Semi-fic: Birdsongs in Winter
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jedi_of_urthTitle: Birdsongs in Winter (or Littlefinger Pitches ASOIAF)
Author:jedi_of_urth
Fandom: ASOIAF / Game of Thrones
Characters/Pairings: Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish, other mentioned, some Petyr/Catelyn
Rating: PG
Word Count: 597
Prompt: westerosorting ‘Pitching A Song of Ice and Fire for TV” challenge
Summary: How would Petyr imagine Game of Thrones if he was the one in charge of its production?
Disclaimer: I don’t own ASOIAF or GoT
Author's Notes/Warnings (fic): The form of this was set up to answer the needs of the challenge, which wasn’t for fic so much as how the pitch would go, mine just ended up being a little more fic-like than it had to be. No real spoilers, just general info from book/season 1.
Author’s Notes (flashback): Challenge for April 2011. This one the challenge, it was the first one outside the Tourney of the Hand contests that I’d ever entered and it won, so I was proud of myself. I’m still happy with the way I approached it too.
Character:
Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish
Title:
Birdsongs in Winter
Theme:
Love defies expectations
Logline:
From the time he was a young man Petyr only loved the beautiful Catelyn Tully. But she was tragically married off to a man who took her far away from her home while Petyr went on to become one of the most powerful men in the kingdom. When Petyr and Catelyn’s paths cross again many years later how far will Petyr go for the love of a taken woman?
Sell:
Hello my good friend; Master of Entertainment are you now? You’ve come quite far, I remember when you were just a beginning singer looking for a patron, which I was happy to help you find you might recall.
Why am I here? I’d think it would be obvious, I am here to pitch you an idea for a wonderful new television show. And after your expensive failures of late I would think you’d be quite interested in a promising new story to tell.
Of course I had nothing to do with those others shows’ cancellation. Would I do such a thing just to put myself in a position to pitch this to you? I could have done this without stooping to such actions.
Right, the show of course. It’s a story of political intrigue and personal desire; and political desire and personal intrigue to go with it. Politics and sex go together quite well as anyone knows and this has both.
Like so many stories, this one begins with a woman. A most noble woman and a boy of much lower nobility; as a boy he had nothing to offer her but his love, and though it would have satisfied her, it would never do for her family. And so she was wed to a man of higher birth because he was better with a sword.
After that our young hero made his way to court, steadily gaining connections and influence while his love wasted away in a far away kingdom. As the years pass he may never be good with a sword, but he becomes a powerful force ruling the more civilized lands and I’m sure I need not say that he uncovers many shall we say unsavory details about other members of the court.
The real story picks up years later, after the boy has long since become a man, and his long lost love comes to him for help. Of course he never could refuse her so he does what he can. But soon his feelings for the woman he loved are challenged in the presence of her daughter who is so much like her mother when the two of them were younger.
Don’t give me that look, I’ve seen some of the things your network approves of. I believe I’ve helped you avoid trouble with problem topics in the past.
Anyway, over the series the audience will see layers and layers of secrets within the court as well as watching Petyr struggle with feelings he had tried to bury years earlier. He’s very good at finding those type of secrets in other people, but not so much in himself.
Why should you give me control of this project? Well I think it’s actually in your best interests. I have a good relationship with many of your creditors, they’ll trust me to manage accounts where a lesser man they might feel the need to call in the debts they are owed.
Oh excellent, you agree that this is an excellent story. I’m glad we were able to come to an understanding.
Author:
jedi_of_urthFandom: ASOIAF / Game of Thrones
Characters/Pairings: Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish, other mentioned, some Petyr/Catelyn
Rating: PG
Word Count: 597
Prompt: westerosorting ‘Pitching A Song of Ice and Fire for TV” challenge
Summary: How would Petyr imagine Game of Thrones if he was the one in charge of its production?
Disclaimer: I don’t own ASOIAF or GoT
Author's Notes/Warnings (fic): The form of this was set up to answer the needs of the challenge, which wasn’t for fic so much as how the pitch would go, mine just ended up being a little more fic-like than it had to be. No real spoilers, just general info from book/season 1.
Author’s Notes (flashback): Challenge for April 2011. This one the challenge, it was the first one outside the Tourney of the Hand contests that I’d ever entered and it won, so I was proud of myself. I’m still happy with the way I approached it too.
Character:
Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish
Title:
Birdsongs in Winter
Theme:
Love defies expectations
Logline:
From the time he was a young man Petyr only loved the beautiful Catelyn Tully. But she was tragically married off to a man who took her far away from her home while Petyr went on to become one of the most powerful men in the kingdom. When Petyr and Catelyn’s paths cross again many years later how far will Petyr go for the love of a taken woman?
Sell:
Hello my good friend; Master of Entertainment are you now? You’ve come quite far, I remember when you were just a beginning singer looking for a patron, which I was happy to help you find you might recall.
Why am I here? I’d think it would be obvious, I am here to pitch you an idea for a wonderful new television show. And after your expensive failures of late I would think you’d be quite interested in a promising new story to tell.
Of course I had nothing to do with those others shows’ cancellation. Would I do such a thing just to put myself in a position to pitch this to you? I could have done this without stooping to such actions.
Right, the show of course. It’s a story of political intrigue and personal desire; and political desire and personal intrigue to go with it. Politics and sex go together quite well as anyone knows and this has both.
Like so many stories, this one begins with a woman. A most noble woman and a boy of much lower nobility; as a boy he had nothing to offer her but his love, and though it would have satisfied her, it would never do for her family. And so she was wed to a man of higher birth because he was better with a sword.
After that our young hero made his way to court, steadily gaining connections and influence while his love wasted away in a far away kingdom. As the years pass he may never be good with a sword, but he becomes a powerful force ruling the more civilized lands and I’m sure I need not say that he uncovers many shall we say unsavory details about other members of the court.
The real story picks up years later, after the boy has long since become a man, and his long lost love comes to him for help. Of course he never could refuse her so he does what he can. But soon his feelings for the woman he loved are challenged in the presence of her daughter who is so much like her mother when the two of them were younger.
Don’t give me that look, I’ve seen some of the things your network approves of. I believe I’ve helped you avoid trouble with problem topics in the past.
Anyway, over the series the audience will see layers and layers of secrets within the court as well as watching Petyr struggle with feelings he had tried to bury years earlier. He’s very good at finding those type of secrets in other people, but not so much in himself.
Why should you give me control of this project? Well I think it’s actually in your best interests. I have a good relationship with many of your creditors, they’ll trust me to manage accounts where a lesser man they might feel the need to call in the debts they are owed.
Oh excellent, you agree that this is an excellent story. I’m glad we were able to come to an understanding.
