Arranged Marriage

Tropes and genres
Tropes and genres
Synonym(s)	marriage of arrangement, Arranged Marriage AU
Related tropes/genres	Marriage, Mail-Order Bride (trope), Child Marriage, Marriage of Convenience (trope), Forced Marriage, Marriage Law Challenge
See also	Alternate Universe, Matchmaking
	Related articles on Fanlore.
	Contents 1 Example Fanworks; 2 Further Reading; 3 Resources; 4 References;

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.

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

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."

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