To expand on my girl sad about her arranged marriage trope post, I think the trope can be subverted (woman is happy about arranged marriage) but it can also be done well and without modern sentiments (ew, sex with someone I don't love is yucky/I want to marry for true love/I want to be a GirlbossTM)
For example, princess is sad about her arranged marriage because:
-Her nation and the prospective husband prince's nation were at war five minutes ago and many members of her own family died in the war. The marriage is designed to cap off a peace treaty but what happens if peace doesn't last and she finds herself the queen of a nation at war with her own homeland? If you want real angsty enemies to lovers, the prince himself killed her own brother in the war.
-The nation the princess is marrying into is very culturally different from her own, very far away/a dangerous journey, and she hasn't been able to learn the language. She will be bringing some of her ladies-in-waiting but fears being very homesick in a place so different from her homeland.
-The princess already married for political reasons and her husband has now died. This time she wants to make her own choice because she's paid her dues (there is historical precedent for this)
-Princess has known her future spouse since childhood and was happy to marry him, he died suddenly and now she's being asked to marry his weird younger brother whom she knows well and dislikes.
-Princess is heavily prejudiced against the nation she is marrying into because of racism/xenophobia or whatever but they have a resource her kingdom needs and a baller army, so marriage it is! She overcomes her pride and prejudice as she falls in love with her husband.
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In a Bath Teashop
by John Betjeman
โLet us not speak, for the love we bear one another --
Let us hold hands and look.โ
She, such a very ordinary little woman;
He, such a thumping crook;
But both, for a moment, little lower than the angels
In the teashopโs ingle-nook.
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Best Underdog That Evolves By Leveling - Gen 3 ๐งฌ๐ฌโคด๏ธ3๏ธโฃ
Round 1 - Match 8
Our Contestants:
This poll is part of an event that allows the early eliminees from the main tournament have more time in the spotlight!
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New form is up!
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*before someone says it - yes i know some of these have multiple variants, just pick a damn option okay.
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Round 2 Group 8
Propaganda and spoilers under cut
Sex Pollen Plant:
we horny for this one
Dr Madley Radish:
ok so it is a sentient plant that looks like a humanoid radish of like 5ft? 6ft tall? it's definitely not a normal, down-the-mill radish that became sentient though because when it made like... burgers, or tomatoes, or even sundaes, become sentient, none of them became humanoid. So I think there's a pretty strong basis to argue that this guy is a completely different plant from anything existing. also it's from a parallel dimension. This guy has more lore than Peter and Chuck put together. The two quickest way to win its boss fight are to stomp on it repeatedly or shoot it in the face too quickly for the stun to wear off. Shooting and stomping are special attacks that are only available to a few characters though.
This guy makes food sentient, opens a portal, kidnaps every human being in our world, commits multiple Geneva Protocols violations. Also I saw sexy fanart of it once and it's been haunting me ever since.
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A villain is someone who is evil and has ill intent
most villains are antagonists but not all antagonists are villains
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Best Polyamorous Ship Round 4
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ROUND FOUR
Me and the Bad Bitch I Pulled by Being Autistic
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Ron Swanson as Jane Austen characters
I did Leslie Knope as Austen heroines, and @obscurelittlebird did Craig Middlebrooks as P&P characters, so let's keep the Parks and Rec crossover going with Ron Swanson as Austen men!
Mr. Bennet:
Mr. Darcy:
Colonel Brandon:
Mr. Bingley:
Captain Wentworth:
Mr. Tilney:
Mr. Knightley:
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Not poll related but I'm looking especially at the hyacinthus voters
Does anyone have mythology podcast recommendations that DONT have the host going 'wow jkr used this name isn't she clever ๐'
I love conversational podcasts so I'm especially happy if it's a couple of hosts, my fave podcasts are Shrieking Shack and Just King Things to give a sort of idea of the tone and stuff I like, kinda fun but also good thoughts and analysis?
I've been looking for a good one for a long time and never succeed, I only just finished my second shrieking shack relisten the other month and I've really fallen off the only other podcast that I was catching up with and I need constant audio distraction:))))))))
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