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royally common romance meme!

♕ The Royally Common Romance Meme ♔

❝And I tell you truly, Daenerys, there is no man in all the world who will ever be half so true to you as me.❞

Inspired by an anon comment on rpanons ages ago about a PSL they'd like to play.

Heavy the head that wears the crown, they say, and little could be more true. Of course, there is glamor in the life: power, privilege, lavish feasts, fine clothes...if your monarchy is doing well, that is. But there are also struggles that few others would understand, such as life or death decisions that need to be made to protect your kingdom at best and being a mere puppet with no real power at worst. At the very least, you're lonely. Certainly there are people around you at all times to protect and serve you, yet they aren't truly companions. They're no one you can talk to.

Well, not no one. Not completely. There is one person who's allowed close to you. Perhaps they're even allowed to be alone with you. A trusted advisor, a handmaid, a knight, a court jester, whatever they are, their companionship and support may leave you wanting those peaceful moments and lingering glances to mean...more.

And what if you are the other side, someone without royal birth offering your service to your highness? You may have been born into this life, forced into it, or gave yourself to it willingly. It could be much, much worse - at least you and your charge have a good relationship, to the point that you might do anything for them. Have your feelings for them always been more inappropriate than they should, or is this a new feeling? And such feelings - they can't be returned, can they? Or you could see your charge as the human that they are rather than an ideal. Does that mean you can give them the best advice and service you can? And what of their duties to marry and continue their line? Will you step back and let them be bound to another?

Then there are the pressures of the throne. The most innocent could be corrupted by power, and you would be in no position to stop them, no matter how it pained you to see the one you cared for twisted and become a wholly different person.

To allow anything to blossom between the two of you is risky and perhaps even deadly. Not even royalty can put a stay to an execution of someone who's, for all intents and purposes, committed treason by becoming emotionally compromised. All the same, it may be worth it, in the end. Royalty, after all, has a short shelf life, and the head on the spike may be the one wearing the crown.

HOW TO PLAY

Comment with your character and preferences, any relevant info, and what role you'd like to play, royal or not. You might also want to include if you're open to smut.

Reply to others.

Let your imagination guide you! Stolen moments, keeping secrets, battle plans, discussions about ruling filled with double meaning, jealousy, learning about arranged marriages, just spending time together, or being able to do nothing as your love turns into an evil queen/king are just a few ideas.

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How about a Duke? Grandson of a Royal Princess and he also is the current head of the empire's mighty fleet. Slated to marry the spare heir of the throne as per tradition but what is this?! Why the chemistry with the Crown Prince/ss is better than with his supposed fiancee? There's very good reason why the fragile balance between the royal vs aristocrats factions must be maintained, the military is not supposed to be one with the crown but if he resigned from the role, the next in line was known as being overly ambitious and might be trying to blackmail the royal family with the power that he wields. Treize is the one who keep the internal balance within the military, remove him and the empire would soon be blazing with civil war as factions fighting each other for supremacy.

[ the commoner ]

[the one in service. ota, unless you want to pick up his future boss Aureliano Dragonetti...]

[ She can be either the commoner or the royal. In the later case, she is most likely a princess. ]

[Royalty. The king of Wakanda, to be exact.]

[Up for either role.]

[ooc; let's discuss options. au's welcome.]

[ Willing to AU as some kind of terrible prince or boy-king. Or stick more with canon: high-ranking military that handles himself like royalty. ]

[Being “gifted” with their very own son by the upwardly ambitious Outlook family, whatever words they’d wrapped around the situation, had seemed to Luvander as a joke. Oh yes, personal servant and protector indeed. More like a fancily wrapped spy, as far as Luvander is concerned. One who is supposed to sleep on a cot right by his bedroom door, even.

Well, to the bastion with that. It’s not like he’s ever invited anyone involved in his more private activities back to his room, nor anyone else of a still more sensitive nature. No, thank you, he has always had sense enough to slip outside, where privacy is more readily available than at the castle.

Except he’s been dodging and weaving through backways and alleys for upwards an hour now, and he still hasn’t managed to lose his insistent shadow. It’s maddening… and yet also intriguing. The Outlooks are not of the noble houses proper, but they are at least wealthy enough that Luvander had expected to find their son thoroughly pampered enough to be useless out on the streets. But the steady pursuit tells him otherwise. Interesting.

So he stops in a deserted alley and turns around, training eyes the color of river mist on the slightly darker shadow he’d caught Sabo slinking into.]

I think this little game has gone on for quite long enough, if you don’t mind. Perhaps we should just talk things over like proper adults instead?