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* {{Foil}}: Harry is this to Robb Stark, both are [[TheAce Aces]] that cause comlexes to their bastard brothers, both are the heirs to their fathers, even if Harry doesn't know it, both have been noted to be pretty, and currently both are set to be the Wardens of the West and North respectively, however while Robb has often been noted for his inexperience and never quite gets over his reputation as a ''boy'', Harry is often noted for his potential, despite being falsely believed to be the second son there is a very real possibility of him getting the crown instead of Joffrey, is often stated to be wiser than he should be at his age, and people often consider him a ''man'', if not in years then in mind, while Robb has a great relationship with his family and idolizes his father, Harry has a mixed relation with his own family, loves Cersei, Myrcella and Tommen, gets along well with Jaime, Renly and Tyrion, but doesn't like Stannis, Joffrey or Tywin, even if he does respect the last one, and while he used to idolize his own father, Harry quickly grew disillusioned because of what Robert did in the war, Robb is humble and somber, while Harry is ambitious and festive, finally both were bethroded to a woman from another family of high-status (Roslin Frey for Robb and Margeary Tyrell for Harry) but had a special relationship with another woman (Aeryn for Harry, Jeyne Westerling/Talisa Maegyr for Robb) but while Robb ultimately decides to follow his heart, and it costs him everything including his life, Harry knows his duty and sticks with Margeary, and not only do they seem well on the way to love each other, but this ultimately will mean that, when the series starts, with his position, birth and marriage, Harry would have the Reach, the Stormlands, and posibly the Westerlands when the War of the Five Kings begins, meaning he will have the strongest position.
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* GoodCounterpart: [[TheAce Harry]] is set up to become this to [[BadassGrandpa Tywin]], many characters note the resemblance, among them Kevan, Tywin's most loyal supporter and brother, Harry is ruthlessly efficient and has little care for those who would come between him and his plans, or attempt something on his family, much like his grandfather, notably Harry is just as protective of Myrcella as Tywin was with Genna back when they were younger, perhaps the most notable however is their ability to make the most out of a bad situation, Tywin was left in a horrible situation because of his father that was too good and pasive for [[CrapsackWorld Westerosi society]], but managed to remake the Lannister name, whereas Harry is in a bad situation because Joffrey is too evil, stupid and cruel even for [[EvenEvilHasStandards Westerosi society]], but he fully embraces becoming the Heir of Casterly Rock, even if it might hurt his uncle Tyrion's feelings, to control Joffrey and keep him under his thumb.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: When Aeryn Margaery if she truly loves Harry, Margaery is about to say yes, but then thinks about it and ultimately admits that she ''wants'' to fall in love with him, and intends to do so. Aeryn lampshades this trope in response.

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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: When Aeryn asks Margaery if she truly loves Harry, Margaery is about to say yes, but then thinks about it and ultimately admits that she ''wants'' to fall in love with him, and intends to do so. Aeryn lampshades this trope in response.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: When Aeryn Margaery if she truly loves Harry, Margaery is about to say yes, but then thinks about it and ultimately admits that she ''wants'' to fall in love with him, and intends to do so. Aeryn lampshades this trope in response.
* BreakThemByTalking: Margaery verbally demolishes Aeryn in their first conversation, despite Aeryn managing to score a few verbal shots of her own.


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* NotSoAboveItAll: When Margaery verbally one-ups Aeryn to the point of driving the latter to run off in anger, she feels both proud and ashamed, despite not wishing to feel either.


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** Taken to a ''literal'' extreme when, in light of [[spoiler:the Faceless Men's attempt on Harry's life]], she starts carrying a dagger under her skirt at Harry's insistence.
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* BrutalHonesty: Genna plainly tells Aeryn that she'll always be known as "the Black Prince's whore", but softens it by saying she can still be happy as a [[TheMistress mistesss]].

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* BrutalHonesty: Genna plainly tells Aeryn that she'll always be known as "the Black Prince's whore", but softens it by saying she can still be happy as a [[TheMistress mistesss]].mistress]].

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* AGodAmI: Cersei is trying to get the High Septon to declare Harry a saint. Taken UpToEleven in the rewrite, in which [[spoiler:The Stranger(a.k.a., Death)]] calls Harry "Master."



* ArrangedMarriage: Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.

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* ArrangedMarriage: Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed is betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.Tyrell.
** HappilyArrangedMarriage: They get along rather well, to the point of Harry revealing himself as a wizard to her. While Margaery is shocked, she steels herself and decides not to call off the engagement.



** Even Harry isn't immune to this. While a nice guy for the most part, he tends to make the deaths of his victims rather messy. On the other hand, they do [[AssholeVictim tend to have it coming.]]



* MindRape: Harry subjects Sandor Clegane, Essosi mercenaries, and Xen Xakhar to this trope.

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* MindRape: Harry subjects Sandor Clegane, Essosi mercenaries, has a talent for it, and Xen Xakhar will mercilessly use it to this trope.get information from his victims before he kills them.


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* SilkHidingSteel: Margaery. She's visibly shocked and frightened to learn that her husband-to-be is a wizard, but she swallows her fear and sticks by him. When he refuses to share all of his secrets with her because he fears she lacks to mental fortitude to take it all in, she responds by giving him a TakeThatKiss and boldly declaring her intent to prove him wrong. And all under a masterfully constructed facade of being submissive and "proper".
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* AndIMustScream: Lady Evelyn traps the souls of her dead enemies in the trees surrounding her castle. Harry is shocked, but due to his lessons with Tywin, he can't bring himself to fully condemn her.


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* InTheBlood: According to Lady Evelyn, magic can be learned, but it is more potent if passed down genetically.
** Since Margaery's maternal aunt, Malora Hightower, is a witch, [[FridgeLogic this indicates]] that Margaery may have a bit of magic in her that she hasn't tapped into yet... unless her aunt and mother are half-siblings (their father married ''four times''!) and the gift was passed down maternally.
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** Cersei gets a more [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] one where, after Harry berates Robert for his hedonistic lifestyle and is hit for it, she stands up for her son.


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* ParentalFavoritism: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] with Cersei. She dotes on Joffrey just as much as she does in the books, yet at the same time her relationship with Harry is very close. The original story even had her admit to herself that Harry and Joffrey would eventually come to blows, and she was unsure which one to side with. This may not seem like much, but considering how utterly worshipful she usually is towards Joffrey, the fact that she's actually unsure whether she should choose him over Harry means ''a lot''.

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* [[SonOfAWhore Daughter of a Whore]]: Aeryn
* DomesticAbuse: Cersei is abused by Robert, but tries to hide it from the children. Harry finds out when the three of them get into an argument.


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* [[SonOfAWhore Daughter of a Whore]]: Aeryn
* DomesticAbuse: Cersei is abused by Robert, but tries to hide it from the children. Harry finds out when the three of them get into an argument.
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* {{Sadist}}: Harry is a special case. He doesn't inflict pain on others ForTheEvulz, but piss him off and you will suffer greatly and perish cruelly.

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* ArrangedMarriage: In the rewrite, Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.

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* ArrangedMarriage: In the rewrite, Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.Tyrell.
* CaptainObvious: Margaery's first words to Harry are "You're bleeding." Her grandmother's response?
--> '''Olenna''': "And you, dear, are almost as talented as your oafish father at stating the obvious."
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Harry's interrogation of the Essosi mercenaries and Xen Xakhar (see MindRape). In case of the latter, he's also telekinetically strangling the warlock as he rips into his mind.


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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Ser Brenden is murdered in an ambush by a group of mercenaries.
* MindRape: Harry subjects Sandor Clegane, Essosi mercenaries, and Xen Xakhar to this trope.
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* MamaBear: Amaerys, especially in the original, where she kills Allar Deem after Harry has him locked up.


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* DeathByAdaptation: Harry butchers Allar Deem and Toret rather than imprisoning or torturing them.
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[[folder:Tropes That Apply to the Original]]''The Prince Who Was Promised'']]



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[[folder:Tropes That Apply to the Rewrite]]''The Black Prince'']]

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* AlphaBitch: Elaine Lydden post-TimeSkip.
** LovableAlphaBitch: Cerenna and Myrielle Lannister, especially Myrielle.
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* AdaptedOut: Elaine Lydden has yet to appear in the rewrite.
* ArrangedMarriage: In the rewrite, Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Harry is very concerned with Myrcella's wellbeing.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Harry is very concerned with Myrcella's wellbeing.well-being.



* DrowningMySorrows: Tyrion gets ridiculously drunk after learning that Tywin is giving Casterly Rock to Harry. He then proceeds to give Harry a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbal beatdown]].



* ContinuityReboot: The fic is currently being rewritten.



* CreepyChild: In the rewrite Myrielle Lannister shows signs of being a budding sociopath, such as an interest in watching people die.



* MessianicArchetype: Cersei tries to invoke this by demanding the High Septon to anoint Harry in public. She wants his magical powers to be seen as a gift from the gods.



* PetTheDog: In the rewrite, after the debacle involving the rapists, Stannis offers to let one of Harry's friends become a sailor upon learning that the boy wanted to become one.

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* PetTheDog: In the rewrite, after After the debacle involving the rapists, Stannis offers to let one of Harry's friends become a sailor upon learning that the boy wanted to become one.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tyrion gave one to Harry. Though he was drunk and bitter at the time, his criticisms actually make sense, something Harry admits when Tyrion tries to apologize for it later.



* TimeSkip: The series begins shortly before Harry's ninth nameday but the eighth chapter skips to him around his fourteenth/fifteenth.
** The author is attempting to avoid this with the rewrite, planning to flesh out the time between Harry's arrival at Casterly Rock and the start of the canon series.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Pre-TimeSkip, Elaine was sweet and somewhat shy, but in Aeryn's POV, she's [[AlphaBitch extremely self-centered and condescending]].



* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Aeryn's mother.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Aeryn's mother.mother.
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* AlphaBitch: Elaine Lydden post-TimeSkip.
** LovableAlphaBitch: Cerenna and Myrielle Lannister, especially Myrielle.
*DeadFic: Abandoned, and rewritten, to be more precise.
* DrowningMySorrows: Tyrion gets ridiculously drunk after learning that Tywin is giving Casterly Rock to Harry. He then proceeds to give Harry a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbal beatdown]].
* MessianicArchetype: Cersei tries to invoke this by demanding the High Septon to anoint Harry in public. She wants his magical powers to be seen as a gift from the gods.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tyrion gave one to Harry. Though he was drunk and bitter at the time, his criticisms actually make sense, something Harry admits when Tyrion tries to apologize for it later.
* TimeSkip: The series begins shortly before Harry's ninth nameday but the eighth chapter skips to him around his fourteenth/fifteenth.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Pre-TimeSkip, Elaine was sweet and somewhat shy, but in Aeryn's POV, she's [[AlphaBitch extremely self-centered and condescending]].
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* AdaptedOut: Elaine Lydden has yet to appear in the rewrite.
* ArrangedMarriage: In the rewrite, Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.
* ContinuityReboot
* CreepyChild: Myrielle Lannister shows signs of being a budding sociopath, such as an interest in watching people die.
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* AdaptedOut: Elaine Lydden has yet to appear in the rewrite.
* AlphaBitch: Elaine Lydden post-TimeSkip
** LovableAlphaBitch: Cerenna and Myrielle Lannister, especially Myrielle.
* ArrangedMarriage: In the rewrite, Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.


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* AlphaBitch: Elaine Lydden post-TimeSkip.
** LovableAlphaBitch: Cerenna and Myrielle Lannister, especially Myrielle.
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* AdaptedOut: Elaine Lydden has yet to appear in the rewrite.
* ArrangedMarriage: In the rewrite, Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.
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** Cersei comforts Harry after he saves her from one of Robert's drunken assaults. She even covers for him by making it look like Robert slipped in some spilled wine.

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* MommasBoy: Joffrey and Harry. Justified because Cersei takes far more interest in them than Robert does, so the children latch onto her.

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* MommasBoy: Joffrey and Harry. Justified because Cersei takes far more interest in them than In the latter's case, this extends to nearly killing Robert does, so the children latch onto her.when he drunkenly starts beating Cersei.



** See CallingTheOldManOut. Harry berates Robert for his brutality, even scathingly declaring that Lyanna Stark would be disgusted by Robert's actions.



* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Harry at the beginning, thanks to his memories from his previous life. Lampshaded by Ser Barriston, who tells him he's too serious for a nine-year old.

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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Harry at the beginning, thanks to his memories from his previous life. Lampshaded by Ser Barriston, who tells him he's too serious for a nine-year old.old, and by Robert, who states that Harry is smarter than a boy his age has a right to be.

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* AdaptedOut: Elaine Lydden has yet to appear in the rewrite.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Myrcella and Aeryn. Very much subverted with Cersei, as in Canon.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Myrcella and Aeryn. Very much subverted (if not outright ''averted'') with Cersei, as in Canon.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: During a "friendly" sparring match, Joffrey pushes Harry too far by threatening Aeryn and Myrcella, prompting Harry to beat the tar out of him.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tyrion gave one to Harry. Though he was drunk and bitter at the time, his criticisms actually make sense.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tyrion gave one to Harry. Though he was drunk and bitter at the time, his criticisms actually make sense. sense, something Harry admits when Tyrion tries to apologize for it later.



* SiblingRivalry: Harry and Joffrey.

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* SiblingRivalry: Harry and Joffrey.Joffrey hate each other, to put it mildly.


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** The author is attempting to avoid this with the rewrite, planning to flesh out the time between Harry's arrival at Casterly Rock and the start of the canon series.
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* ArrangedMarriage: In the rewrite, Harry is--for now, at least--betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.


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* PetTheDog: In the rewrite, after the debacle involving the rapists, Stannis offers to let one of Harry's friends become a sailor upon learning that the boy wanted to become one.
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* PragmaticVilliany: When Harry asks Tywin if he would have stabbed Rhaenys half a hundred times like Amory Lorch did, Tywins answers, "No, once would have been enough."

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* PragmaticVilliany: PragmaticVillainy: When Harry asks Tywin if he would have stabbed Rhaenys half a hundred times like Amory Lorch did, Tywins answers, "No, once would have been enough."
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* PragmaticVilliany: When Harry asks Tywin if he would have stabbed Rhaenys half a hundred times like Amory Lorch did, Tywins answers, "No, once would have been enough."
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* ContinuityReboot: The fic is currently being rewritten.


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* CreepyChild: In the rewrite Myrielle Lannister shows signs of being a budding sociopath, such as an interest in watching people die.

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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The smallfolk adore Harry

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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The smallfolk adore HarryHarry.



* BadassGrandpa: Tywin. He verbally demolishes Harry during their first meeting, and following the timeskip, Harry is forced to admit that he harbors a begrudging respect for the man.



* BigBrotherBully: Joffrey, as usually, but here there's more emphasize on the possibility that he sexually abuses Myrcella.

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* BigBrotherBully: Joffrey, as usually, usual, but here there's more emphasize emphasis on the possibility that he sexually abuses Myrcella.



* InSeriesNickname: Harry has a few-Harry the Kind, the Black Lion, the Black Prince.

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* InSeriesNickname: Harry has a few-Harry the Kind, the Black Lion, the Black Prince. Hell, his birth name is Harrold--yes, it's really spelled that way.
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Currently being rewritten as [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11098283/1/The-Black-Prince The Black Prince]].
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Harry ultimatly chose to become the heir to Casterly Rock because he felt being th head of the wealthist family in westeros would allow him to at least partially control Joffrey's behaviour much like his grandfather did with the last two kings.

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* TheManBehindTheMan: Harry ultimatly chose to become the heir to Casterly Rock because he felt being th the head of one of the wealthist family wealthiest and most influential families in westeros would allow him to at least partially control Joffrey's behaviour much like his grandfather did with the last two kings.

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* SternTeacher: Tywin to Harry

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* SternTeacher: Tywin to HarryHarry.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Harry ultimatly chose to become the heir to Casterly Rock because he felt being th head of the wealthist family in westeros would allow him to at least partially control Joffrey's behaviour much like his grandfather did with the last two kings.
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* IncestSubtext: Mrycella often fantasies about her and Harry in the roled of Naerys and Aemon the Dragonknight. A conversation between her and Cersei, compares her separation with Harry, to that of Cersei and Jaime's.

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* IncestSubtext: Mrycella often fantasies about her and Harry in the roled role of Queen Naerys and Aemon the Dragonknight. A conversation between her and Cersei, Cersei compares her separation with Harry, from Harry to that of Cersei and Jaime's.from Jaime.

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