--In my canon-set stuff, especially, I work under the general notion that youkai marriages - especially of Inuyasha's father's class - were more about political alliances and land treaties and the like, not so much love or passion for the other person.---
But that's what all high status marriages were...arranged for political/dynastic/power reasons marriages. That's what most upper-class Samurai and many middling class marriages were, and for sure true for up and coming merchant families and some of the upper peasantry.
Love matches were basically saved for the lower peasantry. Or between a man and his concubine. And that's the human norm for much of humanity both in Japan and Europe in the 16th century.
I see InuPapa's marriage to Sesshmom and then his relationship to Inumom reflecting very much the way the human world worked. In fact it reminds me a lot of one of the major Daimyo...maybe Tokugawa Iesu, but I'd have to look it up. Almost all of the Daimyo of InuYasha's time who had official wives weren't particularly in love with those women. Some they didn't even like...or trust, but they might be deeply attached to the concubines they actually spent most of their time with.
Thus, I can't see much difference. Sometimes I am cursed with knowing too much!
It's so interesting how I sweat blood to write Sessh and you have trouble with Miroku and I find him so easy to do. Life is funny that way...
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But that's what all high status marriages were...arranged for political/dynastic/power reasons marriages. That's what most upper-class Samurai and many middling class marriages were, and for sure true for up and coming merchant families and some of the upper peasantry.
Love matches were basically saved for the lower peasantry. Or between a man and his concubine. And that's the human norm for much of humanity both in Japan and Europe in the 16th century.
I see InuPapa's marriage to Sesshmom and then his relationship to Inumom reflecting very much the way the human world worked. In fact it reminds me a lot of one of the major Daimyo...maybe Tokugawa Iesu, but I'd have to look it up. Almost all of the Daimyo of InuYasha's time who had official wives weren't particularly in love with those women. Some they didn't even like...or trust, but they might be deeply attached to the concubines they actually spent most of their time with.
Thus, I can't see much difference. Sometimes I am cursed with knowing too much!
It's so interesting how I sweat blood to write Sessh and you have trouble with Miroku and I find him so easy to do. Life is funny that way...