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At Your Service ([personal profile] atyourservices) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2013-09-23 07:39 am

Because jfc at the people who want to play knight/noble shipping

The Courtly Love Meme

That's COURTLY LOVE. Not COURTNEY LOVE.

Courtly love or domnei was a medieval European conception of nobly and chivalrously expressing love and admiration. Generally, courtly love was secret and between members of the nobility. It was also generally not practiced between husband and wife.

The "courtly love" relationship is modeled on the feudal relationship between a knight and his liege lord. The knight serves his courtly lady (love service) with the same obedience and loyalty which he owes to his liege lord. She is in complete control of the love relationship, while he owes her obedience and submission.The knight's love for the lady inspires him to do great deeds, in order to be worthy of her love or to win her favor. Thus "courtly love" was originally construed as an ennobling force whether or not it was consummated, and even whether or not the lady knew about the knight's love or loved him in return.

The "courtly love" relationship typically was not between husband and wife, not because the poets and the audience were inherently immoral, but because it was an idealized sort of relationship that could not exist within the context of "real life" medieval marriages. In the middle ages, marriages amongst the nobility were typically based on practical and dynastic concerns rather than on love. The idea that a marriage could be based on love was a radical notion. But the audience for romance was perfectly aware that these romances were fictions, not models for actual behavior. The adulterous aspect that bothers many 20th-century readers was somewhat beside the point, which was to explore the potential influence of love on human behavior. The behavior of the knight and lady in love was drawn partly from troubadour poetry and partly from a set of literary conventions derived from the Latin poet Ovid, who described the "symptoms" of love as if it were a sickness. The "lovesick" knight became a conventional figure in medieval romance. Typical symptoms: sighing, turning pale, turning red, fever, inability to sleep, eat or drink. Romances often contained long interior monologues in which the lovers describe their feelings.

tl;dr characters are in a fantasy/medieval setting and having a courtly romance.

How to Play
- Comment with your character, preferences, etc. Also, be sure to include what "role" your character will be taking on in this little affair.

  • Lord/lady
  • Knight (gender neutral, of course)
  • Prince/princess
  • Bard or poet
  • Servant
  • Commoner (for the ultimate "forbidden romance")
-Comment to others, using the RNG to determine your fate.

Prompts
  1. When I First Saw Your Face: You are meeting your liege or your knight for the first time. What you see takes your breath away.
  2. Lovesick: Your pining for your beloved has made you ill! You can't eat, you can't sleep, you're in loves throes.
  3. Playing Hard to Get: If you're of nobility, you at least have to pretend you're not interested.
  4. You're So Coy: The art of flirtation is just getting started, but you have to be subtle about it.
  5. In Your Honor: Be it a jousting match or a battle, you're going to win this for your lord/lady's name!
  6. A Token: You must give your knight something for good luck.
  7. A Gift: This is the reverse of the above. You must give your love something.
  8. Keep a Secret: Kisses behind columns, holding hands under the table. You must sneak away little moments together, but you have to keep others in the dark.
  9. Back from War: Your knight has been away in combat, and now they've returned. You want to shower them with affection.
  10. Consumate: Believe it or not, courtly love could have a physical angle, as well. Sometimes physical afairs happened.
  11. To Defend Your Honor: Someone has insulted your fair lady or lord. You know what that means! DUEL.
  12. I'll Protect You: The lands are under an attack, and you must protect the person you love!
  13. Breaking the Rules: You've decided to abandon the pretense of courtly love and actually be with this person, even if that means running away.
  14. WILDCARD
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Guinevere | First knight

[personal profile] child_of_leonesse 2013-09-23 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)

4 - les do dis

[personal profile] legendaryking 2013-09-24 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[The young Prince Arthur is tongue-tied when he sets eyes upon the ruler of Leonesse. He recalls her name, Guinevere, though it doesn't pass through his lips.]

Milady, [is all he can manage to push aout after an awkward silence of staring. To make up for it, he strides up to her purposefully and takes her hand to plant the customary kiss - because he's been sent here a-courting by his father and though he would much rather lead a party of knights into the vast unknown, Arthur is nothing if not a servant of his king and kingdom.]
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Lyanna Stark | A Song of Ice and Fire

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[ Lady]
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Jeyne Westerling | A song of Ice and Fire

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[] lady]
phrenesis: (are you sure about this?)

Bellatrix Black • Harry Potter

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[ Lady ]
prongsie: (casual)

James Potter- Keep a secret

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Because it's funny and wrong at the same time

They had to stop meeting like this. She was beautiful and vivacious and everything he could ever want, but that didn't change the fact that she was promised to his best friend. He found her in a back corridor and grabbed her hand, leading her quickly to the library fireplace where they could have a moment's privacy.

"You were in my dreams last night," he murmured, kissing her hand as his blue eyes held hers.

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Sonia Nevermind | Super Dangan Ronpa 2 | M/F | Princess

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Boromir/LOTR/m/f

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lord, knight, prince - all of them?
broken_trifecta: (Texting WHILE TYPING!)

#2

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[Cherise stares down at her plate, her fork idly chasing vegetables about the rim. She's never lost her appetite before (not since being hired by the noble family and dining at their table instead of eating her own poor concoctions), and she supposes this should be a problem. But she can't help it. Boromir consumes her thoughts. She thought she'd never love again after her husband passed away after the briefest of marriage unions. But the nobleman is charming, kind, strong, and compassionate. When he smiles, the world stops.]

[This wasn't supposed to happen. She was here to use her spells in aid of the castle defense, prepare potions when necessary, and accompany those of higher rank who must venture into dangerous territory. She was not brought here to fall in love.]

[In the end, she gives up, setting down her fork and flashing a quick smile as she rises from her chair.]


Please excuse me. I must check on my brews.

[With a courteous bow, the sorceress turns to depart the dining hall.]

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Christa Renz ◄ Attack on Titan/Shingeki No Kyojin◄ OTA

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Scanty || Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt || M/F

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((ooc: princess because it's Scanty))
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((ooc: probably lady))
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Cherise Thompson | OC (widowed sorceress) | F/M

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[If you want to know more about her personality, her bio is in her journal. Open to all mediums!]
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Carlton Lassiter | Psych | M/F

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[The worst at courting pretty much ever. Most likely a knight, but he can fulfill just about any role. No smut please!]

Snake Eyes | GI Joe movieverse | M/F

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[knight/possible bodyguard. open to all mediums. wouldn't mind trying an oriental type AU (Lo5Rs for instance)]
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Cassie Lang | Marvel 616

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dave strider | homestuck | ota

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[ knight. but you know, i'm flexible, so if you've got other ideas, lets roll. ]
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Annabelle / Swan Princess | OUAT OC | Het

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[ooc: Princess, or hiding out as a commoner.]
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Amelia Atwater | OC | OTA

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[ooc: Lady, impoverished style.]
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Matthew, a Prince | OC | Het

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[ooc: Prince/Knight.]
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Helena, A Lady

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Any preferences? I thought I would just go for it

Helena had traveled for days to reach the castle. It had never been her intention to be sent to the royal courts, but her father had insisted and her mother, never one to put up much of a fuss, had finally acquiesced. She was a young woman of 18 now and it was time for her to be presented to the nobility of the lands. As the youngest daughter, she had hoped to escape the joys of womanhood unscathed and be left to tend to her family's manor. She had never desired to a marriage or anything of the sort. Of course what she wanted came in second to the expectations of the crown and her father.

So here she was. Standing in the throne room in a dress that made it difficult to breathe with her hair piled up on her head and her shoes cramped into heals. She did her best to smile and nod and look graceful, but her heart hadn't quit pounding from the moment she had arrived.

She had been mixing with company over an hour when the young man walked in. Helena had never been drawn to anyone before and suddenly she found herself watching him making an entrance and subconsciously adjusting the layers of her dress. She hadn't seen this mysterious figure before and for the first time in her life, she found herself actually curious about a man.

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[ooc: Servant/warlock~]
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Stiles Stilinski | Teen Wolf | OTA

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Baby | Supernatural | OTA

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[ooc: Please?]
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petyr baelish ♔ a song of ice & fire

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Isolde • OC • ota

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[ an evil witch
commoner or servant ]
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Rapunzel | Tangled | Open to All

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[lbr a princess

though she could be one that doesn't know it.]
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philip swift | potc

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ooc | even a priest can pine.
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[ooc: Would you be interested in a cursed princess?]

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1: When I First Saw Your Face

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[She could have sworn she saw the princess come through this corridor, and she wasn't supposed to be here, either, and they were going to get caught and it was going to be terrible when they were reprimanded by the queen - the queen! - for such a dangerous trip.

(But she couldn't have let Serenity come alone, could she, and Serenity would have gone alone with that bright smile and that 'Endymion-sama would never let harm come to me anyway'.)

Someone was coming! Mercury ducked behind a nearby pillar and had to hope it concealed her enough for whoever it was, and the sound of booted footsteps, to pass by.]
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