bakerstreet | Arranged Marriage meme

Arranged Marriage meme

Arranged Marriage

Marriage for love is a such a modern concept. In the past, marriage was
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 to Play:
Post with your character | fandom | and any preferences.
Be sure to mention any scenarios you are interested or not interested in playing.
Tag Others.
Be awesome to each other.
Have fun!

POSSIBLE REASONS:
STATION: You come from a royal, noble, or otherwise distinguished family who has chosen a suitable spouse for you.
FEUD: You are being married to put an end to the bitter enmity between your two families.
ECONOMICS: Your economic state and/or your station will improve through the union, though one of you may be marrying down.
EMPIRE: You and your spouse are merging your businesses and/or property to create something more influential or profitable.
TRIBUTE: You have been offered as a gift or appeasement, alternately you're the spoils of war.
BLOODLINE: Carrying on your distinguished family name has fallen to you and the equally well-bred spouse of your family's selection.
DISAPPROVAL: Your marriage has been arranged to keep you away from the person with whom you truly wish to be.

POSSIBLE SCENARIOS
FIRST MEETING: This is the very first time you're meeting your future spouse.
COURTSHIP: To get to know each other and encourage affection, your family has approved of you going on dates.
ENGAGEMENT PARTY: Be it a huge, formal affair or a small, intimate get together, you're celebrating (or pretending).
WEDDING DAY: The big day!
RECEPTION: The big party!
WEDDING NIGHT: Every meme needs a smut prompt, right?
HONEYMOON: Where will you go with your new spouse and what will you do there?

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( give me the mha fantasy au... or anything else! )

[Political marriage to the second son?]

[ ooc; info. preference for a fantasy/appropriate historical setting (she's modelled around ancient greece and rome, but any ancient-ish world will do, possibly medieval), though i'm willing to discuss anything except modernization. f/f for shipping, no smut. ]

Edited 2023-03-03 02:54 (UTC)

( m/m, castmates preferred. )

[ no smut, please! ]

((interested in a scenario in which Keith is captured, and Thace pulls out an ancient Galra tradition that marries them to save Keith's life and tie his loyalty to "the Empire" ~~and now they have to race against the clock to get Keith back to Voltron without blowing Thace's cover~~))

[ oh gosh, that's awkward, lol. Does Keith even know Thace is a Blade in this scenario or is he under this assumption that Thace is a creep.... ]

((hahaha well... Thace wouldn't even hint he was a Blade in public (and he'd be wary about it in general unless Keith was already a Blade probs), but the first time they were in private together he'd at least swear both to be faithful and to... never touch Keith unless he ~~and Krolia, let's be honest here~~ gave permission first? So at least he isn't doing it because he's horny and Keith is attractive? Not that Keith isn't! Any Galra should be proud to have a husband as wonderful, strong, and -- oh quiznack. Which is to say, yes. So awkward. Any of the scenarios seem fun to you?))

[ Sorry for the delay, work had me feeling exhausted for a little bit there.

This sounds like a hilarious clusterfuck, so I am down. Maybe we start in Thace's private quarters aboard the ship? Keith got dragged there from his prison cell by sentries. He's informed that he has been married off and his mate will be arriving shortly. Does a set up like that work for you or did you have something more elaborate in mind? ]

((It's cool! And I like it! Thace preparing his new husband for the official ceremony. Which is part ritual duel, because of course ancient Galra would do ritual duels for everything haha. How's this for a starter?))

When Thace had heard the Red Paladin had been captured, his heart had sank. How could he hold off the inevitable interrogation and execution long enough--

The idea had hit like a meteor, and he'd had to swallow back hysterical laughter. It would work because for all his corruption the Emperor kept to the laws of the Empire. He'd just changed them whenever they didn't suit his purposes. That ancient (pre space flight, even) law had never come up, so it had never been changed or dismissed. It would probably be changed soon now, but not before Thace got to use it for this.

So Thace had made his claim, pressed suit to make the Red Paladin his husband in an ancient marriage rite. It had almost been worth the shock and disgust on everyone's faces, but of course the witch had to bring up that others were allowed to challenge him for the right to press that suit. A surprising number did, and now Thace is heading back to his quarters to meet his new husband.

At least they had better have taken his new husband to his quarters like he had demanded. He wasn't intending to go to his own wedding soaked with sweat and blood from dueling several other commanders and sub-commanders and lt. commanders. He'd won against them all, even if he'd had to show more of his strength than he'd really wanted to. Now he just has to convince his new husband to cooperate with the ceremony to complete the marriage...and somehow keep him safe until the rest of the Paladins rescue him. Not remotely an impossible task at all, of course not.

Thace pauses with his hand on his door lock. The borrowed clothing for the ceremonial duel and swearing of oaths feels too rich and fragile folded over his arm. Hopefully his new husband isn't waiting next to the door in an attempt to land a surprise attack.

He triggers the lock with a heaved sigh. "Husband, I'm coming in."

[ rich, maybe nobility arranged to have a fiance/fiancee from birth? tale as old as time. i'm down with other circumstances too! 18+ pref,kinks here. crosscanon and canonmates welcome, just no malleable/silent protags. ]

[c-c-c-c-canon! she's a princess, though we can au that down to something appropriate for your character obviously!]

[ Open to all kinds of settings, but fantasy would be swell tbh. ]

( the darkest timeline: Becca's parents succeed in forcing her to marry right out of high school. )

[he's royalty and a runaway heir of a fictional far-flung region in japan. yes. open to AUs. m/f, m/m... anything is fine, his culture literally doesn't care about that.]

[okay so you're here. i'm here. Sarafa's no Dimos, but she's probably going to love and hate Rinne all in one and want to throttle him. more than once, perhaps. two royal little freaks getting shacked up and trying to make the best of it: yea or nea??]

[ yea!!!! i think she would keep rinne on his toes, and he'd kind of have fun with it. he's almost a completely different person when he's acting as the chief, though. more polite and serious. but with sarafa, he becomes silly rinne... let's say he ran away long enough for him to pick up some bad habits before being dragged back to marry her. if that works for you!

i'm not sure if you still wanted to work with parts of her background, so lmk what you want to keep/do and i can write us a starter unless you have something else in mind! ]

[good little husband and wife rinne and sarafa until they're behind closed doors, and then they go fucking apeshit and get a little silly...be still my beating heart!! >:OO
i was thinking of keeping in her first marriage, at least the fact that it failed and her mom had no sympathy over it and just shunted her off into rinne, so that she has every reason to still be a sour little tsundere cyclepath!! but the fortune telling shit...yeah no she can just do weird shit in private to keep 'control' over her life it doesn't matter.

also WOW ty for the starter offer, i'm happy to write one but i admit i tend to be pretty Fucking Shitty at them lmao, ur a real g as always...]