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21st May '13 2:44:44 PM karstovich2

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* Historically, the marriage of Joanna "the Mad" of Castile (daughter of the famous ''Reyes Catolicos'' Ferdinand and Isabella) to Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, turned out this way...too much. The two of them literally fell in love at first sight, for reasons that everyone would understand (particularly given that they were both teenagers): Philip the Handsome was...well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin handsome]], and Joanna herself was by all accounts a stunning redhead (ThatOtherWiki calls her "one of Europe's greatest beauties" of the time). They begged to have the marriage formalized the day they met so they could get it on right away; they had six children (including [[HolyRomanEmpire Holy Roman Emperor]] [[HabsburgMonarchy Charles V]], for those who care). Eventually, things happened, [[{{Yandere}} Joanna started to get jealous]], and eventually the jealousy had some kind of party in her head with a familial disposition towards insanity (in fact, it was something of a minor miracle that both of her parents were sound of mind, given that both were members of the ridiculously-inbred House of Trastamara). Hence the epithet "the Mad" - her father Ferdinand had to become Regent of Castile upon his daughter's ascension instead of ruling jointly until she inherited Aragon upon his death. She also carried around Philip's dead body on her travels, another reason for her to be considered mad. And she had him buried so that she could see his tomb from her bedroom's window. Poor mad girl indeed. Phillip the Handsome's death would require a trope of its own.

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* Historically, the marriage of Joanna "the Mad" of Castile (daughter of the famous ''Reyes Catolicos'' Ferdinand and Isabella) to Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, turned out this way...too much. The two of them literally fell in love at first sight, for reasons that everyone would understand (particularly given that they were both teenagers): Philip the Handsome was...well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin handsome]], and Joanna herself was by all accounts a stunning redhead (ThatOtherWiki calls her "one of Europe's greatest beauties" of the time). They begged to have the marriage formalized the day they met so they could get it on right away; they had six children (including [[HolyRomanEmpire Holy Roman Emperor]] [[HabsburgMonarchy Charles V]], for those who care). Eventually, things happened, [[{{Yandere}} Joanna started to get jealous]], and eventually the jealousy had some kind of party in her head with a familial disposition towards insanity (in fact, it was something of a minor miracle that both of her parents were sound of mind, given that both were members of the [[TangledFamilyTree ridiculously-inbred]] [[RoyallyScrewedUp House of Trastamara]]). Hence the epithet "the Mad" - her father Ferdinand had to become Regent of Castile upon his daughter's ascension instead of ruling jointly until she inherited Aragon upon his death. She also carried around Philip's dead body on her travels, another reason for her to be considered mad. And she had him buried so that she could see his tomb from her bedroom's window. Poor mad girl indeed. Phillip the Handsome's death would require a trope of its own.

7th May '13 3:15:53 PM randomtroper89

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* ''Wielding A Red Sword'' in PiersAnthony's ''IncarnationsOfImmortality'' series. Mym and Rapture (prince and princess in India) are put in an arranged marriage by their parents. After spending some time in a magical castle, they fall in love and agree to the marriage.
** This actually has to do with the nature of the magic castle; The most obvious thing is that in the castle, they can hear each other's thoughts and feel each other's feelings, meaning they can't help ''but'' get to know each other. So they stay in different parts of the castle, thinking that putting some distance between them will lessen the effect. Not only does that ''not'' work, but they soon find out that there is a spirit/demon/creature thing that will terrorize the princess if she's away from the prince, and due to the castle's first effect, he feels her fear. [[SarcasmMode (Because, naturally,]] [[UnfortunateImplications it just wouldn't work the other way around.)]] And worst of all, [[spoiler:by the time they finally come around and learn to love each other, the princess's nation falls out of favor with the prince's, and the prince's parents stick another princess in the castle with him so he can do it all over again. This time, he and princess #2 opt to escape.]]
* Also in ''IncarnationsOfImmortality'', this time in ''With a Tangled Skein'', as Niobe and Cedric manage to sort out problems such as her being several years older and not fond of the prospect of marrying a man so much younger. With a bit of maturing by both parties and a dash of RescueRomance, they settle into a happy [[spoiler:albeit unfortunately short]] marriage.
* In Piers Anthony's Xanth book ''Roc and a Hard Place'', the King of the Nagas and Grossclout, probably the most powerful of the non-planetary demons, arrange for the marriage of Princess Nada and Prince D. Vore. Knowing that both will object to the arrangement, they and Metria come up with the idea of [[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything plonking them in a tower]] of the floating cloud castle where Roxanne Roc is undergoing community service. The two combine their resources to escape, then kill a monster together once they hit Xanth proper, as Vore proposes to Nada. (The monster started the fight.) When Nada and Vore hear their parents had arranged the match already, ''and'' set them up, they almost call things off... but decide not to.

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* PiersAnthony's ''IncarnationsOfImmortality'':
** In ''With a Tangled Skein'', as Niobe and Cedric manage to sort out problems such as her being several years older and not fond of the prospect of marrying a man so much younger. With a bit of maturing by both parties and a dash of RescueRomance, they settle into a happy [[spoiler:albeit unfortunately short]] marriage.
** In ''Wielding A Red Sword''. Mym and Rapture (prince and princess in India) are put in an arranged marriage by their parents, which allows them to hear each other's thoughts and feel each other's feelings, meaning they can't help ''but'' get to know each other. So they stay in different parts of the castle, thinking that putting some distance between them will lessen the effect. Not only does that ''not'' work, but they soon find out that there is a spirit/demon/creature thing that will terrorize the princess if she's away from the prince, and due to the castle's first effect, he feels her fear. [[SarcasmMode (Because, naturally,]] [[UnfortunateImplications it just wouldn't work the other way around.)]] And worst of all, [[spoiler:by the time they finally come around and learn to love each other, the princess's nation falls out of favor with the prince's, and the prince's parents stick another princess in the castle with him so he can do it all over again. This time, he and princess #2 opt to escape.]]
* In Piers Anthony's ''{{Xanth}}'' book ''Roc and a Hard Place'', the King of the Nagas and Grossclout, probably the most powerful of the non-planetary demons, arrange for the marriage of Princess Nada and Prince D. Vore. Knowing that both will object to the arrangement, they and Metria come up with the idea of [[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything plonking them in a tower]] of the floating cloud castle where Roxanne Roc is undergoing community service. The two combine their resources to escape, then kill a monster together once they hit Xanth proper, as Vore proposes to Nada. (The monster started the fight.) When Nada and Vore hear their parents had arranged the match already, ''and'' set them up, they almost call things off... but decide not to.

1st May '13 4:38:41 PM OnTheHill

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27th Apr '13 11:45:03 PM sgamer82

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* The first of the infamous ''Sisi'' movies with Romy Schneider and Karl Boehm describes Sisi and Franz's love deals as this, as the LonelyRichKid Emperor is fascinated by the ManicPixieDreamGirl lead female who comes as her ProperLady older sister/his betrothed's travel companion. She's smitten back with hi, but is reluctant to accept his feelings because [[SiblingTriangle she doesn't want to hurt her beloved older sister]], so he plays a small BatmanGambit to get her engaged to him instead and, after Sisi [[FishOutOfWater is a bit more comfortable in the imperial court]], they get married. In RealLife however, things weren't exactly that way: Sisi ''never'' [[RebelliousPrincess got used to the strict etiquette]] [[BrokenBird and that badly affected her]], both [[YourCheatingHeart had affairs]], two of their children died, and even after their relationship was somewhat more stable - [[DownerEnding Sisi was stabbed to death in Switzerland]], [[TheMournignAfter and Franz never got over it]].

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12th Apr '13 8:25:12 PM KrspaceT

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10th Apr '13 9:35:36 AM Meshakhad