard son, Jon Snow to court, so Jon is sent to Winterfell instead. But as is canon, she has no problems keeping her own bastards around and lying about their true parentage.

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%%* HonorBeforeReason: Ned.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Cersei reacts poorly when Ned tries to bring his bastard son, Jon Snow to court, so Jon is sent to Winterfell instead. But as is in canon, she has no problems keeping her own bastards around and lying about their true parentage.



* InSpiteOfANail: The story warns [[SpoilerOpening from the start]] that Jon Arryn and Ned will die the same way, resulting in a SuccessionCrisis, to be known as The War of Three Kings. Though the inciting incident is [[spoiler:the assassination of Ned and Cersei's firstborn son]].
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: [[spoiler:Tywin uses the death of Prince Brandon to depose and execute Ned, leaving the second Prince (actually Jaime's son with Cersei) to ascend the Iron Throne. With Tywin's daughter as Queen and himself as the new Hand of the King, the Lannisters are now effectively the rulers of Westeros.]]
--> '''Jaime:''' As Balon Greyjoy might say, had the salty bastard a lick of humor, best to strike while the iron is hot?



* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Ned and Cersei eventually come to love each other, though it doesn't help the situation.

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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: After a rocky start, Ned and Cersei eventually come to love each other, though it doesn't help the situation.
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* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love the Old Gods]]: Ned is devoted to the Old Gods, despite the pressure of being in the south where they worship the Faith of the Seven.

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* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love the Old Gods]]: RealMenLoveJesus: Ned is devoted to the Old Gods, despite the pressure of being in the south where they worship the Faith of the Seven.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Ned, just like in the TV series.
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* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei as a result of Ned's influence, but this doesn't stop her having an affair with Jaime.

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* %%* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei as a result of Ned's influence, but this doesn't stop her having an affair with Jaime.



* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The way Ned takes the throne.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[{{Twincest}} Cersei and Jaime]], though she comes to love Ned as well.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Brandon and Myranda.

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* %%* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The way Ned takes the throne.
* %%* BrotherSisterIncest: [[{{Twincest}} Cersei and Jaime]], though she comes to love Ned as well.
* %%* BrotherSisterTeam: Brandon and Myranda.



* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon, after Ned's late brother.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Cersei's marriage with cold Northerner Ned ironically achieves this, which Tyrion points out near the end.
* DoomedByCanon: The story warns [[SpoilerOpening from the start]], that Ned and Jon Arryn will die the same way.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Cersei does this a lot when she's with Ned.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cersei loves her husband, brother, and children.

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* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon, Brandon is named after Ned's late brother.
* %%* DefrostingIceQueen: Cersei's marriage with cold Northerner Ned ironically achieves this, which Tyrion points out near the end.
* DoomedByCanon: The story warns [[SpoilerOpening from the start]], start]] that Ned and Jon Arryn will die the same way.
* %%* EatingTheEyeCandy: Cersei does this a lot when she's with Ned.
* %%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cersei loves her husband, brother, and children.



* FishOutOfWater: Ned in King's Landing.
* TheGoodChancellor: Jon Arryn.

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* %%* FishOutOfWater: Ned in King's Landing.
* %%* TheGoodChancellor: Jon Arryn.



* TheGoodKing: This is actually Ned's InUniverse nickname.
* GoodParents: Ned and Cersei, for their own children at least.

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* %%* TheGoodKing: This is actually Ned's InUniverse nickname.
* %%* GoodParents: Ned and Cersei, for their own children at least.



* HonorBeforeReason: Ned.

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* %%* HonorBeforeReason: Ned.



* IncestSubtext: Cersei sees some between Brandon and Myranda.

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* %%* IncestSubtext: Cersei sees some between Brandon and Myranda.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ned.

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* %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ned.



* TragicHero: Ned.
* TragicVillain: Cersei.
* WarriorPrince: This how Ned gets the throne.

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* %%* TragicHero: Ned.
* %%* TragicVillain: Cersei.
* %%* WarriorPrince: This how Ned gets the throne.

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* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei as a result of Ned's influence, but this doesn't stop her affair with Jaime.

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* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei as a result of Ned's influence, but this doesn't stop her having an affair with Jaime.



* DoomedByCanon: The story warns [[ForegoneConclusion from the start]], that Ned and Jon Arryn will die the same way.

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* DoomedByCanon: The story warns [[ForegoneConclusion [[SpoilerOpening from the start]], that Ned and Jon Arryn will die the same way.



* TheGoodKing: This is actually Ned's in-universe nickname.
* GoodParents: Ned and Cersei.

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* TheGoodKing: This is actually Ned's in-universe InUniverse nickname.
* GoodParents: Ned and Cersei.Cersei, for their own children at least.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Cersei reacts poorly when Ned tries to bring his bastard son, Jon Snow to court, so Jon is sent to Winterfell instead. But as is canon, she has no problems keeping her own bastards around and lying about their true parentage.



* WhatIf: The whole premise of the story is: What if Ned took the throne instead of Robert and married Cersei?

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* WhatIf: The whole premise of the story is: What if Ned took the throne instead of Robert and married Cersei?Cersei?
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* RatedMForManly: Ned. Like in the series, the man carries out every single one of his executions himself, meaning he spends the first part of his reign as king pretty busy.

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->“You should have taken the realm for yourself. It was there for the taking. Jaime told me how you found him on the Iron Throne the day King’s Landing fell, and made him yield it up. That was your moment. All you needed to do was climb those steps, and sit. Such a sad mistake.”
-->--'''Cersei Lannister''', ''Literature/AGameOfThrones''



* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei as a result of Ned's influence, though this doesn't stop her affair with Jaime.

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* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei as a result of Ned's influence, though but this doesn't stop her affair with Jaime.



* DoomedByCanon: Ned and Jon both die the same way. The story warns this [[ForegoneConclusion from the start]].

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* DoomedByCanon: Ned and Jon both die the same way. The story warns this [[ForegoneConclusion from the start]].start]], that Ned and Jon Arryn will die the same way.



* HonestAdvisor: Jon Arryn, even though Ned doesn't want to believe what him when it comes to Cersei and the paternity of their children.

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* HonestAdvisor: Jon Arryn, even though Ned doesn't want to believe what him when it comes to Cersei and the paternity of their children.

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* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Cersei as a result of Ned's influence, though this doesn't stop her affair with Jaime.



* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Implied that Tywin bought his daughter a crown. He later turns the City Watch and the Kingsguard on Ned.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Lyanna Stark does not die and is married to Robert as intended. [[AwfulWeddedLife She's not happy with him]].



* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Implied that Tywin bought his daughter a crown.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of Series/GameOfThrones / Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the WhatIf story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic AlternateUniverseFic set in the world of Series/GameOfThrones / Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the WhatIf story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.



* AlternateUniverseFic



* BrotherSisterIncest: Cersei and Jaime.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[{{Twincest}} Cersei and Jaime.Jaime]], though she comes to love Ned as well.



* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon.
* DoomedByCanon: Ned and Jon both die the same way.

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* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon.
Brandon, after Ned's late brother.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Cersei's marriage with cold Northerner Ned ironically achieves this, which Tyrion points out near the end.
* DoomedByCanon: Ned and Jon both die the same way. The story warns this [[ForegoneConclusion from the start]].



* IceQueen: Cersei.
** DefrostingIceQueen: Her marriage with cold Northerner Ned ironically achieves this, which Tyrion points out near the end.



* {{Twincest}}: Cersei and Jaime.
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The way Ned takes the throne.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The way Ned takes the throne.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameOfThrones / ASongOfIceAndFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the WhatIf story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameOfThrones Series/GameOfThrones / ASongOfIceAndFire Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the WhatIf story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.
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* * [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love the Old Gods]]: Ned is devoted to the Old Gods, despite the pressure of being in the south where they worship the Faith of the Seven.

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* * [[RealMenLoveJesus *[[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love the Old Gods]]: Ned is devoted to the Old Gods, despite the pressure of being in the south where they worship the Faith of the Seven.
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Zero Context Example of renamed trope


* HairOfGold: Myranda and Terrence.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameofThrones / ASongofIceandFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the WhatIf story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameofThrones GameOfThrones / ASongofIceandFire ASongOfIceAndFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the WhatIf story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.



* BrotherSisterIncest: Cersei and Jaime
* BrotherSisterTeam: Brandon and Myranda

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* BrotherSisterIncest: Cersei and Jaime
Jaime.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Brandon and MyrandaMyranda.



* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon
* DoomedByCanon: Ned and Jon both die the same way

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* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon
Brandon.
* DoomedByCanon: Ned and Jon both die the same wayway.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cersei loves her husband, brother, and children

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cersei loves her husband, brother, and childrenchildren.



* FishOutOfWater: Ned in King's Landing
* TheGoodChancellor: Jon Arryn

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* FishOutOfWater: Ned in King's Landing
Landing.
* TheGoodChancellor: Jon ArrynArryn.



* GoodParents: Ned and Cersei
* HairOfGold: Myranda and Terrence

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* GoodParents: Ned and Cersei
Cersei.
* HairOfGold: Myranda and TerrenceTerrence.



* HonorBeforeReason: Ned
* IceQueen: Cersei

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* HonorBeforeReason: Ned
Ned.
* IceQueen: CerseiCersei.



* IncestSubtext: Cersei sees some between Brandon and Myranda

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* IncestSubtext: Cersei sees some between Brandon and MyrandaMyranda.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ned

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: NedNed.



* TragicHero: Ned
* TragicVillain: Cersei
* {{Twincest}}: Cersei and Jaime
* WarriorPrince: This how Ned gets the throne

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* TragicHero: Ned
Ned.
* TragicVillain: Cersei
Cersei.
* {{Twincest}}: Cersei and Jaime
Jaime.
* WarriorPrince: This how Ned gets the thronethrone.
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* TheGoodKing: This is actually Ned's in-universe nickname.


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* * [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love the Old Gods]]: Ned is devoted to the Old Gods, despite the pressure of being in the south where they worship the Faith of the Seven.


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* TragicHero: Ned


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* {{Twincest}}: Cersei and Jaime
* WarriorPrince: This how Ned gets the throne

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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Cersei does this a lot when she's with Ned.


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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The way Ned takes the throne.


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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Cersei does this a lot when she's with Ned.


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* TheGoodChancellor: Jon Arryn
* GoodIsNotDumb: Ned, despite his HonorBeforeReason tendencies. He makes a good king because is knows how to avoid the pitfalls Robert allowed himself to fall into, such as sinking the realm into debt and borrowing money from Tywin.


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* HonestAdvisor: Jon Arryn, even though Ned doesn't want to believe what him when it comes to Cersei and the paternity of their children.
* HonorBeforeReason: Ned
* IceQueen: Cersei
** DefrostingIceQueen: Her marriage with cold Northerner Ned ironically achieves this, which Tyrion points out near the end.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameofThrones / ASongofIceandFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameofThrones / ASongofIceandFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the WhatIf story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.



* DeadGuyJunior: Brandon



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Like Arya Stark, Ned and Cersei's daughter Elaena is a tomboy who cares more for learning to fight than for being a princess.



* TragicVillain: Cersei

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* TragicVillain: CerseiCersei
* WhatIf: The whole premise of the story is: What if Ned took the throne instead of Robert and married Cersei?
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Cersei does this a lot when she's with Ned.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cersei loves her husband, brother, and children
* FandomSpecificPlot: The basis of this story (Ned taking the throne and marrying Cersei instead of Robert) is a pretty popular one among Ned/Cersei fan fiction. The only other common plot that comes close is Cersei turning out to be the mother of Ned's bastard, Jon.


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* GoodParents: Ned and Cersei


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* IncestSubtext: Cersei sees some between Brandon and Myranda


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* RatedMForManly: Ned. Like in the series, the man carries out every single one of his executions himself, meaning he spends the first part of his reign as king pretty busy.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Ned, just like in the TV series.



* CrackPairing: Ned and Cersei

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* CrackPairing: ArrangedMarriage: Ned and Cersei, as well as the marriage of "their" daughter, Myranda to Garlan Tyrell.
* BrotherSisterIncest:
Cersei and Jaime
* BrotherSisterTeam: Brandon and Myranda



* DieForOurShip: Catelyn dies to make way for Ned and Cersei



* FishOutOfWater: Ned in King's Landing
* HairOfGold: Myranda and Terrence



* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Ned and Cersei eventually come to love each other, though it doesn't help the situation.



* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Ned and Cersei again

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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Ned and Cersei againScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Implied that Tywin bought his daughter a crown.
* TragicVillain: Cersei

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* DatingCatwoman: Prominent hero Ned is married to one of the main villains, Cersei.
* DieForOurShip: Catelyn dies to make way for Ned and Cersei


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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Catelyn is killed by Tywin Lannister to make way for his daughter Cersei to marry Ned and become queen.
* OppositesAttract: There's no way the honorable Ned would ever be happy with the manipulative and treacherous Cersei, right?
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[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameofThrones / ASongofIceandFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.

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[http://archiveofourown.[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery] Joinery]] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameofThrones / ASongofIceandFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.
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[http://archiveofourown.org/works/243250 The Joinery] is an alternateuniversefic set in the world of GameofThrones / ASongofIceandFire where Ned Stark takes the Iron Throne for himself and ends up married to Cersei Lannister. Though the story ends the same way Ned's life does, the characters take a completely different path centering on the OppositesAttract relationship between Ned and Cersei.

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* AlternateUniverseFic
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* CrackPairing: Ned and Cersei
* DoomedByCanon: Ned and Jon both die the same way
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ned
* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Ned and Cersei again

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