I rewatched The Princess Diaries 2 tonight and it made me wonder something. Has anyone ever read a fic where there is an arranged marriage and a suitor but the people who were arranged fall in love instead?
I don’t know it just seemed like turning the trope on it’s head. Go into an arranged marriage for ‘reasons’ and think love is impossible, love supposedly comes along but then find out it was under nose entire time.
Oh and by fic I mean Rumbelle fic obviously. I don’t know what the setup would be or why it would happen but Rumple and Belle are arranged to marry, some guy comes along to sweep Belle off her feet (perhaps Will, maybe Gaston) and instead naturally Belle falls in love with Rumple, her intended.
Arranged marriage is a good idea for once.
It could bring the quote “It was an arranged marriage, I was doing you a favour.” Into a whole new context which is always fun with AU’s.
I like!
It was late when I wrote this last night. The essence of the prompt is “surprisingly arranged marriage turns to love” as opposed to “person in arranged marriage has a love affair with someone else.”
However, if we’re getting into specifics I think it might work even better with SwanFire.
King David and Queen Snow arrange a marriage for their daughter Princess Emma, to Lord Baelfire, adopted son of Princess Belle of Avonlea, courtesy of her consort Rumplestiltkins previous marriage. The marriage between Princess Belle and a spinner (a commoner) caused quite the scandal but a kiss of true love blessed the union.
Emma dreams of love and adventure, like her parents courtship but the future of the kingdom needs to be secured. Dowager Queen Cora, Snow’s stepmother is a sinister presence in the background. She contracts a young pirate Killian Jones aka Captain Hook, to romance Princess Emma, to breakup the arranged marriage and cause a scandal. The scandal would pave the way for Cora’s daughter Regina to one day take the crown.
However, the plot doesn’t go Cora’s way because Princess Emma does fall in love – with Baelfire and not Hook. There is a last minute attempt to force a scandal, thwarted by Regina, who reveals what her mother did and says she doesn’t want to be Queen, that her best friend Princess Emma should have the crown. Instead Regina finds love and happiness with Daniel/Robin (I love my happy endings) and yeah that’s it.