Truth Breeds Lies
is a Game of Thrones fanfic where Daenerys was captured at Dragonstone as a child and Ned tells Catelyn the truth about Jon Snow.
Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
- Abled in the Adaptation:
- This time, Bran doesn't fall from the tower because Daenerys calls him down.
- Theon retains all of his body parts.
- Due to not getting captured, Jaime retains the use of his hand.
- Action Dad: Robb and Theon in the second half of the story.
- Ascended Extra: Benjen Stark takes the perspective at the Wall and beyond.
- Berserk Button: Cersei takes issue with Tywin's critique of how Joffrey turned out, which leads directly to his death when Cersei stabs him.
- Blackmail: Tyrion blackmails Varys with a list of soldiers' the latter bribed into abandoning Joffrey, forcing him to help Tyrion escape King's Landing.
- Dead Guy Junior: Margaery names her son Steffon, for Renly's father.
- Death by Adaptation:
- Joffrey is killed in the riots at King's Landing.
- Tywin is killed after discovering Jaime and Cersei's relationship and trying to separate them.
- Dirty Cop: Varys bribed several men to abandon Joffrey during the King's Landing riot, leading to Joffrey's death. Tyrion gets hold of the list.
- Fantastic Racism: Viserys has a strong hatred for Northerners, referring to them as savages and refusing to ask for their help when Illyrio Mopatis suggests it. He (Viserys) considers what his father did as the right way to deal with them and almost disowns Daenerys for being among the Northerners.
- Frame-Up: Tyrion is framed for the death of his father Tywin.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Asha gives her life so Theon can escape the Iron Islands.
- History Repeats: Much like how Ned raised Jon as his own son, Jon raises Margaery's son Steffon.
- In Spite of a Nail:
- Renly is killed by a shadow assassin.
- Daenerys hatches dragons.
- Tywin Lannister is killed by one of his own children, only this time it's Cersei.
- Edmure Tully marries Roslin Frey, though the wedding is much less violent.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Joffrey tries to have Daenerys killed in a fire, only for her and Jon to hatch dragons.
- Parental Substitute:
- Ned and Catelyn for Jon and Daenerys.
- Jon becomes one for Margaery's son.
- Illyrio Mopatis had tried to raise Viserys to be a good man, or at least a sane one. It didn't go well.
- Scatterbrained Senior: The bedridden Hoster Tully is not really in his right mind, confusing Sansa with Lysa and Catelyn in the same conversation.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
- Margaery flees to the North after Renly's death to protect her son.
- Jaime, Tyrion, Myrcella and Tommen hightail it out of King's Landing when Stannis shows up, leaving Cersei to be taken prisoner.
- Sex Signals Death: Renly is killed moments after having sex with Margaery.
- Someone to Remember Him By: Margaery learns she is pregnant with Renly's child after he dies.
- Spared by the Adaptation:
- Ned, Catelyn and Robb make it through the whole series.
- Jory Cassel is able to get Arya, Bran and Gendry out of King's Landing.
- Viserys is of the "died later than in the source material" type. He lives long enough to see the opening of the War of the Five Kings.
- Tampering with Food and Drink: Illyrio Mopatis kills Viserys by poisoning some of his wine.
- You Have Failed Me: Cersei has several Lannister soldiers killed for (presumably) abandoning their posts during the King's Landing riots, which led to Joffrey's death.
