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    Summary: When Dr. Michael Chen, a mechanical engineer with a penchant for lean manufacturing, wakes up in the freezing body of a newborn Eddard Stark, he knows two things: Winter is coming, and the current technological level of Westeros is woefully insufficient to survive it. Determined to save his family from their canonical fates, Ned replaces honor with infrastructure. He builds glass gardens to feed the North, paper mills to spread knowledge, and a concrete fortress to lock the Neck. But technology cannot solve every problem.

    To save the realm, Ned must play the game of thrones—not with whispers, but with audits. He forms an unlikely "Board of Directors" to purge the Crown's debt and turns the Night’s Watch into an industrial war machine.

    An ASOIAF SI/Uplift story where Ned Stark is an Engineer, Joffrey Baratheon is terrifyingly competent, and Robert Baratheon finally finds a war worthy of his hammer.

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    19 Jan 2026

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    Ooooh I love this chapter and I love this arc. (And I love Arc). I’ve never thought of the political knowledge that Jon can impart on a savvier version of Ned. That was his true weakness in canon, and one of Jon’s real strengths. I’ve seen plenty of SI fics where they bring in the engineering, but not enough fics where the world changes the character. That’s what makes your writing really special. The world, and the story, are changing Chen/Ned. He’s learning and growing, changing the world and also getting changed by it. This has been really fun to read. I also really like your grasp of characters. Lyarra, Bob, etc feel like people, and it’s fun to see the depth you put into them. Thanks so much for writing!!

    Ps: I also caught the Star Wars reference haha

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    An Art History student finds herself born as the daughter of Daemon Targaryen and Rhea Royce in that one world she remembers watching the show of and skimming some wiki articles when she should have been studying. Terrified of heights and not wanting to find herself in the middle of a war she decides the best way to stay alive, in a comfortable position and in power of her own destiny is to play the game of politics; all so she can stay home in Runestone and dream up a Flemish Renaissance for Gulltown.

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    16 Jan 2026

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    One of the best

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    A lone Jedi crashes in the Wolfswood, and his discovery changes the fate of Westeros. The children of House Stark are strong in the Force, and as Luke Skywalker begins to train his new apprentices, the ripples of their awakening disrupt the game of thrones from the very beginning.

    Old plans are shattered. New destinies are forged. As the Starks' power grows, Jon Snow grapples with a hidden truth about his own blood, and all of them must prepare to face the true enemy: an ancient darkness rising beyond the Wall.

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    03 Jan 2026

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    What a fantastic story! It’s rare to see a Star Wars fic that nicely captures the feel of the Jedi. Your Luke feels wise: just but not sanctimonious, powerful but not overpowered, caring but not blindly idealistic. I really enjoyed reading your take on Luke. Then there’s the GoT characters. I think you really nicely master the world and plot, and have a really fun divergence from canon. I can’t wait to read the rest, but even so far it’s a 1% fanfic I’ve read. Wonderful writing, and thanks so much for sharing

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    One moment, Jason was peacefully sleeping, perfectly content with his life with the League of Assassins. Okay, so maybe not content content, but he wasn't unhappy, either. Then Talia woke him up at 2 am, threw three children at him, and told him to get them to America and far away from Ra's al Ghul.

    What the fuck.

    The last thing he wanted was to see Bruce. But with three brats relying on him and no Talia, there weren't many options for sanctuary. He just didn't expect the kids to grow on him so much in two short weeks.

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    Ever since she’d been small, Hermione’s reward for good marks had been a rampage through a bookshop, so the day she tore open her O.W.L.s results and triumphantly brandished the eleven Outstandings, her beaming mother said, “We’ll go to Foyles tomorrow,” without any discussion required.

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    22 Dec 2025

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    Lmao I love this so so much. This is yet another addition to your collection of masterwork novella-length HP stories. Thanks so much for writing!!