I think we can all agree that our answer to the age old question of "would I wanna live in asoiaf ?" Is a big resounding NO. That said, I would love to be a visitor (a tourist if you will) because damn the places are so cool so:
I know I couldn't put everything in it but I only have 10 answers available. So please please tell me which one you would want to go to in the tags.
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Interview With a Writer
Thank you @fairysluna for taking the time to answer my questions and giving us a BTS to your brilliant one-shot! 💜 Interview With a Writer is my ongoing series of the talented souls on Tumblr and ao3, and their brilliant writing!
Dividers by @saradika 💜
Name: fairysluna
Story: the summer island.
Paring: Aegon II Targaryen x Female!Reader
Warnings: fluff, mentions of parental neglect, nudity (not in a sexual way), cursing, golden retriever and black cat dynamic
So, when did you start writing?
Okay, it's a bit embarrassing 💀 so I started to write since I was like 12, just silly, stupid stories about One Direction because I loved them so much (specially Harry). I've also written for the Harry Potter Universe and 5SOS... but it wasn't until I watched HOTD that I started to write in English and actually finish a story.
Where did the plot for the summer islands come from?
The plot came from a request; if I remember correctly an anon sent me an ask requesting a fluff story with Aegon escaping with the reader and having a picnic with Sunfyre by their side.
I took the idea and molded it to what you read there, and also because I wanted to play with the black cat/golden retriever trope that I love so much.
Can you expand on your interpretation of Aegon? What drives him? Why is he the way he is in TSI?
Well, the same things that happened on the show, I guess. Aegon is someone who grew up in an abusive/manipulative environment, and I think that his position as a Targaryen prince has made him an easy target to people that view him just as someone that has money and a high rank in society.
Which is why I tried to make him reluctant to trust in the reader at first, since is the first time he meets someone who's not interested in what he can give, so it's weird for him. He didn't trust in her at first because he's used to people just wanting to use him.
Was there anything in specific that inspired your Reader portrayal?
I don't think so... though I knew from the start that I wanted to make her like this bubbly, oblivious character because it's the opposite of Aegon's personality. I thought it was the appropriate way to do it since she was in isolation most of her life, so she was untainted by the world. She's the ray of sunshine Aegon needed in his life.
Why do you think your Reader compliments Aegon so well?
I had in mind that Aegon escaped his life in King's Landing because the pressure of wearing the crown was too much for him to handle. He wanted to go to the free lands and live as he pleased but we know that doesn't happen.
He meets the Reader and, in my opinion, is like fresh air for him; she's someone that doesn't know who he is, and it's the first person who shows that she genuinely cares about him and actually listens to him; she cuts his hair, lends him her bed so he can be comfortable, and he feels seen for the first time. She gives him this sense of freedom that he craved so bad... and I think that's why he falls in love with her. He just needed love.
[Source.]
What inspired Sunfyre's chaterization is in TSI?
I just got inspired by cats. I love them so much and they're so stubborn... Sunfyre gives me orange cat vibes, which can be chaotic but at the same time they're such sweet things. Also cats perceive people's energy, and that's why Sunfyre didn't mind the reader touching him or getting too close to him.
Will there be an epilogue?
I don't think I will write more about them, because I'm actually happy with the closure that I gave them... in my head they will live in that small cottage for eternity, and maybe create a family, but that's it.
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