YMMV / The North Remembers

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• Harsher in Hindsight: Jojen Reed actually fares better in this story than in Game of Thrones, where he was given a Death by Adaptation before he even got into the cave.
  • Some of the ending points, such as Dany becoming queen or Rickon dying in a battle can be a bit awkward when we've gotten some of the notes where Game of Thrones ended up going.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Some of the twists and turns in this story - such as Dany incinerating Randyll Tarly, Littlefinger dying while begging a Stark woman for mercy, or Sansa becoming Queen in the north, - have turned out to be ludicrously prescient in light of the end of Game of Thrones.
• Shocking Moments:
  • In chapter 99, Ser Robert the Strong has Robb Stark's head!
  • Or how about chapter 97, wherein Aegon is revealed as a Blackfyre pretender, Jon Connington and Varys die, and two stone dragons are brought to life? Or if that's not doing it for you, maybe Cersei trying to destroy King's Landing with wildfire, Jaime killing her, and dragons advancing on the city in chapter 101 will. This fic arguably has a higher HSQ than A Storm of Swords.
• The Woobie: Many, many examples, but Edmure Tully and Jeyne Westerling easily stand out as the biggest ones. Edmure for having his plans botched of getting Jeyne to safety by Addam Marbrand, who sends a raven to Cersei who then promptly executes his lady wife and unborn child, destroying any leverage the Lannisters may have held on him, and Jeyne for her guilt over getting the man she loved killed by treachery, and then forced to abandon everything she knew and escape out of Riverrun with the Blackfish. Her family, along with Roslin, is completely wiped out because of her actions, leaving absolutely nothing else for her but the heir of the North growing inside her. And when she finally gives birth, the northern lords who had generally treated her well with hospitality soundly reject her after seeing that her son was born crippled because of the contraceptives she had unknowingly used.

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