History Main / PropertyOfLove

* At least suggested in ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot''; as part of Bo "staking her claim" on Morgana after suggesting that Morgause may be interested in Morgana herself (at this point neither is aware that Morgause is Morgana's sister), Bo states that Morgana is hers and Morgana breathlessly agrees.

* In ''Fanfic/BlessedWithAHerosHeart'', [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku Midoriya]] decides to buy two demihuman slave girls ([[HarpingAboutHarpies Chika]] and [[LizardFolk Liza]]) with the intention of freeing them as soon as he can find a way to make it stick and ensure no one can try to enslave them again - and, in the meantime, he makes sure to keep them well clothed and equipped with all they need to handle themselves. Both of them end up falling in love with him, and have no problem acting as if they were still his slaves even after he frees them.

* In ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', Miyuki happily admits that every part of her, body and soul, belong to Tatsuya [[note]]that said, [[ClingyJealousGirl she clearly expects him to reciprocate the feeling]][[/note]]. Her family's fixation on [[TheSocialDarwinist hierarchy]] and ArrangedMarriage[=s=] may have something to do with this perspective; in her world, few spouses can treat each other as equals, even if they want to.

** In the light novels, his aunt Chisato's innermost desire is to be [[SexSlave sexually dominated]] by [[ParentalIncest by him.]] Basara finally takes her virginity in Vol.7 but doesn't succeed in fully subjugating her until he completes their master/servant contract in Vol.8[[note]]which required him to spend an entire "year" repeatedly having sex with Chisato, within a space-time barrier[[/note]]. This results in Chisato being becoming completely submissive to him, since he conditioned her body to respond [[SingleTargetSexuality to his touch alone]].

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': There's an InvertedTrope and a same-sex variation with Louis de Pointe du Lac desperately wanting to liberate himself from being Lestat de Lioncourt's love slave. "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E2AfterThePhantomsOfYourFormerSelf ...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self]]" foreshadows that Louis will become trapped in this role with a subtle reference to ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'' [[note]]"They'll seat us late, and we'll miss Nora's entrance with the Christmas tree"[[/note]], which is about a woman named Nora who is treated like a doll rather than a person by her husband Torvald, and she yearns to be free from the stifling constraints of her marriage. Lestat views Louis as his most prized possession ("[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart [Lestat's] love is a small box he keeps you in]]"), and he [[CrazyJealousGuy throws a jealousy-fueled tantrum]] if anyone else touches his favourite toy ("[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E3IsMyVeryNatureThatOfADevil I don't like sharing]]"). When Lestat feels that Louis doesn't love him enough in the climax of "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart]]", Lestat [[DomesticAbuse smashes]] his [[PrettyBoy pretty doll]] against the walls of their home, which shatters Louis both mentally and physically (Lestat did indeed shatter a few of his vertebrae). Afterwards, Louis lives with the constant threat that Lestat will batter him again if he doesn't satisfy Lestat's need to be adored. This coercion also extends to sex, where Louis is UnfocusedDuringIntimacy in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]" because he'd rather think about anything else besides what Lestat is doing to his body. It's later invoked InUniverse that Louis is Lestat's slave. In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", Louis is resolved to break free from Lestat's GildedCage ("the dollhouse"), especially after he learns that Lestat will modify their relationship into a VampiresHarem by adding his newest fledgling Antoinette Brown as his second wife (and thus Louis becomes Lestat's "TopWife"). Louis is truly Lestat's property at this point because he gets absolutely no say in this decision, and Louis would ''never'' tolerate having to live with Antoinette, whom he abhors due to jealousy, so Louis kills them both.

* The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33823474/ Apex Predator]]" makes this a key part of Harry's relationship with the Delacour family, as Fleur swiftly realises that Harry is uncommonly fertile to the extent that he can easily impregnate Veela when such a feat normally requires extensive preparation. The Delacours swiftly take steps to "claim" Harry as their own before he can be taken by other Veela, but it's always emphasised that while Fleur, her mother and her sister consider Harry to be "theirs", unlike other Veela who would basically turn Harry into nothing but a mindless breeding stud the Delacours care about Harry's emotional well-being as well as just the opportunity to bring him physical pleasure. Hermione becomes a lesser version of this when she agrees to become a "vessel" for the Delacours as Fleur recognises that she is an important friend to Harry; while Hermione thinks of Harry as her boyfriend at least once, she fully accepts him having sex with the Delacours and other Veela, and is even shown enjoying having sexual encounters with Fleur herself (either with Harry present or just Fleur and Hermione on their own), Hermione referring to Fleur as her Mistress more than once.

* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': Timothy Laughlin spends much of his early relationship with Hawkins Fuller as an eager supplicant to the latter. He willingly sucks Hawk's toes, requests that Hawk slap him as foreplay, and responds very enthusiastically to Hawk's desire to hurt and humiliate him in bed, declaring "I am [your boy]!" and "I belong to Hawkins Fuller." Also, over a year into their relationship, Hawk performs oral sex on Tim for what is implied to be the first time, even though Tim has performed oral sex on Hawk many times by that point. Tim is also delighted by a gift of cufflinks with Hawk's initials on them, which are a symbolic "branding" of Tim as Hawk's property. More than once, Tim explicitly compares his feelings about Hawk to his feelings about God. In 1986, after a great deal of maturation and character development, Tim still makes this comparison.

-->Then...there's Recognition...where [[IKnowYourTrueName the knowledge]] is ''taken'' from you — not taken ''away'', just ''given'' to some other person without your consent...and, at the same time, you learn — the same way — what ''his'' soul-name is.\\

* The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33823474/ Apex Predator]]" makes this a key part of Harry's relationship with the Delacour family, as Fleur swiftly realises that Harry is uncommonly fertile to the extent that he can easily impregnate Veela when such a feat normally requires extensive preparation. The Delacours swiftly take steps to "claim" Harry as their own before he can be taken by other Veela, but it's always emphasised that while Fleur, her mother and her sister consider Harry to be "theirs", unlike other Veela who would basically turn Harry into nothing but a breeding stud the Delacours care about Harry's emotional well-being as well as just the opportunity to bring him physical pleasure. Hermione becomes a lesser version of this when she agrees to become a "vessel" for the Delacours as Fleur recognises that she is an important friend to Harry; while Hermione thinks of Harry as her boyfriend at least once, she fully accepts him having sex with the Delacours and other Veela, and is even shown enjoying having sexual encounters with Fleur herself (either with Harry present or just Fleur and Hermione on their own).

* The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33823474/ Apex Predator]]" makes this a key part of Harry's relationship with the Delacour family, as Fleur swiftly realises that Harry is uncommonly fertile to the extent that he can easily impregnate Veela when such a feat normally requires extensive preparation. The Delacours swiftly take steps to "claim" Harry as their own before he can be taken by other Veela, but it's always emphasised that while Fleur, her mother and her sister consider Harry to be "theirs", unlike other Veela who would basically turn Harry into nothing but a breeding stud the Delacours care about Harry's emotional well-being as well as just the opportunity to bring him physical pleasure.

-->-- '''Belinda Carlisle''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdEkR-RlZhU "Nobody Owns Me"]]

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': There's an InvertedTrope and a same-sex variation with Louis de Pointe du Lac desperately wanting to liberate himself from being Lestat de Lioncourt's love slave. The second episode foreshadows that Louis will become trapped in this role with a subtle reference to ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'' [[note]]"They'll seat us late, and we'll miss Nora's entrance with the Christmas tree"[[/note]], which is about a woman named Nora who is treated like a doll rather than a person by her husband Torvald, and she yearns to be free from the stifling constraints of her marriage. Lestat views Louis as his most prized possession ("[Lestat's] love is a small box he keeps you in"), and he [[CrazyJealousGuy throws a jealousy-fueled tantrum]] if anyone else touches his favourite toy ("I don't like sharing"). When Lestat feels that Louis doesn't love him enough in the climax of episode 5, Lestat [[DomesticAbuse smashes]] his [[PrettyBoy pretty doll]] against the walls of their home, which shatters Louis both mentally and physically (Lestat did indeed shatter a few of his vertebrae). Afterwards, Louis lives with the constant threat that Lestat will batter him again if he doesn't satisfy Lestat's need to be adored. This coercion also extends to sex, where Louis is UnfocusedDuringIntimacy in episode 6 because he'd rather think about anything else besides what Lestat is doing to his body. It's later invoked InUniverse that Louis is Lestat's slave. In episode 7, Louis is resolved to break free from Lestat's GildedCage ("the dollhouse"), especially after he learns that Lestat will modify their relationship into a VampiresHarem by adding his newest fledgling Antoinette Brown as his second wife (and thus Louis becomes Lestat's "TopWife"). Louis is truly Lestat's property at this point because he gets absolutely no say in this decision, and Louis would ''never'' tolerate having to live with Antoinette, whom he abhors due to jealousy, so Louis kills them both.

Regardless of justification or lack thereof: When this trope is played straight, it is about [[ThePowerOfLove a heart freely given]], without any coercion or big deceit/manipulation. That means someone merely ''claiming'' romantic ownership over someone else doesn't imply this trope in any way. It can be an expression, or it can indicate that they're a StalkerWithACrush or a FetishizedAbuser. However, in some stories [[AbductionIsLove kidnapping]] or [[SexSlave coercion]] can go from StockholmSyndrome to genuine mutual love.

* ''LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'': Applies to Yurishia and Hayuru.
** In the light novel and the anime adaptation, Yurishia acts the part of a ProperLady while she's in public because it's what's expected of her due to [[TheOjou her upbringing]]. But her first Climax Hybrid session with Kizuna reveals she's secretly [[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} into S&M]] and a sexual submissive. The light novel further explains that what she wants most is for Kizuna [[TooKinkyToTorture "bully" her]] into being both his sex slave and his pet. She gets her wish by volume 10 and during the volume 13 epilogue chapter.

* Justified in ''[[LightNovel/ImABehemothAnSRankedMonster I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet]]'' as the male main character was reincarnated into an infant "Behemoth", that looks and instinctively acts like a housecat, and owes his life to the female MC, the elf Aria. He's perfectly content to be her "pet," which allows him to serve and protect her, for life, without any issues. [[CovertPervert His compensation comes in the form that she happily lets him ogle her as she changes]] and '''orders him''' to share the [[BathtubBonding bath with her.]]

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': The idea of "owning" your lovers is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in regards to devil Kings and their servants.

* In ''LightNovel/BeingAbleToEditSkillsInAnotherWorldIGainedOpWaifus'', all the waifus are perfectly happy to be Nagi's slaves because (a) he treats them like people, (b) he takes care of them, (c) he makes sure they live in comfort and relative luxury and (d) when they were on their own, their lives sucked.

* In ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', Miyuki happily admits that every part of her, body and soul, belong to Tatsuya [[note]]that said, [[ClingyJealousGirl she clearly expects him to reciprocate the feeling]][[/note]]. Her family's fixation on [[TheSocialDarwinist hierarchy]] and ArrangedMarriage[=s=] may have something to do with this perspective; in her world, few spouses can treat each other as equals, even if they want to.
* ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'': The story kicks off when the Demon Queen proposes to TheHero that they join forces to end the war between humans and demons with as little bloodshed as possible. Their agreement amounts to, in the Demon Queen's words "I will belong to you, you will belong to me", and for all intents, this is pretty much a marriage in all but name. While the Hero [[CelibateHero is a bit reluctant at first]], the Demon Queen's love and concern for him, along with her proving that her desire for peace is genuine, eventually win him over.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': There's an InvertedTrope and a same-sex variation with Louis de Pointe du Lac desperately wanting to liberate himself from being Lestat de Lioncourt's love slave. The second episode foreshadows that Louis will become trapped in this role with a subtle reference to ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'' [[note]]"They'll seat us late, and we'll miss Nora's entrance with the Christmas tree"[[/note]], which is about a woman named Nora who is treated like a doll rather than a person by her husband Torvald, and she yearns to be free from the stifling constraints of her marriage. Lestat views Louis as his most prized possession ("[Lestat's] love is a small box he keeps you in"). When Lestat feels that Louis doesn't love him enough in the climax of episode 5, Lestat [[DomesticAbuse smashes]] his [[PrettyBoy pretty doll]] against the walls of their home, which shatters Louis both mentally and physically (Lestat did indeed shatter a few of his vertebrae). Afterwards, Louis lives with the constant threat that Lestat will batter him again if he doesn't satisfy Lestat's need to be adored. This coercion also extends to sex, where Louis is UnfocusedDuringIntimacy in episode 6 because he'd rather think about anything else besides what Lestat is doing to his body. It's later invoked InUniverse that Louis is Lestat's slave. In episode 7, Louis is resolved to break free from Lestat's GildedCage ("the dollhouse"), especially after he learns that Lestat will modify their relationship into a VampiresHarem by adding his newest fledgling Antoinette Brown as his second wife (and thus Louis becomes Lestat's "TopWife"). Louis is truly Lestat's property at this point because he gets absolutely no say in this decision, and Louis would ''never'' tolerate having to live with Antoinette, whom he abhors due to jealousy, so Louis kills them both.

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The InvertedTrope is the avoidance of relationships out of fear of becoming "owned". In old works, it's mostly about men trying to avoid being captured by a woman. In contemporary works, the situation is reversed, centering on women striving to be independent from men. Both versions are largely TruthInTelevision, due to [[ValuesDissonance changing social structures]].

* ''Manga/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'': Applies to Yurishia and Hayuru.

* ''LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'': Applies to Yurishia and Hayuru.

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* The BoysLoveGenre ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' features [[TheBeautifulElite Elite Blondy]] [[ManipulativeBastard Iason Mink]] who [[MadeASlave forcibly makes]] defiant gangster [[TroubledButCute Riki]] his [[SexSlave Pet]] and falls in love with him. Iason wants himself and Riki to be more than Master and Pet but realizes it is the only way they could be together in their [[{{Dystopia}} Dystopian]] society. So [[IWillWaitForYou he wishes and waits for the day]] Riki, of his own volition, will become this trope and find HappinessInSlavery.

* In ''LightNovel/HensukiAreYouWillingToFallInLoveWithAPervertAsLongAsShesACutie'', Sayuki Tokihara is a masochist who wants main character Keiki to treat her like his pet.

* ''LightNovel/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'':

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* ''WebComic/EerieCuties'': In chapter 16, [[PastLifeMemories Ace has a dream of a past]], in which he finds a past incarnation of Brooke along with [[spoiler: Queen Lamia]]. When he asks what she's doing there, [[spoiler: Lamia]] tells him [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/need_your_love_to_survive it's because Brooke belongs to her, just as he does]]; implying a deeper connection between the three of them.

* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': An anime-exclusive character called [[{{Bishonen}} Ijuuin]] [[CharmPerson Kotaro]] has the ability to magically [[CharmPerson charm]] any female. He successfully charms [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Moka]], [[HornyDevils Kurumu]], [[CuteWitch Yukari]], and [[AnIcePerson Mizore]], and for a whole episode they become his obedient slaves, completely in love with him. Moka and Mizore even affectionately call him 'Master' while under the spell.