Hiya, I'm Trish! Below you'll find a list of my completed Drarry fics + a gist of the story + a handful of tags. All of my stories are postwar, EWE, and rated E or M. I will update this list as I complete more stories! Wooo!!!
MOST RECENT FIC:
Netflix and Chills | E | 20K Halloween might be over, but the tricks, treats, and heat between the sheets are just beginning for our favorite dynamic duo! Humor. Post-Second Wizarding War. EWE. Drarry in the Muggle World. Established Relationship. Snarky Draco Malfoy. Muggle Technology. Slice of Life. Humor. Romance. Domestic Fluff. Pop Culture References. Shenanigans. Halloween Night. Netflix and Chill. Banter. Mystery. Idiots in Love. Light Dom/Sub Elements. Dirty Talk. Blue Ball Hell.
Summary: When Draco innocently asks what "Netflix and Chill" means, Harry simply can't pass up the opportunity to impart some knowledge while demonstrating a masterclass in the art of seduction. Now, if only those plans weren't constantly interrupted by trick-or-treaters—some of them far more trick than treat.
The Art of Getting By | E | 149K Recovery fic set in a psychiatric hospital. Mental health Issues. Trauma/Traumatic Experiences. Heavy Angst. Harry and Draco admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Therapy. Fastburn. Co-dependency. Falling in love. Draco's + Harry's POV. Please read warnings. Dead Dove.
This Year's Love| E | 84K. A Drarry slowburn inspired by When Harry Met Sally! Humor. Light Angst. Draco in the Muggle world. Lovable Disaster!Harry. Enemies to Best Friends. Modern Dating. Layabout!Harry. Medical Student!Draco. Draco Dates Zaddies. Harry Is Living His Best Heaux Life. Sex (or no sex!) Positivity. Idiots In Love. So Much Pining. Harry's POV.
Everything That Happens Is From Now On | E | 42K. A sensitive story that explores the aftermath and recovery from a stranger SA. Established relationship. Secrets. Supportive/Loving Partner. RTS. Living Together. Body Positivity. Enthusiastic Consent. Hope. Draco's POV. Please read warnings.
Lemon Colour, Honey Glow | E | 67K. A love story that takes place over a series of unfortunate nights at the Leaky Cauldron. Enemies to Lovers. Falling in Love. Auror!Harry. Potion Master!Draco. Secret Relationship. Emotional Hurt/Comfort. Possessive Harry. Flangst. Beer Gardens. The Leaky Cauldron. The Slytherin Trio. Bullying/Violence. Spoilers Left Untagged.
Super Rich Kids | E | 81K. True crime meets wild government conspiracies when Draco becomes a twisted sort-of Robin Hood, robbing the badly behaving rich to give to...well...you'll have to read the story to find out! Angst. Murders. Coverups. Enemies to Friends to Lovers. Bisexual Draco. Lush descriptions of glamour. Humor. The ULTIMATE Slytherin ensemble. Mental Health Issues. Drug Usage/Addiction. Pureblood Elitism. Social Season. Angst with a Happy Ending. Draco's POV.
On The Last Day | E | 53K. Draco's role as an Unspeakable, Harry's untimely death and ghostly return, and conspiracies bind them in a quest for truth and redemption. Mystery. Angst. Hurt/Comfort. Grief/Mourning. Horror Elements. Science. Neurology/Neuroscience. Slowburn. Memory Loss. Draco's POV.
My Best Friend, the Serial Killer | E | 37K. Ride or Die BFFL Draco finds he's tired of moonlighting as a serial killer's accomplice. No matter how much he loves Pansy, he draws the line at helping her dispose of a sexy, flirty Harry Potter. Dark Humor. Campy/Kitsch Elements. Serial Killer!Pansy. Healer!Draco. Femme Fatale Trope. Falling in Love. Self-Love. Jealousy. Everyone is seriously morally grey. Draco's POV.
A Ferret, a ScarHead, a Weasel, & a Baby | E | 91K. The ultimate bromance takes centre stage (alongside a sweet and tender Drarry romance) in this Three Men & a Baby inspired story! BAMF Auror Draco. Protective Draco. Healer Harry. Capable and Emotionally Intelligent Ron. Illegal Potions Ring. Orphaned Baby. Roommates. Nothing to Something to Everything. Draco's POV.
Seven Days | E | 8K. It takes seven days for the Malfoy-Potter family to unravel. Grief/Mourning. Child Abduction. Death of a Child. Implied Mpreg. Alcohol Relapse. Coming to Terms. Harry's POV. Please Read the Warnings.
Portrait of a Young Girl | M | 8K. Navigating the complexities of love, marriage, and child-rearing, Harry and Draco face a new challenge when they suspect that four-year-old Teddy might be transgender. Married Drarry. Young Couple. Inexperienced Parents. Marital Problems/Disagreements. Stay-at-Home Dad Draco. Fluff. Acceptance. Love. Family. Happy Ending. Harry's POV.
A Day at the Park | M | 6K. Draco discovers that love has its own timing, and sometimes, that means returning to the place where he once lost it all. Estranged couple. Flashbacks. Pining. Postman's Park. Exiled Draco. Draco's POV.
Long for Bliss! | E | 9K. A random night out takes a dark and thrilling turn when Harry, after taking MDMA, encounters Draco Malfoy, looking like something straight out of his wildest dreams – or nightmares. First Time Drug Use. Nightclubs. The Perils of Ennui. Mildly Dubious Consent. Rooftop Sex. Light Dom/Sub Elements. Harry's POV.
Idiot Boys In Love & More | Various Ratings | 18K. Here you'll find a collection of one-shots, drabbles, and poems about Harry and Draco that are all standalone pieces! Each story is centered on a prompt provided by @drarrymicrofic and said prompt will be listed in the summary of each story (Series I completed). Harry + Draco's POV.
Tag a friend and challenge them to answer some (or all) of the prompts on this list. There are 31 prompts, so you can also use the prompts as a daily headcanon/art/fic challenge. Use the prompts however you like! If you want to share your stuff with a shared tag, you can use the tag #bg3weddingseason
Original post from @mumms-the-word
♡ I am making this ASK GAME too!! Please feel free to drop any number in my ask box !! Additional questions are most welcome too !! ♡
Or I will just slowly fill up the unpicked numbers anyway muahhaha!!
✨Details✨
1. Wedding, or something else?
- What do the characters think about weddings or marriages? If not a wedding, would they acknowledge their relationship in a different kind of ceremony?
2. Proposal
- Who proposed to whom? Were there rings or other gifts involved?
3. Bachlor/Bachelorette parties?
- Do the characters get a bachelor(ette) party before the big day? Does anything crazy happen?
4. Pre-Ceremony Events
- Are there any special events, ceremonies, rituals, or preparations the couple must do before the wedding day? Ritual cleansing, asking a parent for the character's hand, mehndi/henna painting, little pre-ceremony games or challenges, etc?
5. Formal or informal affair?
- Is the wedding elaborate and grand, or simple and sweet? Is it a tenday-long series of parties or is it a quick vow exchange in front of Withers?
6. Venue
- Where is the ceremony and/or reception? Inside? Outside?
7. Timing
- What time of year are they getting married? What time of day?
8. Traditions
- What traditions are involved in the ceremony/reception? Is there a mix of traditions from either partner?
9. Decor
- What kind of notable decor is there at the venue? Do they have something like an arch, a carpet aisle, fairy lights in the trees, or other elaborate decorations? Did they choose to decorate at all?
10. Flowers
- What flowers or other natural elements do they have as part of their decoration, if any? Are these flowers significant?
11. Bouquet or no bouquet?
- Does someone carry a bouquet, or do they choose to carry something else? Or do they walk down the aisle with nothing at all?
12. Music
- Is there music at the ceremony or the reception? What kind of music? Do they hire an orchestra, band, or half-decent bard to serenade them?
13. Outfits
- What is the married couple going to wear? Is there special significance in the outfit choices, colors, jewelry, etc?
14. Rings
- What do their rings look like, if they choose to exchange any?
15. Vows and Unity Ceremonies
- Does the couple exchange vows? Do they complete any kind of "unity" ceremony, like handfasting, planting a tree together, etc?
16. Wedding Party
- Are there bridesmaids, groomsmen, attendants, special witnesses? Are they dressed a certain way or positioned in a special spot?
17. Going Down the Aisle
- Does anyone escort the character walking down the aisle? Do they go alone?
18. I Now Pronounce You...
- Do your characters change their last names, keep their last names, arrange for a specific kind of name? For example, "Mr. and Mr. Dekarios" or "Lord and Lady Ravengard-Cliffgate"?
19. Guests
- Who else is there? Are there any special details about how the guests are arranged, what they are wearing, or what they are doing?
20. Food
- What kind of food and drink is being served at the reception? Is there a lush feast or simple fare? Is there a wedding cake or some other kind of traditional wedding food?
21. Dancing
- Is there any dancing? Elegant waltzes or all-out party-hard tavern music dance parties?
22. Ending the Night
- How does the reception end? Is there a big send-off, or does everyone quietly fade out as the night turns into dawn?
23. Honeymoon
- Does the couple take a honeymoon anywhere?
✨Specific Moments✨
24. The Night Before
- Write about the night before the wedding. Are your characters nervous? Excited? Do they see their partner or keep away?
25. Getting Ready
- Who helps your characters get ready? Are there any sweet, funny, bittersweet, or adorable moments that happen?
26. The First Look
- Write about the moment when your married couple sees each other in their wedding outfits for the first time.
27. Ceremony
- Write the scene where they exchange vows, complete a unity ceremony, exchange rings, or etc.
28. First Dance
- Does your couple have a first dance? What is that like for them?
29. Private Moments
- Every couple needs a private moment away from the big day. When does your couple escape the festivities, before, during, or after the ceremony/reception, to have a private, quiet (or perhaps not so quiet) moment?
30. Reception
- Does anything specific happen at the reception? Drama, a sweet moment with a parent or other companions, cake-smashing, games, a surprise?
31. First Night, Morning After
- Write a specific moment or detail about their first night together as a wedded couple, and/or what it is like for them to wake up the next morning as a wedded couple.
Ahhhh sweeeet summer time project!! I am so exciteeeddd!!! Thank you @fantasyfictionfables for tagging me and @mumms-the-word for creating the wonderful detail prompts!!! Also, open tag, as always! please consider yourself tagged by me if you'd like to play!! ♡♡♡♡
The Lost Tale of the Red Book - The Martyred Mother
This is a temporary title for the rewrite of my current WIP The Lady of Ithilien (posted on AO3).
The decision to rewrite the story comes after a lot of thought and after realizing that I have created too many OCs who would have otherwise no space in the current narrative. The moodboard in this post is supposed to represent the themes of the rewrite, the main ones being sadness, love, motherhood, fighting and death.
They honestly haven't really changed that much. They haven't changed at all, actually. The story was supposed to be borderline tragic from the early days of its conception and it will be so in the rewrite as well. Be prepared for a lot of angst and despair with lighthearted, funny and loving moments throughout.
Info dump (Warning for some! spoilers)
If you have read the chapters of the original story which are already posted on AO3, you will already know that the main character is Elenna "Enna" Tindómiel, the (adopted) eldest child of Faramir and Éowyn.
Fancasts for "Enna": Anais Tinguely (toddler); Billie Gadsdon (childhood until 10); Beau Gadsdon (11-12; pre-teen era); Mackenzie Foy (teenage years; roughly 13-19); Synnøve Karlsen (20 years old-her death)
She is what one would call a perfect lady and is betrothed to Crown Prince Eldarion as an infant. Due to Eldarion's...troubled personality, the marriage doesn't last and she later marries Elphirion—heir apparent to Lebennin—and then Eönwë. Oh, and there a little storyline with Mairon/Sauron coming back, which will affect her whole life. No big deal, really.
Changes from the original story
Although most of what I've already written is indeed canonical in my universe, I've recently thought of some changes which I think work slightly better. I will jot any new changes here so that I have everything in one single post.
Her whole arc is about persevering through tragedy and trying to grow as a person, which isn't really easy for her.
She's still the old "Enna" in many ways, she just tries more. She still apologizes at every turn, she still does not understand why Eönwë loves her, but instead of questioning his motives, she just learns to accept that she loves him. She may question them when they're courting, but she does show growth. She eventually relapses into her old ways (her teenage phase) after her children die. She loses hope and has to be persuaded to keep going.
Child and pre-teen: completely and fully innocent and confused. This is, of course, generally speaking. Ioreth starts filling her head with ideas of pomp and grandeur and she becomes a bit entitled, although Faramir, Éowyn and Boromir try to lessen Ioreth's influence on her. Will they succeed? I certainly hope so.
Teenage years: era of abuse, assault, trauma and meltdowns ("original" Enna) with a beginning of character development, but only a little.
Late teenage years: she becomes a bit more confident and dedicates most of her time to being a mom (she loves her children)
Adulthood: extreme trauma comes again (child loss), devotes most of her time to charity and helping others, has new laws enacted, tries to make the world a better place, her peace of mind is fully broken.
MAIN PERSONALITY TRAITS: deeply insecure, very little (nearly non-existent) self-esteem, needs to be reassured, kind, a bit impulsive on occasion, but extremely good at heart. One of the kindest people. She sympathizes and cares for all those who suffer. She's VERY STUBBORN, but not unreasonable.
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I've never spoken about it openly, so it's not actually much of a change, but I think her relationship with her mom (Éowyn) is complicated since childhood. Ioreth tells her she is not worth loving and that she shouldn't even bother acknowledging or listening to her. Faramir says the exact opposite. I suppose forgetting about her and choosing to distance herself from Rohan is a natural consequence of that. Elboron resents her because she "left him" and may have learned that from his beloved older sister he loves so much. He has a mind of his own, but he may have internalized that by copying his sister. As an adult, Enna will learn to embrace her Rohan side against (somehow, maybe) because of Princess Idis, whom she helps and corresponds with. Yes, I made up my mind and Idis lives in the rewrite. She exists. She's very secluded and doesn't appear much, but she's alive.
Although the events of chapter 1 do unfold in the same way, Enna does not meet Eönwë in person until FoA 22. He still saves her in FoA 15 when Mairon/Sauron tries to kill her, but she has no idea it is him. She only sees a white, bright light and (maybe) hears his voice. But that's it. I had thought of a very cute scene of Elboron and Eönwë meeting when he's like three or four with Eönwë shape-shifting into an eagle and "taking him to fly" so maybe he meets Elboron not knowing he's related to Enna and that's Elboron that, years later, has them meet. Mmm... that's definitely something to think about. He might also meet several members of the Fellowship.
Maybe they meet in passing and have a few conversations, but it doesn't go past that.
She still insists on marrying Eldarion to gain power to survive but begs Aragorn to speed up to process once she's assaulted by Duinnín, the son of Duinhir of the Blackroot Vale (the same guy who later r*pes one of her daughters and is executed by Eönwë). She tells Aragorn about it but doesn't mention his name (if there's something which hasn't changed is her willingness to protect those who harm her both because it could create scandal, but also because she believes they can be redeemed).
I don't really know when the assault part will take place, but it will happen. Let's see what I come up with.
She is extremely traumatized by the Mairon accident but since no one knows about it (unlike in the original), everybody assumes she just lost her mind. She cannot speak of it and bottles everything up. Rumors go around and her mental health goes down the drain. Some people swear that they saw something and obviously the members of the Fellowship believe her. A few weeks later Duinnín assaults her, having heard others that she's easy. By then only Maira sort of knows what she's been through and Enna has full meltdowns. She'll start getting better thanks to her Uncle Boromir the following year.
She still very much has her haughty, condescending moments but she realizes that she's in the wrong and feels extreme guilt about it (she cries, for instance, after raising her voice at people). Her inability to control her emotions (i.e. screaming and crying in a timespan of a legit second) is also due to her "post-Mairon medications"
She also has hallucinations of "a very pretty lady who talks to me" aka her conscience.
She sucks at comforting people. She means well, but...yep. She can't do it.
She actually loves Elphirion. Elendil (OC; Aragorn and Arwen's second son) arranges their marriage (he and Elphirion are childhood friends) and, if in the original story Enna was supposed to be indifferent towards him, she isn't in the rewrite. She loves him (in a friendly way) and they have a good marriage until he dies. The only problem is that Elphirion is constantly sick and Enna still cries a lot.
She is extremely scared of Elphirion at first and doesn't want him to touch her (she starts shaking and trembling when she sees him), but ultimately decides to trust him. She may not love him romantically, but there's that.
Eönwë is her third husband and she has sixteen children by him (counting miscarriages and stillbirths). She also struggles to trust him at first, but she eventually falls deeply in love (he falls first, I think)
She is still concerned about her husbands taking mistresses and sort of accepts the possibility even with Elphirion and Eönwë. She only asks that they are honest about it and not like (teen) Eldarion.
She was originally supposed to favor her boys over her girls, but she really doesn't in the rewrite. She is an all-around amazing mother. She may still be awkward around her girls from time to time, but she loves them wholeheartedly and wants to protect them so they don't suffer as much as she did. She is a truly great mom, but she doesn't think she is and that leads her down a path of...unhappy choices. But she is there for her children when they need her and if she is hesitant it is only because she feels unworthy of their love, not because she wants to avoid them or because she doesn't love. Her children sense that and they will actually have conversations about it. It may take a while (depending what direction the rewrite takes), but they will have those conversations sooner than later. All the snippets where she is hesitant are still valid, but they are to be looked at in a wider context and they will be integrated in a more positive narrative. We'll see how it goes from there. They will still have some disagreements, but I'll try to balance everything out a bit more. As much as I love angst—and, believe me, I do—I feel like it might get repetitive very quickly.
She does have the "Wyn trauma", but it's more due to the fact that she's afraid she's going to turn out like her rather than spite. She's hesitant to build a relationship with her, but she soon feels ashamed about it and, with her oldest children and Eönwë's support, she manages to be a loving mom to her nevertheless. The "favorite child" thing is more of a running joke rather than a factual thing. She may be closer to some of the kids (it's normal in large families, I think), but she loves them all unconditionally.
She still refers to her unborn children as sons sometimes, especially during her pregnancy with Elendur even she's a scared fourteen-year old who knows that only having a son may help her survive. She may even secretly tell Maira (=her maid, bestie and confidante) and Uncle Boromir. It may take a lot of persuasion, but she may eventually admit that, deep down, she wouldn't really care about the baby's gender if it were up to her. It's all Ioreth and society.
Boromir's role in all of this is expanded and he is the one who immediately sees through her façade in situations such as this one and, when she acts stubborn about it, he encourages her to be honest with him and to, essentially, drop the act. More on this in the Boromir Week stuff.
Even during her teenage years, she is much closer to Boromir than Faramir and keeps her father at distance (both not to have him worry about what happens to her and because she feels more comfortable opening up to her uncle since Faramir can't help but see her as a child).
She intends to keep the people she loves away to protect them (especially after Mairon tells her that all her loved ones will die), but Boromir (or maybe Elendil) try to convince her that if they must die, they'll die anyway. That gives her a lot to think about.
Speaking of children, Elendur (her first child and her first with Eldarion) doesn't die at birth. He dies some fourteen years later in a very stupid accident. Although Eldarion was horrible to her, Enna lies to her son about what happened to her so that Elendur can have a good relationship with dad (surprisingly Eldarion tries to be a good father and turns out to be a fairly decent person when he is sober and not controlled by some *hideous tutor*
In spite of Ioreth's abuse and constant nagging, she is extremely innocent as a child. She is still a bit haughty as a teenager, but her façade crumbles quite quickly (especially around people who know her and read her like the back of their hand) and readily admits it is her own coping mechanism to survive. She doesn't like doing it, but she's forced to do it.
As she grows older and is affected by tragedy, she falls back into her childish innocence (as a comfort and coping mechanism) and this trait of hers is exploited by traitors and people who wish her harm (i.e. the redhead as well as others). Her mental barriers are also affected by the personification of her conscience (she may do dangerous things she does not remember because of it, but she mostly cries into her pillow and tries to atone by helping others).
She also no longer values protocol as much. It was her everything as a teenager because it gave her a sense of purpose and a sense of self, but when she gets truly powerful, she no longer values it as much. She appreciates it when people observe it, but she's more relaxed about it. She's obsessed with the Maiarin salute though and would like for people to observe that.
She also becomes more accepting and open to the idea of women remaining unmarried. In the rewrite, she's no longer stuck in her ways, but actually shows growth more plainly and is more prone to listening to others. She is still very stubborn and defends her ideas, but she is a little less stubborn, I suppose.
She also tries to ask for help if she's sick (especially when she's pregnant—it will happen a lot). It will still very hard for her and she'll still feel very guilty about it, but the first step is what matters, right? She will probably try and communicate non-verbally (through her facial expressions, eyes etc), but she tries. It's a gradual process and she has to be coaxed into it, but she tries.
She has plenty of relapses where she thinks everything is her fault though.
The things she cannot/feels too ashamed to talk about she keeps in her diaries, which will be published after her death. Even though she's more open about her struggles, she still won't tell people everything (no one does) and many things will come to light after her death.
Elendil may not die after all. I have come up with an idea of Eldarion saving him last minute and that could possibly be the start of the two brothers mending their broken relationship. But we'll see.
I will be including facts and things I've spoken of in fandom events and one-shots as well.
As I mentioned, this post is ongoing and I will link my OC fancasts here once the character profiles are all complete (hopefully by the end of the year)
I will also link other moodboards For instance, I have here one of the Faramir and Éowyn's home in Emyn Arnen (Enna's childhood home)
This is how I picture Faramir's palace. The main reference is Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy, but I will also take inspiration from other Florentine palaces. I honestly don't know wether their palace will need to be rebuilt as well. In that case, I think Aragorn will give them another place in which to stay in Minas Tirith. That place could be very well inspired by Villa Medici (Rome, Italy)
It was built in white stone (much like all of Minas Tirith) and it has a garden. Éowyn said she wanted to garden so I suppose Aragorn makes her happy.
Enna will leave her childhood home (wether it is Palazzo Vecchio or Villa Medici is still to be decided, but I think it will be Palazzo Vecchio by then) in roughly FoA 13/14 to move to Minas Tirith full time. She will also live in Minas Tirith (or maybe Anórien or Dol Amroth or even Lindon - see, this is why this post is ongoing) while Faramir's old seat at Emyn Arnen is refurbished and made a lot bigger. The new and improved Emyn Arnen (which will become Enna and Eönwë's main residence) is inspired by Topkapi Palace in Istanbul (although some elements from various Medici palaces will remain. Palazzo Vecchio will essentially be expanded to make room for a lot of Maiar and new training guilds will also be built).
Before & After
The columns remain but the general architecture of the place changes a little bit. Some elements do stay the same (fountains and other things).
You know what? I think Enna and Eönwë's "middle" residence (the one they live in while Emyn Arnen is being renovated) might, after all, be in the region of Anórien, of which Boromir is Prince in my AUs. Eönwë and Boromir have a great relationship (you will get a glimpse of it in my One-shot for day 6 of Boromir Week 2025) and I thought it would be cool for Enna to be neighbors with her uncle. Mírion and the other early children from their marriage could very well be born in Anórien/Osgiliath. That would make me very happy. Elenwë need a place to stay and, since Faramir doesn't really like his son-in-law, I doubt Enna would want to return to Ithilien before her new home is ready and her dad is out. Imrahil will definitely try and persuade her to move in a palace close to his, but I doubt that will happen either. And Eönwë certainly wants to avoid Minas Tirith because of Eldarion and other personal reasons. So I think that, logistically, Anórien could be the only suitable place within the Gondorian borders. They could move to Arnor but...it's probably too far. They might have a vacation home there though. So...I guess...Anórien it is! Boromir will be very happy about it. It will be a bit awkward at first, but maybe Enna will reconcile with her cousins earlier than previously planned, and they'll actually get to have a relationship like a normal family? Why am I feeling so merciful today? I hope I won't regret it later. Don't get overexcited though and don't get too hopeful either. The themes in the main moodboard are still valid and she will still suffer greatly. It's the point of her story. She just will probably no longer have to suffer alone and will be more inclined to confide in her family members, especially Boromir and fam. They sort of stop speaking for a few years, but they get on well again once Enna is free of Eldarion, doing better mentally and married to Eönwë, who encourages her to apologize to Uncle Boromir and to mend whatever rift she had with her cousin(s). Again, why am I being so reasonable? So merciful? It's not in my nature. Maybe I should see a doctor.
I honestly think she will genuinely try to speak about her problems—only when prodded about it though—and their relatives will try and encourage her to open up. The change is that, instead of assuming right away that they want nothing to do with her, she will try to open up before her inner voices prompt her to start pushing everybody away because she feels like a burden. But the main difference between the original and the rewrite is that she will make the effort. At Eönwë's explicit request probably, but she will try.
Since I have mentioned Imrahil in my previous point, I just would like to say that Enna and Eönwë do have their official vacation spot in Dol Amroth. Enna's health is not great (to put it mildly) and she often goes to Dol Amroth in the hopes of getting better (y'know, the warmer climate and such). Their residence in Dol Amroth is based on the Miramare Castle in Trieste, Italy
Enna is friends with Erchirion and Amrothos and is godmother to the the young lady Erchirion and Iorlas adopt. She'll be spending a lot of time with her and will see a lot of Erchirion (and Iorlas). They're a couple (the idea, as far as I know, is originally by @lucifers-legions,so she gets the credit for bringing them together).
Enna will also be vital in ensuring that she gets legally recognized as their daughter and heir (while, at first she is against female succession, she changes her mind later on. It's all part of her character development. At the beginning she is purely against it because...it's against the law. She is not opposed to women ruling per sé, but the law states otherwise so that's her line of thought. She follows the law to a t and doing something which contradicts the WRITTEN LAW is outrageous to her. No spoilers, but you'll get a taste of it in my One-shot for day 7 of this year's Boromir Week).
Her interacting with Imrahil's sons is a change of plans, since I had previously thought she would have no interaction with Imrahil's boys whatsoever. Things do change quite fast, apparently.
I am almost fully set on Château De Chenonceau as Elenwë's residence in their early years of marriage.
Enna loves flowers (roses, lilies and tulips especially) so she'll have a field day in a garden such as this one. Château De Chenonceau for the win? I came across some wonderful Irish castles as well, so I might pick one of those as well. All castles are so pretty.
I wonder what (my) Ioreth will do now that both Boromir AND Eönwë would could potentially kick her out if she oversteps the line. Unless Ioreth only comes back when the revamping of Emyn Arnen is complete and Boromir is longer there to help protect her. See why this post will need further updates!?
I haven't really thought about it that much, but I could see Boromir living in a palace similar to a Medicean one (Sean Bean was in Medici so it would make sense. Nice touch there), but also in a French palace like Versailles or one of the Loire Castles. The Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá De Henares could also be a good reference. I feel like eventually it will be up to his wife 🤣 I'll update this post once again when I have Idhrildin's personality figured out and I have her choose her own house. Boromir is an army man, everything sounds good to him and I headcanon he's not really helpful when dealing with this kind of stuff.
I do like the idea of Boromir and Eönwë being neighbors though so I guess I'll just google whatever Loire Castle is closest to Château de Chenonceau and then add elements of Idhrildin's personality to it. Lis also helps with decorating so I guess she'll have a say in it, too.
Based on a quick Google search three Loire Castles that can be visited on the same day are Chenonceau, Cheverny and Chambord. So, I guess Boromir will get either Cheverny or Chambord? Boromir doesn't strike me as someone who likes opulent things and Cheverny seems to me a little smaller compared to Chambord. But then again, Boromir is the literal Prince of the fief so...if he doesn't live in a grand house, who does? Maybe Chambord is the Osgiliath place and Cheverny the Anórien one? Chambord is the main residence and Cheverny is his wedding gift to Idhrildin which is later turned into headquarters for her charities? Idhrildin, please a decision. You pick otherwise I'll just let you have both castles.
More to follow! (I'll update this post in the following weeks and months until I start working on the rewrite later in the year). I'll update it with several other moodboards and details (and possibly a new title). Other title ideas I've come up with for the rewrite are: A Golden Era, The Golden Era, The Forgotten Tale Of The Fourth Age and A Brief Golden Moment.
I personally think the one I put at the top of the post is still my strongest option, but we'll see. Being a mother is a major part of Enna's identity (she loves having children and loves being a mom) and she's a martyr because...she goes through a lot of things. I think it fits. Mother is also a title to her. Her children call her Valide, which does indeed mean Mother in the Valarin tongue (I am basing it off Turkish) and one of the many titles she is bestowed upon once she marries Eönwë is the title of Validem (=my Valide). That's a title that belongs to Varda as well and that's what the Maiar call her. Just like Varda, she is everyone's mother now. So, Validem is the title and Valide is Mother or Mom.
Please, don't forget to send in more fic requests so that I can develop these points and get the hang of them before I actually start the rewrite! I feel like there's nothing worse than setting one's mind onto a new course and then falling back into old habits. Send in anything! Especially Dol Amroth content (yes, I'm currently obsessed with Dol Amroth and I feel like my obsession won't be subsiding anytime soon. Not going to lie a fic with Enna and Erchirion and maybe even Iorlas would be great. I came up with this thing that they're close and now I need to develop it. I might even introduce their daughter 🫢 she might be Erchirion's daughter and then Iorlas adopts her.
Plot twist: Elendil survives his assassination attempt and Erchiriorlas' daughter (her name is Ellerian) marries him.
Maybe they don't get married because he dies anyway, but they have a brief romance. He may pull an Aragorn because he feels guilty of something or he feels like he's betraying Enna or whatever.
About Erchiriorlas...family drama in Dol Amroth or should I just have them conduct a secret affair and they become public after Imrahil dies? Or Erchirion doesn't really care what his dad thinks and does what he wants? It'd be a first in my writing. Erchirion is not Imrahil's heir anyway, so I suppose he's sort of allowed to do whatever he wants? Ugh. Decisions, decisions, decisions.
And don't forget to dm me or send asks if you want to know more (also, about the asks in my box...I'll try to answer them all by the end of the year.
Problematic Relationships (Non-Platonic) Competition List — Canonical
TWs: The Holocaust, genocide, Nazis, pedophilia, incest, grooming, sexual assault, rape, child sexual assault, sexual slavery, confinement, torture, abuse, physical assault, pregnancy, gang rape mention, starvation, miscarriage, slavery, abusive marriage, stalking, suicide, date rape drug mention, trauma, human trafficking, cancer diagnosis mention, gaslighting, financial abuse, and much, much, more.
Update: I will only comment upon the Top-Tier/Heavyweight relationships (just ten of them), and some exceptions outside of that.
Doing it for every relationship made the list WAY too long. I had to cut stuff out to reduce the length of this post.
• I'm going to compare problematic relationships with one another and rate them from least to most problematic.
This list will focus on the ways that the couples have wronged each other — dysfunctionally or abuse-wise — whilst together (sexually or romantically) in an unequal, official/long-term or long-enough relationship; a week or two (minimum), several weeks, or months. Therefore, actions committed during a couple's enemy era won't bolster their problematic ranking if it's just your run-of-the-mill, enemy vs. enemy/hero vs. villain fare —unless their enemy–enemy relationship became abusive; e.g., the villain turned his defeated nemesis into a sex slave and mistreated them for months.
Enemies-to-lovers pairings won't be considered more problematic by default.
Proximity required, so the characters must be close at hand. Examples: workplace, neighbors, visiting each other's homes, living together, imprisoned at the abuser's place, etc.
Defining what an abusive relationship is: Let's look at Kilgrave and Jessica Jones' forced coupling! Non-consensual as it was, their time together still counted as a formal/long-term sexual relationship (only Kilgrave considered it "romantic"). The relationship was marked by an ongoing pattern of one-sided power and control over the victim, and repeated mistreatment.
FYI: This isn't me downplaying rape and murder.
Rape and murder/attempted-murder aren't always going to make a pairing more problematic than one that lacks those things. The non-SA relationships can be absolutely horrible in other ways: isolation, torture (mental and/or physical), graphic physical abuse, dehumanization, decades-long mistreatment, an inescapable relationship, slavery, lobotomization, mind-control, etc.
Murder attempted during the enemies phase of an enemies-to-lovers pairing will not count as problematic points against these pairings by itself, unless the attempted-murder took place in an abusive relationship.
Age gaps won't bolster a couple's problematic factor, unless the older party took advantage of said age difference for self-serving and/or abusive purposes.
A properly handled or good enough "grovel" scene/redemption will reduce a pairing's problematic ranking. A shoddy one will not change anything.
• At least one person in the relationship must have sexual and/or romantic feelings towards the other half. Thus, forced relationships like Jessica Jones/Kilgrave can be included here. Unrequited relationships, too. These will be pointed out.
What if the people involved weren't together (an unrequited dynamic), but the offending character kept engaging in a pattern of creepy behavior towards their crush — such as taking no for an answer, stalking them, forcing them into unwanted situations, and so on — with the intention of obtaining the person however they can, their protests be dammed? The offending person's end goal here is a serious relationship or sex, and their misbehavior is ongoing, so this unrequited dynamic can be considered a toxic relationship.
A friend-to-lovers situation counts as a relationship.
While attraction did exist between Rey and Kylo Ren, they weren't canonically in a committed relationship, nor were friends. They were strangers. However, I've included them on this list to show everyone how tame the pairing is.
• Character on Left (offending partner/Character on Right (wronged partner).
If these characters aren't in an abusive relationship, the former is the most problematic one. Not going to list down every single thing the offending partner did.
Unrequited relationships will be pointed out.
• I will be using the term "trauma bonding" instead of Stockholm syndrome.
• Redeemed offending partners get a star. ☆ But not if their redemption was handled shoddily.
• Suggestions are welcome!
Spoilers ahead!
Where do I start? From the very bottom of the Lower-Tier towards the Top-Tier.
CTRL+F a character's name to find the pairing you're looking for.
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Sections:
△ Top-tier/Heavyweights/Black (more problematic than the reds.)
□ Upper-Tier/Red
⇧ Medium-Tier/Orange
⇧ Lower-Tier/Yellow
Undecided (Not part of the list)
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Top-Tier/Heavyweights/Black
1st Place
▲ Aric von Schmidt/Hadassah Benjamin | For Such a Time by Kate Breslin | A Nazi Concentration Camp Commandant
—Dubiously-consensual relationship
—Imprisonment
—Trauma/PTSD
—Schmidt was a Nazi concentration camp commandant.
—Saved Hadassah's life, but threatened to send her back to a worse camp if he caught her deceiving him.
—Dubious-consent
—Tricked her into kissing him (this was their first kiss).
—Pressured her to marry him.
—Got angry with her when he found out she'd been hiding her true identity as a Jewish person from him.
—Arrested Hadassah and had her sent to the ghetto.
—I believe he would have gone along with the Wolkenbrand directive (annihilation of all remaining prisoners at the concentration camp), if he hadn't been pushed into action. He would have kept abiding by his sense of duty.
—Don't care if Schmidt did not abuse nor rape her, and Breslin redeemed him: this Nazi was the head of a concentration camp. Schmidt contributed to the extermination of Hadassah's people by being there. It doesn't matter if he "wasn't as bad those other Nazis," he participated in the Final Solution, and I'm going to hold that VERY much against him. Lastly, his character plays into the "Clean Wehrmacht" myth.
—You know what else really sucks about this guy? His excuses: "I must perform my duty–" Stow it, Schmidt. You're not going to "lesser evil" your way out of this one, Mr. Camp Commandant.
—Forced relationship
—Age gap exploited
—Grooming
—He was Dolores' stepfather
—Dehumanization
—Treated Dolores as an object for his pleasure.
—Obsessed
—Manipulative
—Controlling
—Possessive
—Kidnapping
—Abuse
—Rape
—Sex prisoner
—Trauma/PTSD
—Desired a future in which he could impregnate Dolores and obtain a daughter; Dolores' replacement for when she became 15 years old and he lost interest in her. Then, he would repeat the process with his granddaughter.
—Probably murdered Dolores' mother.
—Ruined Dolores' life and took away her childhood.
—Unredeemed
3rd Place
▲ Richard Payne/Elizabeth | The Dark Obsession Series by Zoe Blake | The Gaslighting King
—Possessive
—Ruined the lives of people who touched "his property".
—Lizzie ended things between in the prequel over Richard's control freak nature; he wanted her to no longer need a mobile phone, school, friends, or a job. Just him. For her life to revolve completely around him. Unfortunately, "no" isn't a word in the duke's vocabulary.
—Stalking
—Kidnapping
—Rape
—Dehumanization (treats Lizzie as a possession.)
—Started treating her like his sex slave because she had "failed at being treated like a girlfriend."
—Sex prisoner
—Forced relationship
—Abuse
—Richard will never stop playing mind games with her. Easing his boredom is what matters most to him.
—Trauma bonding
—Used EXPERIMENTAL, memory-erasing pills to make Lizzie forget their initial relationship AND continued feeding her these pills. As a result, her memories are unreliable – making her more prone to gaslighting.
—Obsessed (both of them, but Lizzie's obsession is self-destructive.)
—"When she auditioned for the play I specifically produced to ensnare her, she had no idea she was really auditioning for me. For her new lifetime role as my ward, my possession."
—Controlling
—Richard is a fan of the 1800s. You see, women back then didn't have rights. They couldn't simply leave their husbands; "It was a time where a woman knew her place and accepted a man’s rightful dominance over her. That was what I found the most appealing. The vulnerability and dependence of a woman on a man’s benevolence. In the Victorian era, a woman was still regarded as a beautiful possession, to be petted and spoiled but also kept docile with a firm hand."
—MANIPULATIVE (this guy makes Slade [Teen Titans (2003)] look like an amateur.)
—"It was a false assumption that only those of low intelligence could be manipulated. Everyone assumed that a person of intelligence would think through the issue and see right through the lie, but that wasn’t the case. An intelligent person was far more likely to overthink, turning it over and over in their head, and second guess the issue, thereby falling into the hands of the manipulator."
—Gaslit Lizzie into thinking she was "actually" a crazy woman from the Victorian era. Then, in the third book, Richard staged his own shooting and took a bullet as part of a scheme to gaslight her some more. There are never any half-measures with this guy and his messed up mind games.
—Made his victim think SHE was the cruel puppet master.
—Trapped
—The man is a filthy, stinking rich, billionaire duke (a modern one!). Lizzie could not get away from him even if she hadn't been hopelessly brainwashed into believing that she "wants" the abuse.
—He paid a bunch of actors 1 million pounds (for a year of performance) to participate in his abuse towards Lizzie without them realizing it.
—Torture (e.g., waterboarding.)
—Dubiously-consensual relationship
—Isolation (kept her away from friends, and worst of all, this couple's story ended with him putting her on a remote island.)
—Unredeemed (Richard won.)
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4th Place
▲ Kilgrave/Jessica Jones | Jessica Jones | The MCU's Nightmare Fuel Villain
—Forced relationship
—Kidnapping
—CONTROLLING
—Slavery: Kilgrave mind-controlled Jessica with his super power.
—"Jesus, you're a vision. Hair and the skin… appalling sense of fashion, but that can be remedied."
—Abuse
—Dehumanization
—Sex prisoner
—Rape
—Torture
—Forced her to kill someone and blamed her for it.
—Trauma/PTSD
—Entitled
—Ordered Jessica to cut off her ears with a knife, but stopped her as she started slicing at one of them. She would have followed through with his command if he hadn't changed his mind, regardless of the pain.
—Obsessed
—Stalking
—Possessive
—Kilgrave denied that he was a rapist.
—"Come on, it wasn’t all bad."
—Unredeemed
5th Place
▲ Darren Davis/Jaden Wilder | The Stronger Series by J. Marie | A Predator of Girlbosses
—Forced relationship
—Her body can't resist Darren. Her heart, however, has not given in to him. I don't think it ever will.
—Kidnapping
—Jaden, a mixed martial artist, was sold into sexual slavery via a human trafficking ring owned by Darren, a billionaire crime lord.
—Rape
—Sex Prisoner
—Slavery (complete with a shock collar that can also measures her pulse, and contains a GPS tracking chip.)
—Obsessed (she is like a drug to him.)
—Dehumanization
She's a pet to him. A possession he tattooed his name onto.
—POSSESSIVE
—Threatened to kill other men if she stared at them at for too long. It's not an idle threat.
—CONTROLLING
—Forces Jaden (a tomboy) to wear dresses, heels, the color pink, and other girly clothing she hates. No pants allowed.
—Abuse (one of punishments involved breaking her wrist, and fracturing her ribs and jaw with his bare hands/arms.)
—Trauma/PTSD
—Manipulative (exploitation of trauma bonding and intermittent conditioning tactics.)
—Isolation
—Targeted/threatened to kill Jaden's entire family so she'd have nothing left if she tried to escape. And because she "belonged with him".
—Darren got an uncle and he showed her a recording of how the uncle died: slowly and painfully.
—She despises him. Unfortunately, her hatred turns him on.
—Trapped
—Darren is a billionaire. A crime lord. Way stronger than her (physically and martial-arts-wise). He has cops in his pocket, powerful allies on his side, and so on.
—Torture
—Life with Darren is a hurt/"comfort" rollercoaster – the "comfort" half part of the abuse.
—He enjoys hurting her.
—Tortured Jaden so hard that he broke this hardy, girlboss character. She only recovered because he wanted her to. Darren wants a toy he can tame over and over again, not a fully broken one.
—"Between his belt, fists, and cock, by the time he was done, my body was one giant bruise."
—Forced marriage
—Made Jaden attend a sex trafficking auction with him to mitigate her PTSD symptoms through "exposure therapy". It didn't help her.
—Unredeemed: This is a man who has broken many female slaves: he can't be fixed. Darren may care about Jaden – in his own twisted, messed up way – but he will always prioritize his wants over her happiness, and keep her enslaved. She'll never be his equal. Book five hasn't been released yet, but the other four have reinforced how much of a sadistic, unrepentant, and sick bastard he is. I hope Jaden kills this guy in book five.
6th Place
▲ Anthony Rawlings/Claire Nichols | The Consequences Series [and the companion books] by Aleatha Romig | A Woman's Worst Nightmare
[Tony's worst misdeeds took place in book one.]
—Took full advantage of the massive wealth and power at his disposal. As one of the top wealthiest men in the United States, Claire could not escape him, nor hide.
—OBSESSED
—Paid off 215 thousand dollars of debt she owed, indebting her to him; "I currently own you, until your debt is paid."
—STALKING (Before Tony kidnapped her: Six months of secretly recorded footage?!)
—Wait a minute, he kept track of her for six years, actually?! What's that...? The true answer is ten years?!
—Dehumanization: In the beginning, he used her as an object for his pleasure. Felt that she "deserved" it for revenge reasons.
—Manipulative
—Influenced the course of Claire's life without even meeting her face-to-face. For example, he ended the young woman's relationship with a college boyfriend, Simon, by contriving a situation where the boyfriend ended up moving to another state for an internship.
—Kidnapping (a date rape drug, GHB, was a part of his abduction plan.)
—Forced relationship
—CONTROLLING (one of the worst control freaks on this list, and that's saying something!)
—Controlled every aspect of Claire's new life: what she could or could not do, her schedule, how she dressed, what she wore, who she could talk to, and so on. And she wasn't allowed to drive.
—He even micromanaged her body language down to the smallest detail.
—Rape
—Sex prisoner
—Abuse (he called it "operant conditioning": positive consequences for positive behavior — negative consequences for negative behavior.)
—Torture
—Isolation (used as a manipulation tool.)
—Trauma/PTSD
—She was always under surveillance by cameras in his mansion.
—Made her watch traumatizing recordings of him abusing her. As punishment.
—Enraged at a perceived betrayal, he beat Claire within an inch of her life. She nearly died, and ended up with chronic headaches moving forward.
—Tony "promised" Claire he would try his best to never physically hurt her again, but only if she never gave him cause to hit her again. How do you think that went?
—Trauma bonding: To such a brainwashing-esque degree, it was as if Tony had Claire under a kind of "mental thrall". The trauma bonding... was used against Claire in court.
—Dubiously-consensual marriage (Book 1)
—"Do you have any idea of the consequences if you did decide to leave me?"
—She was completely financially dependent on him.
—Kept her isolated from her sister and other people who weren't him or his staff.
—POSSESSIVE: Tony ordered the assassination of Claire's former boyfriend, just because they had a friendly conversation and he got jealous about it! It turns out Simon died at someone else's hands, but I'm not letting Tony of the hook here. Intent!
—A jealous Tony talking about himself and Claire: "At present I believe you need to concentrate on showing me my wife is first and foremost concerned with pleasing her husband."
—After failing a secret test of his, Tony framed Claire for attempted murder against him by having her hand him a poisoned coffee on camera and then intentionally drinking it during a web conference. Making her look guilty. At court, the prosecutor (in Tony's pocket) successfully painted her as a lying, scheming gold-digger.
—Once again, Claire could not escape nor hide from him. (Book 2)
—The effects of Tony's "lessons" (molding her into a perfectly obedient companion) and "operant conditioning" (abuse) lingered on past book one, making Claire more inclined towards being compliant with him despite herself. This didn't get fully dealt with until far into book three.
☆ Redeemed: A pretty solid redemption arc! Tony's remorse and apologies were followed by actions. The CEO put genuine effort into changing his toxic, controlling ways; this involved modifying old behavior for the better, doing some prison time, getting therapy, admitting his faults and misdeeds, treating Claire as an equal, and standing by his promise to never take her agency away from her ever again. In short, Tony went from being a woman's-worst-nightmare type of control freak to a good husband.
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Due to Tony's redemption arc, this pairing would rank lower than one containing an asshole CEO or billionaire character with the same exact misdeeds as him, but unredeemed.
However, as for John the Doctor/His Wife, they got bumped down because John (while also a controlling POS) wasn't amongst the top wealthiest men in the country. What's more, Tony, the extent of his power, and the control he had over Claire, beat John in the problematic and nightmare fuel departments.
7th Place
▲ John the Doctor/The Yellow Wallpaper's Narrator | The Yellow Wallpaper | Medical Misogyny Personified
—Controlling
—Manipulative
—Confinement
—Trapped
—Isolation
—Abuse
—Torture (mental)
—Trauma bonding
—Infantilized his wife.
—She went insane because of her dismissive, doctor husband.
—John is 19th century patriarchy personified.
—Unredeemed
8th Place
▲ Christopher Davenport/Anna Champion | Lemonade by Nina Pennachi | Silent Suffering
—Rape
—Manipulative
— Obsessed (with Anna and revenge; she suffered because of said two things.)
—Possessive
—Controlling
—Forced marriage
—Trapped (used her taken virginity and apparent pregnancy so he could coerce her into marrying him.)
—Turns out she wasn't pregnant, but he threatened to make that happen if she didn't marry him.
—Abuse
—Trauma/PTSD
—Chris used the 19th century patriarchy against Anna.
—Wanted to control Anna and put the poor young woman "in her place," forcing her into the role of a doormat.
—Threatened her family repeatedly to make her comply.
—Got his victim's family to like him. She couldn't tell them about the rape, given Chris' threats, and her father's poor health. They thought he was a "good guy". An abuse victim's worst nightmare.
—Her spirit took a severe blow when Chris destroyed her porcelain doll.
—Trauma bonding
—Unredeemed (at least he admitted that out of everyone, he hurt her the most.)
—Why did he start treating Anna terribly? Rude behavior on her part. Nothing major. Unfortunately for her, his damaged ego can't abide small insults either. He was alluding to this when he told her she had "provoked him to do the unthinkable."
9th
▲ Valentino/Angel Dust | Hazbin Hotel | An Eternal Pimp
—Forced relationship
—Slavery (owns Angel's soul)
—Abuse
—Rape
—Trauma/PTSD
—Possessive
—Coerced Angel into doing sex work/being a sex slave
—Physically assaults him
—Takes a large cut of Angel's money.
10th Place
▲ Oh Sangwoo/Yoon Bum | Killing Stalking | No One’s Safe From This Straight Dude
—Forced relationship
—Codependent
—Stalking
—Kidnapping
—Dehumanization
—Used him as a replacement for his mother.
—Broke both of Bum's legs with a sledgehammer.
—Rape
—Sex prisoner
—Abuse
—Torture (physical and mental)
—Trauma/PTSD
—Coerced Bum into being his accomplice.
—Trauma bonding
—Murder attempt
—Unredeemed
▲ "Kesedo"/"Rabby" | My Sweet Bunny Cage by Parasite Garden
▲ Ezekiel/Herace | The Devil Who Breaks My Neck by Tilly Billy
▲ Theodore Redford/Anastasia Everdeen | If You Wish for My Despair by Samo
▲ Marquis Rothbart Lohengrin/Anna Lee | Swan's Grave by KEN (켄)
△ Top-tier starts here! △
🟥 Asherad/Daphne | Escape Me If You Can by Hyerim Sung
🟥 Derek Hawke/Marietta Danver | The Marietta Danver Trilogy by Jennifer Wilde
🟥 Sean Culhane/Catherine Enderly | Stormfire by Christine Monson
🟥 Anthony Welles/Cassie Brougham | Devil's Embrace by Catherine Coulter
🟥 Leon Winston/Grace Riddle | Try Begging by Libenia
🟥 Matthias von Herhardt/Leila Llewellyn | Cry, or Better Yet, Beg by Solche
🟥 Nikolas Constantinos/Jessica Stanton | All That Glitters by Linda Howard
🟥 Fire Lord Ozai/Ursa | Avatar: the Last Airbender
🟥 Heathcliff/Isabella Linton | Wuthering Heights
🟥 Apollo/Persephone | Lore Olympus
—Unrequited
—Rape
—Trauma/PTSD
—Entitled
—Obsessed
—Manipulative
—Stalking
—Took advantage of his higher position.
—He blackmailed Persephone to keep quiet about her sexual assault, or else he would have spread the photos he took of that moment.
—Kept trying to force marriage upon her.
—Tried using a True Love arrow (forced love) on the goddess
—Unredeemed, and I stand by this: the arrow (it pierced him instead of Persephone) forced Apollo into feeling terrible regarding his actions towards Persephone. That's not true redemption: the key thing about a redemption arc is the desire to change as a person on the villain's part. Willingly. Apollo wouldn't have ever done that on his own, period. He didn't regret any of his misdeeds.
🟥 Christian Grey/Anastasia Steele | Fifty Shades
🟥 Mr. B/Pamela Andrews | Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson | Proto-Romance Novel | Proto-Fandom; Pamelists vs. Anti-Pamelists | People Wrote Pamela Fanfiction
🟥 The Joker/Harley Quinn | Batman
—Manipulative
—Controlling
—Abuse
—Joker treats Harley like a punching bag.
—Murder attempts
—Trauma bonding
—Codependent
—They are the Cycle of Abuse couple! Check out Mad Love, the Batman Adventures comic written by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.
—Unredeemed
🟥 Ahmed Ben Hassan/Diana Mayo | The Sheik by E. M. Hull | Proto-Bodice Ripper
🟥 Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen | House of the Dragon
🟥 Coriolanus Snow/Lucy Gray Baird | The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
🟥 Erik, the Phantom of the Opera/Christine Daaé | The Phantom of the Opera (Unrequited)
🟥 Sebastian Everett/Isabelle Walsh | Virtue & Vanity by Astrid Jane Ray
□ Upper-Tier starts here! □
Medium-Tier/Orange
🔶️ King Shahryar/Shahrazad | The Arabian Nights
🔶️ The Darkling/Alina Starkov | The Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
🔶️ Queenie Goldstein/Jacob Kowalski | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
—Enchanted (mind-control) Jacob to make him marry her. He he was afraid of getting Queenie in trouble with the Wizarding law, thus didn't want marriage. She didn't respect his wishes and made him do what she wanted.
—Joined the muggle-hating, wizard supremacists. Said she did it "for Jacob", despite him begging her not to, but again: she didn't listen. Queenie regretted her decision in the third movie, but still...
—Shoddy redemption
🔶️ Misa Amane/Light Yagami | Death Note (Unrequited)
🔶️ Hal Stewart/Roxanne Ritchi | Megamind (Unrequited)
🔶️ Andre Grandier/Oscar François de Jarjayes | The Rose of Versailles
🔶️ Kuvira/Bataar Jr. Beifong | The Legend of Korra
🔶️ Anakin Skywalker/Padme Amidala | Star Wars
🔶️ Scott Blackstone/Sydney Evans | You Can Have Manhattan by P. Dangelico
🔶️ Sheldon Lee/Jenny Wakeman | My Life as a Teenage Robot (Unrequited)
🔶️ Pepé le Pew/Penelope Pussycat | Looney Tunes (Unrequited, but also not sometimes)
🔶️ Jacob Black/Bella Swan | Twilight (Unrequited)
🔶️ Fitzwilliam Darcy/Elizabeth Bennet | Reverie & Rancour: A Pride & Prejudice Vagary
—Forced marriage
—Trapped (this story takes place in the 19th century: she couldn't simply divorce her cold, resentful husband.)
—In this retelling, Elizabeth and Darcy ended up getting married on account of Mrs. Bennet's interference. He thought Elizabeth plotted with her mother to trap him into marriage. Elizabeth did no such thing, but he wouldn't believe her.
—Abuse (of the emotional, financial, and neglectful kind.)
—Financial: "Elizabeth would have nothing from him. No pin money. No settlement in the case of Darcy's death, beyond her own meagre dowry and lifetime rights to Pemberley Grange, a miserable cottage buried in the woods north of the great house. Elizabeth would not benefit a jot, and her husband's disdain would be visible to all the world. With no pin money, she would be required to beg him for the very clothes on her back. She would know his disapprobation and feel his generosity in even providing the shelter of marriage. Perhaps one day, she would be properly humbled, would beg his forgiveness and set out to win his favour. He would extend his largesse to her, of course, with proper evidence of contrition. Perhaps she would weep in gratitude, kiss his hands, fall to her knees..."
—Worst of all, she got sick and nearly died because of her inadequate winterwear – which was his fault. Darcy didn't allot her enough pin money for the clothing she NEEDED. He said her "basic needs would be supplied", but nope!
—Dehumanization
—Didn't really look at his wife for months, hence the reason why her declining health went unnoticed by him She was a "siren" (threat) in eyes, someone he did not want to develop warmer feelings towards.
—Took no action whilst his family members and servants disrespected her.
—Forbade Elizabeth from writing to her family. There was no contact at all for months.
—Treated everyone else better: "You are fair to your tenants, and your staff think well of you. I cannot but wish that you had at any time in our acquaintance shown to me the same generosity."
—Trauma/PTSD
—Shoddy redemption: I'm not giving him a redemption star for being a fair and generous man to his wife at last, which was the bare minimum.
🔶️ Shigure Sohma/Akito Sohma | Fruits Basket
🔶️ Alessandro De Lucci/Theresa Noble De Lucci | The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders
🔶️ Edward Rochester/Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre
—Manipulative
—Gaslit Jane about Bertha's existence in his home.
—Lied about being single.
—Pretended to be engaged to Ingram, so he could make Jane jealous.
—Almost made Jane commit bigamy with him.
—Controlling
—Told Jane he would "try violence" (most likely an empty threat?) against her.
☆ Redeemed: Rochester changed for the better.
🔶️ Gilbert Truman/Rose Davenport | Unforgivable by Joanna Chambers
—Slavery
—Rose's owned Pearl: this (and the reason below) is why Pealrose ranked this high in this tier. For all of the other yellow-tier couples' flaws and dysfunctions, they didn't start off in a master/slave relationship.
—Rose's final order to Pearl as Pink Diamond: Pearl couldn't physically disobey it. Rose exploited her lover's built-in slave programming to prevent her from revealing Rose's true identity.
—Unrequited
—Obsessed
—Manipulative
—Stalking
—Stole his diary.
—Used said diary to blackmail Ulrich and make him go on a date with her.
—Used her position as the principal's daughter to her advantage.
—Exploited Ulrich's amnesia and told him she was his "sweetheart". Borderline non-consent territory right there!
—Continued to pester him, even though he kept rebuffing her.
—Did not apologize for her insistent advances on Ulrich. That said, she gradually improved as a person throughout the seasons.
🟡 Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Adrien Agreste | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir
—Unrequited (and not!) This whole "love square" thing is silly. XD
—Obsessed
—Stalking
—Possessive
—Jealous
— "What is she doing with MY Adrien?”
—She memorized his entire schedule! Knew it by heart.
—Has broken into his home.
—She's tried keeping other girls from getting close to Adrien, romantically.
—Adrien kept flirting with "Ladybug" and asking her out on a date despite her not being interested.
🟡 Maylen Ortesev/Alina Starkov | The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
🟡 Catra/Adora | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Before Adora and Catra both became enemies (they were fully on opposing sides following "The Sword Part 2"):
—Codependent
—Possessive
—Resentment (on Catra's part) towards Adora existed even before they became enemies.
—Catra tased Adora when she turned her back to the cat girl, and then again when she was down.
—Was not going to let Adora defect from the Horde without hurting her.
☆ Redeemed
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I used to deem Catradora abusive, simply because they're a friends-to-enemies-to-lovers couple. Their shared history changed the usual ETL dynamic, where these kinds of couples usually start out just a strangers/enemies, not people who were friends initially — was my reasoning behind that thought process. But you know what? I was wrong. The stuff Catra put Adora through happened during the enemies phase of their relationship, when they were on opposing sides as combatants who could hold their own against each other. It wasn't an unequal relationship wherein one partner was dominating and controlling the other.
Therefore, calling this ship "abusive" isn't accurate.
🟡 Daphne Blake/Fred Jones | Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated
🟡 Rio Pacheco/Jerrica Benton | Jem
🟡 Ulrich Stern/Yumi Ishiyama | Code Lyoko
🟡 Kylo Ren/Rey | Star Wars
Kylo and Rey are Star Wars arch-enemies. They weren't in a committed relationship, where there was a power imbalance and a pattern of abusive behavior. They stood on opposite sides of a war. Furthermore, his actions towards her are your typical Star Wars fare between two arch-enemies and run-of-the-mill hero vs. villain happenings, fighting, violence, kidnappings, murder attempts, trying to kill the hero's friends, going after the hero, attempting to get said hero to join Team Bad Guy, and so on.
Kylo didn't even do any of that stuff to Rey out of sadism towards her. Like I said, standard hero vs. villain stuff.
⇧ Lower-Tier starts here! ⇧
Bottom of the list
Undecided (Not part of the list)
• Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham | Hannibal
Definitely heavyweight-material, but I haven't watched the show. As a consequence, I don't know where to place them exactly. And their dynamic appears... not so clear-cut?
• Adam Taurus/Blake Belladonna | RWBY
Was Adam shown abusing Blake in the episodes? When they were still on the same side? As enemies, they were no longer in a relationship.
This is a thread I've made to catalogue the information given to us by Gooseworx about The Amazing Digital Circus, mostly from their tumblr. This is in no particular order. I scrolled through everything between December 5th and somewhere through April. Please notify me if you have information that I do not have here. There's further elaboration in the image description