Maligned Mixed Marriage: Difference between revisions

== Live-Action TV ==

* Helo and Athena from ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''. Interestingly, no one in the show raises an eyebrow at other mixed race couples (Billy and Dee) or gay couples (Felix and Hoshi... well, Tigh does raise the ''one''). But mention that Helo is in love with a Cylon, and everyone thinks he's crazy. It might have something to do with her race having nearly wiped out humanity, but hey, their kid is ''soooo'' cute! {{spoiler|And the Mother of Us All. Do I detect [[An Aesop]]?}}

* In ''[[Charmed]]'' Piper [[Bodyguard Crush|fell in love]] with her [[Lowest Cosmic Denominator|whitelighter]]; this was initially forbidden, but Piper managed to out stubborn the [[Powers That Be]] into accepting a marriage. Throughout the series, the problems with this marriage kept coming up.

** Not to mention Phoebe falling in love with ''a demon''.

* Prince Arthur and Gwen are essentially this trope in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' not because of race, though Gwen is mixed race, but Arthur is royalty while Gwen is a servant, and King Uther won't hear of a romance between them.

* The relationship between Delenn and John Sheridan in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' gets a lot of flack from both humans and Minbari (with the [[Fantastic Racism]] rather justified in that a mere ten to fifteen years before, the two species had fought a war in which the Minbari kicked the humans' asses and then ''surrendered'', satisfying nobody), but they make it work; {{spoiler|being two-thirds of [[The Chosen One]] helps. They eventually have a son named David and lead the galaxy together.}}

* ''[[Scrubs]]'' has Carla (Latina) and Turk (Black). Turk even pulls the race card when they go to pick up their wedding cake.

{{quote|'''Turk''': Carla, there are white people on top of that cake.

 

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius]]'', Beorc (human) and Laguz being is a relationship highly looked down upon, and their children are considered outcasts in both societies. This ends up setting up a lot of plot in Radiant Dawn.

* In [[Fire Emblem Elibe]], Lyndis's mother Madelyn got a [[Parental Marriage Veto]] when she fell for a Sacaean [[Warrior Prince]], Hassar. She then ran away from home with him, thought [[Princess in Rags|it took her a while]] to get used to a nomadic lifestyle. Once that was resolved, she and Hassar lived happily with their daughter Lyn... [[It Got Worse|until the Lorca tribe was wiped out]] and Lyn was left as the [[Sole Survivor]].

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