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Vil in an arranged marriage with darling
TW/CW: Arranged marriage, coercion, manipulation
it was decided since you were kids, nothing more than an adherence to a wish between your families. While your family wasn't widely known in society, they still retained high prestige from being descendants of royals.
The two of you got along surprisingly well. It comes with being a natural supporter for Vil as he works himself to the bone to become the next rising star in Twisted Wonderland. You were there to cheer him on and hand him water bottles after his workouts, always reminded him to stretch and take it easy. Everyone should want to support him, you thought. It's what he deserves.
Time passes on and as he starts taking on big shot roles, media presence rocketing higher, you're left with a small seed of doubt. His crown glimmers and shines, and it makes you wonder if you were worthy of being in its presence. How laughable. You were the one supposed to have royal blood. And yet, Vil, carries his head high unlike you. He deserves an actual partner who can stand with him as equals; not someone who holds no ambition and can't even amount to even a fraction of his power, both physical and magical.
You bet he hates your arranged marriage. Maybe it was because he got busy with school and acting, but the two of you have drifted so far apart, you're lucky to get a text from him every once in awhile.
You shouldn't be selfish, you remind yourself. When Vil smiles at you over his cup of tea, your lips tremble at the thought that you may never get to see this side of him again.
Instead of relief, you only find anger swirling in his bewitching amethyst eyes, and you flinch as Vil sets his cup down with a hard clack.
Cold sweat runs down your back as he icily rejects your timid proposal to annul your arranged marriage. Why is he so angry? Is it because he sees you trying to weasel out of your shared responsibility?
From then on, it's absolutely suffocating. Your phone has been silenced, because otherwise you'd be driven mad by the constant stream of texts, calls, and voice messages. It's like that fateful day was a red blaring siren, and now Vil's just constantly on you to make sure it doesn't go off again. Should you be feeling somewhat better knowing Vil cared for your relationship?
The question brings a bitter feeling up inside you. While Vil was able to reach out and find new friends and opportunities, you were always left behind in the shadows. You took it as it was, always just deciding to give your all to supporting Vil throughout his dreams. Even if it meant missing a fun hangout, you would still show up to Vil's rehearsals, water and towel in hand. But where did that leave you? You're beginning to realize you've made no lasting friends besides Vil himself.
You've given your all to him.
His father says as much, when he shows up for a rare visit to your household.
"Vil has asked me to start planning for the wedding ceremony as soon as he graduates. Ah, young love..."
The sentence only fills you with dread as you can't even find the words to refute him. He leaves a silver ring decorated with a large shiny, faceted lavender gem in your hands, you can only realize that this dream is soon becoming a nightmare.
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Peaky Blinders lightbulb moment
AAAAAHHH
Always wondered why Tommy treats Finn and Michael differently than the other Shelbies....
S2E3:
Arthur: "Kids these days..."
Tommy: "They didn't fight, so they're different. They stay kids."
Finn and Michael were too young to enlist and didn't serve during WW1 -- Tommy will forever see them as kids and not men.
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I still think about this pair of panels from Snorkmaiden Goes Rococo every single time I think about Snorkmaiden's ideas of romance. The implications are just so fascinating.
Oh, the idea that she just has an unorthodox definition of romance, that she defines it not by the repeated and long-term affections of a life partner but the thrill of falling in love with a new some-one in a new place. That she keeps ditching and circling back to being unhappy with Moomin not because she wants to reach an ideal of heteronormativity or feminity but because she doesn't thrive in a lifetime monogamy, she doesn't thrive in the downward hill of calm domesticity, but at the same time he's become all too familiar to leave behind altogether.
(... Yet again thinking about her paralleling Moominpappa in the strangest ways)
I think there's just so much to be thought about and explored in the complex relationships and ideas people have about what they think romance is outside of this strange black and white of "They truly love eachother (like a Normal Couple™)" and "They actually don't like eachother but are staying together because of societal expectations" people make up. The short-term polyamory, the blurring of lines between lover and friend and stranger and toy, the conviction and confusion and the interpersonal misunderstanding and frustration of it all.
I want that perspective of Snorkmaiden and her relationships explored so much.
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