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WIP The Prince Who Was Promised by cxjenious - M

Discussion in 'The Alternates' started by Cxjenious, May 30, 2013.

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  1. Paimon

    Paimon That fucking cat

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    You didn't happen to change the second character listed on this fic over at FFN to Ygritte did you?

    Also, damn. Guess we have a lot to look forward to at Casterly Rock. Is time going to pass pretty quickly over the course of those three chapters or are they mostly going to be about the time of his arrival?
     
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  2. Cxjenious

    Cxjenious Dark Lord

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    No. They just got rid of unknown 1.

    The chapters will cover a good deal of time.
     
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  3. KillerEggLord

    KillerEggLord Third Year

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    The one bit that I thought was a bit weird from the most recent chapter was Harry's acquiescence that he knows his station and therefore he won't marry Aeryn.

    Basically it seemed a bit strange to me that with on the one hand his own self-revelation from his discussion with Tyrion (that he is a Wizard and thus greater then other people), and on the other his discomfort with the idea of lesser people that he would so simply resolve his situation to 'I have to do what is expected of me'. Especially since for a huge chunk of this story he has been doing things that aren't expected of him.

    Now as far as I can tell he isn't romantically attracted to Aeryn (or anyone else), and he wants to protect her from Tywin so maybe he's just making peace/avoiding problems.

    But it seems a bit OC to me for the character that has been set up that he would let a bunch of Muggles dictate to him who he was supposed to love, especially with memories of his own wife.
     
  4. CrackedMind

    CrackedMind Chief Warlock

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    But they're not a "bunch of muggles"; they're his family. And he knows what happened to Tyrion, and I think you're assuming too much when it comes to how Harry feels.

    And he has memories of A wife, but not necissarily his wife. It's like remembering a dream you had a long time ago; you can't quite tell if it's real or imagined. This Harry only recently had his first kiss; even if he memories of Ginny, it's not anything he's experienced.

    So he puts weight in what he knows firsthand, or at least that's how I read into it.
     
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  5. logiccosmic

    logiccosmic DA Member

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    Just because you've watched a lot of porn, doesn't make you a pornstar. Metaphorically, Harry can debate bleached assholes, but can't find his dick without a GPS.
     
  6. MonkeyEpoxy

    MonkeyEpoxy The Cursed Child DLP Supporter

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    I feel like there's a deep as fuck joke somewhere in here.

    But goddamn I don't get it.
     
  7. Cxjenious

    Cxjenious Dark Lord

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    Love does not equal marriage.

    Quoted for truth. Plus the whole Tyrion/Tysha thing. You have to know when to fight and when not to fight.
     
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  8. Cruentus

    Cruentus Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

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    Or, in the immortal words of a song, when to hold em, fold em, and when to walk away.
     
  9. jpdt19

    jpdt19 Fourth Year DLP Supporter

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    I think you may have slightly missed the point. Harry may at heart hold to concepts/ethics from his other existence, but his upbringing has been as a Prince. As the second heir to the throne. Now if the upbringing of nobles/heirs is anything like our own world, the good ones stressed the importance of Duty, Honour, Service and responsibility.

    Oh come on mate. Harry Barratheon is a fusion of the other harry's slightly blurred memories and his own more dominant upbringing. Your use of the world 'muggles' is also out of context in the GoT verse, where harry being a prince, son of robert and cersei, is far more important to him who he may have been in another world. And as a Prince, and a son of a noble house, he understand's his responsibiliies and duties to the familly.

    Also, he's 9 YEARS OLD. Yes he acts far older than that at times, drawing on his memories and intellectual maturity from the other him (case in point his understanding of the realities of his and Aeryn's position and not being able to marry), but it won't be until he's older and establishes where he can and cannot break with tradition that things might be different.

    He accepts that political and dynastic reality won't let him marry a girl of no house, and that he probably doesn't have much of a choice in that.
     
  10. Chime

    Chime Dark Lord

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    I do believe Harry has absolutely no intentions right now of doing anything with the girl, let alone marrying her. There are lots of awkward things, the least of which being he was 200+ years old when he died, with at least a quarter of that containing sexual relations with somebody else to some degree. He was probably being genuine when he said he had no interest in her like that.

    That can obviously change in the future. It depends on her role and how close she remains to Harry in the coming years; the issue isn't resolved yet. Only marrying somebody else will really put the idea out of our minds, so I wouldn't worry too much about what Harry says. He's at least smart enough to be diplomatic when it counts. It's going to be a long time I think before the issue is actually forefront in the story. Harry has no reason to be married yet.
     
  11. Prios

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    He can be married off at any time, his age has nothing to do with that. But, there is no political reason for him to be so.

    I cannot see it happening atleast before the shit hits the fan, if following canon, where they might need it to bring someone into the fold.
     
  12. Chime

    Chime Dark Lord

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    Eh, this is Harry here. They can betroth him to somebody, but we all know what will happen if he doesn't want it.
     
  13. Ched

    Ched Da Trek Moderator DLP Supporter ⭐⭐

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    IIRC that's how the Blackfish got his name. Didn't want to marry, his brother called him the black sheep of the family or something, and next thing you know he's wandering around wearing a black fish as his personal sigil.

    But I suspect that Harry will view the potential power that comes with marriage as something he'll want. Though he'll probably manage to marry someone he chooses, rather than be forced into something he wants no part of.
     
  14. logiccosmic

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    Plus he has plenty of options to pick from. Margaery, a Stark, Dornish if it floats his boat, to say the least. Plenty of currently unbetrothed at his title level, to say nothing of various lord's daughters.
     
  15. Prios

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    While I agree, probably alot of lord's daughters, but I don't think the choosing of great houses' daughter is that great.

    Dorne still holds a grudge, Margaery wants to be THE queen, Arryn has no females, Greyjoy he kinda wants her to be his heir and if the Starks rebel again?

    But I kinda seeing him marrying a Westerlander, probably just to ease his taking the reins of the West.

    I would have said Jeyne Westerling would have been a okay choice, then I read that because of her mother she was denied even being married to one of Kevan's boys.
     
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  16. Sn0rkack

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    I wouldn't be surprised if Tywin marries Harry to Sansa in the place of Tyrion so he has rule over the North and the West. But I wonder what would happen if Joff dies and Marg then has no husband. Hopefully OP is more clever than I cause I'd probably just keep it canon and have Tyrion marry Sansa.
     
  17. Tasoli

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    I don't know about who Harry will marry but I know she will die a gruesome death.

    It is assured at this point.
     
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  18. Vir

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  19. The Fine Balance

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    Wow. Like 20~ pages about whom a 9 year old will marry/have sex with in the future.

    Any update given about the next update?
     
  20. Cruentus

    Cruentus Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

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    This is Game of Thrones. That's like 1/3 of the most important things that happens in the story.
     
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