Most of the arranged marriage fics out there are very whimsical. Between evil step-parents (or parents) straight out of a fairy tale, insta-love (or insta-lust), and OOCness. And yet I love them... Go figure. (except the ditsy OCs).
Hopefully this improves on some of those faults.
My story takes place during the year that Seigaku wins the tennis tournament but for my purposes it is high school instead of middle school because I got squeamish about having overly committed twelve year olds. That and I have skewed it so that Chie and Gen are in the same year although Chie is friends with the younger Sakuno and Tomoka...which actually might work depending which years you put them in.
.. My point is my time line is screwy and I'm lazy so if I stopped to fix it and do the proper research, this story would never get written.
Established characters sound weird in first person to me a lot of the time (and OOC) so Chie is the only character I will be writing in first person for now.. And Sanada Gen'emon is OOC. (sheepish shrug; I needed a bad guy)
Miyazaki Chie
To understand me you must first understand Oto-san, and to understand Oto-san you have to know about his father. My Grandfather was not a nice man. He was pompous and arrogant but relatively harmless. He married for political gain because he loved no one but himself and was wealthy enough to keep mistresses on the side. And so you come to understand Oto-san. Growing up as the bastard son of a minor political figure is not pleasant. Oto-san grew to hate his father, for all the high handed remarks, and the total lack of any semblance of respect or kindness. His hate grew and grew, pebble by pebble. So Oto-san plotted his revenge. Oto-san knew that the only way to best his father was to become more successful, and more powerful than his father. So he bided his time and gathered allies, resources and knowledge. Eventually Oto-san was powerful enough to take my Grandfather's place, and became known as a ruthless business man, driven relentlessly by ambition.
My utter lack of ambition baffles Oto-san as he strives for more. Oto-san has taught me about political maneuvering and running a business, but while able to argue my points to Oto-san, I am cautious where he is bold, understated where he has a flair for the dramatic. I am fully capable of holding my own in our debates now. He has raised me to be politically savvy, but I love him all the same.
I cracked up when I saw this on blackshadow878's profile. It has a bunch more answers, but I didn't find them as funny.
11. Favorite pair (homosexual or straight)? Why?
Alpha Pair: Sanada really needs someone.
I am a really slow writer, so I made a stock pile.
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