Maligned Mixed Marriage: Difference between revisions

* [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]] has Beren and Luthien, the original mixed pairing, as well as Idril and Tuor, and [[Star-Crossed Lovers|Aegnor and Andreth]] - the only human/elf pairing that didn't work out because of the consequences of this trope. A few generations later, there's also Aragorn and Arwen, but they got off easy.

** Luthien's parents took that [[Up to Eleven]] — Thingol was an elf (and Teleri at that, which for the elven aristocracy of Middle-Earth just ''screamed'' "parvenu"), while his wife Melian was [[Physical God|a freaking Maia]], just like Gandalf and Sauron.

* In ''[[Deryni|In The King's Service]]'', predictably enough thanks in part to [[Fantastic Racism]], the marriage of Lady Alyce deCorwyn and Sir Kenneth Morgan is condemned by both humans and Deryni mages. Hostile clerics and other humans don't like to see a wealthy and beautiful "sorceress" wed and reproduce; High Deryni Lords and Ladies who worry about protecting their heritage against hostile forces would prefer she wed another mage instead of a mere human, who will only father "[[Halfbreed|inferior half-breeds]]".

* In ''[[Discworld]]'' novels, some people, most notably the Dragon King At Arms in ''[[Discworld/Feet of Clay|Feet of Clay]]'', believe that Carrot being in a relationship with a werewolf should prevent him becoming king (not that he ''wants'' to be king anyway, of course).

 

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