History Fanfic / SeanBeanSavesWesteros

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Littlefinger's]] death. [[KickTheSonOfABitch He REALLY deserved it]], and [[spoiler:the Hound delivering on his promise makes it all the sweeter.]]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10557480/1/Sean-Bean-Saves-Westeros Sean Bean Saves Westeros — Book 1: Sean Lends A Hand]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10823042/1/Sean-Bean-Saves-Westeros-Book-2-Sean-Wins-by-a-Nose Book 2: Sean Wins by a Nose]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13030658/1/Sean-Bean-Saves-Westeros-Book-3-Sean-Hits-the-Wall Book 3: Sean Hits the Wall]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4886107/High-Plains-Drifter High Plains Drifter]] is a very unusual Crossover Fic combining [[RealPersonFic "real life"]] Creator/SeanBean, ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.

* AlasPoorVillain: For a given value of "villain", the death of [[spoiler:Tyrion Lannister.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: In the climactic battle of Book 1, [[spoiler:Sean loses his hand to Jaime Lannister.]]

* AntiMagic: The presence of Sean appears to have this effect. [[spoiler:Since his arrival, Melisandre has been finding it much harder to read anything from her flames.]]

* AssholeVictim: Cersei's torture at the hands of Roose Bolton and her subsequent beheading are very gruesome, but it should be kept in mind that this is Cersei from the books, whom is ''much'' worse than Cersei from the show (though she's no saint, either).

* BadassDecay: Observed InUniverse by the other characters. Sean does an excellent job imitating Ned Stark, but his fencing skills just aren't up to par, and people who watch him practice note how much slower he is in comparison.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [[spoiler:Sansa]], who had her face slashed several times under the orders of Joffrey.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The wonderfully cathartic [[spoiler:death of Littlefinger]]. After he tries to kidnap Sansa, Sandor guts him like a pig then pisses down his throat.
** [[spoiler: And then poor Sandor is burned alive on the orders of a disguised Melisandre.]]

* DefrostingIceKing: [[spoiler: Stannis]] slowly warms up to Not-Ned, thanks to the latter's support.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The unexpected deaths of [[spoiler:Tywin and Tyrion Lannister]] in the Battle of Green Fork.
** [[spoiler: Sandor's brutal death in Book 2.]]

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Loras loses in his fight with Grey Wind because he slips on a peach stone. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard One that had been spat by Renly minutes before]].]]

** The title of Book 1 is 'Sean Lends a Hand'. [[spoiler:At the end of the book, his hand got chopped off by Jamie Lannister.]]
** Book 2's title, 'Sean Wins By A Nose', foreshadows [[spoiler:Sean losing his nose.]]

* MythologyGag: Renly still does his peach trick. [[spoiler:Ned uses this to get one over Renly by having all the lords on Stannis's side in the parley pull out other fruits.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Thanks to Sean's foreknowledge of the series, instead of a Lannister victory, the Battle of the Green Fork was a total victory for the Northern army, resulting in the death of both Tywin and Tyrion Lannister. As an unintended result, there was now no one left in King's Landing to hold Joffrey's madness in check. By the time that they managed to rescue Sansa, she was a complete wreck that was horribly tortured and disfigured by Joffrey's sadism.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Sandor Clegane protects Sansa from the worst of Joffrey's abuse before the latter's death, and later saves her from [[spoiler: being kidnapped by Littlefinger (and killing him in the process)]]. His reward? [[spoiler: Being burned to a crisp on Stannis's orders because he couldn't complete an impossibly difficult trial... Turns out his death was faked: Melisandre used her magic to hide him as Justin Massey.]]

* [[AWizardDidIt The Old Gods Did It]]: Sean heavily relies on this to justify his presence in Westeros. Despite being the spitting image of Ned Stark (a benefit of being his actor) and knowing all the details of Westeros as revealed in the Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire novels (up to Book 4), Sean must continually appeal to the Old Gods for anybody to take him at his word. Of course, getting [[OffWithHisHead your neck shaved too closely]] is not something people normally come back from.

* PlotArmor: Parodied as Sean is literally handed plot armor at the beginning of Book One, [[spoiler: only to find out in the climax that it only protects what it covers]]. He gives it to Robb for a battle.

** That Shakespeare speech. These guys have never heard the Bard before, and Sean's a Shakesperean-trained actor. Stands to reason it would have a dramatic effect!

---> [[spoiler:A sole king now truly reigned over a united Westeros.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: During the parley, Ned calls out the nobles siding with Renly when Stannis has proved to be better as a ruler - particularly Lord Estermont (Stannis's grandfather).
* WrongGenreSavvy: One thing that goes against Sean is that he hasn't read Book 5 (it wasn't out yet during filming of season 1), and so, he does not know that [[spoiler:Varys was working for the Young Griff's return, instead of Daenerys's.]]
** Book 2 reveals another painful problem that might bite him, too. Used as he is to characters he can recognize from the books, he fails to realize that Roose Bolton has recruited Qyburn and Bronn to his side, and is keeping Shae as his personal whore. Something Roose has detected, too.

Sean must use his wits, what he has learned in a lifetime of acting and every bit of knowledge he remembers from the books (passing it off as things the Old Gods have told him). His actions also change many things, preventing problems that happened in the books and TV series from ever taking place -- such as marrying Robb off as soon as possible - yet causing other problems due to the changes. He has monologues about how different things are to when he did them in the series, such as when he mentally compares every person in Westeros to their actor or actress equivalents.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10557480/1/Sean-Bean-Saves-Westeros Sean Bean Saves Westeros -- Book 1: Sean Lends A Hand]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10823042/1/Sean-Bean-Saves-Westeros-Book-2-Sean-Wins-by-a-Nose Book 2: Sean Wins by a Nose]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13030658/1/Sean-Bean-Saves-Westeros-Book-3-Sean-Hits-the-Wall Book 3: Sean Hits the Wall]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4886107/High-Plains-Drifter High Plains Drifter]] is a very unusual Crossover Fic combining [[RealPersonFic "real life"]] Creator/SeanBean, ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.

Sean must use his wits, what he has learned in a lifetime of acting and every bit of knowledge he remembers from the books (passing it off as things the Old Gods have told him). His actions also change many things, preventing problems that happened in the books and TV series from ever taking place - such as marrying Robb off as soon as possible - yet causing other problems due to the changes. He has monologues about how different things are to when he did them in the series, such as when he mentally compares every person in Westeros to their actor or actress equivalents.

!! ''Fanfic/SeanBeanSavesWesteros'' contains examples of:

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Book 3 opens with the Northerners in King's Landing attacking the R'hllorites in the city after Melisandre's shadow baby nearly kills Sean!Ned.]]

* FaceStealer: Because Sean Bean isn't Ned Stark, merely his actor, enemies and allies alike experience an UncannyValley effect in his presence. When it's apparent Sean knows too much to just be a lookalike-imposter, many suspect him of being a Faceless Man.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex:
** Sean "not-Ned" Bean with Catelyn Stark have a healthy love life.
** Implied between Robb Stark and Roslin after their wedding, later explicit. The Freys were making jokes about it in public in chapter 13.

* SpotOfTea: Sean Bean's Englishness is showing. Sean as Ned demands to have some tea very often, and it's noted by other characters as one of the differences from the real Ned.

* EntertaininglyWrong: The various theories that Littlefinger had for Not-Ned's true identity (that he is just a rumor created by Robb to spread confusion with the King's army, that he was a look alike mummer, and finally that he is a Faceless Man who is taking an active role in manipulating Westerosi politics) were all completely rational and logically within the A Song of Ice and Fire universe. What he didn't expect was that Not-Ned came from outside the ASOIF universe, and is nether rational or logical.

* GenreSavvy: Sean has read all (season-one-current) books in Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire. That gives him a ''huge'' edge in surviving the political machinations of Westeros. In addition, his study of British history and lifetime as an actor come in handy. However, ''Dances With Dragons'' was not released until after season one finished filming, and there's still more books to be published in the series, so we'll see how long this trope holds for Sean.

* WrongGenreSavvy: One thing that goes against Sean is that he hasn't read Book 5 (it wasn't out yet during filming of season 1), and so, he does not know that [[spoiler:Varys was working for the Young Griff's return, instead of Daenerys.]]

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Sean fully backs Stannis Baratheon as the rightful ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, and he sees to it that Stannis takes King's Landing. Subverted(?) when Stannis crowns himself, however, and Sean nearly [[OhCrap craps]] himself when he sees the red flames on Stannis' crown. (Sean had hoped he had taken King's Landing soon enough that Stannis wouldn't have converted to the Lord of Light yet)

* MythologyGag: Renly still does his peach trick. [[spoiler:Ned uses this to get one over Renly by having all the lords on Stannis' side in the parley pull out other fruits.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: During the parley, Ned calls out to the nobles siding with Renly, when Stannis has proved to be better as a ruler - particularly lord Estermont (Stannis' grandfather).

Sean must use his wits, what he has learned in a lifetime of acting and every bit of knowledge he remembers from the books (passing it off as things the Old Gods have told him). His actions also change many things, preventing problems that happened in the books and TV series from ever taking place - such as marrying Robb as soon as possible - yet causing other problems due to the changes. He has monologues about how different things are to when he did them in the series, such as when he mentally compares every person in Westeros to their actor or actress equivalents.

It is probably one of the most interesting ideas to ever be written in the field of Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire 's ISOT stories. The fact that Sean must use his wits, what he has learned in a lifetime of acting and every bit of knowledge he remembers from the books (passing it off as things the Old Gods have told him) only adds to the awesomeness of the story. His actions also change many things, preventing problems that happened in the books and TV series from ever taking place - such as marrying Robb as soon as possible - yet causing other problems due to the changes. His inner monologues about how different things are to when he did them in the series are also quite hilarious, such as when he mentally compares every person in Westeros to their actor or actress equivalents.