History Fanfic / AYoungGirlsGameOfThrones

* SympathyForTheDevil: Ned admits to Tywin, while in his captivity, that part of him feels sorry for the man for having to deal with the fact that Cersei and Jaime engaged in incest and war has cost him his eldest, son, younger brother, nephew and grandson.

--> '''Myrcella''': Come now, mother, I nearly died today. Stop keeping me in the dark. Do you know how many people I saw die? Do you know how close a Gold Cloak spear came to running me through?

* WithUsOrAgainstUs: What caused a rift between Myrcella and Cersei is the fact that the former moved to establish friendly rapport with Stannis, Renly, the Starks and others within reach. Her mother objected to that, saying that all non-Lannisters are enemies who should be kept at a distance. Their relationship has been adversarial ever since. Something that's only been furthered by Cersei's unwillingness to let Myrcella in on her plans.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:King Robert's group didn't go down quickly or easily even though they were surprised and grossly outnumbered. Robert, Balon, and Yohn slew around a dozen men each before they were taken down fighting. Even Ser Boros, who was usually considered the most useless of the Kingsguard, managed to kill several opponents and died honorably as he defended his King. Robert also utterly thrashes the leader of the assassins, one Ser Lyn Corbray, with his bare hands and is only stopped because the rest of the ambushers pile on him from behind]].

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: One of Melisandre's later divinations reveals that the reason why the earlier ones showed her Stannis being proclaimed Azor Ahai was because she was seeing a moment where people believed her after she told them that he was Azor Ahai, and that it only happened because of her actions.

--> '''Myrcella''': "Stark was right, you moved against father too. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Is he already dead?]]

--> '''Myrcella''': [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Now that is something I can believe]]. And I can help; [[EnlightenedSelfInterest I have a vested interest in making sure I am protected]]. So, I will ask again for the final time, what did you do?"

* CoolUncle: Tyrion, Renly and Jamie to Myrcella.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:King Robert's group didn't go down quickly or easily even though they were surprised and grossly outnumbered. Robert, Balon, and Yohn slew around a dozen men each before they were taken down. Even Ser Boros, who was usually considered the most useless of the Kingsguard, managed to kill several opponents and died honorably as he defended his King. Robert also utterly thrashes the leader of the assassins, one Ser Lyn Corbray, with his bare hands and is only stopped because the rest of the ambushers pile on him from behind]].

** Many of the Northern Lords believe that Myrcella is merely a mascot that the Stormlanders rally behind to boost morale. They also guess that [[OldSoldier Ser Barristan]] is the one spear-heading their military tactics on the battlefield with [[GeneralRipper Tywin Lannister]] sending them the more ruthless orders to them to carry out. They conclude that if they succeed in killing the two men (especially Tywin), beating the Stormlanders will be a piece of cake.

* IOweYouMyLife: Tywin says this to Myrcella [[spoiler:after she slays the shadow assassin that was just about to kill him.]] He and his brother now treat her with respect as their equal and take her words into consideration.

* KinSlayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Because he believes Myrcella is truly his brother's daughter, Stannis wants to avoid killing her at all cost because of this trope, despite being the opposite of the war he's fighting and is a major threat.

* NumberTwo: Myrcella has three. Ser Cortnay, who acts as her regent for the Stormlands. Ser Barristan, who acts as the commander of her war host. And last, but not least, Brienne, who is her most trusted confidant and sworn shield.
* OddFriendship: Myrcella and Arya get along quite well, with the former helping the latter out with her problems whenever they cross paths.

* RedBaron: Thanks to her aggression during their training sessions, the Red Cloaks dubbed Brienne the "Terror of Tarth".

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While Tywin has a point that they need to respond to Mace Tyrell's march towards King's Landing, his decision to withdraw the Westerlands force from the Crossroads seems to be heavily influenced by the shadow assassin's attack.

** Cersei's plan to have the Starks in The Tower of the Hand killed in her coup would have worked had Myrcella and not been there at the time playing with the children. Not only does she fight alongside Ned, Brienne, Syrio, Jory and the Stark knights against the Gold Cloaks, she offers herself as a PrisonerExchange for Sansa's safe return to her father, allowing the surviving northerners to successfully pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere to rendezvous with Stannis to prepare for war against the Lannisters.

* TortureIsIneffective: Cersei has Loras tortured to try to break him and make him swear fealty to Joffrey, thinking this would make House Tyrell follow suit. [[spoiler:This fails spectacularly when [[DefiantToTheEnd Loras shows his maiming to an open court, denounces Joffrey and declares for Stannis]]. Joffrey kills him in a rage, along with any chance for peace with the Reach]].

--> '''Myrcella''': ''(Looks at her with contempt.)'' What I have done? [[DidntThinkThingsThrough You could have told me that I was not allowed to leave the Royal Apartments, but you did not. You could have given better instructions to the captain of your household guard, but you did not. Or maybe you could have not cheated on father!]]

--> '''Cersei''': ''(Drinks more wine)'' This is why your going to visit the Stark girl has ruined everything. Lord Stark will make his filthy accusations for all the Seven Kingdoms to hear.

--> '''Cersei''': ''(Trying not to freak out)'' They will spew their lies, but when they dare to take the field, Jaime and your grandfather will crush them.

--> '''Cersei''': ''(Flinches)'' "What are you talking about, what move against your father?"

--> '''Cersei''': shuddered. You are still a child. Just quit being willful, and all will be well.
--> '''Myrcella''': He's dead, isn't he? That's why you felt confident about moving against Stark. I'll know soon enough; tell me." I walked forward, leaving less than a foot between us.
--> '''Cersei''': "I told you, stop believing in Stark lies. They sent assassins after Robert, I learned of it, and acted. I sent Jaime to stop them and then had Janos try to arrest the Starks. We will know soon if Jaime has made it in time."
I shook my head. "I grow weary of your falsehoods, Cersei.
--> '''Cersei''': Family is everything, Myrcella. All I do is to protect you and your brothers."
--> '''Myrcella''': Now that is something I can believe. And I can help; I have a vested interest in making sure I am protected. So, I will ask again for the final time, what did you do?"
--> '''Cersei''': She wavered, she was teetering and... then her expression hardened. "You are a child not yet flowered. I will not be lectured by you or be called a liar by my own daughter. You are confined to your quarters, and you will speak to no one of the lies the Starks have told you."
--> '''Myrcella''': I sighed. "Very well, Cersei. I will see you on the morrow for breakfast.

* AbusiveParents: While Cersei loves her children, that doesn't necessarily mean she's a good mother. She spoils Joffrey rotten and fills his head with nonsense about how strong and fierce he is, despite all evidence to the contrary and being clear that he needs to be taught humility and responsibility. She barely interacts with Tommen because Joffrey is the child she paid the most attention to. And finally she's at odds with Myrcella for displaying independence from her desires and being friendly towards people she doesn't like (e.g. the Starks, her paternal relatives and the servants) and not BlindObedience towards her, going has far as to slap in the face and yanking by the hair while calling her stupid little girl for making decisions for herself instead going by her mother first. Robert admits to Ned that the main reason he doesn't abdicate the throne and leave King's landing is because he dreads to imagine leaving lids alone with his wife.

* ByTheHair: Cersei does this to Myrcella when she's angry at her. This apparently has happened so many times that the girl has learned to move with her mother's hand instead of against it to make it less painful.

* MustMakeAmends: Myrcella implores Robert to make up with Ned, as she's friends with the Stark children and doesn't want to see her father lose his long-time best friend. Robert takes this to heart and talks things out with Ned.

* GenerationXerox: Myrcella looks a lot like Cersei did when she was young, though thankfully lacks her mother's temperament and lack of foresight. She's taking active part in fighting in a war just like a her father.

* AscendedExtra: Lum, who in canon is very much a BitCharacter is given some backstory and more expanded role in the fic as Myrcella's semi-regular lackey and the main POV for lower rank commoners.

* OnlySaneMan: After Myrcella's departure to the Stormlands and Tyrion having no authority to do anything, [[OnlySaneByComparison Jaime]] becomes this for the Lannister leadership in King's Landing. He tries to keep aware of the Lannisters' political needs and tries to curb some of Joffrey and Cersei's worst ideas, to varying degrees of success.

* AbledInTheAdaptation: Because Because he doesn't climb the tower and gets pushed by Jamie, Bran doesn't get crippled from the waist down.

* RoyalBrat: Joffrey is the poster child for this trope with her mother Cersei being a PsychpathicWomanchild version of this. This is defied by Myrcella and Tommen.

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-young-girls-game-of-thrones.1095557/ A Young Girl's Game of Thrones]]'' is a crossover fanfiction between ''Literature/TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil'' and ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' by Failninja.

* RedBaron: Thanks to her aggression during their training sessions, the redcloaks dubbed Brienne the "Terror of Tarth".

* SacredHospitality: [[spoiler:House Arryn violates this in a major way when they invite Myrcella for a Trial of Seven, only to say that they've already sworn to Stannis and that R'hllor does not recognize the practice. Then they see her executed via moon door with all haste, this after she had already been given bread and salt.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Cersei has a ''big'' one in Chapter 40 when she [[spoiler:learns about Joffery's death.]] Becoming so overcome with with grief and rage that she ''attacks'' Tywin.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Tyrion vomits when he learns of [[spoiler: Jaime's death]].
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: What caused a rift between Myrcella and Cersei is the fact that the former moved to establish friendly rapport with Stannis, Renly, the Starks and others within reach. Her mother objected to that, saying that all non-Lannisters are enemies who should be kept at a distance. Their relationship has been adversarial ever since. Something that's only been furthered by Cercei's unwillingness to let Myrcella in on her plans.

* UnderlingWithAnFInPR: Melisandre's foreign religion, complete disdain for local traditions and interest in burning people alive is NOT doing Stannis any favors, as Ned and Davos repeatedly tell him.
** And then there's Joffrey...

* UngratefulBastard: According to Littlefinger, Jon Arys took him under his wing after his disastrous duel with Brandon led him to being kicked out of the Riverruns, allowing to work his way up to become Master of Coin on the Small Council. This didn't stop for arranging his assassination for his schemes.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Lancel]]'s death hits Kevan hard, especially since he figures out it was the result of Cersei's plot.
* PetTheDog: Garlan makes sure to not brutalize the Westerlander smallfolk his host encounters as he believes that the knightly vows he swore hold meaning. With this, he makes sure to keep foraging to a minimum and ordered no theft, no rapes and that villages are not deprived of the means to continue producing food. In a contrast to Stannis' actions from just the previous chapter, he even punishes the men who defy these orders.

** Cersei's plan to have the Starks in the Tower of the Hand killed in her coup would have worked had Myrcella and not been there at the time playing with the children. Not only does she fight alongside Ned, Brienne, Syrio, Jory and the Stark knights against the Gold Cloaks, she offers herself as a PrisonerExchange for Sansa's safe return to her father, allowing the surviving northerners to successfully pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere to rendezvous with Stannis to prepare for war against the Lannisters.

* TheUnfavorite: Myrcella is this to both Cersei and Tywin but for different reasons, for Cersei it's due to the fact that Tanya is simply better at everything Cersei claims to be, for Tywin it's because [[StayIntheKitchen she's a woman]]. Although has reconsidered his opinion on her, due to her aid in the war effort and especially after she saved his life from [[spoiler:a shadow assassin.]]

** Lord Royce has lost a great deal of respect for Stannis when he turned down Myrcella's offers in ways for to be returned unharmed, e.g. TrialByCombat or PrisonerExchange, so that he could execute The Mountain for his war crimes. The only reason the Stormlanders don't execute him in retaliation is due to Myrcella's mercy in releasing him back.

* RightHandVersusLeftHand: The leadership of the Lannister side of the brewing war consists of [[SlaveToPr Myrcella]], [[StupidEvil Cersei and Joffrey]] and [[EvilOverlord Tywin]].

* SpannerInTheWorks:

* TheUnfavorite: Myrcella is this to both Cersei and Tywin but for different reasons, for Cersei it's due to the fact that Tanya is simply better at everything Cersei claims to be, for Tywin it's because [[StayIntheKitchen she's a woman]].

* VillainousBreakdown: Cersei has a ''big'' one in Chapter 40 when she [[spoiler:learns about Joffery's death.]] Becoming so overcome with with grief and rage that she ''attacks'' Tywin. She then proceeds to devolve into a VillainousBSOD when she is then informed that [[spoiler: Jamie died too.]]

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** Lord Royce has lost a great deal of respect for Stannis when he turned down Myrcella's offers in ways for to be returned unharmed, e.g. TrialByCombat or PrisonerExchange, so that he could execute The Mountain for his war crimes. The only reason the Stormlanders don't execute him in retaliation is due to Myrcella's mercy in releasing him.

* SoleSurvivor: After the events of chapter 39 [[spoiler: Ser Arys Oakheart is the last living Kingsguard knight]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Several characters survived far longer than they did in canon. Lady and Nymeria were spared thanks to Tanya's interference. Ned, Jory, and Syrio managed to escape King's Landing.

* DistressedDude: Poor [[ButtMonkey Edmure]] can't go through one battle without being captured by the enemy. Luckily for him, Myrcella treats her POWs well and he doesn't stay captive for too long before being released back to his people.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Robert's group didn't go down quickly or easily even though they were surprised and grossly outnumbered. Robert, Balon, and Yohn slew around a dozen men each before they were taken down. Even Ser Boros, who was usually considered the most useless of the Kingsguard, managed to kill several opponents and died honorably as he defended his King. Robert also utterly thrashes the leader of the assassins, one Ser Lyn Corbray, with his bare hands and is only stopped because the rest of the ambushers pile on him from behind]].

** OhCrap:

** The catspaw assassin attacks Myrcella instead of Bran and is quickly disposed of.

* BrokenPedestal: Myrcella [[SelectiveObliviousness thought for years]] that Cersei was a gracious and intelligent queen. When she discovered how crazy and stupid she was and how badly she'd destroyed her hope for a peaceful and comfortable life, things got ugly.

* DramaticIrony: Myrcella was appalled when she hears Cersei had threatened to cut Lord Beric piece-by-piece until he agreed to bend the knee, musing that even if it was just a bluff, [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough threatening an important noble she was hoping to sway to her cause with mutilation was simply ridiculously stupid]]. A few chapters later, we found that [[spoiler:Cersei did torture and maim an important noble, namely Loras, in the hope he'd bend the knee only to fail spectacularly]].
* TheDreaded: Myrcella is this to Lum, who feels that if she were to represent any of the Seven, it would not be the Maiden but the Stranger. She is also this to the goldcloaks given how she killed so many of them in the attack on the Tower of the Hand that she was covered in their blood at the end of it.

** When Myrcella bargains for a prisoner exchange with Stannis with Ser Gregor for Lord Royce, Robb is the first to first figure that [[spoiler:that she doesn't actually want The Mountain back but instead banking on her uncle's HonorBeforeReason attitude to turn it down to lose favor with the Knights of The Vale.]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Just when it seems like Jaime will help Addam Marbrand and Tyrion stage a coup against Cersei and Joffrey, she seduces Jaime to get him back under her sway; he proceeds to sell out the plot, only giving Tyrion enough warning to flee to the Stormlands before arrests are made.]]

* GoodIsNotDumb: While Ned and Robb Stark are often dismissed for their HonorBeforeReason tendencies by their enemies, they prove time and again to be SmarterThanYouLook, including when it comes to Myrcella's actions.

* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Despite being TheDreaded and the WorldsStrongestMan, Ser Gregor Clegane was defeated in battle by [[spoiler:Robb]] and his army led by him and taken captive, with injuries that would prevent him from fighting well for weeks. This gets invoked by Ser Morton to use him as a prisoner exvchange for Lord Royce: they beat The Mountain before and they could beat him again later after they get their captured lords back.

* SayingTooMuch: When Myrcella accuses Stannis of sending a shadow creature to assassinate her, Davos comes to his defense and says that she wasn't their target. This confirms to the girl and Stannis's army that he ''did'' engage in dark magic to summon a dark creature in the first place, causing more than a few soldiers to lose respect for him. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Davos latter lambasts himself for not keeping his mouth shut]].

* GoodIsNotDumb: While Ned and Robb Stark are often dismissed for their HonorBeforeReason tendencies, they prove time and again to be SmarterThanYouLook, including when it comes to Myrcella.
** While he doesn't like it, Ned goes along with Myrcella plan to use her as a PoliticalHostage in exchange for Sansa's safe return, as he had nothing else to bargain with Cersei to get his daughter back. However, Ned also takes note that Myrcella is doing out of SacredHospitality and has no problems killing others, he warns Robb that the girl will be a dangerous enemy to face in the war, something his son takes to heart.
** When Myrcella bargains for a prisoner exchange with Stannis with Ser Gregor for Lord Royce, Robb is the first to first figure that [[spoiler:that she doesn't want The Mountain back but instead backing on her uncle's HonorBeforeReason attitude to turn it down to lose favor with the Knights of The Vale.]]

* IOweYouMyLife: Tywin says this to Myrcella [[spoiler:after she slays the shadow assassin that was just about to kill him.]]

* DramaticIrony: Myrcella was appalled when she hears Cersei had threatened to cut Lord Beric piece-by-piece until he agreed to bend the knee, musing that even if it was just a bluff, threatening an important noble she was hoping to sway to her cause with mutilation was simply ridiculously stupid. A few chapters later, we found that [[spoiler:Cersei did torture and maim an important noble, namely Loras, in the hope he'd bend the knee only to fail spectacularly]].

** Ned has executed his fair share of criminals by his sword, he's appalled by Melisandre having them burned on the stake as its a CruelAndUnusualDeath. Makes sense he'd feel that way, since that's how his father was murdered by the Mad King.

* UnderlingWithAnFInPR: Melisandre's foreign religion, complete disdain for local traditions and interest in burning people alive is NOT doing Stannis any favors, as Ned and Darvos repeatedly tell him.

** After seeing Myrcella's fighting skills when she [[spoiler: fights off the shadow assassin]], both Tywin and Kevan become convinced that Jaime taught her how to fight, with Kevan in particular thinking it was at Cersei's insistence in order to live vicariously through her.

** Cersei can't wrap her around why Myrcella is constantly NiceToTheWaiter and befriends the Stark children. She that the former is before royalty and the latter as fraternising with "the enemy".

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Littlefinger is genuinely surprised by Myrcella legitimately believing in personal loyalty and honor towards her underlings, as those are things he views as only being necessary to fake for the sake of getting what he wants.

* UnderlingWithAnFInPR: Melisandre's foreign religion, complete disdain for local traditions and interest in burning people alive is NOT doing Stannis any favors.