I guess that's why I need her to be slightly unsympathetic-- so that her husband doesn't seem like a complete ass for having a moment of weakness with someone else.
Errrrrr...being frank here, I've never favored the slash trope that makes the inconvenient wife into an unsympathetic shrew or mope. Rather, how about a flawed woman — even a relatable one — who has a spectrum of characteristics, good and bad? Same goes for her straying husband. I love flawed characters who still can spark sympathy with the reader. Could your character's moment of weakness be simply because he has human desire — a strong chemistry as it were — for the other dude, so powerful that he justifies his straying to himself or hell, just lets the testosterone take charge?
I do like the idea of a political marriage that isn't exactly a bed of roses, plus your examples of Non-Ideal Elven Behavior™ in reply to jaiden are PERFECT! :^D
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Errrrrr...being frank here, I've never favored the slash trope that makes the inconvenient wife into an unsympathetic shrew or mope. Rather, how about a flawed woman — even a relatable one — who has a spectrum of characteristics, good and bad? Same goes for her straying husband. I love flawed characters who still can spark sympathy with the reader. Could your character's moment of weakness be simply because he has human desire — a strong chemistry as it were — for the other dude, so powerful that he justifies his straying to himself or hell, just lets the testosterone take charge?
I do like the idea of a political marriage that isn't exactly a bed of roses, plus your examples of Non-Ideal Elven Behavior™ in reply to jaiden are PERFECT! :^D