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<blockquote>“Show me his picture,” Yanli says. She keeps her fingers wrapped close around the cooling mug. Xue Yang types and swipes on his massive phone, then turns it around.</blockquote> ➤ arranged date I guess? tagged as arranged marriage because that's like, the closest thing I've got

<blockquote>Very very VERY loosely inspired by me watching like two episodes of The Romance of Tiger and Rose. Airplane POV, Moshang is the main ship but there are hints of others and Shang Qinghua has a bit of a crush on Shen Yuan. Also let's make it ABO.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Peak lord Shen Qingqiu has been officially betrothed to the demonic prince Su Binghe via an intermediary. Prince Binghe's chamberlain is attentive, comely, and absolutely not the man Shen Qingqiu should be falling in love with.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Luo Binghe is eleven when he is given to Cang Qiong as a present for the young, new-made lord of Qing Jing. Luo Binghe is twenty-one when he wins Shen Qingqiu for himself.</blockquote> ➤ no transmigration au (sy|sqq is a PIDW native)

<blockquote>Shen Yuan hijacks his brother's bridal sedan to marry Crown Prince Luo Binghe AKA future blackened protagonist and titular character of 'prolific' stallion novel, Proud Tyrannical Emperor Way.</blockquote>

<blockquote>After fending off a siege on Huan Hua, Palace Mistress Su Xiyan decides to gather support in the cultivation world and shore up her sect's position by brokering a diplomatic marriage between a cultivator of good standing and her son, Prince Su Binghe. To ensure her highly romantic offspring's cooperation, Su Xiyan allows him a great deal of choice in the question of his bride. Shen Qingqiu is prepared to enter into a practical, political union. He is unprepared for Binghe.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Liu Qingge had thought that he'd made his peace with the arranged marriage, but escaping the planning to train in the woods brings him face to face with an unexpected problem. An unexpectedly handsome- and flirtatious- problem, that appears to be part of the demonic embassy's contingent.</blockquote> ➤ the one where lqg thinks lbh is just a horse master rather than the demon lord he's being betrothed to. And oh my godddd I love this vision of them. ➤ It's an au of pidw, with no transmigrators involved. I'm glad I read the end-notes first, to provide the context for this au before reading the story, and I really rather love this au!

<blockquote>Shen Yuan has been engaged to Emperor Luo Binghe from almost the hour of his birth. He grows up knowing his place in the world exactly; he is far less certain of his place in his betrothed's guarded affections.</blockquote> ➤ PIDW canon. Ish.

<blockquote>That night he lies in bed alone until the moon is high. When the rest of the house is deathly silent, except for the light snores coming from behind every door, he sneaks in slippered feet through the halls and over to the covered kitchens. There’s faint light coming from the smoldering hearth, where the coals are piled to keep them warm for tomorrow’s early start. Someone has curled up by it on a mat, like a scullery maid. But it’s not a maid, it’s a man. A tall long-legged man. His husband. The dubiously immortal master of Changming manor. What the fuck, Xie thinks.</blockquote> ➤ I know nothing about these characters but sure! this was a great read!

<blockquote>Demon Emperor Luo Binghe marries not one but TWO beautiful, accomplished, powerful human peak lords. But with all of the harem intrigue that Shen Qingqiu definitely paid careful attention to while reading Way of the Proud Immortal Demon Tyrant, how will he fare in competition with the proud and beautiful Liu Qingge...?</blockquote>

<blockquote>"You want Wen Ruohan dead," the Patriarch continued idly. "You want his corpse puppets eliminated. You want his halls burned to the ground and his soldiers disemboweled and begging for mercy. Have I about covered it?" He gave another knife-edged smile. "But what will you give me in return?" "We would be willing to offer quite a bit in return for Wen Ruohan's defeat," Lan Xichen admitted. "But I'm afraid we don't know what an immortal such as yourself desires. Please advise us." The Patriarch waved at hand at the front of the tent. "I want Second Young Master Lan." (In which the Sunshot Campaign ends through an arranged marriage to the Yiling Patriarch, and Lan Wangji suffers the mortifying ordeal of falling in love with his own husband.)</blockquote> ➤ I read this ages ago and forgot to bookmark it then....

<blockquote>Very good,” says the Prince. “Now. Listen carefully. Congratulations, Signor al-Kaysani and Signor diGenova; you are to be married. To each other.” (or: Yusuf and Nicolò are ordered to marry each other to end a family feud, while both pining for their secret lovers (each other). This goes about as well as you’d expect.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Prince Nicolò is marrying Lady Nile for the good of the kingdom, and everybody has to make the best of it. Or: wlw/mlm solidarity is conspiring with your boyfriend’s wife’s girlfriend to help them produce a royal heir.</blockquote>

<blockquote>There can be no misinterpretation or confusion on Yusuf’s part when what Duke Nicolò says is “But I didn’t want a husband, what does my brother think he’s doing?”</blockquote>

How to seduce your brother’s fiancé when you’re Nicolò of Genoa (or Malta?) and you’re just too polite to do that (or: the arranged marriage fic where Yusuf is going to marry Nicolò’s brother).

<blockquote>Wen Qing kills Wen Ruohan right after Lotus Pier burns. Five years later, Yunmeng Jiang offers an alliance to Sect Leader Wen, contingent upon marriage to a suitable disciple. Luo Qingyang, despite her better judgment, agrees to be that disciple.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Nihuang with her heart pounding squeezed the Emperor’s hand. She had known before she submitted the report that it might not work. She had already thought of her last resort. She confessed, “I could not choose from the nine good men, your Majesty, because the one I wanted was not there.”</blockquote> ➤ Perhaps not the best idea to end up with a fic focused on questions of identity as your first fic in a fandom but it looked fun so here we are. And it turns out this one is totally readable even if you don't know the characters! Even if I'm sure I'm missing absolute boatloads of nuance. I was still right - it was fun.

<blockquote>Irene raises her chin. She made up her mind long ago. "I will marry the girl." It is, after all, the smart thing to do. (An alliance is made between Attolia and Eddis.)</blockquote> ➤ wip through part 2 as of bookmarking, last updated in 2017

<blockquote>"No, see, we've all been trained a certain way. The training system is traditional; it's centuries old. Nobody taught you. You ballist like it's got nothing to do with war at all." A sleepy, extraordinary smile crawls over Victor's face. "Nobody else does it like that. That's why we're going to win."</blockquote> ➤ I don't know if it quite works for me as a YoI fic, but as an origfic it's GREAT, I adore the worldbuilding, I would read more set in this world! (and in fact can and have, the sequel is Gravity, ft. arranged marriage for Otabek and Yuri P.!)

<blockquote>Afterwards his father only remarked, “His features are very fine.” “I am not marrying him for his features,” said Damen. “No, you are marrying him for his dowry,” said Theomedes.</blockquote> ➤ in which the princes agree to make a peace treaty instead of continuing the war

<blockquote>Prince S'chn T'gai Spock of Vulcan, engaged to Prince James Tiberius Kirk of Earth through an arrangement made by their parents many years ago, writes to his intended on the day of his birth in the interest of diplomacy. Jim is not interested in diplomacy. Though there is no precedent set for the commencement of a written correspondence begun due to these specific parameters, I will strive to maintain, to the best of my abilities and with ample preparatory research previously conducted, the appropriate level of formality between us, based on a number of factors, primarily examples of a similar nature.</blockquote> ➤ particularly good characterization-wise. ➤ I liked the first part that was all epistolary the best.