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2020-07-30, 03:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gender Flipped forced relationship books
Don't forget Firefly. Saffron is able to trick Mal into marrying her under the laws of the planet they are on. While she's doing it for nefarious reasons, the law itself is apparently active and accepted.
Game of Thrones: Double forcing. Tyrion and Sansa are wed, and neither wants it.
Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series has at different times two very reluctant kings marrying to secure their claim/realm."That's a horrible idea! What time?"
T-Shirt given to me by a good friend.. "in fairness, I was unsupervised at the time".
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2020-07-30, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gender Flipped forced relationship books
This is not what happens. The female main characters believe (because they do not get Omnipresent Narrator Vision) that he was trying to seduce the queen only to find her dominant in the relationship, and think it serves him right. As soon as he gets the chance, he explodes at them and reveals the true story, at which point they stop treating it as if it were his fault. He never has a "I guess I do deserve this" moment.
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2020-07-30, 04:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gender Flipped forced relationship books
Not how I remember that. He explodes at Elayne and she says something along the lines of "that is... Very bad of Tylin." Then she tells him he should practice smiling in the mirror and mutters about it serving him right under her breadth.
They also let it go on for a while, so its not like they use their immense power as Aes Sedai to help him.
But also.. Elayne is an idiot. Who knows how someone else would have dealt with it, we have the dumbest cast member's reaction.
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2020-07-31, 12:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gender Flipped forced relationship books
What your are describing sounds pretty much like the marriage of Scarlett and Rhett in Gone With The Wind (the book and less so the movie). At first in their relation Rhett was indeed infactuated with Scarlett but as the story progresses less so to the point he walks out of it eventually.
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2020-07-31, 01:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gender Flipped forced relationship books
This is unsurprisingly common in anime and manga with the harem genre being built on the trope.
Off the top of my head, Urusei Yatsura is built on this and the whole Shampoo/Ranma relationship in Ranma 1/2.
Monster Musume is a more recent one, although whether the male protagonist is trying to avoid comittment or just being eaten by a prospective bride, is up for debate.
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2020-08-04, 02:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gender Flipped forced relationship books
Firefly also gets an entry here, albeit twisted a bit by the fact that she's conning him. Still, it's a fine entry for "guy doesn't want to be married, woman's goin' for it". Edit: Continuing to read, I see others have already noted this example.
There is also a deeply uncomfortable scene in the Boys about a relationship where a woman's blackmailing a dude to be with her. There's a fair amount of looking at remarkably messed up relationships in season one. I should probably rewatch that before S2 comes out. It's a wonderful show, but you may find yourself wishing to take a shower after watching, as the subject matter can get a wee bit dark.
There is sort of an example of this is S2 of the Umbrella Academy. This is super fresh, so I'll avoid specific details with regards to spoilers. It isn't marriage, but it is a relationship that is largely female driven with a male who is....deeply concerned and conflicted about the whole thing.Last edited by Tyndmyr; 2020-08-04 at 02:47 PM.