History will call us wives

[memeboogeyman]

Companion to Royalty Meme


There's one truth you must know of royalty: though power may lay in their hands, the crown is a cage. Whether you've always been noble, came into this position recently by complete surprise, or a simple person caught in the fray, you're realizing that leaders actually lead very little - even down to choosing who they spend their most intimate moments with. From eternal bonds of matrimonies to the distractions provided by courtesans, the people behind the throne make the rules. They cannot risk losing control of their most elevated and strategically placed pawn with a match gone wrong, which could create a domino effect and doom possibly thousands.

So, what part do you play in this game?

• Lifetime Royal: This is what you've been raised to do.
• Sudden Royal: You just learned of your position, which has been secret from you your entire life, or you unexpectedly inherited the job.
• Spouse: You're to be married to nobility.
• Concubine or Courtesan: For the royal, you're to be a sexual diversion.
• Unaffiliated: You're either a lower-ranking noble or a peasant, but you're free from all the machinations of the shadowy cabal...for now.

How willing are you?

• Completely Willing: Either you love the person you know you'll be matched with, or you're excited about the possibilities.
• Wary: There's no choice in the matter for you, so you may as well approach this situation cautiously.
• Unwilling: You didn't want to be matched up with someone. At all. Ever.

What path will you follow, once you're set upon it (there is, after all, little choice for the chosen ones)?

1. Prepared for This: Either you're a royal and have been one since birth, or you knew you'd marry or sexually entertain one.
2. Make Up for Lost Time: This life wasn't the one you lived until now, but times change. You're important or will be a companion to a very important person, like it or not.
3. A Sacrificial Token: Somewhere along the line, your people royally pissed off someone in a key position. So, in an attempt to smooth out relations, you've been given away as a gift to the highest power, either as a spouse for a political alliance or as a concubine or courtesan.
4. Pomp and Circumstance: All proper, this arrangement. You're to be married, as you've been promised to each other by your respective families. Consummation on the wedding night is key. Perhaps it's encouraged that the two of you act as if this is really a love match, to add insult to injury.
5. Genuine Love: Speaking of love matches, congratulations! You're one of the incredible few who gets to marry for love, so your lovemaking should be all the more enthused.
6. Only a Plaything: Heavy is the head who wears the crown, so you're expected to take on some side entertainment even if that's not your preference. Or you could be the courtesan...such a pretty, perfumed word for what the role really is...
7. Volunteered: You wanted this position, either of spouse or concubine. Your reasons are your own.
8. Cruel: You're powerful. You can do what you want to this person, a mere ant in comparison to you.
9. Forbidden: Even the most powerful can't have everything they want, such as someone who's promised to or with another; taking them for your own would create strife and destroy alliances, even to the point of tempting war.
10. Work Your Way Up: There's always a right tool for the job and you find no shame in using your own special tools to better your life.
11. Give Me an Heir: Whether you're legitimate or a concubine used as a surrogate, you must help in continuing the royal line.
12. Mutual Benefit: Both of you are comfortable with this arrangement because you're either compatible or it takes the pressure off of you otherwise.
13. Want to be More: Though you've been relegated to courtesan, you want to be there one and only spouse...no matter if that role is already filled or not.
14. Growing Affection: It may have started as all puppet strings and power plays, but now, you lo- care for them.
15. Loved Before: Before you became so important and powerful, before you became the focus of all the world, it seems, they were there with you. They were with you then, and you want them to be with you now. They ground you and they care about you for you.
16. Because You're Normal: They're outside of all the court's nonsense, and that's appealing to you. It's like a breath of fresh air.
17. WILDCARD

How to Play

• Comment with your character, preference, preferred role, and any other information.
• Reply to others.
• RNG or choose your options.

Comments

Daeron Targaryen | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

[dreamerofdragons]

[Lifetime royal. He is very wary.]

[illusorie]

[ could i interest you in something? ]

Dorian Storm | Critical Role C3 | OTA

[makingmyway]

(( Not technically royal, but definitely lifetime royal ))

Dr. Jack Abbot - The Pitt - ota

[comfortindarkness]

(not a royal, but a dedicated and loyal servant. Bodyguard, doctor, pick your pleasure)

[slowmoh]

[ now you have ideas spinning of an au where he's her bodyguard for whatever reason. ]

zoya nazyalensky | grishaverse

[groza]

[ can do either role! ]

Norm the Genie | Fairly OddParents | M/M preference but OTA (Dead Dove Warnings Below)

[gimmethewand]

[Norm the Genie has Kumali Nanijiani as a faceclaim because it fits, and I can. This version of Norm the Genie highly relies on my Protoism Multiverse headcanons (as outlined in Hitchhiker's Guide To the Protoism Multiverse and my analysis of the canon subtext in A Newbie Guide To Norm the Genie. I have a Permissions and a Kinklist. Standard content warnings for this version of Norm the Genie are: slavery, religious trauma, rape/noncon backstory, nonconsensual magic use, and an authoritarian Fairy World. My Plurk is templetroper, my Discord is heyitstempleuabackagain, and my Tumblr is unknown147082troper93.]

[Now that the housekeeping is out of the way, onto the actual meme. Norm is not royal in canon but I can play him in either role - my Norm the Genie is the Wishology Chosen One AU is real good for that, for example, but we could do it in your canon or some other AU as well.]

[Also, Norm is a switch, so top/bottom prefs are not a concern for me with this specific character (there are others, like Mark Temple, that are solidly one or another, but Norm the Genie is not one of them). I am primarily a slasher at heart but women and nonbinaries are hot too and Norm is bi/pansexual, so I'm open to them as well - I just need less of a hook when it comes to slash, lol. I would die for canonmates (and I know just how unlikely they are), but crosscanon is awesome so throw whatever canon you want at Norm - just don't treat him like a wish or joke machine.]

[And if you read all that and think I ruined your childhood, remember that I put all the Dead Dove warnings upfront. I know exactly what this is, and so do you. And if you decide to wank about me on wankgate or rpanons, you'll just be screaming at the sky because I read neither of them.]

[BTW, all this doesn't mean you have to read the entire meta to understand my RP and I'm certainly not grading you on how well you get the relationship of Potazel to Plato or any specific details. If you have a vague understanding of it or even just my top level, that'll work just fine.]

Duncan Idaho - Dune (books and movies) - ota

[feline_grace]

(Ever the loyal servant and bodyguard.)

rumi || kpop demon hunters || ota

[hun_trix]

(ooc; au's are sooooo my jam. half-demon princess rumi is the flavor of the day.)

sebek zigvolt | twisted wonderland | m/m 16+

[sparkbite]

[the companion! He's from minor fae nobility, but he's also half human, oops.]

[deltastrike]

[I love Sebek, best birthday boy. Would you be interested in a non-romantic version of this with Sebek tailing Theseus in some kind of internship/apprenticeship situation?]

Logan | Fable 3 | OTA

[ridofthethrone]

[Lifetime royal. Can be taken at any point in his canon.]

Haku | Naruto

[hyoton]

[ the companion. canonically picked up off the street for his absurd ice powers if you want to work with that, also a healer and a doter. this could be a fun au for him!! m/m for shipping ]

roronoa zoro | opla | ota

[threebladesdeep]

( hopelessly devoted yet emotionally constipated royal guard in love with his prince(ss). Very open to crosscanon/medium and happy to build something in universe or AU it with canonmates. )

hope this is ok! can be in universe or we can worldbuild together 👍

[callmedmon]

( Yuna doesn't know how one Roronoa Zoro came to be in the service of her royal family, as she's been spared the (likely gory) details, but she does know how she feels about him. It's how she's always felt about him, kept tightly constrained in the depths of her heart.

While she might be one of the most gifted tacticians the kingdom has ever seen, and called Demon because of the magic she can wield, the king had lost a wager about his firstborn daughter when she hadn't even yet been born. It was a fact of her life that she would someday be sent off to marry a man she'd never even met, nor so much as exchanged correspondence with.

She has, at least, managed to convince her father that Zoro should be the guard to accompany her, to stay with her and ensure her safety in an unfamiliar land. As part of the deal, she has to be the one to break the news to him.

And on the eve of their departure, to boot.

She takes a breath to steady her nerves as she approaches his quarters herself, rather than depending on a servant to call upon him, and she knocks firmly. It's then that she notices her magic still clinging to her hands, and she quickly shakes the dark mist away from her fingertips, endeavoring to have her composure under control by the time the door opens. )

anthony bridgerton. bridgerton. m/f.

[viscountbee]

[Castmates preferred as still voice testing in an RP medium. Anyways it’s ~this guy~

Royalty-adjacent, Anthony become the 9th Viscount Bridgerton at a young age. But, what Anthony really is? Is a royal pain in the ass.]

[katechism]

[ something with kate? ]

francesca bridgerton | bridgerton

[selfeffacingly]

( probably the companion )

[viscountbee]

[ooc: Hello little sister! Can I interest you in your eldest brother? He makes the must insufferable chaperone… but he’s alright for the heavy moments.]

Dr. Mel King - The Pitt - OTA

[onegative]

[Any sickly royal sorts need a personal doctor who will look out for their well-being and be entirely overwhelmed by Royal Protocol Things?]

Leona Kingscholar | Twisted Wonderland

[effortaverse]

[the most asshole Disney Prince you'll meet, lifetime royal born with a frighteningly powerful Unique Magic. being with him does mean being with a second-born prince who has Zero political power and is basically just a caged bird, but he's got the drive and passion to make a difference anyway so hey maybe join in on his 'dastardly' evil plans to [checks notes] change the world for the better and build a pride of his own.

ota genders, castmates, crosscanon, cross medium. don't be afraid to hash out ideas with me if you're unsure. willing to play with courtesans, but he'll likely be actually resistant to using them sexually and would instead demand company/time/chores/attention of them. also he's way ruder to men than women and femmes, sorry ahead of time.

also fine with gen companions too! shipping not required for companionship.

my meme schedule is really erratic rn because of RL so please prepare for a potentially slow/intermittent pace!]

we'll call this some spin of unaffiliated/wary/mutual benefit?

[sideslip]

[It was one of Penny's many ventures out from the confines of her isolated home, and as always: it was to study the local bird population. For the most part, she was interested in the most rare and elusive of species, but even the most common that were indigenous to the area had a certain charm to them that she couldn't help but be drawn to.

Typically, she avoided having much to do with any of the people she came into contact with during these research trips of hers...but somehow, this time was different. Perhaps it was just that this one could help grant her access to habitats that might otherwise be difficult--and Penny hardly took an issue with a bit of performative schmoozing to get what she was after.]

It never ceases to amaze me, every time I see you do it!

[What she here means is Leona's ability to snatch a bird right out of the air with his bare hands...and doing so, leaving them perfectly unharmed.]

lifeweaver | overwatch | ota

[lifegripped]

( very likely royalty, middle child but oldest son, preferred to spend time in the gardens over traditional combat training. happy to au it up! )

Delia Battista ✨ Star Trek OC ✨OTA, 21+

[attackpatternbattista]

[Basic gist: Largely faction-neutral Orion mercenary in her mid thirties, can be adapted into most any Star Trek timeline point for ease of RP, flirty, easy to get along with, but extremely observant. Pilot, mercenary, ship captain. Also comes in various Starfleet AU flavors as desired.

She's technically kind of nobility already, but she ditched her title and such.

But I'm willing to explore AU or other similar scenarios with Delia in either role.]

nikolai lantsov | grishaverse (m/f)

[tooclever]

[aspirers]

ooc: oh hi. maybe she gets sent to court since it's been 3 seasons now? something to that effect?

francesca bridgerton | bridgerton

[sonatinas]

[anotherwayoflooking]

[Just dropping a place holder here]

Aino Minako/Sailor Venus ♀ Sailor Moon

[vinasu]

rhaenys martell targaryen | asoiaf/got au | ota

[kelitsos]

kiritsugu emiya 🌙 fate/zero

[accelerationist]

[ m/f. could play him as either party, but probably the companion. ]

Mezo Shouji | My Hero Academia | OTA

[dupli_arms]

[Companion, almost certainly a bodyguard. Can be post-canon for adult relationships, and boy do I love some crosscanon.]

Nuala | Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

[whenifadeaway]

[So new. So voicetesty. AU where she lives? Pre-movie? Other AUs? The royalty.]