Marriage — Tag Meaning
The broad tag covering marriage as a story element — getting married, being married, deciding whether to marry. Authors use it when matrimony is thematically central but no narrower tag fits, from wedding-day fics to meditations on what the institution means to a particular character.
What to Expect From "Marriage" Fics
Marriage at the center of the story in some form; companion tags will tell you whether it's the wedding, the proposal, or the long haul.
How to find Marriage fics on AO3
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Browse "Marriage" works on AO3Popular Fics Tagged "Marriage"
Real examples from AO3's most-kudosed works:
Marital Claims
by yeolinski
Who Did What Now?
by dancing_homestuck
slow it down (go easy on me)
by newamsterdam
The Genetic Soap Opera (or, One of the Less Dignified Royal Weddings)
by waketosleep
Say Goodbye to Yesterday
by melonbutterfly
Laying Siege
by astolat
Related Tags
Weddings
The canonical tag for wedding content — the central couple's big day, or a wedding as the setting where other romance ignites (the best man and the maid of honor have a long fanfic history). It covers everything from meticulous ceremony fics to chaotic comedies of catering disasters.
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Marriage Proposal
Promises the question gets asked. Proposal fics are a miniature genre with infinite variants: elaborate plans derailed, rings carried for months, both partners proposing simultaneously, or the question slipping out mid-crisis. The tag guarantees the scene; the fun is in the execution.
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Married Life
Where Married Couple states a fact, Married Life makes it the subject: the fic explores what marriage is actually like for these characters day to day — negotiating careers, raising kids, weathering rough patches, growing old. It is future-fic's favorite lens for beloved ships.
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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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