The Other Wordly meme

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The Other-Wordly Meme

Words are magical things; they can have so many lovely connotations and varied histories.
Words have family trees just like people. They are linked to each other.
Some words are full of flavor and color and describe things you never suspected there were words for.
Words are why we're here.

The meme is simple: post a comment with your muse's name and canon in the subject line.
List any preferences you may have ("No Shipping," "No Smut," etc.), if you decide to leave the next step up to responders.
Responders (or original posters, if they so decide), go to the Other-Wordly blog and hit 'Random' until you get a word. Use the word as a prompt to write up an RP scenario. Do this several times, if you like. Mix and match. Have fun with it!
Don't stop with a word, though! Words can often have etymologies that are at odds with their current meanings. Words can shift connotations over time. Let your imagination carry you with the words as its wind.

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Hatter | Syfy's Alice | OTA

[whentheypassthehat]

[newwonder]

numinous (adj) describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted-- the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed and inspired.

[everyone here keeps calling her the "Alice of Legend". She doesn't want to be that, to shoulder that much responsibility. But at the same time, all that faith gives her courage. To have someone believe in her that much is a lot, but it's also wonderful. She's sitting, just soaking it all in]

[whentheypassthehat]

[In the moment, it had been easy to just ride out the momentum of what they were achieving and follow the story - and it's still not a children's story but maybe, just maybe, it might be a story with a happy ending - through to its natural conclusion. There hadn't been any time to overthink the situation, not when the immediate priority was simply to make it out alive]

[And then suddenly it was over. Suddenly the Queen, the Casino - the regime he'd lived under and worked around all his life - lay in ruins. It's too much to take in. He's not even going to try to process it. If he thinks about it too hard he'll start wondering about what the hell he's going to do next, now that his tea shop is worthless (even in the unlikely event that March and the Suits had left anything salvageable). About what he's going to do now that Alice has no reason to stay.]

[The newly freed denizens of Wonderland wasted no time in getting to celebrating their newfound liberty; the party has been going on for most of the night. He finds Alice near the edge of the festivities, simply observing. He swans up to her with a drink balanced precariously in his hand and a faintly incredulous grin plastered on his face. It's still hard to believe that they did it. Part of him half expects to wake up and find himself still strapped to that chair, lost in one of Dee and Dum's fantasies.]

Well, here we are [He spreads his hands to indicate the wreckage of the casino, the crowds of wildly celebrating Wonderlanders, and gives a bemused little laugh] Victorious. Or something like it anyway. How does it feel to change the world?

[newwonder]

[she smiles when she sees him. She's gotten very fond of him. More than once she thought that maybe he might... Well, he didn't, and she's not sure where things stand now that it's all over. This is his home, and she has no right to ask him to leave it. But just the thought of not seeing him again is painful.

Focus on the positive, Alice]

Overwhelming. I still don't feel like a legend, but things are going to be a lot better around here now. And I feel good about being a part of making it happen. How about you? How do you... feel?

[gosh that was a loaded question]

[whentheypassthehat]

[He can't help but smile back. She's right to be proud of herself. He'd never imagined that anything would come of the rebellion; that if the Casino ever fell it certainly wouldn't be in his lifetime. And yet somehow in a few days she'd achieved what they hadn't in a century. He wouldn't believe a word of it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.]

Me? I'm fantastic. Absolutely wonderful. And alive and in one piece no less... well, more or less- [He tilts his head wryly and indicates the cuts and bruises on his face with a flourish like a magician presenting a trick] -which is a lot more than I was expecting this morning, I can tell you.

[newwonder]

That's good. That you're feeling good. And in one piece is even better. [she pauses, smilling at him] You were wonderful.

[whentheypassthehat]

[He gives a nervous laugh and rubs a hand over the back of his neck, looking vaguely embarrassed. Part of him wants to just fade into the background and pretend he didn't have any part in this.] Through no fault of my own. From now on I think I'll leave the heroics to those qualified for it.

[newwonder]

You mean like Charlie? [she smiles mentioning the knight. He was a big part of this, too]

[whentheypassthehat]

Exactly! Knight in shining armour [He pauses, considering this statement] Well. Grubby, dented armour. But it's the thought that counts.

[newwonder]

Yes, the thought does count. Though I think I prefer leather jackets over armor. [hinthint]

[whentheypassthehat]

Good thing too [He flops down next to her, managing by dint of long practice not to spill a drop of his drink] I'd just look silly in that getup. Could never pull it off like our Charlie does.

[newwonder]

[she nudges him with her shoulder] Heaven forbid you look silly.

[whentheypassthehat]

[He sniffs, assuming a mock-haughty air. It only lasts a moment before his grin breaks through again. He drains what's left in his glass only to produce a bottle from somewhere within the depths of the aforementioned leather jacket]

Drink?

[newwonder]

[her lips move into a smile. She's tempted to ask what exactly is in that bottle, but she's going to trust him]

Do you have a glass, or are we drinking straight from the bottle?

[whentheypassthehat]

Ah, let me see- here, hold this [He passes the bottle and empty glass over and begins rummaging through various mysterious inner pockets. After a few moments - now juggling a deck of cards, two handkerchiefs, a set of picks, a corkscrew, and a few less identifiable objects - he gives a triumphant little hah and produces a second glass] There we go.

[newwonder]

[she watches him in amusement. What on earth does he have in there? Just how many things are in those pockets? She laughs when at last he finds that second glass]

Next you're going to pull out a kitchen sink, aren't you?

[whentheypassthehat]

Nah. That one's buried a lot deeper [He winks and rapidly stows the odd assortment of items back in the pockets from whence they came. With an air of ceremony he holds out the glass] Would you like to do the honours?

[newwonder]

Yes, please. [she takes the bottle and pours a little of the liquid into each glass] Cheers.

[whentheypassthehat]

[He raises the glass, his smile softening slightly, and clinks it against hers] Cheers.

[newwonder]

[she sips her drink. This is good, the two of them just sitting together and enjoying themselves. Not having to worry about the Queen's men finding them or being captured. It's just him and her together. But for how long? No, Alice won't think of that]

[whentheypassthehat]

So [He taps his glass idly against his knee, surveying the celebrations with a cynical air] Now taking all bets on how long it'll take them to party themselves out and realise just how much work it's going to be to put Wonderland back together.

[newwonder]

Taking bets, are we? Glad to hear the new order hasn't changed you that much.

[whentheypassthehat]

Well I've got to fit myself in somewhere, haven't I? [He gives a wry little shrug and takes a long drink from his glass before continuing, tone purposely light] 'Tea shop owner's rather gone out of fashion, and 'double agent' isn't much of a living these days either.

Re: Hatter | Syfy's Alice | OTA

[decepting]

(ooc; hope you don't mind! i've got a bio on her here, but feel free to ignore this if you want)

Re: Hatter | Syfy's Alice | OTA

[whentheypassthehat]

(ooc: Sounds lovely! I've only seen season 1 of OUAT, but I had a crack at cobbling something crossovery together :) Let me know if anything needs changed.)


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[The murmurs follow him around the town. They probably think they're being discreet - which is cute, really - but he's dealt in rumours and whispers for far too long not to see when they're swirling around him. The hushed who the hells and but strangers never come through Storybrookes. Most of them want to know why he's here. He wouldn't mind an answer to that question himself.]

[The thing about the Looking Glass is that it can reflect far more than the legends would have you believe. There are far more worlds out there than just Wonderland and the land of the Oysters, and navigating between them isn't an exact science. Occasionally things go awry. He appears to have emerged in entirely the wrong place.]

[Well. Not entirely the wrong place; as far as he can tell he is still somewhere in Alice's world. But from what he understands her world is a bloody big place, and he has absolutely no idea which bit of it he's washed up in. He's spent the eight or so hours since he arrived just sort of floating around, watching and waiting. Observing things while he tries to get his bearings.]

[At present he's sitting in a little cafe called Granny's, where a young woman in a dress so aggressively scarlet she wouldn't have looked out of place in the Hearts' Casino had served him a cup of nice, hot, emotionally inert tea. ]

[The whispered tide of gossip still ebbs and flows gently around him. For the moment he doesn't pay it much mind.]