Arranged Marriage

Arranged Marriage is a trope in which an arranged marriage between two characters is the focus of a fanwork - generally fanfics. The arranged marriage trope appears in many many fandoms, both those where an arranged marriage is a relatively plausible idea, such as historical or fantasy fandoms, like the The Hobbit, and those in which it really isn't. It is used as a way to get a pairing together who wouldn't normally get together such as crack ships or doomed ships. In some fandoms, these fanworks are labeled "arranged marriage AUs".
In the Potterverse, Marriage Law stories are a common trope, with marriages between muggleborns & purebloods being arranged by the Ministry, ostensibly to increase the magical population.
In fandoms with a contemporary realistic setting, arranged marriage stories are sometimes associated with historical AUs or royalty AUs. In similarity to Marriage of state, Royal intermarriage or the Peace-weavers -- Anglo-Saxon women who were married to a member of an enemy tribe for the purpose of establishing peace between feuding groups.Dorothy Carr Porter, , "The Social Centrality of Women in Beowulf: A New Context," The Heroic Age Issue 5
==Example Fanworks==
The 100:
* Matched by banshee_in_the_dark, Bellamy/Clarke
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.:
* arranged marriage au & arranged marriage au, take two by shineyma; Ward/Simmons, two different takes on Ward and Simmons in an arranged marriage.
Arrow:
* Love Is A Kind Of Warfare by bri617, Oliver/Felicity
Avatar: The Last Airbender:
* Thirteen Nights by wargoddess, Zutara. "Written after the finale of Season 2, and speculating several years forward. The war is over, thanks be to the Avatar, but hatred takes longer to die. The non-con warning is for an arranged marriage; I know not all AMs are non-consensual, but this one is."
Bandom:
* Umbrellas Over Ducks by abriata, Pete/Patrick
Boku no Hero Academia:
* The Prince and the Proper by KaitoKidnapper, Kirishima Eijirou/Bakugou Katsuki, Royalty AU omegaverse
Captive Prince
*An Arranged Marriage by Josselin, Damen/Laurent. 
Harry Potter
*Chaos Is Come Again by Aashby/theatresm. One of the best-known Marriage Law-inspired works; Snape/Hermione
* That Old Black Magic by bixgirl1, Harry/Draco. 
Naruto
* brown eyes steal me by theformerone
The Hobbit
*A Most Sensible Idea by HildyJ. Frodo & Thorin 
*Coats and Customs by imaginary_golux. Bilbo & Thorin 
The Old Guard
* Sixthlight wrote at least six different Joe/Nicky arranged marriage stories for the fandom, such as The Arranged Marriage AU series, Diplomatic Complications and men of their word. 
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
*i will learn (to love the skies i'm under) by Cân Cennau and Solovei. Julian Bashir/Elim Garak/Kelas Parmak
The Untamed
* (Podfic of) Perfectly arranged by exmanhater, Wangxian
Teen Wolf:
* A Desperate Arrangement by mikkimouse, Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
The Witcher
* When He Comes Tell Me That You'll Let Him In by crushcandles, Geralt/Jaskier, double arranged marriage (Jaskier/ofc, Geralt/Jaskier)
* (Podfic) I Was Pledged to You, To You I Pledge Myself by AceOfTigers, Geralt/Jaskier
==Further Reading==
* The Course of Honour - an original slash novel 
==Resources==
* Arranged Marriage & Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage tags at Archive of Our Own
* Recs tagged Arranged Marriage at Fancake
* Recs tagged Diplomatic Marriage at Fancake
==References==
Category:Romance Tropes
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