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Gwendrick is the het ship between Frederick and Gwendolyn from the Cursed Princess Club fandom.
Canon[]
Gwendolyn and Frederick are introduced through an arranged marriage with the three princes of the Plaid Kingdom. Gwendolyn and Frederick were arranged to be married to one another. Like the other girls, Gwendolyn felt an immediate attraction towards Frederick. The feeling, however, was not reciprocated as Frederick was put off by Gwendolyn's appearance. Gwendolyn later overhears Frederick telling her brother that he finds Gwendolyn ugly. This negatively affects Gwendolyn's self-esteem, which causes to her run off and find the Cursed Princess Club.
Gwendolyn buries her feelings and tries to respect Frederick's lack of feelings for her. By doing so, Gwendolyn requests to cancel the arrangement for their marriage. She expresses a desire to become friends with Frederick. The latter keeps misunderstanding her, however, because of a lack of transparency resulting in misunderstandings. Even so, the two become friends and Frederick begins to view her beyond a surface-level and develops a crush on her in return. This stems from both sharing various hobbies and interests, which allows them to get along well. They're also both the youngest of their families and share similar insecurities.
The two develop a platonic alliance with one another because Gwendolyn's feelings cause her to believe Frederick does not like her romantically. By the Bippity Bop Gala, however, the two of them confess their feelings towards one another. While the feelings are genuine, Gwendolyn accepts before truly starting to love herself or admitting that she overheard what Frederick said about her. And, in particular, how damaging it was to her. It is only later that it is revealed to everyone what occurred, angering Gwendolyn's sisters Maria and Lorena. This is furthered by the knowledge that the Plaid Princes were spies set by their father, King Leland of the Plaid Kingdom. Frederick was not aware of his father and brothers' plans, however.
When Gwendolyn falls under a sleeping curse, Frederick refutes kissing her because he worries that it would be against her wishes. Even so, he protects her from the Plaid King showing that he truly does care for her. Gwendolyn manages to wake herself up from her curse through loving herself, allowing her to wake up. Gwendolyn and Frederick join forces with their friends from the Cursed Princess Club to put an end to Leland's plans.
The end of the comic shows the two are in a healthy relationship now that they have worked through their insecurities and misunderstandings together.
Fanon[]
Gwendrick is the most popular ship in the fandom as it is the primary relationship of the series. The inciting incident stems from Gwen overhearing Frederick calling her ugly. Despite this, the two get to know each other through a platonic alliance. As they get to know each other, the two develop deeper and genuine mutual romantic feelings for one another. While the ship was contentious at first, primarily because of Frederick's initial disinterest in Gwendolyn, many people found their character and relationship development gratifying. This is especially because the two share a lot of similarities that make them compatible with one another, despite their rocky beginning.
It is the most written ship on A03 under the Cursed Princess Club fandom tag. Currently, they have 55+ fics of a romantic relationship between them.
Fandom[]
FAN FICTION
Frederick/Gwen tag on A03
TUMBLR
Gwendrick on Tumblr
Freddolyn on Tumblr
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