We've had three writers (including myself) adding Game of Thrones stories. The general premise has been "How the Story should have gone"
Each is a very different take.
Has anyone watched the Last Kingdom on Netflix or read the books by Bernard Cornwall? He is also the author of the "Sharpe's Regiment" series that was turned into a serial by the BBC in the 1980s-1990s starring a dashing Sean Bean.
The basic premise of Last Kingdom is a young Saxon Lordling is orphaned during a Viking Raid and his home taken.
His name is Uhtred and Destiny is all.
He is raised by Ragnar and eventually comes to save his daughter and be raised as his son. I won't spoil it for you if you've never seen or read the books but essentially he is a man caught between two worlds: That of his Saxon heritage and that of his Danish upbringing.
He is a valiant warrior and an honorable man.
I wonder is there room for fan fiction about him?
There is so much wonderful fodder here for a brilliant and bawdy tale.
Aelswith the prudish Queen of Wessex looks like the kind of woman who appreciates a good spanking for a naughty wench and Alfred was notorious for taking his serving women to bed before he became King.
Oswald is the son of Alfred's brother and by right of inheritence should be king but he is basicaly the Tyrion of the series: Wenching and Wine! A total little shit. However, lots of stuff could happen with him.
There are Viking Lords like Ubba who bed several women and Aelthelflaed the English Princess captured and held in a cage by the Viking raiders! There is of course the beautiful and deadly Skade the Norse Witch who can use sex magic to control and kill.
Seers, Kings, Vikings, Raiders, Bastards - it writes itself practically.
I've always been fond of Rutger Hauer's character "Ravyn". He is Arl Ragnar's father and he is blind. You get the impression when he was younger he was a Captain of men and a right proper warrior. Now he is a Bard who sings tales of ancient glories but what if you went back to Ravyn's early journeys to England and wrote about that?
This is a rich tapestry to write in and although I prefer some BDSM and Erotica I'll gladly raise a pint to even a traditional story set in the Universe.