Ties That Bind

Ties That Bind is a Teen Titans Fanfic written by Mary Graysons Little Robin, that unexpectedly became popular on Fanfiction.net.

Ties That Bind is a medieval Period Fic. The main premise of the story is that Garfield (Beast Boy) lost his wife Terra after she was murdered by King Malchior. Gar leads a revolt and takes over the leadership of Steel Kingdom. He successfully overthrows Malchior, taking Malchior's widow Raven back to Jump Estate with him as a servant.

Since this is a Romance and Revenge fic, the inevitable happens.

It's a unique fanfic due to the fact that the author and did a lot of research and decided to have the fic fall under Shown Their Work instead of Did Not Do the Research.

It can be read here.

"Garfield: Life's not really fair is it? I feel like I'm in a twisted romance and revenge story. Richard: If you were, you'd probably end up falling for the wife of the guy you killed. Garfield: Who would write something like that? Richard: A hopeless romantic with a knack for liking this sort of thing."
 * Blade Lock: Happens a few times, complete with The Princess Bride homage.
 * Celibate Hero: Garfield starts out as one of these, and is this way toward Raven until they're married, unfortunately the Fan Dumb didn't get the reasons why.
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Gar is this, when he's joking.
 * Comforting the Widow: Malchior's modus operendi, and everyone knew it
 * Complete Monster: Malchior combined with the fact that he's a Magnificent Bastard too.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: Raven's first sword fight with Garfield, her second swordfight with him and when he rescues her without any help by himself. There are a lot more coming, they're just unwritten as of this entry.
 * Death by Origin Story: Terra receives this, but appears in plenty of flashbacks.
 * Deadly Doctor: Kori is, by reputation, she even  while Gar gave Maldouche a Hannibal Lecture.
 * Determined Widow: Raven, but many of the characteristics are inverted or subverted because the she sees Gar as the villain instead of The Hero.
 * Eternal Sexual Freedom: Subverted for historical accuracy and character traits, the Fan Dumb went berserk.
 * Happily Married: Richard and Kori, Terra and Garfield.
 * Good Is Not Nice: Garfield tortures and murders the man who killed Terra on Malchior's orders.
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Gar is this, when he's joking.
 * Homage: The author has several of these, including The Princess Bride, Romeo X Juliet, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Teen Titans, and Black Cat.
 * Lampshade Hanging: The author lampshade hangs her own fic with the following:


 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: The main theme of the Fanfic
 * Romancing the Widow: Is not Gar's intention but he ends up doing this to  eventually.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: Garfield, Kori and Terra.
 * Shown Their Work: The author does this with authors notes at the end of every chapter after the prologue.
 * The Uriah Gambit: Inverted. Malchior attempts this and fails and kills  instead.
 * The Stoic: Richard
 * Xanatos Gambit: Gar pulls off one of these.