Okay, This Is In Incredibly Petty Nitpick, But: If Youre Writing A Fantasy Setting With Same-sex Marriage,

Okay, this is in incredibly petty nitpick, but: if you’re writing a fantasy setting with same-sex marriage, a same-sex noble or royal couple typically would not have titles of the same rank - e.g., a prince and a prince, or two queens.

It depends on which system of ranking you use, of course (there are several), but in most systems there’s actually a rule covering this scenario: in the event that a consort’s courtesy title being of the same rank as their spouse’s would potentially create confusion over who holds the title by right and who by courtesy, the consort instead receives the next-highest title on the ladder.

So the husband of a prince would be a duke; the wife of a queen, a princess; and so forth.

(You actually see this rule in practice in the United Kingdom, albeit not in the context of a same-sex marriage; the Queen’s husband is styled a prince because if he were a king, folks might get confused about which of them was the reigning monarch.)

The only common situation where you’d expect to see, for example, two queens in the same marriage is if the reigning monarchs of two different realms married each other - and even then, you’d more likely end up with a complicated arrangement where each party is technically a princess of the other’s realm in addition to being queen of her own.

You’ve gotta keep it nice and unambiguous who’s actually in charge!

Ridiculous Sentence Prompts

“Who wouldn’t be angry you ate all of my cereal and faked your death for three years!”

“I’m going to need you to put on some underwear before you say anything else.“ 

“Quick catch that cat it stole my wallet!”

“Fuck I feel like I got hit by a car… Wait I did? And it was your car?”

“The skirt is short on purpose.”

“I can’t believe I’m sitting in space jail with you of all people.”

“So why did I have to punch that guy?”

“I may have accidentally sort of adopted five cats.”

“I hope you know that my name is actually ________.”

“Please stop petting the test subjects. ”

“That is the tenth demon summoning this week holy shit.”

“Please put me down it’s just a sprained ankle" 

"So what if I broke my arm I’m still doing it.”

“Why exactly do you need chloroform at 2AM?”

“I’m like 75% this won’t explode on us.”

“You need to stop leaving dead bodies in my kitchen.”

“I understand the whole sleep talking thing but what I don’t understand is the princess dragon dream and why I’m in it.”

“I’m sorry that I got way too into playing house and accidentally kissed you passionately.”

me: *plots out entire novel, mentally writes 500 pages of dialogue, and deeply develops primary and secondary characters whilst driving*

me: *opens microsoft word* wait, what?

Places where reality is a bit altered:

• any target • churches in texas • abandoned 7/11’s • your bedroom at 5 am • hospitals at midnight • warehouses that smell like dust • lighthouses with lights that don’t work anymore • empty parking lots • ponds and lakes in suburban neighborhoods • rooftops in the early morning • inside a dark cabinet

AU ideas:

‘I totally wasn’t breaking into your apartment I locked myself out of mine and I’m directly above yours so I picked your lock and was gonna use the fire escape and climb in through my window’ AU

‘You’re new to the building so I have to tell you that I’m a registered sex offender but I was eighteen and they were seventeen and it was a really big misunderstanding please let me explain’ AU

'Every night I go down to the lobby vending machines I smell the best cooking ever coming from your apartment and it’s 12 pm but I’m really hungry and the vending machines aren’t cutting it for me’ AU

'You were dragged into my video game competition and I was beat for the first time in years I have to stalk you and beg you to play me until I can beat you’ AU

'My next door neighbor asking my to check up on their apartment while the away and feed their animals I broke a vase and your my other neighbor please help me’ AU

'I can’t pass stray animals so once a week you see me going into my apartment with a different animal before I find them a home and you decide you want one’ AU

'Everyday I hear you curse at your computer next door lucky I can help you so I barge in and decide to put and end to this but I also see all the porn you watch’ AU

'You see me coming out of my apartment dressed as the opposite gender for a party and get confused the next day when I’m not dressed up and still attractive’ AU

Okay but have you considered THESE for your OTP:

Who steals the whole fucking blanket in the middle of the night and leaves the other without any?

Which one is always stubbing their toe and screaming about it?

Who crashed a car and made the other pick them up at 3AM?

Which one is the lightweight that needs to be watched over at all costs?

Which one likes to get up in the middle of the night and (loudly) make themselves a snack?

Who is always suggesting they get another pet?

Who drinks straight up black coffee and teases the other for their overly-flavored Starbucks?

Which one insists upon buying unheard-of health foods?

Which one would run through a busy street just to pet a small dog?

Which one always mispronounces words and gets constantly corrected by the other for it?