History Fanfic / ThereAndBackAgain

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[In-universe]]. Jon muses about the relationship between his parents Lyanna and Rhaegar. On the one hand Jon feels that Rhaegar took advantage of Lyanna's youth and desire to escape her betrothal to Robert Baratheon, but on the other Lyanna didn't handle the situation very well.

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [[spoiler:Tywin Lannister has been invading the Reach and taking castles as he goes, as Chapter 37 takes place at Old Oak where he's set up headquarters.]]

* CanonImmigrant:
** Genna Frey, Tywin and Kevan Lannister's sister, shows up in Chapter 26 where she was absent from the show, as does her husband Emmon.
** Eldon Estermont, the uncle of the current Baratheons, was a character in the books.

* DomesticAbuse: Discussed. Robb is resentful that Sansa is being trained to fight because it would be his duty to protect his sisters, and their husbands' duty after they marry. Jon responds by asking, "[[ArmorPiercingQuestion And who will protect them from their husbands]]?"

* TheBusCameBack: Tyrion, Varys, Myrcella, Tommen, and Ser Barristan reappear in Chapter 34 after spending 11 chapters at sea, sailing

** Genna Frey, Tywin and Kevan Lannister's sister, shows up in Chapter 26 where she was absent from the show.

** Renly is sent to chase down [[spoiler:Cersei and Joffrey]] in Chapter 32.

** Jon Arryn intends to retire as Hand of the King once Robert's war with the Lannisters is finished.

** Five years pass between Chapters 21 and 22.

* EmptyShell: According to The Stranger, Bran's body from Season 6 onward became nothing more than a mere vessel for Bloodraven's consciousness. And more will follow down the line.

* NeverMyFault: Daenerys' inner thoughts blame Varys, Tyrion, and Sansa (in that order) for manipulating Jon into killing her, never stopping to consider for even a second that maybe burning down King's Landing and killing thousands of innocent people might have had something to do with it.

* RankUp: Meryn Trant is promoted to Lord Commander of the Kingsguard when Ser Barristan disappears in the aftermath of the Lannincest being revealed.

* BestServedCold: Why Jon was sent to the Wall at the end of Season 8 as Bloodraven's revenge against the Targaryens. As Bloodraven had been exiled to the Wall, so has the last Targaryen.

** After being caught cheating on him and passing the result of her affair off as her husband's legitimate son and heir, [[spoiler:Lysa Arryn]] is informed by said husband that she can either be shipped to the Silent Sisters or sent back home a disgrace. Instead, she pleads with her husband to give her another chance and [[PleaseIWillDoAnything promises to do anything and everything he asks of her]]. He keeps her on a tight leash at all times from then on, having her be followed by two septas when not in his presence. Getting called out and punched by her sister is the cherry on top. Following the five-year TimeSkip, she's become much more subdued.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Robb is furious with his father for not just keeping Jon's true parentage a secret from everyone but also intending for Jon to join the Night's Watch.

** According to The Stranger, this is what happened to Jon in Season 6 because Jon's soul/psyche was damaged while he was being resurrected due to being sapped of a large part of his natural magic. Really, everyone brought back by the Lord of Light has this problem, but Jon had it worse than most because he has a lot more innate BloodMagic and Bloodraven tampered with it.

** Jorah Mormont joins Daenerys' retinue at her wedding, since everyone was sent back to after he fled Westeros for Essos.

* MortonsFork: [[spoiler:Lysa]] is faced with one after getting busted for cheating on her husband and lying to him about the paternity of her son, who she was passing off as his legitimate heir. She's offered the choice of either joining the Silent Sisters or getting sent back to her childhood home and letting her father decide what to do with her, where it's likely he's going to send her to the Silent Sisters anyway. She instead [[TakeAThirdOption takes a third option]] in which she [[PleaseIWillDoAnything pleads with her husband to give her another chance]] and promises to be a better wife to him.

** Similarly, Ygritte and Tormund, who made their debut in the third season, make their introduction in the same chapter by [[spoiler:recovering Dark Sister and disposing of Bloodraven]] with help from R'hllor.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Gilly, who first appeared in the second season, appears in Chapter 22, where events start to correspond with the show's first season.

** Eldon mentions that many of the Stormlords were displeased by King Robert's decision to foster Renly with the Tyrells, feeling that Robert rewarded Mace Tyrell for supporting the Targaryens.

* MortonsFork: [[spoiler:Lysa]] is faced with one after getting busted for cheating on her husband and lying to him about the paternity of her son, who she was passing off as his legitimate heir. She's offered the choice of either joining the Silent Sisters or getting sent back to her childhood home and letting her father decide what to do with her, where it's likely he's going to send her to the Silent Sisters anyway. The possibility is [[ScareEmStraight scary enough to her]] to drive her to [[PleaseIWillDoAnything plead with her husband to give her another chance]] and promise to be a better wife to him.

** According to Ser Brynden "Blackfish" Tully, his brother Hoster has always been one of these, as shown when he married both of his daughters off to two Lords Paramount in Robert's Rebellion as a trade-off for the Riverlands' support.
** Lord Estermont's opinion of the Tyrells, which makes them worse than the Targaryen loyalists because they could turn sides at a moment's notice. He's pretty correct, as Mace immediately pushes Margaery as a second wife for Robert after Cersei and Jaime's affair is revealed and Olenna advises Margaery to take advantage of the brewing civil war between the crown and Westerlands to sire an heir with Renly and count on Robert meeting his end on the battlefield since he's way past his physical prime.

** After Jon and Sansa inform Ned of what happened in the original timeline after he died, he agrees they have to reinforce and strengthen their house's position by getting rid of a few dangerous players beforehand. This includes House Bolton. It's averted for Smalljon Umber, though Sansa still inwardly admits to feeling weirded out seeing him after he sold out Rickon.

** Little Sam, Gilly's son, is absent because the Night's Watch caught Craster and executed him before he [[ParentalIncest impregnanted Gilly]].
** Inverted with Alys Arryn, who exists because of the changes in the timeline.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: By Chapter 25, the events of the fanfic have begun to catch up with the events of the show, yet everyone whose minds went back in time still remembers what happened, such as Jon retaining his swordsmanship or [[spoiler:Varys stuffing Tyrion in a box as payback for getting him killed in Season 8.]]

* BatmanGambit: Jon, Sansa, and Ned essentially play this in a LongGame form to get the lords in the North to declare for Jon when the time comes. This includes exploiting Robert's bad decision-making as king to anger the lords when he rejects a request for a little more funding for the Night's Watch.

* JumpedAtTheCall: When offered the chance to go back in time, [[spoiler:Tormund]] leaped at the chance to save the world again with the hope of saving more of his people and helping out Jon.