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the power games meme



This meme is about gaining, using and abusing power over others. Now with more options! Warning: contains possible triggers.

How to play

- Post your character with their name and canon in the subject line. You can also give your preferences if you do/don't want to thread anything R-rated or above.
- When replying, go to RNG and roll numbers 1-2 to get a scenario type, then 1-16 to select a scenario.
- Play out that scenario! Please respect others' wishes if they don't want to play out a particular scene.

i. manipulation

01. Mind games. You're messing with this person's head, using whatever you know about them to your advantage. Words are barbs, and everyone has a weakness.
02. Stay close to me. You're not letting this person out of your sight. And you don't care what extreme measures you have to go to in order to do it.
03. Blackmail. You know something and you're not afraid to use it against them. Now they have to do what you want.
04. Love makes you do things. It's because you love them that you're making them do this. If they truly loved you, wouldn't they do as you say?
05. For your own good. It doesn't matter what the other person wants. You know what's best, and you're going to force it on them whether they like it or not.
06. Break you down. You're going to make the other person think they're worthless. Crush their self-esteem, break them until they're entirely helpless.
07. Betrayal. You made a promise, and you broke it. Or perhaps you betrayed this person's trust. It's all part of gaining the upper hand.
08. Lies, lies, lies. Fool the other person with words and you'll have them wrapped around your finger in no time.
09. Sob story. A little bit of emotional manipulation never hurt anyone, right? You're going to use this person's feelings for you against them. Make them feel sorry!
10. In your debt. Look, you saved them. The other person wouldn't be here without you. They should show some gratitude.
11. I need you. You're depending on the other person to do as you say. They're the only one who can help.
12. Turn up the charm. There's nothing like a bit of good old-fashioned flirting to get someone eating out of your hand.
13. Negotiating. There's a bargain to be struck, if only you can find the right words – and the right leverage.
14. For my sake. Why should they do as you say? Because you're the one asking.
15. The truth. It's the thing that hurts most of all.
16. Your choice. Combine any of the above scenarios or choose your own! It's up to you.

ii. mastery

01. Pretty little puppet. You can command this person at will. They're a plaything, to do with as you please.
02. You're mine. You own this person, and you're going to make sure they know it.
03. No escape. Maybe you've locked the other person up somewhere, maybe you've got them in chains. Either way, they're not going anywhere.
04. Put in your place. That's it. The other person made one too many caustic comments, got in your way one last time. Now you're going to show them who's boss.
05. Force of strength. Nothing like a good old fashioned brawl to really prove who's stronger.
06. Cornered. Finally, you've got them alone. This is the moment you've been waiting for – and perhaps the moment they've been dreading.
07. Turning the tables. They thought they'd won, but here's your chance! Maybe it's time to give them a taste of their own medicine, or maybe you have a new trick up your sleeve.
08. Punishment. The other person has done something wrong, or maybe just something you don't like. Now you're going to punish them.
09. Back and forth. I have a laser gun! Well, I have a lightsaber! Whatever it is, you're closely matched and trying to outdo each other.
10. Make them beg. You hold all the power and whatever it is they want or need, you're going to make them beg for it.
11. Call my bluff. You're making claims you can't back up. Can you bluff your way out of this, or will the other person catch on?
12. Time to pay. The other person owes you, and it's time for them to pay up.
13. Show of dominance. You're not actually going to hurt this person. You're just going to show them that you could.
14. The most precious thing. Whatever is most important to the other person, you're going to take it away. Because you can.
15. Consequences. You warned them. They failed, and now they're going to pay the price.
16. Your choice. Combine any of the above scenarios or choose your own! It's up to you.

Comments

Derek Hale Ω Teen Wolf

[triskeled]

i - 2, I don't even know.

[studmuffin]

[ This might be the biggest mistake of Stiles' very complicated, very messed up life. But the Argents aren't playing by the same rulebook any more, and Peter Hale's out there somewhere being his usual creeptastic self, plus there's that plot to poison Derek and he can't stop himself from doing something about it. Not that Derek even knows, because they're all keeping that from him. Well, Stiles is, because Stiles isn't scared of the eventual teeth to neck snappage that will happen when Derek realises he's being strung along.

Hell, Derek might have already figured it out and is only following Stiles into the woods so he can kill him and not be forced to carry the body anywhere. ]

It's just round this corner. I think. This tree is totally familiar. [ Yes, he's rambling. But hey, it works for him. ]

aw man D;

[triskeled]

[The worst part was that Derek didn't know he was being played, led out here in the middle of wood past Hale property, past the reservation. He can still hear his own words, I don't trust anyone and that...suspiciously insightful veterinarian telling him his inability to trust people was keeping Derek from being the alpha he wanted to be.

And so here he was, trusting Stiles, of all people. But Stiles was potentially harmless, right? Even if he was Scott's friend and Scott was, well Derek could only assume he was in cahoots with Gerard somehow after hearing them in the police station.]

Stiles, where are we going? [His second time asking and this time he expected an answer, not Stiles dancing around the question. Because those shoving hands were getting itchy, and there's plenty of trees here.]

[studmuffin]

[ He just waves a hand and turns the corner, stumbling over the roots of the nearest tree. He just needs to get Derek out of the way, he needs to take him out of the action, or he's going to be the next body in a long list.

Stiles isn't really sure why he cares. He just knows that he can't willingly let him be taken because he didn't do anything. ]

Just trust me, all right? I know what I'm doing.

[triskeled]

...

[Silence. Just the noises of their shuffling feet across the wooded floor. Derek bore a suspecting stare through the back of Stilinski's head, feeling as though he was being strung along.

Where the hell was Scott?]

Last time I trust you, I ended up at the bottom of a high school pool. Paralyzed.

[They don't get much farther before the alpha's catching Stiles by the shoulder.] Talk. Now. Or this time I will rip your throat out.

[studmuffin]

You keep saying that and you never actually do.

[ And yes, his voice is slightly rambling, high-pitched, worried. But he can't help it. He can't tell Derek where they're going, he just can't. ]

Bark worse than your bite, dude.

[triskeled]

...

[Even Derek has to tilt his head a few degrees to the side at Stiles' challenge. He wasn't wrong, though. All Derek had done up to this point was shove, push, slam...Stiles' head on a steering wheel, and threaten. Empty threats.

He wants to huff, such a habit he barely catches it. They aren't empty threats when it's people who actually mean harm...]

What aren't you telling me? [Change of subject.]

[studmuffin]

I'm -- [ Trying to help him, to save him. How can he explain that away? Derek's the kind of person to just run straight toward danger instead of staying far away. ]

It's Scott. He's in trouble. [ A lie is okay as long as he's doing it for the right reason, yeah? ]

[triskeled]

[He shakes his head.] Why didn't you say that in the beginning? [He suppose it would explain why Scott hadn't answered the text Derek left earlier before.

Releasing Stiles, Derek motions for him to lead the way. Why hadn't anyone called him? Why this wild goose chase? Something was still odd, still off. He motions for Stiles to lead.] Go.

[studmuffin]

[ Stumbling over himself to try and move faster. It's a dick move and he knows it, using Scott and Derek's sense of responsibility to make him go with him. He just hopes what the creepy vet gives him has done the trick. Trapping Derek in the forest is going to get him killed. But the dust (why is it always dust) in a circle should hold and it will be okay, it'll all be okay. ]

Just round the corner and I can tell you about it, okay?

[triskeled]

[It was just too bad that Stiles' action - no matter how noble or good he intended them to be - would only be misconstrued by Derek.

He follows, considerably more graceful than Stiles, almost as if he knows these woods like the back of his hand (which is very possible). He was no fool, beginning to trail behind, more alert now than ever.]

[studmuffin]

[ It won't effect Stiles, not like it will Derek, so he takes great care to step in the right direction. He can't help the cold, clammy sweat that breaks out over his neck, the fear he can feel mingling into his veins.

Derek is going to kill him. Maybe it'll be worth it in the end. ]

Okay.

[ If Derek takes another step after him, he'll be trapped. ]

[triskeled]

[He's unsure what to make of the fear once it hit him, ready to assume it was because of Scott. So maybe he really was in trouble after all?]

Okay?

[The wolf draws nearer skeptically, surveying Stiles.] Okay wh-- [There was still a good two feet between them and Derek was unable to cross the distance. Why? He huffs, almost growling instead and he's leering something deadly at the kid.]

So this was it, huh? You brought me all the way out here to trap me? [He had to hand it to Stiles, he wasn't expecting to be trapped per se. And that doesn't stop him from trying to lurch at him, hurt him.]

[studmuffin]

I'm sorry.

[ And okay, they may not be bosom buddies, but he does mean it, eyes wide and hands held up in a placating gesture. ] Look, it's for your own good and I'll let you out when the trouble passes, I promise.

[triskeled]

[Yeah, well, guess what? He didn't feel very safe pinned...no, caged like a dog in whatever binding trick Stiles had going on. Same kind from the rave?]

When it passes? You ever think how I'm going to protect myself if it finds me anyways? [Wait. Freeze. Rewind.] What's happening?

[studmuffin]

They won't know you're here, you'll be fine. We'll come back for you.

[ He's stepping away without realising it, because he shouldn't have done this, sure. It felt like the only way at the time. ]

[triskeled]

Stiles, wait. I can help.

[Stepping to the very edge of the boundary, brows furrowing in puzzlement when he feels the tangible but invisible push.] I can't help if I'm stuck here.

[Because threatening from this inconvenient position didn't seem like it'd help much.]

[studmuffin]

Oh yeah, like I'm going to fall for that. [ Stepping closer. ] I let you go, you'll just snap my neck then run off to get your ass handed to you and killed, and what will have been the point, huh?

[ Why does he care? ] We have it covered.

[triskeled]

[He wouldn't snap his neck, they both knew that. But Stiles would certainly be sprawled out groaning and Derek leaving him there.]

Damn it, Stiles. [Growling, because really, the kid is frustrating as hell.] Do you? How, when you're so worried I'll be hurt? [What the hell was going on?!]

Just tell me. I can't go anywhere, anyways. [Bait him. Play on the guilt he smelled.]

[studmuffin]

The hunters. They have something. It - I don't know how it does what it does, but it's just -.

[ Breathing out. ]

They told me what it would do, okay? And they're only gunning for you right now. We have a plan.

[triskeled]

What's the plan? [This ought to be good.] You do realize they're come after you when they realize what you've done, right?

[studmuffin]

Yeah, probably.

[ Glancing down, his hands clenching nervously at his side. ] That's okay. Lydia knows where you are, she'll come and let you go if I can't.

[triskeled]

[The look he gives is different than the limited expressions he has and he's shaking his head.]

No. Goddammit, Stiles, no. Just break it barrier now. Break it now and I'll be careful, okay? I have a pack, they need help, too. The hunters aren't just going to leave them be.

[studmuffin]

[ Huffing. ] I can't. Don't you think I'd like to? I am not prepared for any of this. But your pack needs you alive, you can't look after them if you're six feet under.

[triskeled]

[Not that the hunters were that considerate to actually bury the severed body of a werewolf. He sighs heavily, almost accepting defeat when his pack is brought up.] Just -- just look after them, okay?