I first read this a pretty long while ago (the story hadn't gotten to Sansa and Tyrion consummating, for example), and decided to give it another read. Very glad I did.

One thing, though - I remember the punctuation/grammar of the story being a bit rough in places, but that's not the case now. Did you do an editing pass at some point, or is my brain telling me lies again?

Other things, in no particular order:
Your Tywin is a true Magnificent Bastard, and every fighting man who saw his duel with Oberyn knows he won that.
Jaime was only able to kill the Night King because he wasthe Kingslayer, wasn't he. Names have power.
Tyrion flirting with Sansa by not flirting with Sansa was great - and the hungover scene made me laugh out loud.
Wish there was an epilogue chapter to pay off things like GendryArya, but it was a good point to end.
The whole afterlife/judgement thing absolutely should not have worked in the setting, but it totally did anyway. What exactly happened from there with Robert, Cersei and Joffrey will be rattling around in my head for a long while.
I really wonder just what would have happened if Daenerys had been willing to split power with Tommen and Margaery instead of trying to be the one in charge. They would make a fascinating trio.
"FOR TITS AND WINE!" is a warcry any man should be proud to die for.
I hope Jorah doesn't fuck it up this go-round.

Less of a "fix-it fic", and more of a "what happens if we take away the Idiot Ball fic", IMO.

Still one of my all-time fav GOT fics, thank you!

Awesome story

Rusty Hava

Great story!

Anyone interested in realworld fire arrows, try going to YT and look up TodsWorkshop channel and his videos on the subject. They were immensely more advanced and complicated than you would EVER believe.

Rereading.
Smart

You know, I've re-read this story a few times now. And while there are more intricate fics out there, this probably remains my firm favourite out of any fanfic set on Planetos. You have Tyrion (and others) make that world a better place just by thinking a little more than they do. True, there's a few loose ends, but otherwise, it's brilliant and heartwarming.

One thing I should point out that, in my opinion, Stannis uses 'duty' as an excuse to gain power. That, and Melisandre's messianic whisperings. For all Stannis' claims of adhering to duty, he doesn't care about anyone with his blood. He's willing to murder Renly, Gendry, and even Shireen, his own daughter, to fill those ambitions. Honestly, I have little to no sympathy for him, his wife, or Melisandre. Davos and Shireen are the only people from Stannis' household that I have any time for...

Read all of this today, a good story, and even if this wasn't the official ending, it is a nice spot to stop.

My annual 2024 reread complete. Thanks again !

"But it would be a Year to Remember!"

I had to say it, I've read and re-read this story probably a half-dozen times, and when I read Olenna saying that to Tywin, my head-fancast hears Kathrine Hepburn saying that line to Peter O'Toole in "Lion in Winter." I'm not sure if you deliberately re-quoted it, but the relationship between Henry the 2nd and Eleanor of Aquitaine leads me to believe that that was the vibe that RR was going for between Tywin the Ruthless and the Queen of Thorns.

…Green Lanterns?

Daenarys deserved far worse, but a good story is worth far more than vengeance, in any case.

Considering the Lannisters need money, I would think the first thing Tywinn would have down is start selling off Cersei's valuables after being imprisoned. All that jewelry probably would have helped paying off a chunk of their debt to the iron bank. After all she only needs clothes for comfort and in Tywinn's mind she wouldn't need the jewelry because she isn't going anywhere. As for the faceless men it would be more likely that Tyrion had a deal to pay them so much to keep them from accepting deals to kill him from anyone else.