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Midway upon the journey of our life by Anonymous
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
08 Jul 2026
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“We could leave.”
Alicent turns and looks at her daughter with a frown, not immediately understanding the meaning of her words. Helaena is gazing at the city, hands gripping at the banister with such strength that her knuckles are turning white. Before Alicent can ask anything, her daughter speaks again.
“We should leave,” repeats the young woman, voice gaining conviction. “You, me and Jaehaera. We should disappear where no one will find us. Far from their war and their greediness.”
Torn between respecting her deal with Rhaenyra and protecting her daughter, Alicent makes a decision that changes the entire course of the Dance.
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11 Jul 2026
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alicent hightower grew up watching princess rhaenyra targaryen of valyria from a distance; through headlines, scandals, and her head-of-the-global-council father's word-of-mouth. in adulthood, she's assigned to oversee the peaceful transition of power in valyria to find that rhaenyra targaryen is precisely as intractable as the media and her father promised—
and far, far more dangerous to the order alicent has built her entire life around.
(or; a modern royalty au with political optics, assassinations, absolutely no geographical accuracy, and a doomed sense of professionalism)
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10 Jul 2026
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And even if getting Rhaenyra in as a soloist was a staggering show of nepotism, she was still the best concert pianist on the planet. It was like when Dmitri Junior recorded Shostakovich’s second. You could get mad about it for a bit, but it was ultimately fair game. Alicent had already reached all these conclusions because Viserys had spoken to her weeks ago about programming the Concerto, which only had the unwanted effect of giving her time to turn it over in her brain like a particularly nauseating Rubix cube. Each solution of the puzzle led her to the same conclusion: she would be seeing Rhaenyra imminently, and there wasn’t a damn thing she could do about it.
After ten years apart, Rhaenyra Targaryen re-enters Alicent's life for a set of solo engagements with her orchestra. Things go about as well as expected (not very).
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- Part 1 of on rachmaninoff's birthday
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09 Jul 2026
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Bride of the Dragon by Revans_Mask
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
05 Jul 2026
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In a world where the Doom never occurred, Alicent Hightower is sent to Valyria as a potential bride for Rhaenyra Targeryen, heir to one of the Freehold's greatest houses. However she is not the only suitor for the young alpha's hand and between her many rivals, the treacherous politics of Valyria, and navigating the customs of an alien land, nothing about her future is certain.
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08 Jul 2026
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in 1930s king's landing, peace between the hightowers and the targaryens— the town's most feared and respected families—is barely being held together. alicent teaches the boys at The Citadel School and does her best to keep her life small and orderly and as far, far away from any of it as she can remain; especially rhaenyra, who has only recently taken over as the new head of the targaryen family.
then, rhaenyra's four-year old son is placed in her classroom.
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08 Jul 2026