My fanfictions as of late (Literally just JSTLD so far) tend to be extremely dark and will contain sensitive scenes pertaining to rape, underage sex, incest, graphic violence, etc. I won't glorify rape in any way but consider yourself warned. Often times my concepts might sound comedic, or a parody but they are always not actually one.

I am a fan of stories involving shades of grey, and complex plotlines with good and evil as purely fictional concepts. Every character must be flawed in some way for me to enjoy reading or writing a story. I love shifting POV's and exploring different characters. I love more than anything else in the world, making people who are enemies work together, and try to use the other to suit their own goals with the plan of stabbing them in the back later. I am of the rather controversial opinion that it is good for characters to break character at some point in time. Humans are not completely predictable, and often will make illogical OOC decisions. That is normal and what it means to be human. Consistently breaking character is bad writing but the occasional scene if done is a somewhat logical way is normal and good writing. Humans are not robots that you can perfectly predict 100% of the time. This goes doubly true for character development. It is not a linear process, relapses in character are normal. It is human to move backward in your development regularly. Jamie going back to Cersei was not a bad decision, it's natural when doing something new that you get cold feet and backslide to who you were, only to break away again, and actually change. I hate it when characters don't have critical thinking skills and fail to piece something obvious together, I won't write that. Also, I do not believe in secrets- like at all. If more than one person knows something, then it is no longer a secret.

Every single scene I write, outside of the resolution at the end will have value (Or at least at the time I had planned it/wanted the option open) later on to the plot or is essential in the now. I won't write pointless scenes that I don't plan on doubling back too, that's a waste of my time, and just adds unnecessary length. Yes, this means every scene, no matter how silly or pointless it seems. I might gloss over the importance of something in the moment but it has some later relevance. Especially the super controversial scenes. I love to foreshadow and will do so regularly. I find it enjoyable when you can look back, and see the subtle clues at what would happen but not having them over the top where it is too obvious.

For those who ask why I use the show as my jumping-off point rather than the books; I find the books more complex and nuanced then I could ever dream of writing anything. The books have literally a hundred different plot threads and I'm not sure I could wrap them all off in a satisfactory manner without blowing way past a million words. I emphasize with George RR Martin's struggle to finish the series because I genuinely don't think it's possible to finish them in under a million words without the Others just winning, and the longest book so far is only 415K words. The show is infinitely easier to wrap up with its limited number of plots. Also, I watched the entirety of the show first before reading the books, or any internet theories in order to avoid spoilers.

Random Theories/Opinions that I have that aren't a spoiler for my fics

I am firmly of the opinion that Ned Stark did not know that Jon was trueborn but has been operating under the assumption that he is a bastard born of Lyanna's rape the entire time. (If he's actually Lyanna's son in the books) I'm also of the opinion that he cares very little for Jon beyond his promise to Lyanna.

I am convinced that both Jon and Daenerys are RL children considering Ned's reaction to Robert wanting to kill Daenerys but not caring at all about Viserys/Mycah dying. George RR Martin has specifically said that they are about nine months apart which seems like a needless detail. Also preterminal births are more likely to result in death of the mother, child, and/or the child having mental health issues (If you by Mad Dany as canon). Also, the Jon is Ashara Dayne's child theory everyone canonically has holds no water when she reportedly died in early 283 AC, and Robert didn't become King until late 283 AC, which was still before the Tower of Joy. So unless Jon was already almost a year old when Ned took him home to Winterfell, no one would ever think that. We are ninety-nine percent certain that Lyanna died in childbirth so too me at least, it makes sense that Daenerys was the child who killed her in birth. Seeing as her purple eyes, and silver hair on a newborn couldn't be mistaken for Ashara's child since she was too young, sending her off to her other family might have been the only way to protect her. Yes, in spite of thinking this, I still ship Jon and Dany.

Jon won't come back from the dead (At least as a human, he might be Ghost) in Winds of Winter. GRRM is all for breaking tropes, and having him be the secret heir to the Iron Throne, and PWWP but die before he can learn that is the biggest crushing of a trope ever. If he does come back, either RL won't equal J or he'll be the one to go mad, again subverting expectations, and defying tropes. There are almost as many hints as Jon going that direction as Daenerys in the books, even if they are less obvious due to his lack of power comparatively.

Jon probably isn't Robbs heir. It feels like such an odd thing to not directly state unless he was at least considering another option or have it show up at all yet if that were the case. I have no clue who else it could be but that feels like a giant red herring.

Story Ideas that I might one day write but probably not. If you want to steal this ideas, feel free too just let me know so I can read it.

The Wrong Assumption: Ned is a few minutes late to the Tower of Joy, and Lyanna is already dead when he arrives. When Jon sees the baby between her legs with dark hair and dark eyes, he wrongly assumes that this is Robert and her's bastard. He takes the baby to Kings Landing, and Robert who idolized/loved Lyanna legitimizes him as Jon Baratheon, wanting her son to be his heir. Jon would eventually be exposed as a Targaryen and being the heir to the throne obviously wouldn't actually make claiming it or his life easy. This also requires an assumption that there was at least some mutual attraction between Lyanna, and Robert even if you think Robert imagined their sexual encounter/thinks he forgot about it because he was drunk. Also probably some shifting of the timelines

Stannis's Mad Plan: Stannis did not want to be King but what he wanted was irrelevant, it was his duty to be King as the man with the best claim to the throne and he needed to be King in order to stop the Long Night. Stannis knows he needs the North and the rest of the Seven Kingdoms to survive the winter. To get the North he needs Jon Snow and Jon Snow is an honorable fool bound by his duty to his oath and to the position of Lord Commander. When Stannis has his suspicions confirmed (He hints at knowing in 504) about Jon’s parentage by Maester Aemon he makes the decision to legitimize Jon as Jon Targaryen, to give up his crown and proclaim Jon as King of all the Seven Kingdoms so he has no choice but to leave the Wall. Stannis is Azor Ahai probably but Jon is King in this. Probably should be Jon/Shireen but I would likely write it as Jon/Dany.

I Wish I Was Just a Normal Bastard: Ned Stark can't keep that Jon is Lyanna and Rhaegar's son secret. Jon grows up knowing he is the bastard of a union that caused a war and ended the Targaryen dynasty. Universally hated by literally everyone because of the actions of his parents. The Targaryen loyalists hate him for being Lyanna's who caused the rebellion which killed Rhaegar. Robert's supporters hate him even more for who his father is. Robert actually loved Lyanna and lets the kid live as it was her dying wish.

The Faceless Ranger: What if Jaqen H'ghar had actually made it to the wall and joined the Night's Watch? How would the story change when the Night's Watch had a faceless man in their employ?

A Lie Told to Incite Anger Which Was Accidentally True: Jon can't persuade Daenerys and her council that the Others are a greater threat than Cersei and they can't wait. He can't convince Cersei to help either. When Sam writes to him with news of Rhaegar having secretly married Lyanna, Jon does the stupidest thing possible. He decides that the proof of their marriage means that he can get both Queens to turn their attention Northward. He steals Rhaegal, and declares himself as Rhaegar's child and the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. He never expected that Bran would tell him it was actually true. Daenerys, understandably pissed at his betrayal flies North with all of her armies, forgetting Cersei for the moment to kill the lying usurping bastard. Cersei had always Lyanna Stark for stealing Rhaegar and rightfully understands that the Stark Targaryen is a bigger threat than the foreign one. She too marches to the North with all her armies to kill them. When the wall falls they realize the real threat Jon has warned them of is real and unite to battle the Others while also all trying to sabotage each other and secure the throne.

A Missed Conversation: Arya doesn't hear Daeron tell Bethany that he won't ever go back to the wall and instead asks him to take her back with him to the wall as she had planned. He dumps her on Sam and after finding out her true identity and Sam rushes back to the watch with Arya forgetting about heading to oldtown as Jon had ordered. Roose's lie about having Arya quickly falls apart when the real Arya shows up, and he loses the North. Jon accepts Stannis's offer to be legitimized as Jon Stark in order to protect Arya.

Dying Really Fucking Sucks: Jon dies and learns that it is actually the worst. Eternal pain beyond belief, complete isolation. When he is brought back he is completely terrified of death and refuses to kill anyone innocent under any circumstances. He forsakes all honor and becomes an assassin in order to avoid all wars and any unnecessary innocent deaths. Even the guilty, he won’t kill if it is at all avoidable. A pacifist Jon tries to stop the Long Night while also searching for immortality.

Making Season 8 Logical: This is more of a challenge than an original story but it's something that I would enjoy writing. I would be copying every scene and all dialogue from episode 803 on exactly as it was stated word for word and I probably wouldn't add any scenes either. The idea would be to show what was going on in the character's heads, to keep them in character somewhat, and make the plot progression of the season and questionable character decisions make some degree of sense. I'm not sure if it's actually possible but it sounds fun. I.e. Jon didn't push Daenerys away cause incest but because he feared that just like Robert and Rhaeger, him choosing love would just end in her death, and the death of innocents.

King of The Bastards, and The Broken Things: This story I do actually plan on writing at some point. It would be a societal revolution hopefully akin to the realistically impossible and conflictory way they happen in real life. Families would not side with each other just because they are family, husband, and wife would be on opposite sides, and children would oppose their fathers. People wouldn't side with Jon just for power but only because they actually want what he wants. Power won't be enough to change hearts, and minds but he actually has to change people's way of thinking. Jon learns of his heritage from Maester Aemon who doesn't want Jon to throw his life away before he's lived. Rather than return to Winterfell where he was practically banished for being a bastard or seek out his Targaryen family that was sure to reject him as well considering the history of their bastards, Jon sets off on his own realizing how society tramples bastards and second sons, cripples, and dwarfs and sets to change society - by taking the Iron Throne and rewriting the laws of succession to give bastards and outcasts an equal place to trueborn heirs. This would be an absurdly long story that completely rewrites cannon from the start of the first book and would likely eventually be Jon/Dany but also they wouldn't meet for an absurdly long time (By my standards too which considering they don't meet in person in JSTLD until at least 250K words in that's saying something) and have different parts of the wheel they want to break that leaves them on opposing sides. Faegon would likely play a role as the person who represents the status quo so people aren't just siding with Jon, or Dany because Joffrey is a horrible King, and anything would be better. Jon, and Dany could even be arguably considered the bad guys for how much damage and lives are lost in their quest to change the world. This would be very morally grey, and Ramsay would side with Jon but still be the monster he is in cannon. Also all the Targs (Including Faegon) would have a Dragon because Dragons are absurdly overpowered and only one side having them makes a war shortlived.