/r/TheCitadel

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A subreddit for Fanfiction of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire Series and its HBO Shows Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.

Description

A subreddit for ASOIAF, HotD, and GoT fanfiction

Rules

1. No Personal Information! - There are over 20K Maesters as Members of the subreddit, be mindful of what information you share about yourself on public web spaces. - i.e. sharing Google Docs with your email which includes your real name, links to media that includes real photos of yourself, any kind of banking information, etc. - [This is one of the many reasons we DO NOT allow any monetization for writing: pay to write, pay to read, etc.]

2. Banned Fics - Any and all fanfics with depictions of sexualized children (including unnecessary detailed consummation and sexual scenes), underaged (16&under) "romance" with a much older character, and any romantic depictions and advocacy for grooming as acceptable and statements that it's a good pairing that grants a rule pass.

  • ALL graphic rape depictions are unnecessary as well as unnecessary extended bodily horror violence.
  • Clarifying this Rule Examples of the fics that are banned: Torture fanfics dedicated solely to Catelyn being mutilated by Jon the majority of the fanfic, a 100k+ word fanfic of 9 year old Arya paired with every adult man she meets to have a sexual encounter with including fAegon and Oberyn STARTING AT THE AGE OF 9 , Robert having a rape revenge conquest where he raped every person and their wife he feels wronged him.
  • There is no excuse to allow a fanfic dedicated to glorified raping and sexualizing literal children as if it's something good and excusable. This is not what GRRM wrote in ASOIAF.

3. Promotions Must Include Full Info! - If you promote stories (including your own) here is a standard format for Promotion posts. ↓↓(Copy & Paste)↓↓ Title: Author: Rating: Language: Length: Status: Link:

4. 'Fanfic Recs Wanted' & 'Lost Fics' Respond With Possible Fics OP Is Looking For - Responses to posts with the 'Recs Wanted' flair or the 'Lost Fic' flair should provide a fanfic title and author name and if possible a link to said fanfic. All shared fanfics should be akin to what the OP is looking for at the very least. - Excessive judgement and discussion of said parameters of fics wanted will not be tolerated (done case by case). - Judgement is not what the OP asked for. - Comment with fanfics for the OP or don't comment at all.

5. Keep Discussions & Debates In-Universe With ASOIAF - What we mean by this is please try to use history, examples, characters and information from ASOIAF to support your discussions or arguments about ASOIAF. - Avoid using real life politics and historical figures to further your argument, ESPECIALLY ones that are sensitive topics. - Be sensible with comparisons, we all enjoy ASOIAF and there is no need to add real life politics and issues to a discussion of fictional characters and stories.

6. No Dead Horse Beatings/Spam - If the same topic is repeated over and over and over in a short period of time it will be considered spam and deleted, muted, or locked at the discretion of the mods. - If a member posts numerous times in a short length of time, posts will be removed and the member will be put on a break.

7. No Monetization - We DO NOT allow any monetization for writing: pay to write, pay to read, etc. - We DO NOT allow any monetization for fan-created apps and websites - We DO NOT allow/support any means that has you pay for content : pay to create AI art, pay to read without ads, pay to support a writer continuing their story, etc.

8. No Personal Attacks, Hateful Speech, Witch Hunting, Being Toxic - Purposefully inciting arguments, personal attacks and threats will NOT be tolerated. Same with general toxic posts and comments. - Homophobia, sexism, racism, islamophobia or any derogatory language will not be tolerated. Neither will targeted aggressive behavior. - No advocating for genocide and genocidal figures (fictional and historical). Such behavior has no place here. We are not a history subreddit. - Statements of violence towards anyone (characters and reddit members) are not welcome.

9. No Bashing Posts & Comments - Any and all fic bashing and writer bashing will be removed. - If a fic has cause to be banned from the subreddit send us a Mod Mail and tell us what the fic is about and if the writer should also be banned.

10. No Advocating For "Wiping Out" Any Ethnic Groups - Refrain from making discussion posts/comments that call for wiping out ethnic groups and groups of people in ASOIAF. If your answer is "wipe them out", "Vanquish them and scorch the earth" or anything like that, do not bother commenting. This applies to polls too, do not make polls such as "which house do you want to wipe out", "deserves to go extinct," etc.

11. No Memes & Pictures - Memes are NOT allowed here. This subreddit is for discussion of fanfiction of ASOIAF, HotD, and GoT. - Images YOU created or are using for your fic (i.e. maps, family trees, sigils) are exempt from the rule. Submissions MUST include context/a description related to your fanfic. ➖AI art for fanfics are ONLY allowed with the Promotion flair for your own fanfics. ➖NO NSFW imagery, especially of children: WILL RESULT IN A PERMANENT BAN and your account will be reported.

12. AI Limitations - NO AI written posts and fanfics: chatgpt, etc. - AI art for fanfics are ONLY allowed with the Promotion flair for your own fanfics. -No NSFW imagery, especially of children: WILL RESULT IN A PERMANENT BAN and your account will be reported.

13. No Writing Prompts & Low Effort Posts - Do not ask other people to write your writing idea for you. We encourage everyone to write their own ideas, doesn't matter if you are new to writing. ALL writers starts as new writers. - No posts asking "which historical/fictional person is better compared to the ASOIAF character" - Low Effort posts will be removed. Low Effort What If posts will be removed as well. - No bait/rage bait posts.

14. No Impersonating Authors.

Bot Usage

Fanfiction.net - linkffn(...)

Archive of Our Own - linkao3(...)

Fictionpress - linkfp(...)

Adult FanFiction - linkaff(story URL only)

  • Linking by fic title will usually work (eg. linkffn(Dragonstone)), using fic title and author (eg. linkffn(Dragonstone by danivat)) will almost always work, linking by fic ID or URL (eg. linkffn(12191998)) will always work.
  • Link multiple fics by using semicolons: linkffn(Dragonstone; A Bane of Blood)
  • Edited your comment? Bot reply not there? Reply to it with ffnbot!refresh to re-link fics.
  • Want to recommend a thread? linksub(thread_id) or linksub(thread_url) (works with hyperlinks, too!)
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Extended Bot Usage Guide

Flairs

| Recs Wanted | - To ask for fics with certain characters, relationships, and general plot NOT for writing prompts and fanfic discussion

| Lost Fic | - To ask for help finding a fic you once read but can't recall the name

| Found Fic | - Lost Fic' confirmed found by the OP [The OP or a Mod can change the flair]

| Writing Help & Advice | - To ask for feedback and advice on your writing or idea OR provide advice and writing tips

| Fanfiction Discussion | - Discuss fanfics you are reading or have read [This includes posting reviews of fanfics: Do not bash writers or stories] Discuss elements you enjoy or don't enjoy in fanfics Discuss your favorite fanfic writers Questions about fanfic websites: FFN's crashes, etc.

| ASOIAF Discussion | - Ask questions about CANON: fact-check canon events and details, and discuss character/plot analysis. [Writers, you can use this flair to ask for canon details if you need to fact-check NOT for feedback and brainstorming]

| Promotion | - Promote fics you like as well as your own ASOIAF/GoT/HotD fanfics with the template

| Activities | - Fun polls (not bait or low effort), If you were blank character what would you do—, etc

| What If | - To ask canon divergent scenarios as an activity If you are asking for writing purposes use the | Writing Help & Advice | flair

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1

Uh eliguard's house of ice and fire is missing

So does anyone know whats happened, cause i really liked that story

0 Comments
2025/02/04
13:08 UTC

6

Rhaenys Targaryen SI

Is there any Rhaenys Targaryen the Queen who never was SI fanfiction? I couldn't find it. Or any fic where she becomes Queen?

0 Comments
2025/02/04
12:54 UTC

1

Looking for a lost HOTD fanfic

I remember the title either being brown eyed boys or something like that. It was from daemon’s perspective and Alicent’s kids were bastards and everything came out to light that night in Driftmark.

0 Comments
2025/02/04
05:25 UTC

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When did Theon lose his wang

I need help figuring out when exactly Theon lost his penis

There's a time travel story I'm workshoping, and I want to see if I can save his baby maker, so I can have a loyal member of house Greyjoy, who's not Asha/Yara. The time frame I'm working on, is between Lysa's death and Tyrion's trial. I need to know if he loses his penis before or after these two events or between them.

I want to know when he loses it, in both the books and the show.

5 Comments
2025/02/04
10:49 UTC

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Fics where...

Theon runaway from the Stark, him not become Ned's ward. Pre-Reek or Post-Reek, doesn't matter. Complete, Ongoing or even abandon works are welcome too. Idk, just please. Please, give a good Theon, or any Greyjoys or Ironborn fics tbh..

I want to take a break from dragons, direwolf and knights fics of ASOIAF. I think ironborn would be a nice change for once, and I do curious about this house and their way/culture. So, anything about this is welcome. Thank you! :)

0 Comments
2025/02/04
08:15 UTC

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normal guy wakes up in stannis' body

I'm looking for a fic where a normal/modern guy wakes up in stannis' body and he hasn't read any of the game of thrones books, if that makes any sense?

5 Comments
2025/02/04
01:58 UTC

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Fic where rhaenyra comes back and takes Westeros later

Looking for a fic where Rhaenyra ends up pregnant after her night with Daemon in kings landing. She’s disinherited and ends of being queen somewhere else. Daemon marries Laena. Rhaenyra has a daughter and when that daughter is a teen Rhaenyra comes back and conquers kings landing. Aegon dies young. The 14 flames says the faith of seven is false and cursed Laena. Aemond marries Rhaenyra’s daughter.

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2025/02/04
00:55 UTC

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Daemon with Rhaenyras Sister

It was a fic on wattpad and Rhaenyras sister ( I think her name was Shaera or something like that but disregard until proven) and she ends up pregnant by Daemon because they love each other and want to get married but Viserys refuses and tries to get her to drink moontea but her and Daemon run away to Dragonstone. Then her and Daemon show up at Rhaenyras wedding to Laenor and she’s obviously pregnant but Viserys was trying to hide it. I can’t remember what happens but they end up in Essos and have a bunch of kids then end up going back to Kingslanding and all the smallfolk are really happy because they love those two. Eventually Viserys asks what he should do fix his family and Rhaenyras sister ends up as hand of the king, kicking Otto out. That’s kinda all I remember. Thanks for reading all that!

0 Comments
2025/02/03
18:13 UTC

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How do they handle the passage of time in ASOIAF?

Let me explain, the real world handles minutes-hours-days-weeks-months-years and a 30-31 day calendar (except February) with 12 months marking a year.

The seasons last years in GRRM's universe, our winter lasts three months and theirs from one month to years, the same as summer (especially summer).

My questions are: How do they know how much time has passed? How do they know it's their birthday (name day)? How do they know a moon has passed (which I think is how they identify months, by full moons)? How do they say a year or a day has passed? If a moon is a month, three moons are three months, for us it would be easy to say that twelve moons are twelve months, but do they live by twelve months like a year? Also, do they call a year "year"? Do they call a day "day"?

I posted this same post before, but nobody responded because it's in Spanish, let's see if I have better luck this time...

8 Comments
2025/02/03
22:43 UTC

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pre Robert’s rebellion AU with different pairing

Anyone can recommend some AU fics that took place before Robert’s rebellion? Preferably it features characters of Robert and Ned’s generation with discovery of non-canon pairing. Genderswap is okay but no OC/SI. I would love to read something like Jaime/Lyanna, Stannis/Cat, Ned/female Robert, Rhaegar/Cersei, or something like male Cersei or male Lyanna. Those pairings are just examples. I would like to read other pairings that canon doesn’t have.

6 Comments
2025/02/03
22:30 UTC

7

Blackfyre Victory Fanfics?

Are there any fanfics that cover an alternate universe where the Blackfyres are successful in taking over Westeros?

1 Comment
2025/02/03
21:44 UTC

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A Good Day’s Work

Author: Wardown

Words: 46,227

Status: Unfinished

Language: English

Rating: Explicit

Chapter 32, Welcome Madam and May the Gods Speed. The Lysene Archon wants to open Dany’s throat. A Sparrow denounces Queen Sansa and Princess Myrcella..

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33638251/chapters/160565428

0 Comments
2025/02/03
19:23 UTC

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should i kill Viserys?

Exactly like the title says.

Im writing a Dragon Age: Origins (rest in peace) crossover with GoT and on wondering on if I should kill Viserys.

The reasoning is because a certain witch of the wilds is with Dany right now and it’s causing a butterfly effect. For one Dany won’t lose Rhaego and Drogo won’t drop dead as quickly.

I’m just wondering on if I should spare Viserys. I’ll probably kill someone as important as him off later to make up for it. But I’m just curious as to what anyone else thinks.

15 Comments
2025/02/03
16:17 UTC

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Fics where Cat or Lyanna lay the smackdown on Cersei

I was reading a fic where Cersei was being particularly nasty to Sansa, and I remembered when Robb was crowned, Catelyn said something along the lines of wanting Cersei to be there so Cat could show the lords present how gentle she could be. So I want to know if a writer has made that possible.

I'm looking for stories that have either Cat or Lyanna going mama wolves and beating up Cersei after they found out the mental torture she has put one of the stark children through.

5 Comments
2025/02/03
15:03 UTC

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house reyne survives fic

It's were a young member of House reyne[ I think his names starts with a r like roger or rogar] befriends tywin and later at the reyne tarbeck rebellion he spares his life but kills he kills the rest of the reynes I think it had the name red in it I'm positive it's on fanfiction net

0 Comments
2025/02/03
15:03 UTC

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"house of lies, city of blood" (oc centric)

Title: house of lies, city of blood

Author: siravalondulac

Rating: E (for eventual explicit and mature material)

Language: English

Length: 7,314 words (in 6 chapters)

Status: ongoing, updates once a week

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61991551

Summary: ten years after her mysterious disappearance, princess cerelle baratheon finally returns to king's landing - just in time for her brother joffrey's wedding. but the scars she carries run deep and the demons she gathered in the riverlands threaten to consume her. mayhaps her families can help heal her, but first she would need to mend their shattered bonds. all while trying to keep her past from catching up with her...

0 Comments
2025/02/03
14:46 UTC

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What do you guys imagine if king Theoden were in Westeros

So if King Theoden and his kingdom were in Westeros via transport or exist in Westeros since beginning what kind of impact he would have

19 Comments
2025/02/03
13:59 UTC

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Which fics do you think have the best writing/prose?

While I read a ton of both fanfiction and non-fanfiction fantasy, the biggest difference between the two I have noticed is the quality of the prose. While fanfiction can be just as fun, entertaining and even original (yes I said it), most fics just aren't as polished in terms of language in my opinion. Of course, the lack of a proper editor and less experience is true, but still. For example, Purple Days is literally my favourite fanfic of all time and I am not scared to admit that I enjoyed it more than the source material. However, the prose is clunky and awkward most times and serviceable and utilitarian at best.

So I gotta ask, which fics do you think have the best prose?

11 Comments
2025/02/03
13:49 UTC

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A Raging Fire - Chapter 12

Multiple Updates

Title: A Raging Fire

Author: natgrace

Rating: NR

Language: English

Length: 60k+

Status: WIP

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54855448/chapters/139047979

Summary: Princess Viserra Targaryen makes it back to the Red Keep unharmed after her one last night of laughter.

CHAPTER 12 IS LIVE - https://archiveofourown.org/works/54855448/chapters/160425589

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2025/02/03
13:38 UTC

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Any good Maid-dragon crossovers?

Preferably not with them joining the North. I just want to see the salt from the Targs when the symbol of power of their House, are running about acting as maids.

0 Comments
2025/02/03
09:38 UTC

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Help finding a HOTD fic

It was a daemon rhaenyra fanfiction where rhaenyra was really involved in helping the small folk and opened orphanages and a women's refuge. She helped one lady and her daughter at the women's refuge who had run from this awful man and Damon killed him and that lady worked for her at the refuge and her daughter grew up and in the end was secretly a Tully as the mother had been sent away in disgrace for being in love with a guard or something and sold herself in marriage to a random guy to survive and then was abused by the man's son. Anyway the daughter ended up interesting aegon and when she was legitimized he wanted to marry her

Does it sound familiar? I can find it in my saved list and it's driving me crazy

0 Comments
2025/02/03
07:58 UTC

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Non-ruler MC?

Does anyone know of any fanfic recs where the main character (be it oc/si/cannon character/crossover, I don’t care) isn’t a ruler?

Like, they don’t sit on the iron throne, they’re not a lord paramount, they’re a servant/work for someone else.

Mainly inspired by this fic https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-warlock-in-kings-landing-got-si.303837/ Where the MC is a warlock in service of the spider.

Bonus points if it is heavier on the political intrigue/spying/wetwork side of things.

6 Comments
2025/02/03
04:26 UTC

5

Knight/Princess trope?

Not necessarily knight/princes but the spirit of it, you get it.

Ty for any recommendations ☺️

4 Comments
2025/02/03
04:08 UTC

2

Any fics relating to a character making their own house!

Recently I listened to a fanfic basically about this lannisport orphan who like died then got reborn with power and stuff, but the main thing I liked about the story was that it followed a character making his own house and I thought it was interesting so see this more played out so if you any thing like this please share.

7 Comments
2025/02/03
01:20 UTC

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Fic of book!Jon Snow's twin OC and their relationship with Catelyn

Hi! I wasn't too sure how to properly title this, but honestly it'll do. Also! TL;DR at the end if no one wants to read my yap session.

In the last few months, I've created an OC that is exactly like the title - the twin of Jon Snow. I've made the decision to go book based rather than show for my fic and have fleshed out my character well enough, but I am stumped. I'm only starting to read the books and don't remember much from the show, and couldn't necessarily figure this out myself - how would a female bastards relationship be with Catelyn?

This is one of the main things that I've been struggling with as I begin to write the first chapter. The fic itself is published on my Wattpad and AO3 with a prologue (I SWEAR I'm not trying to self promote, but I can make a separate post if anyone is interested in reading what I have already!) Other than that, I know that most (if not all) of the characters are different in the show and books, and I'm not very far into the book series to have a grasp at Catelyn's actual personality and her proper relationship with Jon. (I'm around 200/600 pages in AGOT. I'm a very slow reader lol and have forgotten what's happened so far since I haven't picked it up in a while either).

So this can help a bit more, I'll provide a bit of information about my OC below! I've had her idea in mind since August of 2024, and only decided to write a book based fic for her in November when I got the box set of ASOIAF for an early birthday present.

I named her Asarra, and her whole idea is to delve a bit into the horror aspect of ASOIAF through religion, and resurrection mainly. In the fic Jon and Asarra's parents are Lyanna and Rhaegar, and the general idea for Asarra specifically is that she is being punished for the sins of her father by an unknown ancient (most likely Valyrian) god of punishment and purity. Asarra had awoken this god when she was a child when she prayed for friendship, thinking that the Old Gods would answer, but instead it was this guy. That happened around the time when she was 8, so ~6 years before AGOT.

Asarra's personality is very simple - she's very anxious of pretty much everything, she fears the Old Gods/Godswood because she thinks they killed her, and is generally very quiet. She has tried to push herself away from her family (Jon, Robb, etc) and isn't as close as she was to them before. Idk how else to really explain her without yapping, but keep in mind she is a 14 year old girl who did get immensely traumatized at a (younger) age, so I also feel like that explains her as well.

The main story happens as it does, but Asarra does not go down south with Ned, Sansa, and Arya on his order. She stays and looks after Bran, and I'm thinking that she ends of going to Barrowton as a ward to Lady Barbrey Dustin so her whole thing is just an original story (as OC fics are (or should be!))

But again, my main issue arises - Catelyn. I know that part(?) of her hatred to Jon is based on the fact that he is a male and that she's worried for her trueborn sons succession (if I have this wrong, please correct me!). But with a female bastard, I'm not too sure if Catelyn would hate say, a female Jon, the same. I was thinking about internalized misogyny and stuff, but I didn't want to also go down to the stereotypical evil step-mother type trope I guess? Honestly man I wish I knew more, but I just don't and would love any help!

If needed, I can provide more information on Asarra's character and the fic in general as well. Thank you! And I'm so sorry if this is all over the place and not very clear! I was kind of rushing writing this.

TL;DR - Need help with book!Catelyn's dynamic with a female bastard (twin of Jon) whose personality's very reserved and strange.

5 Comments
2025/02/03
00:34 UTC

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LF an MC who is NOT a goody two shoes

I’d appreciate it if you could give me any recommendations. I’m not looking for a edge lord but I’m sick of politically correct protagonists with no real ambition that just want to live happily ever after, never get their hands dirty and just instantly forgive and befriend their enemies as soon as they win.

Basically someone who is not afraid to do what they must when necessary, although they don’t have to like it. Kind of like Ned when he was decapitating the deserter.

Thanks for the help!

23 Comments
2025/02/02
23:50 UTC

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Fire and Fury: Scattered Embers: Betha IV

Title: Fire and Fury

Author: AbandonedBy (me)

Rating: Mature

Language: English

Length: 282.4k+

Status: Ongoing

Link: AO3 SB AH

Summary: After his death, Robert is sent back to the time of his birth, but, as a girl. Years later, Robetha Baratheon is betrothed to Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, when she discovers the existence of a new Prince, by the name of Maekar. But there are far more mysteries to this prince than those which meet the eye.

0 Comments
2025/02/02
19:38 UTC

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Fics where jon dual wields

Looking for dual wielding fics or where jon is an amazing swordsman

4 Comments
2025/02/02
18:36 UTC

5

Age of heroes

Does anyone know if there is a fanfic set in the time period of the age of Heroes or the first long night. I find this time period really interesting and would like to see it developed into a fanfic.

3 Comments
2025/02/02
17:43 UTC

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[Sow the Tide, Reap the Storm] Chapter 57: The Wolf Lord

Title: Sow the Tide, Reap the Storm

Author: WearyBlues

Link: AO3

Rating: M

Language: English

Length: 298k

Status: Ongoing

Fic Summary:

The gods in their blind malice give Theon the feeble body of a woman.

Chapter Summary:

Asha could see the fury in Stark's face. His eyes were liquid in the candlelight, dark as ink. There he is. The Young Wolf.

0 Comments
2025/02/02
17:16 UTC

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