#i think if u tried to tell me that any of my asoiaf fiction was actually analysis of themes *as

[cleromancy]

saw a post earlier that was like "i have a theory that fanfic is more literary analysis than creative writing" and i was like. i know exactly what you mean but thats not what im doing. love and light to you but i am doing a different thing than that

#analysis headcanonning and writing fanfic are all entirely different pastimes to me #this person: transformative work is really just about expanding and delving in to the text :) #me: maybe to You #ive just been thinking about this a lot lately like whats present in the text and how i play with whats present there when i step away with #it and start telling my own story #bc with very few exceptions what i like to make is big canon divergences or something centered on a background character and i explore+ #themes present in the OG in new context. but im not trying to write those themes the way theyd be written in the OG. #i think if u tried to tell me that any of my asoiaf fiction was actually analysis of themes *as #george* i would kill you with a rock #i like what George does with theme btw not actually criticizing him here. but thats not what im doing. im doing something else. #**edited to clarify re what i like to make. i meant those two examples just as examples not the totality #to generalize a bit? its stuff that would be out of place in the OG narrative #howevwr if you question my characterization choices be prepared for me to show up at your house with an itemized list of canon support and #in depth reasoning on where it came from and why i made that choice #and then be prepared to be killed with a rock also.

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T u v!

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

i had to think about this one, because i am a sucker for most tropes, but - i’m not a huge fan of fics where arya returns to storm’s end with a baby/child, without telling gendry first. unless circumstances 100% prevented it, i just have a tough time believing that she wouldn’t send a raven immediately/as soon as she could. i don’t subscribe to most of her characterization in season 8, so i do believe that she talked to gendry before she left for her sea voyage, and i struggle to picture her giving birth and not trying desperately to make sure he knew - especially knowing how he feels about his own parentage/background. 

U: A pairing you might like to write for, but haven’t tried yet.

honestly, outside of the ASOIAF universe, none come to mind at the moment! 

gendrya is the hardest i’ve shipped a fictional couple in my entire life. no other pairing has ever inspired me to write as much as they have, and i think it’s because i see so much of myself in arya, so it’s really seamless for me to use personal feelings and experience in the writing process. i’m a big supporter of a bunch of other pairings (both ASOIAF and not), but i’ve not connected to any one character like i have to arya, so i don’t feel super moved to try writing any of them. 

that could change, though! right now, my muse is just screaming “NICE THOUGH, A NICE OAK TREE” on a loop in my head, so 🤷‍♀️

V: A secondary (or underrated) character you want to see more of in fic?

i’ll answer this in the context of gendrya fics, specifically - bran and rickon!! i think arya’s relationships with her little brothers are incredibly rich and fascinating. maybe it’s because i have a little brother that i would die for, but i would love to see more fics (particularly modern ones) that dive deeper into arya’s role as an older sister. 

#anonymous #gendrya