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Arranged Marriage Turned More

To have and to hold, you said, till death do us part, all while the sharp, swinging pendulum of obligation hung overhead. But how could you have truly meant those words? This union has been tainted from the start, forever bearing the chains of an arranged marriage. It would be understandable if you couldn't bear to look at your new life partner, eternal reminder of your stolen future that they are, much less like them.
Much less love them...

Still, things can change.

You could realize that they are in the same boat as you or, that when compared to others around you,
they are the lesser of evils. Perhaps you even open up to the idea of a friendship; at the very least,
an alliance may be in order to become a power couple in a perilous world. From that innocent decision or sense of self-preservation, a new feelings sparks. Something like affection.

Something, you realize in the wake of speeding heartbeats, like love.

Will you acknowledge this? Can the two of you have a happily ever after - happier than if you'd met in another fashion - or will you hold firm in your distaste?

how to play.

- Everybody loves "couples forged by less-than-ideal circumstances" tropes!
- Comment with your character, prefs, all that good stuff.
- Reply to others.
- IDEC where you set your threads, it's wide open. Fantasy world with hairy hobbits, old-timey lands, future AUs, do a space marriage for all I care. I'm sure they're still getting married in Star Wars or whatever.

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[ ooc: Show, books, mix of both, AU, just let me know what your preference is. ]

[Drapes lazily across the meme like a cat. ]

Edited 2021-06-17 00:53 (UTC)

[ooc; au's more than welcome.]

[ ooc; ota ]

(crit role/got mashup? The North making alliances with Wildemount which is where Arya's explorations took her and Yasha ends up being the one picked to seal the deal so to speak? Figure we can vaguely smish magic/dnd races in and just say the white walkers were jacking up Westerosi access to magic or whatever so that explains some of the differences going on.)