#starkwolf

Changed the name of this series.

Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Round Four, Round Five, Round Six

dragon child by miss_universe (2,135 words, last updated 24 Oct 2019)

Summary: Brienne of Tarth never thought she was special, and if she was, it was in the worst meaning of the word. She still believed that — up until she found a golden egg nestled onto the beaches of Tarth. (2,135 words, last updated 24 Oct 2019)

Things I love: LIONHEART SHE NAMES HER DRAGON LIONHEART AND HE IS THE SWEETEST COMPANION. Brienne brave and determined to protect her dragon, her father, her king, her kingdom. Jaime dreaming of Brienne on Lionheart with a flaming sword (before they’ve ever met, a nice twist on his book canon weirwood dream).

A Better Man by Diary (4,510 words, last updated 26 May 2017)

Summary: AU. A look at if Tywin had been a better Father.

Things I love: Shae and Brienne’s friendship, something I never would have thought to want but I now I am desperate to read more. Jaime’s sharp-edged words even when he’s pleased. Shae’s protective nature toward the Tarths, particularly Brienne. Brienne wearing Shae’s favour as she fights. Shae and Brienne above all else, though there are many things to like.

Light in Your Bright Blue Eyes by StarkWolf (28,423 words, last updated 26 June 2020)

Summary: Vignettes. Moments. Epiphanies.

A crowded collage of the most sublime yet complicated love story in Game of Thrones. One Part of Endgame. Picks up from where Jaime leaves for Winterfell after S7.

Things I love: Jaime and Tyrion being as vicious as they are loving toward each other, Brienne’s friendships with Sansa and Arya, Jon’s respect for Brienne as a warrior, Jaime’s pining, Brienne’s pining, Winterfell caught between wars.

Come Back to Me by CaliGirl90278 (13,688 words, last updated 6 July 2021)

Summary: She was sure the answers were within her--it was just sorting through what problem to solve first. She would need help, and protection. She did not know the loyalties of those within this ruined fortress, or how they might have changed, based on what had occured today.

As she pondered this, she saw a man with the most astonishingly red hair walking by her. He did not approach or look at her directly, but his eyes stared very intently at her, as she looked carefully at him through her lashes, while she was turned toward Lady Sansa and murmuring comfortingly into her hair. I never thought to see someone else's hair even more kissed by fire than Sansa's, she thought.

Brienne gasped. Addam Marbrand.

Things I love: Fanworks of fanworks, this building on the excellent world janie_tangerine built in I’ve always loved you and I love you still. all the political intrigue, Damon Marbrand’s respect for Selwyn Tarth, Addam and Jaime’s friendship, Arya and the Hound and the Blackfish, how much Shae loves Sansa, Shae and Brienne’s growing friendship, Varys and Tyrion teaming up, Margaery being beautifully political and intelligent and driven and also loving Sansa.

May It Be by sweet_osmanthus (25,671 words, last updated 26 Sep 2021)

Summary: May it be an evening star Shines down upon you May it be when darkness falls Your heart will be true You walk a lonely road Oh, how far you are from home -May It Be, Enya

Previous WIP Wishlists

All Jaime x Brienne, all Game of Thrones S8 fix-its. 

The Arrangement by StarkWolf (21,056 words, first posted 25 Aug 2020, last updated 27 Oct 2021)

Summary: Not even a day old, Brienne’s daughter was beautiful in a way Brienne had never been, and seldom seen. Twice. She had only seen two such people to be carved from gold until her daughter. The first time Tyrion had held her daughter, he had closed his eyes as if she was the most painful sight he has ever set his eyes upon. It only seemed the Gods who had never particularly been in her favour would curse her more so, for her little, beautiful, breathtaking daughter looked exactly like her aunt who was once a queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

Things I Love: Sansa and Brienne’s care for each other, Tyrion and Brienne building a friendship, fallout from how Daenerys’ story ended, tension between Jaime and Brienne, how wonderful Brienne is as a mother (despite the fact I don’t particularly like show post-canon fic about Brienne carrying Jaime’s bastard).

Winter Should Have Meaning by kirazi @kiraziwrites (12,460 words, first posted 10 Oct 2019, 01 July 2020)

Summary: She almost kills a man the day she finds out Jaime is alive.(A companion story to A Great Fountain from Brienne's perspective.)

Things I Love: How kirazi writes Brienne’s voice, Brienne’s competence, a different look at A Great Fountain, which is a heartbreaking, heartwarming, and beautiful story, Brienne and Sansa’s friendship, how much Podrick and Brienne love each other and take care of each other, Brienne’s friendships with Davos, Sam, and Gilly.

What Is, And What Can Never Be by AngelsOfMercy (120,803 words, first posted 22 May 2019, last updated 24 March 2022)

Summary: What is a soulmate? Some people think a soulmate is your perfect fit, a mirrored reflection of themselves. The truth couldn't be more different. A soulmate is someone who holds the mirror up to you, who shows you everything that is holding you back and inspires you to change, to become who you were always meant to be. The best version of you. A soulmate is someone who sees you for your true self, the good and the bad parts of your soul, and still loves you completely. No matter what happens in life, how they might be separated, soulmates will always find their way back to one another. Here is the story of how two pairs of soulmates are reunited, despite all the obstacles in their path.

Things I Love: That this has been on my list of WIPs to highlight and it updated again before I could do so, how much Brienne and Sansa love and care for each other, Sansa’s sharp intelligence, Northern politics, another terrible trip across the realm for Jaime and Brienne.

It matters by red375 (20,676 words, first posted 13 June 2019, last update 02 Sep 2019)

Summary: “Do you matter now?” Bran asks. A pause. “You and Cersei never did.” He always assumed he’d be remembered for something. For Aerys. For Cersei. For “Brienne does”

Things I Love: Bran’s slow return to showing emotions, Jaime’s angry confusion over what role he could have possibly played even though Bran told him he had one, Sansa’s protectiveness over Brienne, Cersei getting to be cruel and furious and active in her own war, Brienne angry and sad in turns, determined to rebuild her walls and protect Sansa, Arya, and Podrick who have made it inside her walls despite herself, how Podrick protects Brienne as best he can, Sam showing what he can do for love of his brothers even as he rages, Brienne commanding men again and reuniting with her father, the tension and cliffhanger of that last chapter.

thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men by Roccolinde (45,808 words, first posted 04 March 2021, last updated 20 May 2021)

Summary: Six months after becoming Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Brienne is dismissed from her post in order to serve the kingdoms through a marital alliance. She returns home to Tarth to face the life she'd once rejected, the suitors vying for her hand, and the grief she has been denying.