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bakerstreet2015-01-28 07:30 pm
atyourservices) wrote in bakerstreet2015-01-28 07:30 pm
Arranged Marriage Meme
recognised as a social contract. Unions were entered into for many
reasons: to obtain property, to unite families, to carry on a bloodline,
et cetera. Whatever the reason, congratulations, you're getting married!
HOW IT WORKS:
❧ Post a comment with your character's name, canon, and any preferences.
❧ If there's a specific set of circumstances you like best, set the scene.
❧ Or leave your comment blank and let others use RNG to choose the scenario. Feel free to mix and match.
❧ Please note the prompts below are merely suggestions and you're more than welcome to come up with your own situation.
❧ Have fun!
POSSIBLE REASONS FOR MARRIAGE:
① Station → You come from a royal, noble, or otherwise distinguished family who has chosen a suitable spouse for you.
② Feud → You are being married to put an end to the bitter enmity between your two families.
③ Economics → Your economic state and/or your station will improve through the union, though one of you may be marrying down.
④ Empire → You and your spouse are merging your businesses and/or property to create something more influential or profitable.
⑤ Tribute → You have been offered as a gift or appeasement, alternately you're the spoils of war.
⑥ Bloodline → Carrying on your distinguished family name has fallen to you and the equally well-bred spouse of your family's selection.
⑦ Disapproval → Your marriage has been arranged to keep you away from the person with whom you truly wish to be.
POSSIBLE SCENARIOS:
① First meeting → This is the very first time you're meeting your future spouse.
② Courtship → To get to know each other and encourage affection, your family has approved of you going on dates.
③ Engagement party → Be it a huge, formal affair or a small, intimate get together, you're celebrating (or pretending).
④ Wedding day → The big day!
⑤ Reception → The big party!
⑥ Wedding night → Every meme needs a smut prompt, right?
⑦ Honeymoon → Where will you go with your new spouse and what will you do there?
jin // samurai champloo // ota
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i mean his parents are dead, but to honour them he'd still go through with shinkai, and mmmmm... >_> ]
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Jin isn't going to say he knows Shinkai very well. Beyond a couple of times they'd met over the years (birthdays or celebrations or New Year's or whatever--and even then, Jin stopped going to those after his parents died), he doesn't know a thing about him. Well, Jin knows that he bikes, for one thing, but that's... all.
So it's weird for him to be sitting on his own bike, waiting patiently for Shinkai to leave his house and come out. Weird that he'd asked Shinkai to meet him despite the fact that they've never met for anything special before. He doesn't know what came over him besides the fact that it just seemed appropriate to do after quitting college.
If he's going to live his life his way, then he'll do this his way too. Jin's only issue is the fact that he doesn't know how to deal with people to begin with--much more a fiancé he barely even knows.
Ahhh ok, hmm YEAH LET'S JUST DO THAT :D
The visit isn't unwelcome, though; he likes Jin despite their strange circumstances and infrequent contact. What's harder to deal with is the impending promise of marriage, of having to take one of life's biggest steps with someone who hasn't said more than a few words to him over the last three years. How much do they really know about each other, anyway?
Well, maybe this is an opportunity.
Shinkai rides up and dismounts his bike with a practiced grace, half-eaten power bar hanging from his lips around a lazy smile, "Hey, nice to see you."