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#Page or something in their castle hoping that Lance will like his nephew enough to name him heir.
whateverafterhigh · 2 years
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It might just be an “It’s not you, it’s me” situation I have with the worldbuilding of EAH but some these royal families and dynasties cannot work how royal families and dynasties usually do without shattering the image we have of them all loving each other and getting on fine, happily ever after.
The Charming’s extended family alone is a disaster waiting to happen because there are so many of them. I was headcanoning their succession system as being an Agnatic Seniority, which means the throne would be passed across the brothers before their children. So if you take out Siegfried Charming because he has a story already, Lance Charming would be third in line for the throne and Daring and Dexter anywhere between ninth and eleventh depending on where some of their cousins fall age wise before stories are counted.
Lance Charming and the Evil Queen were described as being in the same year, so it’s safe to assume his siblings all lived through an age of “why should I be content with following this” in addition to potentially not liking each other very much (my mother was one of seven and while we didn’t meet up for a weekly ball, nor are we stupid rich and therefore extra because the upperclass nobility do tend to do everything in extremes as a general rule, the drama that has occurred in my family has lead to years of not talking to each other and holding grudges for things the other person doesn’t remember saying is stupid enough as it is. Lance Charming is one of eight.). With the sheer number of children they have between them it’s possible that the options for the next generation is a combination of a) getting their kids in marriages or stories away from home before the fighting starts, or b) married for politics either to gain support or something else.
From this parts of Daring, Dexter, and Darling’s characterisation could be pulled or developed on. Especially with the consideration that their parents would likely be leaning towards point a, directing them towards stories.
It would explain how Daring feels a particular pressure to perform his role as Apple’s Prince, as well as Dexter’s desire for the stability of knowing where he’s going to go. Even if neither of them know the specifics of why their parent’s hold that stance.
Knowing that Dexter had overheard at least some of his parent’s discussions regarding him getting Beast or hoping Darling might marry into the Charming’s of Troll Wood, and felt a certain level of dejection over not feeling anything for Rosabella would support not only his desire to marry his true love or for love, but also reinforce either point of story or politics.
Darling’s feelings about her destiny not being something she wants is proof that it’s thought of by some members of her family and not just in the way Charity Charming thinks the family is too action oriented. Because she must have picked it up from somewhere. Selfors’ work implies she got the idea from trying to copy her brothers and a book provided by her mother and while I’m not saying that neither of these couldn’t have happened, it doesn’t feel like enough in the context of all the Charming’s as a family.
I have other thoughts on this as well, particularly how the Charming’s would view other kingdoms and their opinion on the Royal/Rebel conflict happening at Ever After High, but I think the post is long enough for now.
#I don’t mind answering asks I do have a job now though so I can’t promise getting to them super fast#Auspicious and Alluring Charming’s daughter is called Fairest which means they were either gunning for Snow White somehow before the Legacy#was assigned or they were intentially snubbing the White Family somehow. Either way the possibility of Daring and Apple being a political#thing (or rather an attempt at one) would explain why the two of them thought Daring would be Apple’s Prince Charming#This way of thinking about the Charming family dynamic does have me thinking that King and Queen Charming wouldn’t have that much of an#issue with Dappling or Dexven. Dexven is especially interesting becuase of the possibility that Raven’s own kingdom is likely close to Civil#War seeing as she’s The Good King’s only heir (Queen White having married out#which is a whole othee thing) because Dexter and Raven’s possible marriage would solve each other’s problems. But on top of that they might#gain support on the Charming side of things from races like the Orcs and Half Orcs who live in the Charming’s kingdom’s and also work in#their castles—potentially giving King and Queen Charming some security regarding what would happen with their home and living situation if#one of their siblings did turn towards them. At that point a safer political move would be to have one of their younger sons to work as a#Page or something in their castle hoping that Lance will like his nephew enough to name him heir.#ever after high#eah#dexter charming#darling charming#daring charming
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