We don't get to choose who we love

AH-AH!

So derseved!

Here you can find the other winners, but if you are looking for Got... it didn't won any other category even if nominated.

The other day I saw a story where a woman was asking why her dogs had suddenly started growling at her boyfriend whenever he was in the same room as her son.

And my immediate thought was ‘that boyfriend has hurt the kid somehow.’

Spoilers: that was exactly the case.

Fast forward about six months when I went north to visit my family. My sister walked into my parents’ house and pupper ran to greet my sister. Stopped dead in her tracks and started growling and barking. Hackles raised, full protection mode. My sisters husband had just walked in behind her.

My precious puppy wanted NOTHING to do with him. She barked, growled, ran away, and sat between him and my sister. Y'all my dog had spent maybe a weekend a half around my sister but protected her like this was her flesh and blood.

Eventually, my sister filed for divorce on grounds of “Extreme and repeated mental, emotional, and sexual abuse.” Divorce was final in less than a month because her claims were substantiated.

There was this one horse I worked with named Tonto. He was a doll. He followed me like a puppy, snuck treats out of my pocket, he was the sweetest thing. We were practically inseparable.

A guy I was considering dating came to visit me one day, and Tonto wanted NOTHING to do with him. Normally well behaved, he shoved himself between us and would NOT let this guy near me. He was stomping, acting really aggressive, and tried to bite the guy. This horse was practically dragging me back toward the barn. At that moment, despite being like, 17, I knew something was up, and ultimately things didn’t pan out for guy and me.

A year later I found out he had lied about his age (he said he was 18 but he was actually 27) he was arrested for sexually assaulting an 11 year old girl.

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Not a single soul:

Jaime & Brienne Appreciation Week ⚔ ↳ 💜 Day 4 - Head Canon Day ● Jaime vs Tormund

I’m really, really, deeply touched, I really am, because it’s marvelous to hear when your work touches someone. But it’s so much more than me – it’s the writers, it’s the writing, it’s the director, it’s the cinematography, and it’s the brilliance of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. 

LAST UPDATED: 25 August 2019

All the J/B fic recs by yours truly. Will keep updating so do check the reblogs/comments. Feel free to send me requests – the more specific the better!

All my tagged recs

LONG LISTS

Modern AU Part 1

Modern AU Part 2

Slow Burn AU

Canon!verse Endgame(-ish)

Arranged Marriage/Marriage of Convenience

One-Shot Smut

Over 100k words

JB Fic Starter Pack

Parental!JB Part 1

Various bed-sharing scenarios

Brienne disguised as a man + genderswap

Non-modern, non-canon!verse AUs

Modern AU Part 3

AUs based on a gifset by @frucienforever

J/B Investigate!

Fics based on movies

Starter pack for someone who has only watched the show, including S8 fix-its but no modern AUs

Book!Canon master post

J/B Classics

Medium-to-long one-shots

Super soft fics

PERSONAL FAVOURITES

My go-tos

My personal list of most beautifully written canon!verse fics

IMO, fics with the Best Jaime / Best Brienne / Best Jaime x Brienne

Best 2019 canon!verse fics

Best 2019 AUs

SHORT RECS

Historical/fantasy (including canon!verse) arranged marriage AUs + Regency AUs

Parents/Adoption

Sex worker

High School

Brienne as Evenstar, Jaime goes to Tarth

Canon!verse Pregnancy

Tywin approves of Brienne

Professors

book!Jaime being jealous of Hyle Hunt

Daemons, sort of

Angst

Hogwarts

Jaime keeps his sword hand

Jaime as military strategist / Jaime & Jon

Threesome / Brienne with Jaime’s children / Non-relationship obstacles

jealous/possessive!Brienne: part 1 / part 2

Brienne & Tyrion

Phone Sex (also see comments on post)

doctor!Brienne

Pregnancy angst

Soulmates/soulmarks + more

Brienne has friends! (besides Jaime) / Brienne is BFFs with Sansa

Childhood/teenage friends

Spies? Sort of?

Pegging (also see comments on post)

FWB

Morning after

Fluff

Tending to injuries

Jaime nicknames Brienne something other than “wench”

Spending time in King’s Landing

Age difference

Reincarnation

Getting back together after a break-up

Brienne dies

Drinking games/getting drunk (no S8 recs)

more jealous!Jaime (including show!canon and AUs)

Bath sex

Post-bear pit

Exploring J/C as abuse

Jaime jealous of Renly

Sparring

crack!fics

Meeting at tourneys

Jaime being upset about Brienne considering marriage for the sake of Tarth

J/B get married after the war

Jaime is jealous of Oberyn

Scenes in between fighting the Others/Night King

Time travel

Canon divergence before Season 8

Coffee shop

Jane Eyre / Jane Austen / Regency

Funny canon!verse fics

J/B travelling together

J/B choose to get married, Cersei has to deal

Jaime being needy and in love AF

Brienne isn’t a virgin when she gets with Jaime

Modern AUs where Brienne loses her virginity to Jaime

Sports

During Robert’s Rebellion

J/B’s first time around S2/3

No incest, but Cersei’s still… Cersei

Galladon is alive / insecure Jaime

Jaime thinks Brienne died but she’s alive

Jaime jealous of Tormund

non-Tyrion-friendly

Best friends to lovers

Canon!verse but J/B meet as nobles under ‘normal circumstances’

Dirty talking Jaime

UST to explicit RST (AUs)

Outside POV

Politician AU

Post-S8: Brienne moves on / Jaime has to earn her forgiveness

Fake dating

Brienne & Arya

Attending weddings as each other’s dates

J/B’s first time, show or book verse

Armour removal 1 / 2

Angsty masturbation

Jaime & Arya

Meadows of Tarth

J/B fulfil each other’s sexual fantasies

Jaime is insecure about Renly

Jaime crying

Daven Lannister

Jaime gets emotional during sex

Cersei poses a direct threat to Brienne

College AUs

Trial by combat

Cersei survives, Jaime chooses Brienne

Brienne is older than Jaime

Jaime gets to be a parent/parent figure to Myrcella and Tommen

Face-sitting part 1 / part 2

Single-chapter soulmate fics

J/B fics in Spanish

Lannister siblings grow up with two parents

Season 1!Jaime interacting with Brienne

Secret marriage

Drinking game

Jaime is a playboy

Tyrion marries Brienne

Everybody coming together to celebrate

Cersei walks in on J/B

Jaime doesn’t relinquish his title/serves on the small council

J/B have kids before falling in love

J/B go to the Wall

Brienne loses her hand

Cersei is supportive

Jaime gets along with Catelyn

Jaime denies his feelings + more

J/B fight side-by-side as a married couple

ghost!Jaime

Brienne gets pregnant out of wedlock but not in S8

Brienne as a lady

J/B as kids

Alternative to S4 White Book scene

Nikolaj was your first call on Emmy nominations day, right?

Gwendoline Christie: He rang me, and he was with his family. They were all cheering down the phone. I said to him, “I cannot, cannot, cannot believe it.” And he said, “I can.” I was pretty certain he would be nominated, but I hadn’t told anyone that I’d submitted myself other than my partner and my team. But he was always really encouraging about nominations. I would say, “You know, that’d be nice, but it’s not going to happen, and I’m not going to let myself be disappointed.” But Nikolaj was always encouraging.

We’ve just worked so hard together for so many years. We’ve both been really invested in our characters. Part of the pleasure of playing those scenes together was that we were really engaged, and we really wanted them to come to life. We just loved the story, and we both wanted to push each other to try and be better. It has been thrilling to play, and an incredibly satisfying relationship to have had. So mercurial, so undefinable. Brienne and Jaime just have this really captivating relationship.