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stories I never get to read, part 302
Aug. 4th, 2012 04:03 pmYou know what's really irritating about living in the 21st century?
There are many things in fiction that I go rather nuts about. Like... spaceships that are alive. Or superheroes who don't particularly want to be.
Which - yay! I get to have plenty of stories about them! Woo!
BUT. One of those things is arranged marriages.
I love fictional arranged marriages. I go totally nuts about arranged marriage stories. Or at least I would - if there ever were any.
Sadly, I live in the 21st century. Which means that every arranged marriage story rapidly turns into an I-thought-I-had-to-marry-you-for-reason-X-but-instead-I'm-going-to-change-the-law-and-abolish-reason-X-because-marriage-should-only-be-about-love-after-all-this-is-the-21st-century story. And the arranged marriage doesn't take place, all the characters cheer... and I go home and sulk because once again my narrative kinks have been thwarted. Hmmph.
(This post has been brought to you by rewatching Princess Diaries 2 and wishing, once again, that she would stick with the nice guy she's not that interested in and have her awesome insta-wedding...)
There are many things in fiction that I go rather nuts about. Like... spaceships that are alive. Or superheroes who don't particularly want to be.
Which - yay! I get to have plenty of stories about them! Woo!
BUT. One of those things is arranged marriages.
I love fictional arranged marriages. I go totally nuts about arranged marriage stories. Or at least I would - if there ever were any.
Sadly, I live in the 21st century. Which means that every arranged marriage story rapidly turns into an I-thought-I-had-to-marry-you-for-reason-X-but-instead-I'm-going-to-change-the-law-and-abolish-reason-X-because-marriage-should-only-be-about-love-after-all-this-is-the-21st-century story. And the arranged marriage doesn't take place, all the characters cheer... and I go home and sulk because once again my narrative kinks have been thwarted. Hmmph.
(This post has been brought to you by rewatching Princess Diaries 2 and wishing, once again, that she would stick with the nice guy she's not that interested in and have her awesome insta-wedding...)