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trobador:kianspo:trobador:kianspo:trobador:motleypatches:trobador:FOR KIANSPO:Frustrated Husbandinspired by kianspo’s steampunk gaslight romance Harlequin fic with mutants and arranged marriage plot aka The Marriage Bargain(random images from all over Google, used transformatively and out of context)Charles at the height of his young rebellious years as Erik enters the vigorous years of the middle-aged.Exactly. (Frankly, I cannot wait to see the two of them going through the confirmation ceremony a few years down the road, Erik all baffled when Charles repeats his vows and actively seeks to involve himself even more in Erik’s life and business. Pursuing his own agenda. Making his husband fall in love with him, because of reasons.) This fic has such a perfect Middle-Ages-slash-Renaissance-welcome-to-arranged-marriage-intrigue-oh-la-la-la plot; it’s the kind of setting I’ve been looking for in books, but never quite found.Aw, guys. You’ve no idea, do you. Maybe it’s good, no definitely good, you would have killed me already if you did. *g*Oh, I am completely off the mark, am I? *nurses crushed hopes* Of course, Charles may be secretly planning to take over all of Erik’s assets once the marriage is annulled… Oh, I don’t know! :) I do have a feeling that Charles is going to grow into an extremely powerful, fearsome personality with deadly charm. And someone like Erik may very well find that attractive. The text is beautifully created: I hope you enjoy stringing words together as much as I enjoy exploring the fascinating story patterns they create.LOL. Oh, you’re not terribly off the mark, it’s still harlequin, remember? So really, no worries there. I was referring more to the length of the journey they’d both have to make before the confirmation ceremony, because I’m anal-retentive and need to clear up everything before things happen. ;)I am all for long, long, long journey. For both of them. Character development all the way. Torturously slow character development with world-building trivia. I would read a whole chapter about Erik playing sudoku and nothing else. There are YEARS ahead. This makes me excited. :)I’m just looking forward to Charles grow up and maturing into his own person. Erik’s trying to be partner-in-business, authority figure, and distant husband, but Charles would be needling him every which way (And possibly every day), forcing Erik to change and not become hidebound as the society he tried to ingratiate himself. It’s terribly interesting that the marriage took place just as Charles’ on the cusp of adolescence having suffered more than his portion all the strictures of childhood and traditions of his world while Erik’s preparing to “settle down” as a respectable member of Charles’ world after the struggles of Erik’s own youth and young manhood. (Have I mentioned that I really like the..balance of uncertainty in this fic?) It really would be a long journey before they meet in the middle, so to speak. What’s Erik going to do when Charles grows more comfortable with his surroundings and wants entertainments of companionship, especially when Erik himself is such a late bloomer in terms of developing intimacies with people? (Can I put in a request for jealousy? XD) -- source link
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