[ SECRET POST #2242 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2242 ⌋

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Comments

[intrigueing]

Can someone explain to me why forced marriage is a kink? Most kinks I understand even if I don't share them, but the point of this one continues to elude me.

[grainne_mhaol]

As with anything, not everyone's mileage is the same, but I think the appeal of forced marriage is that it's a compelled scenario. The meeker character doesn't have to commit to wanting a relationship from a cold start. That kind of passivity in how a relationship begins is quite a common kink. (CF: 'The hotel mixed up the room bookings' right up to rape kink.)

Plus forced marriage is usually being imposed externally on both parties, so the more aggressive partner still isn't actually culpable for the scenario. (CF: Sex pollen; Aliens Made Them Do It.)

ot!!

[(Anonymous)]

Your icon is gorgeous. ♥ Who is that?

Re: ot!!

[grainne_mhaol]

It's Kate Kane - aka Batwoman.

It's from a picture by Adam Hughes called Women of DC

Hughes can be hit and miss on how he draws women, but chair-straddling trouser-wearing Kate in the middle of that party is the greatest.

Re: ot!!

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you. :D

[belleweather]

I lurve forced marriage fics -- even more so if there's a soul-bond or magic-made-them-do-it added -- because I like the idea of two incompatible people being stuck together and having to find a way to make it work, because they can't get out of this relationship and they don't have any other choices. There's something about the give and take there that works for me emotionally in some weird way... maybe 'cause lots of other stories make it too easy on their characters and in most forced marriage fic they really have to work for their happily ever after?

[(Anonymous)]

This! For some reason, it used to pop up a lot in Tom/Ginny stories in the HP fandom, and it was awesome. That is all I have to say!

[silverau]

+1. This is exactly why I like the forced marriage trope (but only when both are forced into it; I hate fics when one forces the other into it which is way more common in my fandom. /whine)

[lunabee34]

*nods*

I like the trope for the same reason I like "trapped together" or "kidnapped and thrown in prison together" or any other trope that throws together characters who appear to be incompatible and makes them figure out how to work a relationship or survive a particular scenario. Also, ANGST. ANGST. ANGST. LOL

[(Anonymous)]

For me it's not a kink, because the sexual part is not all that interesting to me in this scenario, but I find the relationship dynamics in such a scenario interesting (of course not for all pairings, really only for pairings and fandoms where a forced marriage makes sense, like A Song of Ice and Fire or similar fantasy/medieval settings). I just find it interesting to see how two people who are stuck with each other even though they don't want to can learn to accept and maybe even like each other. But I also don't see how it's a kink as such. It's just a scenario or a trope.

[lex_antonia]

Well, it's inherently dub-con to non-con, which is in itself a prominent kink. Then, when both parties are forced into it, it is mutual dub- or non-con - which you don't find that often as a scenario. The power dynamics involved can be very interesting, psychologically. You have the kind of imbalance of power that forces them into it, as well as the internal dynamics which often favour one party over the other.

Basically, if you're interested in messed up power structures, forced marriage can be an interesting read.

[(Anonymous)]

Forced Marriage kink is a lot like "Rape" Kink (I put rape in parenthesis here because the difference between a "Rape" Kink and actual, IRL sexual assault is vast and complex). It has to do with responsibility (or the lack thereof) and, uh, basically wishing that relationships weren't so damn complicated.