Arranged

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Arranged Marriage

Congratulations!

You're getting married. Whether that's exciting, horrifying, politically necessary, or simply the least bad option on the table is another matter entirely.

Your parents signed the contract before either of you could walk. A monarch looked at a map and decided this seemed like a sensible way to prevent a war. Somebody inherited a title, a curse, or a kingdom with a spouse conveniently attached.

Whatever the reason, the wedding's happening.

Now comes the awkward part: figuring out what exactly to do with the person you're expected to spend the rest of your life with. You might fall in love, or you might spend the entire marriage plotting each other's untimely demise. There's plenty of room in between.

RULES

• Standard meme practices apply here, as always.

PROMPTS

1. Political peace treaty.
2. Childhood betrothal.
3. Congratulations, you're inheriting the estate. Also, here's your spouse.
4. Two rival mafia families decide marriage is less expensive than another funeral.
5. One of you volunteered. The other...definitely didn't.
6. The prophecy insists.
7. Rivals. Enemies. Two people who would really rather not have anything to do with one another.
8. The wedding already happened. Oops.
9. One of you has a secret that could ruin everything.
10. Fake marriage. Real feelings? You know the drill.
11. The curse says so.
12. One family is lying about why this marriage matters.
13. Complete strangers.
14. Friends who suddenly aren't "just friends" anymore.
15. Marriage to secure a throne, a company, a magical artifact, citizenship, peace, or something else.
16. One of you expected the other to be a monster. Turns out they're tolerable.
17. One of you actually wanted this.
18. One of you has no intention of going through with the wedding.
19. The marriage is a cover for something much more dangerous.
20. Runaway bride/groom.
21. The families are delighted. You two, less so.
22. You're married first, introduced second.
23. The wedding night is the first time you've had an actual conversation.
24. You married for duty. Feelings were never supposed to happen.
25. One of you isn't entirely human.
26. Someone else objects—and they have a very good reason.
27. The arrangement expires after a year, if you both survive it.
28. The paperwork says you're married. Neither of you remembers agreeing to this.
29. Build your own marriage crasher.

Comments

belle ❀ beauty and the beast (2017) → f/m

[uglydress]

[ rises from the grave and taps my massively out of date wishlist. ]

thor | mcu | m/f

[onlyifidie]

[ prefer an infinity war canonpoint. ]

paul atreides | dune (2021 + 2024) | m/f

[terriblypurposed]

Rose Belmont || CV:BC || F/M

[cursed_rose]

jack kline | spn

[unlikeson]

[ You too can marry Satan's child. ]

rumi || kpop demon hunters || ota

[hun_trix]

(ooc; open to au's!)

edelgard von hresvelg | fire emblem: three houses

[crestsidestory]

[ info in journal, 20+ preferred. open to crosscanon with fantasy canons that can easily be smushed into the same world. edelgard would probably need a dire reason to enter a marriage specifically about brokering peace but I'm a fan of situations that require uneasy alliances against a much worse common enemy. also open to some kind of jamjar situation where our characters were assigned to each other for marriage on arrival. bonus points for variations on fake marriage + real feelings. ]

ye bingchang | till the end of the moon

[lovethreads]

[OTA! info & permissions.

obvs open to any and all of these options, but also consider... ybc and her partner sent to negotiate an arranged marriage on behalf of their siblings/friends. something about the unimportant/overlooked having to handle these matters because it's expected of them to. or just ybc as the proxy stand-in and talking her (evil) sister up for the sake of the spouse. all women do is lie but feel free to call her out on it!!

happy to write a starter as well!! or hit me with another idea entirely]

elain archeron — acotar.

[loveliest]

Penelope | Odyssey | ota

[weaveandwait]

sebek zigvolt | twisted wonderland | ota 16+

[sparkbite]

[getting back on the horse after a hot minute, bear w me! He's of middling noble fae lineage, though, and probably the only one in his nuclear family who gives a shit about marrying for anything other than love. Maybe his grandpa arranged it after being harangued for a proper match, who knows.]

clark kent / superman || superman (2025) || ota

[what_the_hey]

[ooc; very okay with au's.]

kisara | ygo | ota

[pallidly]

morgan | fgo

[gaeaf]

⊹ Marian ⊹ Goddess of Victory: Nikke ⊹ F/M ⊹

[queencard]

🐚 pearl 🐚 hsr 🐚

[oneinashellion]

[OTA!]

Libra Sforza (MBCC Chief) | Path to Nowhere | M/F (18+)

[shackledandbound]

zoey | kpop demon hunters | ota

[maknaeontop]

arthur pendragon | arthuriana/folklore

[brytenwealda]

[ voicetesting. m/f default, open to m/m with discussion. cross-canon/medium/genre, other historical or legendary types, and weird aus are all good. ]

alisaie leveilleur | final fantasy xiv

[riposter]

[ ota, crosscanon/ocs/assumed cr welcome, wols loved, further prefs here! ]

iris sagan | ai: the somnium files

[dakkai]

( ota 16+, prefs/hooks )

jang hayoung | omniscient reader's viewpoint

[lethargy]

[ ota! ]

[inverseye]

[ The creaking smell of the old wooden building, suffused with long years of incense and smoke, is almost nauseating. Outside, its a blazing hot day, loud with insects, the last place Saheon would like to be on a weekends. But it's par the course to be forced to waste his time in his hometown.

Without looking up, he reaches out to snag the bowl of rice wine between him and the girl(?) across from him. Its the first time he's been left alone all day, and like hell is he gonna waste it on this stranger. ]

You should get your family to call it off.

[ You know, since he had no idea this had been arranged, and has no interest in it, and wants to get drunk at the idea, and can't even really explain why until they actually get married, by which it will be too late, because they sure as hell won't be able to get a divorce! Which might be good because Saheon has a lot of assets and doesn't want to split those with... No dammit, it's probably better to just add someone else to the pool, they can die right away and Saheon can get her assets after she's sacrificed. This is almost a good idea he can stomach.

He takes a long sip of alcohol. They store more in the back room. He should go get more. ]

Or not. I don't care.

Gwendolyn Ravenshade | fantasy oc | ota

[hiddenlegacy]

[ tldr; Fantasy Princess (or old money princess in modern times) with the blood of Odin flowing through her though she's yet to explore it. Assumed CR okay ]

Mira || Kpop Demon Hunters || OTA

[sharpasablade]

Midna | Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | OTA

[envoyoftwilight]

[Open to prompts. I'm particularly partial to the idea of political necessity. If leaning towards the shipping side of things, then enemies / rivals towards reciprocated feelings is a favourite.

Open to canon, cross-canon, cross-series, assumed CR, and AU.]

Eirika | Fire Emblem Sacred Stones

[heartofarapier]

[Especially fond of 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 15, and 24. Happy to write starters for interested parties. Canon, cross-canon, cross-series, assumed CR, and AU are all welcome. Eirika leans more towards F/M, but I'm open to F/F with some additional discussion.

There's some info in her journal, along with perms, but these are kind of sparse.
Eirika is a somewhat sheltered princess with a good and gentle heart. She can be a little mischievous at times, and is largely full of good intentions.]

amos burton | the expanse

[churnback]

[ open to all cross-canon~ ]

Cassandra de Rolo | Critical Role | m/f

[ofwovenstone]

[Canon, crosscanon, AUs, assumed CR, I'm here for all of it.]