History Main / AbductionIsLove

* {{CircleOfMagic The Will of the Empress}} introduces a Namornese tradition: It is perfectly legal to kidnap a woman to force her to submit to a marriage contract. However, it is ''definitely'' not portrayed as love.

* {CircleOfMagic The Will of the Empress} introduces a Namornese tradition: It is perfectly legal to kidnap a woman to force her to submit to a marriage contract. However, it is ''definitely'' not portrayed as love.

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* ''[=~Yu-Gi-Oh!~=]'' had an instance of this. A fake psychic kidnapped [[AttemptedRape and potentially trying to rape]] Anzu Mazaki. Don't worry, though. Yami saves her.

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* In the early nineteenth-century, long after RealLife abduction was growing, er "less fashionable" in the American backcountry, it was common for there to be a ritualized abduction at weddings. This custom was descended from the Scottish [[GrimUpNorth border country]] . Similar customs are known in various parts of the world.
** In at least one Central Asian tribe they do the same thing with the groom chasing the bride on horseback.
* Still a common practice in many parts of the world. In some places this is combined with [[RapeIsLove rape]] to force the woman to consent to the marriage; in others the woman is expected to voluntarily submit to the marriage without sexual violence (and will be returned if she can convince her captors that she doesn't want the marriage, at least in theory).

* ''[=~Yu-Gi-Oh!~=]'' had an instance of this. A fake psychic kidnapped [[AttemptedRape and potentially trying to rape]] Anzu Mizaki. Don't worry, though. Yami saves her.

* In the early nineteenth-century, long after RealLife abduction was growing, er "less fashionable" in the American backcountry, it was common for there to be a ritualized abduction at weddings. This custom was descended from the scottish [[GrimUpNorth border country]] . Similar customs are known in various parts of the world.

** In at least one Central Asian tribe they do the same thing with the groom chasing the bride on horseback.

* ''[=~Yu-Gi-Oh!~=]'' had an instance of this. A fake psychic kidnapped [[AttemptedRape and potentially trying to rape]] Anzu Mizaki. Don't worry, though. Yami saves her.

* YuGiOh had an instance of this. A fake psychic kidnapped [[AttemptedRape and potentially trying to rape]] Anzu Mizaki. [[spoiler: Don't worry, though. Yami saves her.]]

Note: As with rape fantasies, there are folks in RealLife who have kidnapping fantasies and there's nothing wrong with that provided it's between consenting adults and said fantasies are played out responsibly (i.e., avoid doing things that might cause unfortunate misunderstandings with the neighbors, the police, etc.).

* Platonic example - Big Boss's mass kidnap of soldiers in ''MetalGearSolid: Portable Ops'' and ''Peace Walker''. In the latter game, 'hostility' (resistance to joining Big Boss) is [[BrainWashed labelled in the menu as a 'Sickness']].

Note: As with rape fantasies, there are folks in the RealLife who have kidnapping fantasies and there's nothing wrong with that provided it's between consenting adults and said fantasies are played out responsibly (i.e., avoid doing things that might cause unfortunate misunderstandings with the neighbors, the police, etc.).

* Depending on your interpretation, it's disturbingly likely that the StalkerWithACrush from [[{{Evanescence}} Evanescence's]] song ''Snow White Queen'' would attempt this with his "beloved" if given the opportunity.

* Depending on your interpretation, it's disturbingly likely that the StalkerWithACrush from [[{{Evanescence}}Evanescence's]] song ''Snow White Queen'' would attempt this with his "beloved" if given the opportunity.

* Depending on your interpretation, it's disturbingly likely that the StalkerWithACrush from {{Evenescence}}'s song ''Snow White Queen'' would attempt this with his "beloved" if given the opportunity.

* Depending on your interpretation, it's disturbingly likely that the StalkerWithACrush from Evenescence's song ''Snow White Queen'' would attempt this with his "beloved" if given the opportunity.

* Depending on your interpretation, it's disturbingly likely that the StalkerWithACrush from [[{{Evenescence}} Evenescence's]] song ''Snow White Queen'' would attempt this with his "beloved" if given the opportunity.

* Depending on your interpretation, it's disturbingly likely that the StalkerWithACrush from Evenessence's song ''Snow White Queen'' would attempt this with his "beloved" if given the opportunity.

* ''IntoTheWest'' plays with this.

G-rated version of RapeIsLove. Here, kidnapping is love. Much more kid-friendly, and much less {{squick}}. Just as much UnfortunateImplications.

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