❛ batmanlovesnirvana ❜ ⭑.ᐟ

Do you know why I love your fic? It's because is very grey,very adult,and I'm not talking about the sex,I'm talking about the characters acting as humans,they're not good or bad,they make mistakes,they do questionable stuff...like for example this whole Baelor and Eveline (? Sorry if it's wrong) affair. She bullied him behind he's back when they were younger right? So,as someone that was bullied while growing up and now have people kissing my ass I have to say,we always know. People who are bullied always know when someone is bullying them behind their backs,because we develop almost a sixth sense to danger and we learn how to read people so we don't get heat. But also because bullying is not always direct,it's the looks,the way a room changes when you enter it,you know people were talking about you. The way people act with you,I can't explain how,but you can almost feel the hate or the mockery,even if they're being nice. I bet Baelor,who is very perceptive (probably because of bullying too) knew exactly who were talking about him and what they were saying,even if he never heard directly himself. So now he's fucking Eveline,and you can't convince me there's not some sort of dark satisfaction in it for him,like,he doesn't even let her see his face! It's probably not even conscious... (maybe 😈) but this plot it's so grey,and non moralistic, and I love it. Like,fucking one of your previous bullies can be some sort of revenge... or maybe I'm reading too much into it but that's what I meant about your fic being very grey and mature,I love it. There are no easy answers,people are just being people,messy,imperfect,trying to not fuck up.

in evelyn’s case, baelor genuinely didn’t know 😭 there’s actually a really good comic i’ve seen that captures almost exactly how i picture him and i’ll try to find the link and post it here

ofc, he was aware of the gossip at court and what people were saying, but i don’t think he fully realized the extent of what evelyn was doing or saying behind the scenes. baelor can be observant, but he’s also the type to give ppl the benefit of the doubt and assume the best of them until proven otherwise.

I’ve talked abt this here

i don’t really see maekar as a “girl dad” the way fandom often portrays him. i think people sometimes soften him a little too much because they want him to be more likable.

that’s not to say he wouldn’t love his daughters… of course he would. but maekar is a gruff, proud, and often difficult man. he’s also canonically very competitive when it comes to baelor and baelor’s line. a lot of his character in the book revolves around feeling overshadowed and wanting his own sons to succeed, sometimes to an unhealthy degree. there’s definitely some toxicity there.

so no, annie isn’t going to magically fix him or instantly become best friends with all of his children 😭 relationships take time, and some are going to be more complicated than others. i think she’ll get along best with egg, and probably daella and rhae as well. aerion is… well… aerion … that’s a whole different situation.

There's no way Baelor won't find out what happened to Anicia,he's way to observant and he'll be in bed for three days,time enough to think about everything that happened up until now. Like you said he grew up observing people and reading them,so even if he can't pick up things from Anicia he'll definitely pick things up from others,Maekar,Valarr,servants if he can hear some gossip...

And omg now that Anicia is going to king's landing the character I'm most excited for her to meet is Bryden!!!! I wonder how they will like each other,if ever. I don't want to assume anything but Bryden might be one of the few people that could treat Anicia as a equal,not because he's good or anything so simplistic,he's definitely not 😅, but because Bryden strikes me as someone that extremely smart,know what I mean? He's s very intelligent man,Anicia might be one of the few people in the realm that come close to him intellectually,even if their areas of expertise are totally different.

bloodraven and Annie in a nutshell :

u got that right : baelor is extremely observant, but he’s also the type of person who wants to believe the best in ppl without being naive ofc. and maekar is his brother. in baelor’s mind, maekar is a knight, a warrior, someone honorable. it would genuinely never cross his mind that his own brother could be responsible for something like what happened to anicia.

girly pop don’t give me bad ideas…. so far I have a happy ending so yk … it really depends on my mood

So often, the Kings Landing working class (and lower) are treated like accessories in someone’s story. It would be such a breath of fresh air if Annie, the healthcare professional, spent a lot of time *outside* of the red keep (if it’s even possible). I also think it would be a striking dichotomy between Annie and Evelyne!

ofccccc 😭 i’ve planned so much!!

like i’ve said before, this is as much a smallfolk fic as it is a baelor fic. one of the things i’m most excited about is finally getting to write king’s landing the way i’ve been imagining it for months. there’s so much happening there beyond the nobility and court politics.

one of my biggest frustrations with fandom is how the smallfolk are often treated as a prop rather than actual people. a lot of the time, they’re only brought up to prove that an oc is kind-hearted. it’s always something like visiting an orphanage or handing out food to the poor, which is nice, but it can feel a bit surface-level.

bc the smallfolk aren’t just orphans and nameless peasants. they’re fishermen trying to make a living. they’re merchants, bakers, sailors, blacksmiths, washerwomen, servants, healers, dockworkers, sex workers, widows, single mothers raising children on their own, and people who have their own opinions about the crown, the nobles, and the world around them.

that’s what interests me. not just their suffering, but their lives. their friendships, rivalries, ambitions, fears, prejudices, relationships, and everyday struggles. some of them are good people, some are selfish, some are cruel, some are funny. they’re not a monolith.

and i know it’s not always realistic for a noblewoman (which most ocs tend to be) to spend all her time wandering flea bottom making friends with everyone 😭 but that’s also why i find it interesting to explore the barriers between those worlds. nobles and smallfolk don’t experience westeros in the same way, and i think there’s a lot of storytelling potential in that.

I've been reading fanfiction for years, and honestly, it's been a very long time since a story managed to hook me the way this one has. For a while, I genuinely thought I had lost that feeling I used to get when following an ongoing story: the anticipation of a new update, coming up with theories throughout the day, constantly wondering what might happen next, and the excitement of seeing a new chapter posted.

I don't know if it was reader's burnout, getting older, or simply my tastes changing over time, but it became harder and harder for me to connect with stories the way I once did. I still enjoyed reading, of course, but that sense of excitement I'd always associated with fanfiction seemed to have faded away.

Your story brought that feeling back.

And that makes me appreciate it even more.

I also have to admit that I'm usually not drawn to stories with an original female protagonist. Most of the time, I prefer fanfics that stay closer to the established canon characters. And yet, this story completely captivated me from the very beginning, and I've grown incredibly attached to Anicia. It's one of those rare stories that manages to break all of my usual preferences.

I want to thank you for the time, effort, and talent you've poured into this work. It has genuinely been one of the most enjoyable things I've read in years.

And honestly, if you ever decide to write original fiction, I'd love to know about it because I would be more than happy to read it.

Lastly, I'd like to apologize for any mistakes. English is not my first language, so I hope this message makes sense.

Thank you for sharing this story with us.