Hello! As the Profile suggests I have been a member of this site for a little over two years. Not much for me to say here other than I like to read and write both in equal portions and will continue to do so. If you have any questions regarding me and/or my stories then feel free to PM just know that I reserve the right to not answer any questions, that I feel are too personal and/or too close too revealing spoilers.

I would like to start off by saying that I only write for my own personal enjoyment. I don’t write for monetary gain, nor publicize my works of fiction, I write on an anonymous platform. I publish it here so that others may enjoy it with me and share a journey of a growing story and a growing writer. I don’t do this for others to complain that the plot isn’t going their way. If you don’t like it, don’t read it. That goes without saying.

I appreciate constructive criticism, in fact I welcome it and highly encourage it (I am sure many reviewers can attest to being responded to and their various questions or suggestions answered via PM) but when it gets to point where people are saying that they don’t know where a certain plotline is going or that it doesn’t make sense, it leaves me in a predicament.

(Thus this Q&A)

Maybe not now, but in the future. I understand that you guys are your own people and you don’t live inside my head but realize that if I could post all the chapters to my stories and complete them tonight in the same quality and with no plot holes I would.

(It would make a whole lot of sense and a real mind-blowing scenario would take place should that happen)

That brings me to my next point. I believe the crux of fanfiction is patience. A lot of writers on this site write for fun. We have jobs that pay the bills. We have lives that are more important than that of written material to be posted on the internet. I believe I speak for many writers when I say that writing provides a means to escape that world but we must always return to it.

People need to realize that most, if not all of us, are not professional authors. There will be plot-holes. There will be errors and there will be instances where things don’t make sense.

Back to answering the many questions though and I believe this will answer a lot of them. Be advised, a lot of these questions will be condensed and put into each other and a lot will be posed as statements.

Q: I don’t understand what is going on. Your writing doesn’t make sense and you are just injecting things into the story like you are just writing off the top of the head.

A: The layout of The Alpha Wolf is that there will be many easter eggs throughout the story hinting at past events or future events or even current events (off the top of my head I can think of four that have already occurred). Foreshadowing plays a huge role in this story (I can count of three instances from memorization). Chapters endings will almost always be exclusively cliffhangers besides the closings to major arcs. I’m sure many have noticed this.

I know that from your viewpoint nothing makes sense but believe me when I say that it’ll all come together. I am writing The Alpha Wolf like the writers of the show. Everything happens for a reason.

Q: What is even Myrcella’s character? You seem to have just plugged her in to be different from other stories yet you seem to be going nowhere with her character. I wanted her for the romance interest, that’s why I voted for her.

A: Myrcella is what one would call a wall flower. Right now she is the embodiment of innocence in The Alpha Wolf, she knows things but is truly innocent in the going ons in Westeros. I have plans for Myrcella and they will come to fruition. Just wait and see. I understand but remember I said it would influence the decision I make. For all you know, there won’t even be romance. Hell, I don’t like writing romance. Besides, the story is just beginning, we still have a long ways to go.

Q: Robert seems more aggressive than canon. He isn’t even doing his signature whoring. He doesn’t have the authority to force a marriage between his lord and his daughter.

A: Robert is more of a drunkard than a whoring man. He’s a war hero in a fucking rebellion for Pete’s sake. He has his ghosts and he drinks and eats to forget them. He’s a soldier. He experiences and learns by the trial of fire. This is for a reason. His only real joy being Myrcella. He feels that whoring would shame and betray Lyanna’s memory and by conjunction harm Myrcella. Should Myrcella ask her father to kill a thousand peasants because they insulted her, he would do so in a heartbeat. Remember, as another reviewer stated and I thank him/her, that refusal of a royal marriage is tantamount to political suicide. It gives the impression that the lords can do as they wish and not only damages a King’s reputation but that of his subject as well. Hadrian has been given no reason to deny anything of Robert.

Q: (I can’t believe even after the annotation from chapter 9, I’m having to answer this) Cersei wouldn’t do that! You just are flipping back and forth on her personality. Even though she is Queen of Westeros she can’t just barge in and search a lord’s room.

Cersei may not have changed but she lives under the very fear that Myrcella is the only reason she is in power. She fears that if she leaks out Myrcella’s true origins than the Lannisters would be killed. After all, Myrcella would be in the line of fire now and the only one (along with Stannis and Renly) with any claim to the throne despite what Robert may say. The Lannisters wouldn’t be needed and the North, the South, Dorne and the Riverlands would gladly go to war to kill them off for their crimes during the war. She needed a way for Myrcella to leave King’s Landing to secure hers and Joffrey’s claim and found it in the form of Hadrian Stark. After all, should she die while Robert is seated on the throne and alive, he only has a single target in Cersei and her family.

Someone she believes would take Mycella away to the North. A place that has historically had never any real intention towards the Iron Throne nor power below the Neck.

Yet she needs to be able to rub it in as is her nature thus chapter 8 and remember, I never specifically stated that Cersei ransacked his room, Hadrian only thinks she did. It could have very well been someone else (hint hint) and she found it that way whilst waiting for Hadrian. She’s not stupid enough do that. Could she have gotten someone else to do it? Perhaps but remember she thinks that Hadrian is a just a boy with no capability, why else would she taunt someone if she didn’t think them beneath her?

Q: Jon Arryn is too much in the business of the North. He is blatantly attempting to control Hadrian.

A: Jon Arryn is the grandfatherly figure. He is everything Hadrian hated in his past life and one could look at him as a reincarnation of Albus from his past life. Trying to make power plays and using others to achieve them. We see that from Jorah who believes that Jon Arryn was the real figure behind the rebellion. He did after all incite the North, the Riverlands, the Vale, and the Stormlands against Targaryen rule. I distinctly remember the Arryns (the Vale) having been the originator of the religion of the Seven or rather they were the ones that brought the religion to Westeros.

Q: Why can’t the North start making [Insert product here]? Hadrian hasn’t contributed at all to the North in reality.

A: Let’s not forget about the bigger picture. I’ve had people make requests about making the North an industrial powerhouse. I’ve had people say that Hadrian didn’t even do anything to make the North powerful and is just building off the work of his ancestors.

To the former I say, hell no (there are many stories out there that do just that and I invite you to read those). The latter I say, you’re right. He didn’t do anything. He just saw it carried out. Remember Hadrian’s goal is to fight gods and their agents. Not make the North great again. But to achieve this he saw an easier way. Carry out the vision of the previous Stark Lord. By making the North a political, military and economic powerhouse, he has the quote unquote power to do what he wants to a certain degree. Thus (I’ll give this foreshadowing to you) the projects he keeps alluding to at the beginning or end of every section he is in.

Q: Hadrian has magic, why doesn’t he use it? What’s the point of the magic if he doesn’t use it. It seems like you are slowly building up a super-powered Harry in this story. Why Hadrian? It doesn’t make sense in this universe, should’ve been a different name.

A: And here we come to our main character. Hadrian Stark. Those saying that since he has magic he should just be using it to get what he wants, I say that it doesn’t make for a good read. You have to think bigger when reading this story as it is fanfiction aka building off an already established universe.

Westeros has always had a vehemence against magic and all things associated. This is partly the Maesters fault. They have always denied its existence and continue to do so. If he were to say get a slash to his eye and many saw that healed to the point where there was no scarring, there would be questions asked. Hadrian’s goal is to kill gods and their agents and he would rather not have to kill the better part of the world that would see him dead too, because the Maester Order is in every which way. They control the flow of knowledge. There is a maester advising every noble that is worth something. Even Hadrian has one, he may not like him but he’s there. He’s not there to be used, he’s there to keep the appearances.

Another is that I am attempting to make him a believable character. He will make mistakes, he will assume and make incorrect judgements from time to time and it will cost him. Him flinging magic everywhere not only makes for a boring read but also leads to major plot-holes occurring where he should’ve just used magic and I don’t want to get in the habit of just using magic to solve his problems.

I would also like to point out that remember in Chapter 7 I think? That Death remarked that the others wouldn’t be taking it lying down anymore? There is a lot of behind the scenes going on that will come to light.

I used Hadrian because it is closer to his former life. The name Hadrian reflects his past life and his growth from it.

With that off my chest, I think I I’ll go see about finishing the next chapter… I'll add this as more general questions are posed.

Until Next Time!