I read this fanfic back when it was just "Book 1", finishing reading it by the time the second installment A Crack of Thunder was announced. I dropped it by then because I came away from it disappointed, and ever since, the more I learn about elements from Books 2 and 3, the more justified I feel.
I think the fundamental problem, the same I realized back when I first read and which I suspect still drives most of the fic's decisions, I firmly believe the author just didn't have an actual plot/plan in mind. They saw the "Tony Stark in House Stark" memes, decided to turn it into a Ascended Meme and didn't think any further into how to make it work. Hence why the story started as a crossover with MCU: Tony Stark, but soon devolved into crossing over the larger Marvel Universe.
This might sound harsh, but compare the Superhero Origin of canon Iron Man with this fic's Iron Man:
Tony is a self-absorbed and callous merchant of death selling weapons who ends up kidnapped by terrorists using his weapons and forcing him to work on a new one. Tony almost dies due to his heart getting hit but his life is saved by Yinsen. During his months of imprisonement, Tony sees and realizes first hand the harm he has caused, notably when one of his weapons killed Yinsen's family, and Yinsen drives him to become a better man. Tony escapes, but Yinsen sacrifices his life for him to do so. Tony swears to no longer sell weapons and to stop his tech falling into the wrong hands.
Tony is a Lovable Rogue with his worst qualities Downplayed, who is kidnapped by random brigands who do it on the count of another party (later revealed to be an Original Character noble). Tony stays abducted barely one day/night before being rescued, though he was tortured in the meanwhile. During his rescue, the No Name Given daughter of a noble lord (the same one who orchestrated Tony's abduction) who had been sold to slavery to the ruffians is Stuffed into the Fridge, I mean tragically killed, and that serves as the catalyst for Tony to decide to become a hero, as his Epiphany Therapy is that Westeros is a Crapsack World and he needs to do something about it.
The second scenario and motivation could work for many other superheroes, but for Iron Man, it comes across as incredibly weak, a Compressed Adaptation of his Superhero Origin that removes most of the personal responsibility he felt for a pithy realization making the world to be the one most at fault. No wonder the first book has the author remarking "Tony is an arrogant person who doesn't care about the wider world. He is then hurt and decides to change. And… that's it! There is no other growth. Oh, we see him develop, we see him learn… but there are no more lessons in the movie for him. We just see the aftermath. And that isn't a bad thing! Its refreshing that this is about the journey to and what happens right after he decides to be Iron man."
Either you don't care about the character and got bored, or you have a very bizarre view to conclude Tony was a fully realized character by the end of the first movie. The former would explain the shift to Loads and Loads of Characters from Marvel, the latter would explain how the fic has shallow understanding of ASOIAF characters as well (Catelyn, Tywin, Melisandre, Arianne, etc.)
Even if one just wants to see Marvel characters in Westeros, I'm not even sure I would recommend it when so many crossed over elements poorly translated or are badly integrated into ASOIAF as a setting.
Fanfic Wasted potential derailing into directionless plot
I read this fanfic back when it was just "Book 1", finishing reading it by the time the second installment A Crack of Thunder was announced. I dropped it by then because I came away from it disappointed, and ever since, the more I learn about elements from Books 2 and 3, the more justified I feel.
I think the fundamental problem, the same I realized back when I first read and which I suspect still drives most of the fic's decisions, I firmly believe the author just didn't have an actual plot/plan in mind. They saw the "Tony Stark in House Stark" memes, decided to turn it into a Ascended Meme and didn't think any further into how to make it work. Hence why the story started as a crossover with MCU: Tony Stark, but soon devolved into crossing over the larger Marvel Universe.
This might sound harsh, but compare the Superhero Origin of canon Iron Man with this fic's Iron Man:
The second scenario and motivation could work for many other superheroes, but for Iron Man, it comes across as incredibly weak, a Compressed Adaptation of his Superhero Origin that removes most of the personal responsibility he felt for a pithy realization making the world to be the one most at fault. No wonder the first book has the author remarking "Tony is an arrogant person who doesn't care about the wider world. He is then hurt and decides to change. And… that's it! There is no other growth. Oh, we see him develop, we see him learn… but there are no more lessons in the movie for him. We just see the aftermath. And that isn't a bad thing! Its refreshing that this is about the journey to and what happens right after he decides to be Iron man."
Either you don't care about the character and got bored, or you have a very bizarre view to conclude Tony was a fully realized character by the end of the first movie. The former would explain the shift to Loads and Loads of Characters from Marvel, the latter would explain how the fic has shallow understanding of ASOIAF characters as well (Catelyn, Tywin, Melisandre, Arianne, etc.)
Even if one just wants to see Marvel characters in Westeros, I'm not even sure I would recommend it when so many crossed over elements poorly translated or are badly integrated into ASOIAF as a setting.