Line #96 Fanfic/ActsOfTreason


1	In the very first part of ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'', the first book of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', King Robert arranges for Ned to replace Jon Arryn as Hand and arranges a marriage between his son Joffrey and Ned's daughter Sansa, to tie Houses Baratheon and Stark. Ned, Sansa, and Arya then go South. And then things get messy.
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3	''Acts of Treason'', on the other hand, starts it much the same, except for one thing -- what if Robert's [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe daughter]] Myrcella, nine years old in the canon, were older and betrothed to Ned's son Robb instead? Told over the course of eleven chapters, or acts, the story spans the course of the canon series, with several changes in characters' choices, [[FixFic most of which work out for the better in the long run]], and, of course, many a CrackShip.
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5	[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/375828?view_full_work=true The original story]] can no longer be found online, although the author is currently working on a rewrite of the story. It can be found [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3967165?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true here]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11258940/1/Acts-of-Treason here]] on Website/FanFictionDotNet.
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11	!!This fan fiction provides examples of:
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13	[[folder:Both Versions]]
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15	* AgeLift: Myrcella in both stories is older than Joffrey, making her eligible to marry Robb Stark.
16	* ArrangedMarriage: In ASOIAF tradition. The big one in both stories being Myrcella Baratheon and Robb Stark.
17	* CoolBigSis: Myrcella to Tommen; it's stated that she was also this to Joffrey, before he evolved into such a SpoiledBrat that is.
18	* OfficialCouple: Robb/Myrcella in both stories. Others apply depending on the version.
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22	[[folder:Original Story]]
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24	* AbusiveParents: Both Robert and Cersei physically abuse Myrcella at some point.
25	* AdaptationalHeroism: Renly Baratheon and House Tyrell are all depicted more positively than in the books.
26	* ADayInTheLimeLight: Myrcella goes from being a very minor plot device in the canon to being the star character in this fic.
27	* ADeathInTheLimelight: Several characters got a POV section just when they were about to die.
28	* AnyoneCanDie: This fic racks up an impressive body count by the end.
29	* ArrangedMarriage: Robb and Myrcella. They're pretty [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage pleased about it.]] There are others as well including Catelyn/Yohn Royce, Margaery/Renly, Margaery/Quentyn, Shireen/Trystan, and Edric/Arya.
30	%%* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership
31	* BabiesEverAfter: For Robb/Myrcella and Sansa/Willas. The reproductive actives of other pairs are also detailed in the epilogue-esque Act XI.
32	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted with Myrcella, who receives a scar that marrs her once highly touted beauty.
33	* BetaCouple: Loads. Arya/Edric, Sansa/Willas, Aegon/Dany, Renly/Loras, Theon/Alys, Shireen/Devan, and others.
34	%%* BirdsOfAFeather: Arya and Edric.
35	%%* BrotherSisterIncest: Cersei and Jaime, as in canon.
36	%%* TheBully: Joffrey
37	%%* TheCaligula: Joffrey again.
38	* ChastityDagger: Jaime gives one to Myrcella for her birthday. [[spoiler: She ends up needing to use it.]]
39	* CoolUncle: Renly and Tyrion to Myrcella. Jaime, to a lesser extent. Stannis, not so much.
40	* DeadGuyJunior: Lots of them, which is reasonable considering how high a body count there is in this fic.
41	%%* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Arya]]
42	* DrivenToSuicide: Sansa. Though she is [[BungledSuicide unsuccessful]]. It's a double-whammy of horrors, since it directly involves a sibling's suicidal distress [[spoiler: because both her nephew ''and'' her only son were brutally killed in front of her.]]
43	* DomesticAbuse: Like in canon, Robert abuses Cersei.
44	* FallenPrincess: Myrcella. She starts out as almost everyone's favorite golden princess. Then she runs away, gets brutally disfigured, and marries into a country of people who don't particularly like her.
45	* FandomSpecificPlot: Like most Robb/Myrcella fics, the pair of them are betrothed to each other instead of Joffrey and Sansa.
46	* FishOutOfWater: Myrcella is more used to the flashy, scheming south than the vastly different north.
47	%%* TheGoodKing: Robb and Aegon
48	%%* GoodParents: Robb/Myrcella
49	* GoodIsNotDumb: Myrcella is kind and caring, but vastly knowledgeable in politics and scheming.
50	* IWantGrandkids: The reason Ned gives for [[spoiler: sacrificing himself for Myrcella.]]
51	* InSpiteOfANail: Despite Myrcella inviting Bran along on the day he would have caught Cersei and Jaime together, he nonetheless ends up [[spoiler: crippled]] by the end of the story. Also, Myrcella gets her facial wound despite never being sent to the Martells.
52	* InTheBlood: The Targaryen madness rears its head as bloodlust in both Daenerys and Aegon, although the latter has it to a lesser degree and is self-aware enough to recognize it. It's implied that the next generation manages to avoid it.
53	* IncestSubtext: Joffrey's interest in getting Myrcella back is suggested to possibly be incestuous.
54	%%* KillItWithFire: That's how Dany likes to deal with her enemies.
55	%%* KilledOffForReal: Lots.
56	* LastMinuteHookup: Jon "steals" Val on pretty near the last page of the story, epilogue excluded. They're implied to have been eyeing each other offscreen for a while.
57	* LastStand: [[spoiler: Ned and his retainers do this to protect the rest of the entourage as they flee north.]]
58	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Both Ned and Robb went to war as young men in rebellion against the crown. There are also similarities noted between Myrcella and Cersei.
59	%%* TheLostLenore: Arya for Edric.
60	%%* LukeIAmYourFather: Ashara with Jon Snow.
61	* TheMatchmaker: Myrcella. She likes to pair the other characters together for political gain and for their happiness.
62	%%* MissingMom: Ashara with Jon Snow.
63	%%* TheMourningAfter: Edric for Arya.
64	%%* TheOneThatGotAway: Ned for Ashara
65	%%** [[spoiler: Arya]] for Ned Dayne
66	* OppositesAttract: Robb is honorable, trusting, and action oriented while Myrcella is politically savvy and very capable of manipulation.
67	* ParentalFavoritism: Joffrey is Cersei's favorite.
68	* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Myrcella. Not at all the pawn she is in canon, this princess knows the players and does what she can to move the pieces. Justified since Canon-Myrcella is a little girl.
69	* PrincessesPreferPink: Robert likes to give Myrcella pink things.
70	%%* RebelliousPrincess: Myrcella again.
71	%%* RomancingTheWidow: Yohn Royce with Catelyn, though their relationship isn't about love so much as politics.
72	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Arya. Her entire role in the story is a love interest for Edric Dayne killed to further his [[CharacterDevelopment development.]]]]
73	* ScreamingBirth: Myrcella's first birth is ''very'' difficult and implicitly leaves her with some sort of PTSD, since she has nightmares about dying in another birth.
74	* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: Tyrion and Mace die in vain protecting Rickard and Edwyn from [[TheCaligula Joffrey]].]]
75	* ShipperOnDeck: Myrcella actively ships multiple different couples in the story, pushing them together for their personal happiness as well as the overall political advantage.
76	* ShoutOut: Bran and Tommen give Myrcella a kitten, which she names [[Literature/PussInBoots Boots]].
77	* TokenGoodTeammate: Tyrion, for the Lannisters; [[spoiler: unlike in canon, he remains loyal to them until he is cut down by Joffrey as he tries to protect Sansa, her son, and his own nephew.]]
78	%%* TragicVillain: Cersei and Jaime
79	%%* WarriorPrince: Robb, Aegon, Dany, Stannis, and the Martells.
80	* WhatIf: The entire premise of the story is based on "What if Myrcella was older and betrothed to Robb?"
81	* WouldHurtAChild: Joffrey kills two young children and Robert Arryn is murdered by his people, as well.
82	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Once the villainous Joffrey dies and justice is brought to the the Seven Kingdoms, the story should be through, right? Nope. Now there's a new problem to deal with in Act X.
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88	* AgeLift: Besides the change to Myrcella, the timeframe seems to have been advanced by 2-3 years from the original novels so as to make the younger characters more involved in the story. This has made the younger generation somewhat different than from canon, accounting for their additional maturity in the intervening years. The result is off-screen, yet organic, CharacterDevelopment: Rickon is no longer a toddler and is so involved more with his siblings; Sansa and Arya are not as antagonistic; Arya and Jon have grown distant since the former understands her mother more, while the latter is still uncomfortable around Lady Catelyn; and many others.
89	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Lysa becomes this to her son once they are reunited.
90	* ArrangedMarriage: In this story, turns out that Sansa's betrothed to Smalljon Umber, an arrangement she's ''not'' unhappy with.
91	* AscendedExtra: Compared to the original story in which he only appears in one chapter [[spoiler:wherein the story DroppedABridgeOnHim]], Robert Arryn becomes a POV character and is more mature due to [[spoiler:being fostered at Casterly Rock.]]
92	* ForWantOfANail: This version seems to present a timeline where Robert Arryn [[spoiler:was fostered at Casterly Rock]] for several years before his father died. It's unclear how much of the differences in the plot are a result of Myrcella's AgeLift - for the moment, at least.
93	* OddFriendship: [[spoiler:Robert Arryn and Joy Hill]] - the former is a newly-ascended Lord Paramount, the other a bastard from another Great House, and the two are best friends. There is some ShipTease hinted, but is unconfirmed as yet.
94	* OlderAndWiser: The younger cast are largely depicted as their show ages (in a story based on the novels), with their characterisation even more consistent with the changes this brings. Given it is an AlternateUniverse and the existence of many other variables, this is justified however.
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