History Trivia / AManOfIron

** Jory Cassel was originally going to be the story's version of the Punisher, marrying a Riverlands girl and having a daughter in Book 1, then seeing them killed at the end and coming back as the character in Book 3. Then readers started suggesting [[spoiler:it could be Ned due to the Weirwood tree on his breastplate looking like a skull]], and Mr. Chaos liked the idea enough to change it.

** [[spoiler:Steve]] was going to reveal his entire backstory in his first appearance in Book 3, until Mr. Chaos realized the exposition was getting far too long and decided to split it up.

** [[spoiler:Sansa escaping the Night Queen by permanently warging into a resurrected Lady]] initially wasn’t going to happen until Book 4, but got pushed to the end of Book 2 when he again came up with an idea for how to use it in Book 3 in the middle of writing the chapter.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: [[spoiler:It’s actually Sansa who becomes the story’s version of Wolfsbane, despite Arya’s actress Maisie Williams being [[Film/TheNewMutants the one who plays her.]] This was a deliberate flip of expectations on the author’s part.

* [[spoiler:Sansa escaping the Night Queen by permanently warging into a resurrected Lady]] initially wasn’t going to happen until Book 4, but got pushed to the end of Book 2 when he again came up with an idea for how to use it in Book 3 in the middle of writing the chapter.

** He had a very hard time figuring out how to include the Hulk, and was seriously considering leaving it out entirely before a scene in ''Fanfic/AndTheGiantAwoke'' gave him the idea of [[spoiler:Brienne becoming She-Hulk]]. And beyond that, he wasn't going to include Bruce and certainly not as the Hulk beyond a brief mention of the source of the powers, but came up with a new idea for a role he could play in Book 3 literally while he was writing the backstory.

** Some predicted that Ned would become [[spoiler:the Punisher]], due to [[spoiler:how the weirwood tree on his breastplate could resemble a skull.]]

* DoingItForTheArt: For chapter 41 of ''A Crack of Thunder'', Mr. Chaos went through the testimonials of real life rapists to get an understanding of how the rapists would act when the attempted to assault Jane. He states that it was very disturbing to read, and that Thor's brutal massacre of them was much needed catharsis for him.

** He went through a few ideas on which Marvel character to make [[spoiler:the resurrected Sansa, including the Phoenix and Enchantress, before just making an original character (though she later becomes a CompositeCharacter with Satana Hellstrom and Hela)]].

** He had a very hard time figuring out how to include the Hulk, and was seriously considering leaving it out entirely before a scene in ''Fanfic/AndTheGiantAwoke'' gave him the idea of [[spoiler:Brienne becoming She-Hulk]].

** He went through a few ideas on which Marvel character to make [[spoiler:the resurrected Sansa, including the Phoenix and Enchantress, before just making an original character]].

* IKnewIt: A lot of readers suspected that Syrio was actually Mystique. They were right.

** At the end of Book 1, Mr. Chaos admits that an early idea was to make Varys the equivalent of the Kingpin, but he quickly realized it was a bad idea, being based entirely on his appearance and not fitting his personality at all.

** He's also mentioned some half-formed ideas that have been tossed over time, like Jaime becoming ComicBook/IronFist or Drogon being Fin Fang Foom.

** He went through a few ideas on which Marvel character to make [[spoiler:the resurrected Sansa, including the Phoenix and Enchantress, before just making an original character]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At the end of Book 1, Mr. Chaos admits that an early idea was to make Varys the equivalent of the Kingpin, but he quickly realized it was a bad idea, being based entirely on his appearance and not fitting his personality at all.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At the end of Book 1, Mr. Chaos admits that an early idea was to make Varys the equivalent of the Kingpin, but quickly realized it was a bad idea, being based entirely on his appearance and not fitting his personality at all.

* InspirationForTheWork: The author has stated to reviewers that part of the inspiration for this fic was, of all things, a [=RipT=] shirt design. The coverart for the fic is said design, a direwolf done in the style of Tony's armor.

* InspirationForTheWork: The author has stated to reviewers that part of the inspiration for this fic was, of all things, a RipT shift design. The coverart for the fic is said design, a direwolf done in the style of Tony's armor.

* FollowTheLeader: The author acknowledges being influenced by ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8562130/1/A-Game-of-Thrones-The-House-of-Wayne The House of Wayne]]''.