MEME: Arranged Marriage AU

[frozenfractals]

We were craving a meme, so after some digging around, we've got something new and different for you guys, with a huge hat-tip to the bakerstreet RP memes comm (original post here). Let's get some of those marriage feels sorted.

Time to get your faux-historical/fantasy novel on. For today's meme, your pup is getting married, whether they want to or not. It's arranged marriages time!

HOW IT WORKS
❧ Post a comment with your character's name and any preferences. This should include whether you're open to full threads or mostly dialogue, Test Drive-style, if you have a preference.
❧ 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.
❧ Or even just write drabbles to any (or none) of the prompts.
❧ 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?

Comments

[beyoncepadthai]

Mindy Lahiri

[Give me historical or modern day AUs, arranged or ~true love, drabbles or dialogue, e v e r y t h i n g. This is the meme of Mindy Lahiri's dreams.]

[stake]

Buffy Summers

[rulesofthewild]

Malia Tate. Possibly drabbles :3 arranged-to-true love type?

[and_proud]

Raven Darkholme | Mystique

[Dialogue or drabbles are fine! Any reason is cool, but if you want to tie it in with the mutant cause (feud/bloodline, maybe?), that might be interesting!]

[manwithaplan]

Steve Rogers

[bredandbuttered]

Ree Dolly

[Drabbles or dialogue. If you want a surly–as–fuck bride, Ree's your gal.]

[crashlikethunder]

Luke Glanton

(Gimme regular, not-arranged marriage unless you can figure out an AU where he'd actually go with it.)

[norelief]

Finnick Odair

[This just feels mean. Dialogue or drabbles are fine. Arranged/forced or not.]

[swing]

Peter Parker

[warmandsad]

Abby

[Drabbles or dialogue. Maybe marriage due to circumstances such as young, ill-advised pregnancy? Or just normal marriage. Whatever. Gimme.]

[unseentides]

Kathy H

[AU in which donors are paired up and married off so that society can convince themselves they've crammed life into their ~30 years before completion. OR SOMETHING. Dialogue or drabbles, give me.]

[spirit_of_vitriol]

Flavia de Luce is twelve, yes, but maybe this is set in the future or it's a really long betrothal like in ye olde times, we can work with this

[wildasever]

Arya Stark

[Let her icon do the talking. Dialogue or drabbles, ageing her up to fifteen or sixteen in the AU of your choice.]

[spectacularly]

Aimee Finecky

[Drabbles or dialogue, arranged (disapproval, economics?) or maybe give this one a shot at true love. Just keep her away from Sutter Keely.]

[beyondtheblonde]

Elle Woods! is totally some kind of a princess or at least nobility. All options welcome for me and mine.

[bloodycrescents]

Harley Altmeyer is undoubtedly marrying up no matter who he marries, he is a terrible match

[a_littlefaith]

Beth Greene

EVERYTHING

[silenttrainbaby]

Surely, someone wants to marry Grey? :D OTA!

[everyonetakes]

Kate Gregson

[Thinks this is bullshit, so probably has to be offered as some kind of disgruntled tribute.]

[notaretriever]

Luke Garroway

[Marry off the werewolf to get rid of the embarrassment of having one around? D:]

[floozyfacade]

Olive Penderghast would never get involved in something like this with the parents she has, but we're creative people, you can come up with something

[gloriouscurse]

Regina Mills

[Seriously anything, she's a princess when she's younger or a widowed queen if you prefer! Totally willing to go the full length RP route :D]

[frozenfractals]

Elsa of Arendelle is not interested, thank you

[makeafairfight]

Cameron Winklevoss probably would have been stuck with this a couple hundred years ago anyway. OR MAKE AN EMPIRE.

[cassidyneal]

Neal Cassidy

[someone love him please, lol. ]