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but the wolves came and went (and we’re still standing)

chapter 8

Pondrya/Leverage AU

Arya and Brienne training before the battle and Podrick make heart eyes at Arya (again) and talk to her and everything

And Gendry seeing everything from the forge like I gonna kill you with my hammer for look at my girl like that and breathe in her presence 🙃.

Seriously, I know most of you are better writers than me, I’ve been to AO3. Plus, you’re a whole hell more likely to FINISH it than I am. (Hi, I’m Gayle and ADD does not go away just because you’re a grown-ass adult with responsibilities.) Really, all of you should write a version of it because there is not wrong way to do it. Absolutely every version is valid. Totally valid.  But, if I was to write it (which I’m not), I would call it:

Just Another Marmot Monday

Marmots are cousins to groundhogs and, yeah... You can see them in Yosemite, and probably other places. You’re practically guaranteed to see them at Olmsted Point parking lot. 

Chapter 1:  Second Verse Same As The First (Except I’m NOT writing it.  Someone else is. And yes, that’s Herman’s Hermits lyric. And no, you shouldn’t name your chapters because it sucks when you run out of names.)

Among the things SOMEONE ELSE could do are:

1. Gendry could tell kill Mel at least once.

2. So could Davos.  

3. Gendry could teach himself to read (and use a fork). He’s got time. Picture Gendry, who’s so over the battle for the Dawn, wandering up to Arya on the battlements with a book in his hand. “What’s this word?” 

“What are you doing? The dead are everywhere.”

Gendry shrugs. “They’ll be back. What’s this word?”

“Knight.”

“Knight?  Why’s it got a k in it?”

4. You could save Theon. That could be one of the keys to getting the right outcome.  How, you ask?  Let me tell you...

5. Gendry could, eventually, become a brilliant military strategist.  Mostly by asking the people who should know better what went wrong in the last battle and then suggesting they do it differently the next time around.

“Isn’t it stupid to just send the Dothraki straight at the Dead?  Aren’t they just going to get slaughtered?   Even if you set their arakhs on fire, there’s too many dead that way.”

“Doesn’t the Night King know you have two more dragons? Isn’t he just gonna wait until the dead kill most of us and then just riding in once it’s safe?”

“Aren’t the Ironborn supposed to be great archers?  Wouldn’t it be better to have them on the battlements?”

“Is a crypt full of dead people really a good place to hide from someone who can raise the dead?”

“It would probably be a good idea to keep the dragons off the ground. So they don’t overwhelmed by the dead.”

6. Jon could catch them having sex. More than once. In different locations. And positions. Or, you know, Sansa, Sandor, Brienne (no Podrick, @gizkasparadisehas done that too well).  Davos! “What the hell are you thinking, boy! Do you know who she is?”

7. Matchmaker, matchmaker... Think of all the couples that Gendry could accidentally or intentional set-up! Full disclosure - I’m Anti-Jonsa.  And Anti-Jonerys. Have we learned nothing from Jaime and Cersei? INCEST BAD! But, if no one’s going to remember it the next day? I could see bending that for just the night.

Jaime/Sansa? 

Daenerys/Sansa?  

Jorah.Daenerys?  (This only applies to Show Jorah.  Book Jorah need not apply.)

Arya/Podrick? (That would definitely be an accident and only happen once. Gendry’d make sure to put a stop to that every other time.)

Brienne/Tyrion?

Name your crack!

8. fAegon! Whatever, it’s our rules. Gendry won’t even know what he did to cause this guy to show up. But he definitely hates him.

9. A bunch of stuff I’ll think up tomorrow when I’m coding documents and reviewing other people’s reports.

10. Gendry learns to play the high harp.  And cook Arya’s favorite food (but no pie).

11. Gendry asks Arya about the Gods Damned Scars, come on! Is that too much to ask for?

Introducing: A Million Ways To Date In The West(erso)

Have you ever wondered what would happen if your favorite GoT/ASOIAF characters met on a dating app?

Are they there by choice or did some well intentioned but very misguided friend set up the profile for them in hopes for a much needed love match?

Maybe your fav has never been able to find The One because every single date is The One? And they are sincerely working on that, honest, but can you fault them for falling head over heels with just about anyone when they just have so much love to give?

Or maybe they are the traditional type, and trust no one more than a professional match maker to set them up with the potential love of their life for a couple of grand? Who cares if the match maker has obviously fake red hair, speaks with an unplaceable accent and finds your love by starring deep in her flames... erm.. fireplace? She’s a P 👏 R 👏 O 👏 F 👏 E 👏 S 👏 S 👏 I 👏 O 👏 N 👏 A 👏 L  👏

If you’ve found yourself pondering these things, we have great news for you! Us mods have also wondered about these things, frequently and explicitly in our group chat in fact. We’ve wondered so much, that we decided it was time to put out a call on tumblr dot com and see if anyone else has wondered these things and would like to contribute to our newest BBP production. 

So here’s the thing, this time around we’re changing things up a bit. Typically us mods give a prompt (ex: Game of Thrones but circus... Game of Thrones but in a hospital.. you get it?) and have pre-selected a variety of fandom mainstays, rarepairs and crackships to play in the chosen sandbox, but we’re all about spicing things up a bit right now. We’ve given the prompt, but we think ya’ll can chose what ships you’d like to write this time. Go a little crazy here kids, give us your best (worst?) pairings! 

Now, we’re not saying ANYTHING goes, the mods have three no-go’s that we’d Very Much Like To Be Excluded From Our Narrative; if she’s currently the QITN after that series finale, please refrain from pairing her with the likes of Baelish, Tywin or Ramsay. If that’s your thing, it’s cool, but it’s really not ours and it’s our one major request of potential contributors. 

This also means the chapters DO NOT have to be interconnected. If someone has posted a chapter of Jaime matching with Brienne on Tinder, but you want to write Jaime falling in love with a bizarre red headed fireman named Tormund solely through their exchanges on threads in the Westeros’ Got Talent subreddit, go for it. Cuz who really cares about continuity or canon when it comes to Game of Thrones? We’ve all (probably) seen season eight here... 

If you’d like to join this madness, here’s the Most Important Information:

The fic is going online SEPTEMBER 16TH 2019. That’s a whole month from now, so plenty of time to pre-write as much as you’d like. 

If you’d like to participate, please shoot a DM or ask to this account. Please include an email address (fandom or personal, whichever you prefer) so the mods can get a hold of you within the next few weeks to further discuss our fast and loose guidelines and our posting non-schedule.