Kings & Queens — Tag Meaning
Stories centered on rulers themselves — the weight of the crown, marriages as treaties, and power's corrosion or grace. Where the royalty tag covers the whole court ecosystem, this one keeps focus on the throne and who sits on it.
What to Expect From "Kings & Queens" Fics
Expect rulers wrestling with duty, political marriages thawing into love, and the question of what power costs.
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Royalty
Crowns, courts, and the machinery of monarchy — used for canon royals, historical settings, and fantasy kingdoms outside the dedicated Royalty AU. The tag carries its trope-set with it: duty versus desire, succession pressure, and commoners who catch a royal eye.
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Arranged Marriage
A marriage decided by families, politics, or custom rather than the spouses — and in fanfic, almost always the beginning of a love story rather than the obstacle to one. Royalty AUs, historical settings, and fantasy worlds use it to lock two strangers (or enemies) into intimacy and let affection grow inside the cage.
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Political Alliances
Marriages, treaties, and partnerships forged for strategy rather than sentiment — the standard scaffolding for arranged-marriage fic in fantasy and historical settings. The genre's pleasure is watching cold-blooded alliances grow inconveniently warm.
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Court Politics
The knife-fight conducted in ballgowns: favorites rising and falling, whisper campaigns, and smiles that double as threats in a royal or noble court. Fantasy fandoms use it as their genre's chess game, where one wrong courtesy can end a family.
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